2008 World Series of Poker

Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
57
Prize
$794,112
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,308,800
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Hand #21 - Andy Bloch

Andy Bloch has the button in Seat 5. He opens for a raise and Mike Sexton calls from the small blind. The flop is {8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Sexton checks, Bloch bets 125,000 and Sexton calls. The turn is the {7-Diamonds}. Sexton bets 365,000, Bloch raises the pot to 1.2 million, Sexton lays it down, and Bloch rakes in the pot.

Join The Crowd

Standing Room Only
Standing Room Only
Among those in the audience today are Erick Lindgren, Gavin Smith, and Allen Kessler. John Phan just stopped by to shout some encouragement to Chris Bell. Mike Sexton’s cheering section includes Linda Johnson and Sexton's brother Tom, a PokerNews columnist. Humberto Brenes was here earlier (and almost got run over by the boom camera), as was Noah Boeken.

Patrik Antonius Eliminated in Seventh Place ($124,080)

Patrik Antonius- 7th Place
Patrik Antonius- 7th Place
Hand #19 -

Amit Makhija has the button in Seat 3. Patrik Antonius raises to 120,000 from the small blind, Andy Bloch reraises to 360,000, Antonius moves all in, and Bloch calls.

Antonius {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Bloch {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

The flop is {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}, the turn is the {7-Spades}, the river is the {5-Clubs} and Antonius is eliminated in seventh place, earning $124,080.

Not A Good Time

After his elimination, Mike Sowers shook hands with everyone at the table and then headed for the door. ESPN is conducting interviews with players as they're eliminated, and as a powerful spotlight turned on and the cameraman moved into position, a producer intercepted Sowers before he cleared the area. Most people wouldn't be in an especially chatty mood after being busted from a World Series final table, and that seemed to be the case with Sowers. He and the producer spoke for a few seconds, Sowers continued on his way out the door, and the spotlight clicked off and slowly faded to darkness.

Tags: Mike Sowers

Hand #17 - Mike Sexton

There is a dead button in Seat 1. Mike Sexton raises to 110,000 and Nenad Medic calls.

The flop is {K-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Sexton checks and Medic checks behind. The turn is the {9-Clubs}. Sexton bets 145,000 and Medic calls. The river is the {8-Clubs}. Sexton bets 400,000, Medic folds, and Sexton wins the pot.