2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 6
Hellmuth:
Rosskamm:
Hellmuth looked over to his wife and said, "Honey, I'm all in!" The audience cheered for various flops and Hellmuth turned his back to the action. The dealer put out the flop and the crowd remained relatively silent as it fell . Rosskamm's jacks still led, and with the crowd firmly on Hellmuth's side, it was still very quiet.
After a dramatic pause, the hit the turn. This card gave Hellmuth the nut flush draw as well as an inside straight draw to go with his overcards.
With everyone standing and anticipation at its peak, the hit the river, which was no help to Hellmuth. Rosskamm's entourage celebrated, though it was barely audible amongst the disappointment of Hellmuth's supporters.
Phil Hellmuth was eliminated in 45th place and added $154,400 to his career earnings.
The turn was the and river the to eliminate the Australian in 46th place for $135,100.
The took a flop of and Kunbuz led out for 125,000. Matusow then raised it up to 500,000 and Kunbuz folded face up. Matusow flashed to take down the pot and move up to 3.53 million chips.
Le
Brokos
The flop was , Le still leading, but Brokos picked up an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the , but the fell on the river, making Brokos' straight and eliminating Le.
Levy
Demidov
The board ran out and Levy was eliminated. Demidov is now up to 6.3 million.
Cantu:
Keay:
The board ran out and Keay was eliminated in 49th place. Cantu chipped up to about 6,800,000 on the hand while Eastgate was left with 2,700,000 chips.
Neff showed for a set and Montgomery mucked. Neff is now up to 2,100,000.
The three players saw a flop of . Riesenberg checked and Schafer bet 160,000. Kennedy moved all in for 830,000 and Riesenberg quickly folded. Schafer thought for about 30 seconds before finally making the call. The players showed:
Kennedy:
Schafer:
The turn fell the , which was no help to Kennedy. He needed to catch one of two remaining eights to stay alive. The river came the , sealing his fate. Schafer won the pot and Kennedy was eliminated in 50th place. Along with a story about how he sat next to Phil Hellmuth at a televised feature table, he'll also take home $135,100.