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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Live Poker is So Rigged!

[user75032]
[user75032]
We just had an "internet" hand over at Blue #31. In late position, Daniel Buzgon opened the pot for 25,000. Keoni Schwartz made it 60,000 to go from the cutoff, a bet that Mark Vos called out of the small blind. Action folded back to Buzgon, who moved all in for 333,000. This time, Schwartz just called. With nobody else left to act in the hand, Vos open-mucked pocket queens. The table raised eyebrows as the other hands were opened:

Buzgon: {K-Clubs} {K-Spades}
Schwartz: {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}

The flop came down {9-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {K-Hearts} to make a set of kings for Buzgon and to give him the lead in the hand. The turn {Q-Hearts} would have made a set for Vos, and also gave Schwartz the nut flush draw. Buzgon filled up when the river fell {9-Clubs}.

Vos realized after the hand that, because of the stack sizes, he could have picked up quite a few chips from Schwartz if he had gotten involved in the hand. Instead, he dropped a little bit, Buzgon moved up to 725,000, and Schwartz dropped to 631,000.

After the hand was completed, in a gesture of fraternity, Schwartz offered to do a shot with the Buzgon, the man who cracked his aces. The two settled on a vodka shot. It probably didn't hurt that the dinner break was just a few minutes away.

Beisner Busts In Blind Battle

[user67765]
[user67765]
In a battle of the blinds, Matthew Beisner moved all in from the small blind, and Allen Carter quickly called with {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} from the big blind. Beisner sheepishly revealed {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for the steal attempt, but still had live cards.

The flop soon changed that when it fell {A-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{J-Spades} to give Carter a pair of aces. The {10-Spades} on the turn and {7-Clubs} on the river gave Carter the pot and eliminated Beisner from the Main Event.

Tags: Allen CarterMatthew Beisner

Good Read = Profit, Even If Not In Hand

Shamus
Shamus
Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins
Andrew Qiu raised to 20,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Hoyt Corkins in the big blind who shoved all in for 293,000. Qiu let it go.

"Show what you got," said Terry Lade to Corkins. Corkins obliged, flipping over A-K. "Yes! Pay up," said Lade to Scott Montgomery. "I bet $20 he didn't have a pair," Lade explained.

Corkins has about 325,000 at the moment.

Tags: Andrew QiuHoyt CorkinsScott MontgomeryTerry Lade

Aces vs. Aces, and One Pair is Matusow's

[user25067]
[user25067]
A middle-position player raised to 24,000, Mike Matusow flat-called from late posiiton, the small blind reraised to 150,000, the initial raiser folded, Matusow moved all in, and the small blind called. Both players turned over {A-?} {A-?}.

The board ran out {J-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {6-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}.

"I flatted it only because it was Gus's big blind!" exclaimed Matusow as the pot was chopped up.

Tags: Mike Matusow

Hellmuth on the March

Shamus
Shamus
With the board showing {9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and 125,000 already in the pot, Phil Hellmuth pushed all in with his last 135,000 and was called by Sarkis Akopyan.

Hellmuth turned over {A-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for trip fives, and Akopyan showed {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}.

The river was the {Q-Spades}, and Hellmuth is back up to 320,000. Akopyan has 525,000.

Tags: Phil HellmuthSarkis Akopyan

Jeff Madsen Cracks Aces

[user37786]
[user37786]
Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen
With the board reading {J-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} Ross Smith bet 75,000 and Jeff Madsen thought a bit before making the call. Two other players folded and Smith moved all in blind before the {8-Diamonds} fell on the river. Madsen called and his {J-Spades} {10-Clubs} had overtaken Smith's {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}. Madsen is up to 430,000 while Smith is down to 310,000.

Darren Grant Doubles Through Andrew Rosskamm

[user40108]
[user40108]
We caught up to this hand on the turn. With a decent pile of chips already in the pot and the board reading {Q-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {5-Spades}, Darren Grant check-called a bet from his lone opponent Andrew Rosskamm.

The turn fell the {9-Diamonds} and Grant checked again. Rosskamm slid out 200,000 chips which was more than enough to put Grant all in, and he made the call. The players showed:

Rosskamm: {K-Spades} {10-Clubs}
Grant: {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}

The river fell the {3-Hearts}, missing Rosskamm's inside straight draw. Grant stacked the pot and is now up to just over 350,000 while Rosskamm slipped to 1,520,000 on the hand.

Landfish Belly Up

[user75032]
[user75032]
After Brandon Cantu raised to 27,000 from early position, Steven Landfish moved all in. He was immediately called by his nemesis, Jeffrey Papola from the small blind. Cantu got out of the way and let the two players go at it a second time, this time with Landfish at danger of elimination.

Landfish: {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}
Papola: {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}

Landfish was behind, but he had what every poker player refers to as "two live cards." Neither player hit the board, though, when it came {6-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {2-Spades} {8-Diamonds}. That completed Landfish's Main Event; he is out.
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