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stood strong against the 
of Markus Feurle. The chips went in before the flop and when the board ran out
, Nikaj's aces were best.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 5
stood strong against the of Markus Feurle. The chips went in before the flop and when the board ran out
, Nikaj's aces were best.
, Kostritsyn bet 125,000 from middle position. His opponent, Garrett Beckman, moved all in for 407,000 on the button. Kostritsyn made a quick call and tabled 
for top two pair. He couldn't have been pleased when Beckman showed 
for top pair and the nut flush draw. The flush promptly came with the 
turn. The river blanked out 
to allow Beckman to double up at Kostritsyn's expense.
Akopyan showed
, while Andersen had 
. The board came 
... 
. That queen on the end stole the hand from Akopyan, and he falls down to just 40,000. Andersen now has 860,000.
Cunningham check-called a bet of 150,000 from Loecke on a board of
before they saw a river of . Cunningham checked and Loecke fired 275,000. Cunningham thought for a moment before laying it down to slip back to 840,000.
flop, and that flop kicked off a lot of action. Jeremiah Smith and Cort Kibler-Melby pushed all their chips into the middle and Smith had been unlucky to flop top pair with when Kibler-Melby hit trips with 
. When the came on the turn and the 
on the river Kibler-Melby doubled up and Smith was left with just 50,000 in chips.
on the turn, Felix Osterland checked, Brandon Cantu bet 50,000, Osterland raised to 100,000, Cantu three-bet to 300,000 and Osterland called. The river was the . Osterland moved all in and after a long think, Cantu gave it up. "Good fold," said Osterland as he raked in the pot. He's now up to 1,630,000 while Cantu is down to 1,200,000.
. Martin had for two pair, but had to outlast Devor Lanini's ."No diamond, no diamond!" said Martin.
"Diamond, diamond!" said Lanini.
The dealer then turned over the
. "F***ing diamond," lamented Martin. The river was the , and Martin is out.Lanini is up to 1.75 million.
The next hand Scott was on the button and reraised the opening bet from chip leader Cristian Dragomir, who made the call. They saw a flop of
and Dragomir checked to Scott, who moved all in for a little over 100,000. Dragomir folded and Scott recovered some lost chips to be back to around 345,000.
Whalen had
, and Overgard . The board came 
and Whalen doubled way up to 1.5 million. Overgard fell all of the way back down to 102,000.Overgard ended up all in soon afterwards with
, and was eliminated when he lost to Markus Feurle's 
. Feurle is now at 820,000.
Albertson:
Outhred:
The board ran out
and Outhred comes from behind to spike a pair and send Albertson to the exit.