Break Time
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Dennis Phillips: 17,325,000
Ylon Schwartz: 22,175,000
Ivan Demidov: 49,100,000
Peter Eastgate: 47,625,000
2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
November Nine
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
Entries
9
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Dennis Phillips: 17,325,000
Ylon Schwartz: 22,175,000
Ivan Demidov: 49,100,000
Peter Eastgate: 47,625,000
Hand #119 - Scott Montgomery Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,096,768)
Montgomery
Eastgate
The flop is
and Montgomery's cheering section erupts. The turn brings another ace, the 
making him trips and leaving Eastgate drawing to one six, Dennis Phillips claiming to have folded the other. The river, though, is the utterly miraculous
, Eastgate's lone out in the deck! His Danish cheering section once again breaks into their nonsensical "Ooba Ooba Ooba!" chant and rush the stage to embrace Eastgate as Montgomery exits the stage in fifth place. He'll take home $3,096,768 for his efforts.
Hand #118 - Peter Eastgate
Hand #117 - Ylon Schwartz
The flop is
and both players check. The 
falls on the turn and Schwartz leads at the pot for 1,500,000. Eastgate mucks and Schwartz wins the pot.
Hand #116 - Scott Montgomery
Hand #115 - Peter Eastgate
Updated Chip Counts
Peter Eastgate 39,850,000
Ylon Schwartz 20,975,000
Dennis Phillips 18,375,000
Scott Montgomery 7,075,000
Hand #114 - Ivan Demidov
"How much do you have behind?" Montgomery asks. By our count, the answer is roughly 20 million.
After one minute in the tank, Montgomery raises all in. Demidov snap-calls for 24.375 million, drawing a grimace from Montgomery.
Montgomery:
Demidov:
Well, we've already seen A-x crack a big pocket pair once today, courtesy of Dennis Phillips. Montgomery will be looking for some of that magic himself. If he doesn't find a winner by the time the river hits the board, he'll be left with only 7 million chips.
There's a murmur of excitement and anticipation as two diamonds hit the flop,
, to give Montgomery more outs. Any ace or any diamond will send Demidov to the rail absent improvement on his pair of kings. He has to sweat two more cards.He ducks the turn successfully after it falls the
. There's one more card to sweat -- the river, which falls a harmless 
. One of Demidov's supporters, a gentleman with a Soviet flag draped around his neck, came barreling out of the stands to wrap Demidov in a bear hug.This was a game-changing hand for both players. Montgomery has just 7.075 million chips; Demidov now is the clear chip leader, with 50.1 million.
Hand #113 - Scott Montgomery
Hand #112 - Peter Eastgate