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2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 3
Smith:
Opponent:
Board:
Smith is out.
, Nenad Medic and Sigurd Eskeland get it all in. Nenad has 
and Sigurd has 
. The turn is a blank, but the river is a to give Sigurd the miracle two pair, to roars of the audience at the ESPN Feature Table. Sigurd has 950,000 and is the new chip leader, and Nenad is busted short of the money.
681 players remain.
Smith was a former athlete, playing amateur rugby, but an injury forced him to stop playing competitively. He's been taught by some of the best pros in the game and hopes to take the knowledge he's gained and apply it right here on the biggest stage ever.
Minh:
Sarkis:
Board:
Minh is out and Sarkis now has 680,000 -- good for sixth in chips.
. Josephy shows 
and his opponent . The river is and Josephy has 108,000 left.
The two men saw the flop come down
. Hellmuth relinquished control of the betting, checking it over to the other player, who put out a bet of 60,000. Hellmuth then check-raised all in, and the circus ensued.Hellmuth stood up from his chair and yelled to nearby buddy Mike Matusow. "Mikey! Mikey! I just spent half a million!"
Matusow got up from his own chair and began to make his way over toward his pal. As he was walking, he prodded, "I'm surprised you had half a million to spend." By this time, a huge contingent of media had gathered around the table, and Matusow had a hard time getting a peek of the action.
When he finally did make it over there, Hellmuth said, "There's already 300 thousand in the middle and I'm all in." By this time, the crowd of onlookers had grown to three-deep around Table Blue 19. ESPN's crew was right in the front row though, ready to capture the breaking news.
It was something of a letdown though, as after several minutes of camera time, Hellmuth's opponent surrendered and let the pro take down the pot. With that uncontested victory, The Poker Brat has moved up to 470,000. Now he does have nearly a half million to bet, if he chooses.