39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 4 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-11-2008 13:53 UTC-8

Phillip Liou Eliminated by Mark Vos

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With the preflop action folded to him in the small blind, Mark Vos raised to 17,500, Phillip Liou raised to 80,000, Vos moved all in, having him significantly covered, and Liou called all in.

Liou {A-Hearts}

Vos

The board came {J-Diamonds}

and Vos eliminated Liou, increasing his stack to 760,000.

Tags: Mark Vos Phillip Liou

07-11-2008 13:52 UTC-8

Cashier Kept Busy

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Shamus

We've already lost somewhere around 100 players here in the first level of play today. Here are the stories of how a couple more went out:

Gary Berbiglia pushed with {A-Spades}

and was called by Ivan Demidov, who held {A-Hearts}

. A four flopped, and Berbigila couldn't catch up, so he's out. Demidov currently has 703,000.

Meanwhile, Herbert Morici decided to go to battle with {A-Clubs}

and was up against Reggie Lyons, who held {A-Spades}

. Morici couldn't hit his deuce, and he's out. Lyons is up to 285,000.

Tags: Gary Berbiglia Herbert Morici Ivan Demidov Reggie Lyons

07-11-2008 13:52 UTC-8

Eric Thompkins Eliminated

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Eric Thompkins moved in for his last 25,000 after a {2-Diamonds}

flop and Marco Marcon made the call. He held {A-Hearts}

to Thompkins' {A-Spades}

and flush draw, and he managed to dodge the spades as the {A-Diamonds}

fell on the turn and the {8-Hearts}

on the river to eliminate Thompkins.

07-11-2008 13:50 UTC-8

Iwan Jones Eliminted

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Mark Vos opened the pot for 12,500 from UTG, Iwan Jones reraised to 30,000, Keoni Schwartz flat-called from the small blind and Vos folded. The flop was {5-Spades}

, Schwartz checked, Jones moved all in for 141,500, and Schwartz made the call.

Jones {Q-Clubs}

Schwartz

The turn was the {5-Diamonds}

, but Schwartz made a wheel on the river when the {3-Diamonds}

fell, eliminating Jones.

07-11-2008 13:48 UTC-8

Moon Kim Busted

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Moon Kim raises to 77,000 and Sigurd Eskeland reraises all in for 450,000. Kim calls with {A-Spades}

to the

of Sigurd, and the race is on.

"I have a bad feeling about this one," says Sigurd. "C'mon, dealer, not this time."

The board is {5-Hearts}

and Kim is out. Sigurd has 520,000.

07-11-2008 13:48 UTC-8

Hoyt's Kings Crack Aces

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Hoyt Corkins and Steve Davis got it all in on a flop of {9-Hearts}

, Davis holding {A-Spades}

and Corkins {K-Clubs}

. The turn was the {K-Diamonds}

, eliciting an "Ooooh" from the crowd around the table as Corkins spiked his set. The river was the {4-Clubs}

and Corkins dragged the pot with a pump of his fist. Davis was eliminated.

07-11-2008 13:45 UTC-8

Nickens Quickens

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After some preflop action, there was 55,000 in the middle when Jimmy Nickens pushed all in for a total of 141,000. It folded back around to Virgil Beddingfield, who made the call, leaving himself just 70,000 behind.

Nickens showed {4-Hearts}

, and Beddingfield tabled {J-Diamonds}

. The board came {3-Hearts}

, and Nickens' fours held up. Nickens now has 225,000.

Tags: Jimmy Nickens Virgil Beddingfield

07-11-2008 13:44 UTC-8

Ngo Doubles With Cooler

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Mike Ngo opened the action with a raise to 20,000 from middle position before Dean Hamrick reraised to 60,000 from the big blind. Ngo then moved all in for 177,000 and Hamrick made the call.

Hamrick: {K-Hearts}

Ngo:

In a classic cooler, Ngo was thrilled to get his money in good, and even more excited when the board fell {A-Hearts}

to double up to 420,000 chips.

Tags: Dean Hamrick Mike Ngo

07-11-2008 13:44 UTC-8

Patrick Fortin Eliminated

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Gert Anderson raised to 14,000 from early position. The raise got two late-position callers as well as Patrick Fortin from the big blind.

The four players took a flop of {Q-Clubs}

and Fortin checked. Anderson bet 45,000 and action folded back to Fortin, who moved all in for about 180,000. Anderson called and the players showed:

Anderson: {A-Hearts}