2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 5
The feedback we got was positive, so we figured we'd try it again. Keep in mind that no deals have been discussed and that these scenarios are purely hypothetical and are reported mainly for entertainment purposes to give you a rough idea of how the prize pool would look if it were spread evenly. The results will often surprise you.
So with just 140 players remaining, if all of them were to agree to call it a day and split the remaining prize pool evenly, they'd each walk away with $348,735. That is just slightly more than 16th-place money.
Glass:
Johansson:
Despite flopping an inside straight draw, and turning a "double gutter," Johansson got no help from the board and was eliminated in 141st place. Glass took down the pot and now works with a stack of just over 700,000 chips.
Without taking a flop, Kim increased his stack by over 360,000 chips.
All three players made the call for a four-way flop that came . The action checked through to the turn. Ramdin and Losev again checked to Coeur, who shoved all in for about 300,000. Ramdin went into the tank for several minutes before finally, reluctantly, folding his hand. Losev also got out of the way, allowing Coeur to take his 300,000 back and battle Dong for the main pot.
Dong:
Coeur:
Dong showed a made flush against Coeur's turned two pair. The river made Dong the winner and brought an exasperated groan from Victor Ramdin, who said he folded and would have made a royal flush.
Regardless, Dong quadrupled up to about 200,000.
I’m sure there was some sparkling conversation, but I wonder who was actually doing the listening in that threesome?
When the "all in and call" was announced, Mark Vos wandered over to have a looksee. The board ran out , and Madsen's aces held up.
"Boring," joked Vos, wanting to see a more interesting board that would make the players sweat. Madsen liked it just fine, though, and is now up to 690,000.
However, he recently got involved in some action with a raise preflop to 37,000. Phi Nguyen made the call, as did Cristian Dragomir from the small blind.
The flop came and Dragomir checked to Crowe, who fired out 66,000. Nguyen announced a raise, making it 216,000 to go. Dragomir thought for a long time before giving up his hand. Crowe made the call.
The turn was the and Crowe checked to Nguyen, who fired out a healthy 270,000 chips. Crowe deliberated and made the call.
The river was the and both players quickly checked. Crowe showed to take down the pot and move to over 1.3 million chips.