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dominated Ferrera's 
. Hornet turned a king after three blanks on the flop and Stephane doubled to 580,000. Ferrera is down to 385,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 5
dominated Ferrera's . Hornet turned a king after three blanks on the flop and Stephane doubled to 580,000. Ferrera is down to 385,000.
and after Sliwinski checked McManus bet 170,000. Qiu then came over the top for 750,000 and after Sliwinski stepped aside McManus made the call. He held
to Qiu's 
and after the 
came on the turn Mao was looking for a jack to save his tournament life. Instead the 
fell on the river and Qiu was eliminated from the Main Event. McManus now sits with a 2.7 million stack.
, Phil Hellmuth was involved in a three-way pot with Felix Osterland and Barry Leventhal. Hellmuth checked from middle position and Leventhal moved all in for 399,000.Leventhal said, "If I lose, I'm gonna go to the buffet."
There was some additional chit-chat but Osterland eventually folded and the action was on Phil Hellmuth.
"I know you got something," said Hellmuth.
"I got a bluff," replied Leventhal.
After some additonal back-and-forth between the two men, Hellmuth eventually folded
face up."Wow! How can you fold that?" asked David Saab from a nearby table.
The table encouraged Leventhal to show but he eventually mucked face down.
, Cornel Pazara led out from the big blind, Mark Vos raised, Pazara moved all in and Vos made the call. Pazara
Vos
After ESPN's cameras swarmed to get in place, the
immediately fell on the turn, making Vos's flush. The river was the 
and Pazara was eliminated. "Nice hand. Good luck to the rest of you guys," said Pazara as he shook his tablemates' hands and made a gracious exit.
Pazara's orange and yellow towers were shipped across the table to Vos, whose chip castle is growing by the minute. He's now up to 1,825,000.
. Sarkis Akopyan had all of his chips in the middle, and Jose Barbero, who had Akopyan well covered, was there as well. The pot was about 750,000.Akopyan had
, well behind Barbero, who'd flopped a set with 
. But the turn and 
river gave Akopyan the backdoor flush and new life. Akopyan claims those 750,000 chips, and Barbero is now down to 900,000.
and Victor Ramdin had checked dark over to his only opponent, Graddus Terwiss Cha Van. The 
hit the turn and Cha Van moved all in. Ramdin quickly called and they showed:Cha Van:
Ramdin:
Cha Van was drawing dead. The turn was the meaningless
and Ramdin took down the pot. Graddus Terwiss Cha Van was eliminated and after the hand Ramdin looked around at his table and said "See...they never believe me...they think I'm crazy."
Sean Davis fired out 100,000 before being raised an additional 150,000 from David "Chino" Rheem. Davis thought for a long time before making the call. The river was the 
and was quickly checked down by both players.Sean showed down pocket jacks to take down the pot as Rheem mucked his hand. Rheem has taken a few recent hits to be back under 800,000 while Davis gets things moving in the right direction to move up to about 900,000.
in a raised pot against Pontus Khosravi. The two players engaged in a game of chicken with Khosravi all in for 317,000 and Kostritsyn making the call.Khosravi:
Kostritsyn:
Kostritsyn couldn't overtake Khosravi when the board ran out
. He is down to 420,000 after starting the day with over 1.1 million. Khosravi climbs to 670,000.
They saw a flop of
and Larsson check-called the 80,000 bet from Michelle. The turn was the 
and again Larsson checked it over to Michelle, who bet enough to put Larsson all in. With about 300,000 behind, Larsson went into the tank before eventually giving up his hand.Michelle is now up to 1.35 million chips.
and after Lupo called from the big blind Hansen bet out 77,000. Prabhu moved all in for 975,000 and the other players in the hand promptly got out of his way. Prabhu is now up to 1.42 million and Gus is down to 1.12 million.