2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 3
Nenad Medic raises to 6,000 and gets two callers. David Saab reraises to 25,000 and Medic calls. The others fold.
The flop is . Both players check. The turn is a blank and both players check again. The river is a and Saab leads out for 50,000. Medic calls. Saab shows and takes a 70,000+ pot. Saab now has 240,000 and Medic is down to 200,000.
Action folded to Crain in middle position and he raised to 6,000. Mike Matusow, also in middle position, made the call as did Raja Kattamuri from the button.
The flop came and Crain led out for 11,000. Matusow passed but Kattamuri made the call. The turn fell the and Crain fired again, this time for 22,000. Kattamuri called and the hit the river.
Crain pushed all in for roughly 60,000 and Kattamuri snap-called. He showed and Crain mucked on his way out the door.
Action folded around to Van Belle in the cutoff and he pushed all in. Matt Lessinger called from the big blind and the players showed:
Van Belle:
Lessinger:
What started as a 93% advantage for Van Belle quickly evaporated when the flop came . The hit the turn meaning Van Belle could only split the pot. To add insult to injury, the case fell on the river and Lessinger's hand was best.
Chau Giang checked the flop and Geert Jans led out. Giang fired back with a reraise and Geert raised back. Giang moved all in for 280,000 and Geert called. Geert showed pocket sevens for a flopped set, while Giang turned over K-10 for top two. Giang failed to improve and is down to just 46,000, while Geert is up to 525,000.
The turn came and river to enable Rousso up to 78,000.
McLane:
Khan:
The turn came the , helping neither player. The on the river gave two pair on board which counterfeited McLane's pair and Khan's ace played.
After the hand, Khan moved up to 104,000 and McLane moved down to 177,000.
Blanda:
Pestal:
The flop came and Blanda was out of his seat and pacing hoping that his aces would hold. The pacing continued and Blanda started calling out for his aces to hold. The hit the river almost as if the hand was scripted, giving Pestal the gutshot straight and cracking Blanda's aces.
Blanda loudly said, "God. They ought to make convicts play this game for punishment."
A floorman then came over and gave Blanda a warning for his outburst.
After the hand, Blanda is down to 150,000 and Pestal moved up to 205,000 in chips.