2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 4
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
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Qiu on a Quest

Shamus
Shamus
Andrew Qiu raised preflop to 30,000, and Terry Stewart called. The flop came {K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. Qiu bet 50,000, and Stewart called. The turn brought the {9-Clubs}. This time Qiu checked, and Stewart bet 75,000. Qiu called.

The river was the {3-Spades}. Qiu checked again, and Stewart this time fired out 125,000. Qiu again made the call, showing {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}. Stewart showed {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for kings with a lesser kicker. Stewart fell to 900,000 on that one.

Qiu picked up another nice pot the very next hand when he shoved all in following a preflop raise by Stewart and reraise by Marc Podell, causing both to fold. Qiu is now up to 1.2 million.

Tags: Andrew QiuTerry Stewart

So Much for the "Mark Vos Rule"

[user40108]
[user40108]
Mark Vos - Building Up, Not Out
Mark Vos - Building Up, Not Out
For the last few days, the tournament officials have been informing players not to leave for break with their chips stacked unreasonably high. The reason for this rule is quite obvious - if a stack(s) were to be inadvertantly knocked over during the break, chips could be mixed up and/or lost.

Players are informed that any stacks that are left unattended and are determined to be "too high" will be "deconstructed" by tournament officials.

This rule has been dubbed the "Mark Vos Rule" by the media and tournament officials alike as Vos is notorious for stacking his chips unnecessarily high at times.

With that being said, it's notable that Mr. Vos is at it again. He's over at table #31 in the blue section laughing it up with what is easily the rowdiest table in this event. His stack, while not numerically the biggest, is comprised mainly of yellow (T1000) chips the pinnacle of which is almost taller than his head when he is fully seated.

The tower, shown at right, currently sits at about the 1,150,000 mark.

Borteh Busted

[user67765]
[user67765]
Alexander Borteh
Alexander Borteh
The flop of {8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} was just the action flop needed for Alexander Borteh and Toni Judet to get all of their chips in the middle.

Borteh showed {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for top two pair but was in trouble, as Judet held {5-Clubs}{5-Spades} for a set of fives. The turn was the {6-Spades} and river the {3-Spades} to send Borteh crashing to the exit.

Tags: Alexander BortehJudet Toni Cristian

Robert Georato Eliminated

[user25067]
[user25067]
Brian Tatum opened the pot for 30,000 from late position, Robert Georato moved all in for just over 200,000 from the cutoff and Tatum made the call.

Georato: {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}

Tatum: {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {9-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} and Tatum's queens held up to eliminate Georato. He's now up to 1,090,000.

Clock on Blue #41

[user75032]
[user75032]
Brandon Cantu told us that the last two hands on his table have taken a combined 30 minutes. We don't know whether or not that's accurate, but play at Blue #41 has definitely slowed down considerably.
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