2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
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

Tiffany Michelle Drops Second Pot in a Row

Tiffany Michelle opened for 300,000 from the cutoff, Dennis Phillips called on the button, and Scott Montgomery called from the big blind. The flop was {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}. Montgomery checked, Michelle bet 500,000 Phillips raised to 1.3 million, Montgomery folded, and after a very lengthy think, Michelle folded.

Phillips was up to 14.9 million after the hand while Michelle's stack fell to 4.6 million. She lost about 1.6 million on the last two hands.

Tags: Dennis PhiilpsScott MontgomeryTiffany Michelle

Quadzilla

Ivan Demidov raised to 300,000 and both David "Chino" Rheem and Joe Bishop called. The flop came {J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} and, after Demidov checked, Rheem bet 400,000. Bishop called and Demidov folded, and the {6-Hearts} fell on the turn. Rheem bet 900,000, Bishop raised to 2 million, and again Rheem called.

The river brought the {Q-Diamonds} and, after Chino checked, Joe bet 1.5 million. Rheem called...to see Bishop roll over {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} for quads. Rheem mucked and is down to 2.35 million, while Bishop is up over 14 million.

Player Profile: Anthony Scherer

Anthony Scherer - Day 6
Anthony Scherer - Day 6
Anthony Scherer of Truckee, CA, is a self-described "ski bum" who has been playing poker for about 18 years. Scherer declares an amateur status and admits that during only about five of those years has he taken poker seriously.

A dual citizen of both Switzerland and the U.S., Scherer enjoys skiing, building igloos, and playing Scrabble. He got into this tournament the old-fashioned way - by paying the $10,000 entry fee in cash.

Scherer doesn't own an iPod, but admits that he plays AC/DC's hit Back in Black every morning "to get pumped for poker."

The 35-year-old attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and plans to "buy a new pair of skis" should he emerge the champion in November.

Montgomery Shoves, Wins

Jason Riesenberg raised to 275,000 from the cutoff, Tiffany Michelle reraised to 775,000 from the button, Scott Montgomery moved all in from the big blind, Riesenberg gave it up and the action was back on Michelle. After tanking for a few minutes, she mucked her hand and Montgomery won the pot.

Tags: Scott MontgomeryTiffany Michelle

First Blood

With the tables newly redrawn, Craig Marquis raised to 300,000 from late position and David Rheem reraised to 900,000 from the cutoff. Marquis called and they saw a {9-Spades} {3-Hearts} {5-Clubs} flop. Marquis fired out for 800,000 and Rheem raised to 1.8 million. Marquis brought out the lumber and moved all in and got Rheem to lay down his hand. Craig is now up to 11.5 million while Rheem fell to 6.6 million.

History In the Making...Or Already Made?

Tiffany Michelle Closing In On History
Tiffany Michelle Closing In On History
While the hype surrounding the Main Event run of PokerNews' own Tiffany Michelle builds, it's worth noting that she's already broken one informal, perhaps obscure record.

The attention on Michelle has been focused mainly on whether or not she will not only final-table the Main Event, but break the record for a highest finish by a female. Barbara Enright is currently in sole possession of that record for her historic fifth-place finish in the big one in 1995.

However, with the record fields of the current era, it's not really fair to compare the two accomplishments. If one were to closely examine the finishes of these notable females when compared to the size of the field, one would see that Michelle's run is already historic.

Tiffany Michelle - 18th place*, 2008, outlasted 99.736%
Tiffany Williamson - 15th place, 2005, outlasted 99.733%
Maria Ho - 38th place, 2007, outlasted 99.402%
Barbara Enright - 5th place, 1995, outlasted 98.168%
Annie Duke - 10th place, 2000, outlasted 98.047%

*With only 18 players remaining, Tiffany Michelle is guaranteed to finish 18th place or better.

Chop It Up?

You know the routine...

Chopping the remaining prizepool evenly at this point would mean each player would take home $2,044,569. This is considerably better than seventh-place money.

Montgomery Strikes First

Over at the ESPN featured table, Scott Montgomery raised to 300,000 and Peter Eastgate made the call. The flop was {10-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {8-Spades}. Montgomery checked, Eastgate bet 500,000 and Montgomery called. The turn was the {7-Hearts} and both players checked. The river was the {3-Spades}. Montgomery bet 500,000, Eastgate gave it up, and Montgomery won the pot.

Tags: Peter EastgateScott Montgomery