39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 3 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-10-2008 16:23 UTC-7

Igor!

donpeters

Igor Ioffe knocked out Darren Elias when his {A-?}

defeated Elias' {A-Diamonds}

. This put Ioffe up to 420,000.

Tags: Darren Elias Igor Ioffe

07-10-2008 16:22 UTC-7

Lanini Messes with Tex Barch

[user38368]

Lanini Davor related this one.

Lanini Davor raises preflop and Tex Barch reraises all in. Davor calls with {A-?}

to Tex's

. The board runs {A-?}

-x-x and Barch is eliminated. Lanini has 360,000.

07-10-2008 16:16 UTC-7

Fernando Gordo had still not turned up to play yet nearly four hours since we began. He had a healthy 138,000 when cards were in the air. His stack is heading southwards and is around 90,000 right now.

07-10-2008 16:16 UTC-7

No Cash For Dags

[user66118]

John D'Agostino was eliminated holding {J-?}

. When the hand was over, the board read {9-Hearts}

(X)

, and his opponent held {9-?}

. His set of nines was good, and D'Agostino is done for.

07-10-2008 16:15 UTC-7

Matt Glantz Eliminated

[user38368]

Matt Glantz was taken out by Kevin Mason, who is now up to 365,000. Matt still has to be pleased about his World Series performance this year, with two top-four finishes.

07-10-2008 16:13 UTC-7

Some Hands From Thierry van den Berg

donpeters

On the first hand, Thierry van den Berg raised to 5,500 from under the gun. Egerton Bullock called on the button. The flop came down {Q-Spades}

and van den Berg bet 6,500. Bullock called.

The turn was the {3-Clubs}

and van den Berg checked. Bullock bet 10,000 and then van den Berg raised all in for around 90,000. Bullock folded and Thierry showed {K-Clubs}

.

"Wow," said Jason Lester.

"I get no hands guys, I have to do it like this," responded van den Berg with his accented tongue.

On the next hand, van den Berg called an all in from Bullock with {A-Diamonds}

. Bullock held {K-Hearts}

. Despite turning a flush drawing and a straight draw, Bullock's kings held up.

Van den Berg has 54,000 now.

Tags: Egerton Bullock Jason Lester Thierry van den Berg

07-10-2008 16:10 UTC-7

Back to the Booth - Phil Gordon Eliminated

[user42991]

I was hoping to play Day 4, not announce it.

On a flop of {8-Diamonds}

, Phil Gordon bet 40,000 into an 84,000 pot. Frederick Hernandez tanks for several minutes before announcing all in. Gordon only has 41,000 behind. Gordon then tanks for several minutes. He then gets up from the table and said, "Well, I don't have it, but I don't think he has it either." Gordon called.

Gordon: {A-Hearts}

Hernandez: {4-Diamonds}

Gordon then starts calling for a ten. The turn falls the {6-Spades}

, and Gordon continues to call out for a ten as the {K-Hearts}

hits the river.

After the hand, Hernandez moved up to 282,000 in chips.

Tags: Phil Gordon

07-10-2008 16:09 UTC-7

100 Tables Left

[user40108]

There are just 100 tables left in play here in the Amazon Room. With the board currently reading 900 players, the average stack is just over 152,000 chips.

We've lost 407 players in just under 220 minutes, which equates to an elimination of roughly one player every 33 seconds.

07-10-2008 16:09 UTC-7

A Factor of 10

[user38368]

Karle Wilson started today's play with only 60,300, putting him well below the average. Over the course of the day, he's managed to double up many times. In a recent hand, Michael Fetter was all in on the turn on a jack-high board with {Q-?}

, and Wilson called with {A-?}

. The board bricked out and Wilson now has 570,000, good for third in chips.

07-10-2008 16:08 UTC-7

Schwartz Finds Help

[user38971]

Board:

Both Adam Schwartz and his opponent checked the flop and Adam moved all in on the turn holding pocket twos. His opponent called and showed K-J for top pair. The river was the {2-Diamonds}

, which was enough to double Adam up to 90,000.