2008 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship
Day: 3
Fu Wong: 1,815,000
Eric Brooks: 1,345,000
On 4th street Brooks led out with the and Kostritsyn called with the .
On 5th street Brooks fired again, catching the for a pair on board, but Kostritsyn announced a raise for the last of his chips with the . Brooks made the call.
Brooks: ()
Kostritsyn: ()
Kostritsyn had kings and fours but would need help against the aces and sevens of Brooks. The boards finished:
Brooks: () ()
Kostritsyn: () ()
Alexander Kostritsyn is eliminated in 3rd place collecting $163,372 for his efforts.
Level: 24
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Chip counts at the break:
Fu Wong: 1,825,000
Eric Brooks: 1,085,000
Alexander Kostritsyn: 250,000
“Don’t think you had outs” quipped Kostritsyn.
“Oh? You made the flush already?” replied Wong.
“I had a big hand!” said Kostritsyn.
However very next hand Wong was able to recover his chips when he was the aggressor and Alexander Kostritsyn called him down with . Wong turned over () for two pair, kings and tens, to collect the pot.
Kostritsyn is now back down to 250,000 chips.
On 4th street Kostritsyn caught the and led out, with Wong raising after hitting the . Kostritsyn went into the tank and cut down his chips before making the call.
On 5th street Wong paired up with the and fired out. Kostritsyn shrugged his shoulders and tossed his cards into the muck in frustration.
The wheels have fallen off for Kostritsyn and he is now down to only 225,000 in chips.
Brooks turned over ( ) for queens fulls. Kostritsyn madly slams his cards saying, "I had three nines and couldn't fill up."
After the hand Kostritsyn is down to 375,000 and Brooks is up to 1,450,000.