2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Hand #100 - Chris Ferguson

James Akenhead has the button in Seat 9. He folds. Grant Hinkle moves all in. Ferguson double-checks his cards and then calls. His tournament is at stake:

Hinkle: {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}
Ferguson: {A-Clubs} {8-Spades}

Nobody wants to see Ferguson's fairy tale journey through this tournament come to an end. Even though Hinkle has been hitting all of his hands and playing well, it feels like the entire gallery is calling for an ace on the flop. No help for either player when it comes {2-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {7-Clubs}. The turn is the {10-Clubs}, giving Hinkle an open-ended straight draw and tons of outs. Now the entire gallery is shouting. We can't hear anything in here.

The river is the {3-Hearts} and Ferguson survives again! A roar from the crowd. They are all on his side as he doubles up again.