November Nine Day 1 | 2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

11-09-2008 17:07 UTC-8

Hand #73 - Ivan Demidov

[user25067]

Scott Montgomery has the button in Seat 4. Ivan Demidov opens for 1,025,000 from UTG. The action folds to Chino Rheem in the big blind, but he elects to pass and Demidov wins the pot.

11-09-2008 17:05 UTC-8

Hand #72 - Darus Suharto

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user75032]

Ylon Schwartz has the button in Seat 3. Eastgate opens the pot for 1 million, folding everyone up to the big blind, Darus Suharto, who reraises all in. The total of the raise is 8.35 million. That's 7.35 million too much for Eastgate. He folds.

Tags: Darus Suharto Peter Eastgate

11-09-2008 17:03 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user25067]

Ivan Demidov 40,075,000
Peter Eastgate 23,775,000
Dennis Phillips 21,450,000
Ylon Schwartz 20,925,000
Scott Montgomery 17,150,000
Darus Suharto 8,350,000
David "Chino" Rheem 4,500,000

11-09-2008 17:01 UTC-8

Hand #71 - Peter Eastgate

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user25067]

Dennis Phillips has the button in Seat 1. The action is folded around to Ivan Demidov, who raises to 1,050,000. Peter Eastgate reraises to 3,000,000. After a short think, Demidov gives it up and Eastgate wins the pot.

Tags: Ivan Demidov Peter Eastgate

11-09-2008 17:00 UTC-8

Hand #70 - Dennis Phillips

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user75032]

Peter Eastgate has the button in Seat 9. Chino Rheem is the first player to enter the pot, raising to 1 million straight. Dennis Phillips, sitting in the small blind, makes the call only to have Ylon Schwartz squeeze him with a reraise to 4.4 million.

Rheem turns around to his supporters behind him and says something, but it's inaudible from our side of the stage. He tanks for about a minute and a half before folding, bringing the action back to Dennis Phillips, decked out in his autographed St. Louis Cardinals cap and white button-down shirt.

Phillips takes about a minute before announcing he's all in for 10.05 million. Schwartz quickly calls. The Dennis Phillips Army is on its feet, and it's bad news for their chosen champion.

Phillips: {A-Clubs}

Schwartz:

Phillips is vigorously rubbing his lucky coin. He and Schwartz are both out of their seats. Phillips offers Schwartz a good luck handshake prior to the flop. Schwartz accepts it, then buries his face behind his hands, unable to watch the flop.

{4-Diamonds}

The Dennis Phillips Army cheers and Phillips let loose a fist pump -- he's paired his ace to take the lead in the hand. When the turn comes {6-Spades}

, there's only one card in the deck that can prevent Phillips from doubling up. The river is not the {Q-Diamonds}

; it's the {3-Hearts}

, and if the Dennis Phillips army exploded on the flop, they let out an absolute roar with the hand and the pot secure.

Phillips started the day with 24 million, took some early hits to drop down to about 6 million, but has come rocketing back. He's now at 21.45 million. Schwartz takes a hit to just less than 21 million.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Ylon Schwartz

11-09-2008 16:49 UTC-8

Hand #69 - Peter Eastgate

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user25067]

Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 7. The action is folded around to Peter Eastgate who raises to 1,000,000 straight from the small blind. Dennis Phillips gives up his big blind and Eastgate takes down the pot.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Peter Eastgate

11-09-2008 16:47 UTC-8

Hand #68 - Scott Montgomery

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user75032]

Chino Rheem has the button in Seat 6. Action folds to Scott Montgomery, who raises to 1.1 million. The dealer pushes the pot to Montgomery once everyone else folds.

Tags: Scott Montgomery

11-09-2008 16:45 UTC-8

Hand #67 - Peter Eastgate

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user25067]

Darus Suharto has the button in Seat 5. Peter Eastgate opens for 1,000,000 and Ylon Schwartz calls.

The flop is {7-Diamonds}

. Eastgate checks, and Schwartz checks behind. The turn is the {2-Clubs}

. Eastgate fires out 1,500,000, Schwartz folds, and Eastgate wins the pot.

Tags: Peter Eastgate Ylon Schwartz

11-09-2008 16:19 UTC-8

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user25067]

Another big hand, another twenty-minute break.

11-09-2008 16:19 UTC-8

Hand #66 - Darus Suharto

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user75032]

Darus Suharto was all smiles after making a running two pair.

Scott Montgomery has the button in Seat 4. Everyone passes to Ylon Schwartz, who raises to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Scott Montgomery folds the button. Darus Suharto peeks at his cards in the small blind and then announces that he is all in for a total of 3.9 million. Chino Rheem gets out of the way, sending action back around to Schwartz. He shrugs and says, "Alright, I call."

Suharto: {A-Clubs}

Schwartz:

Suharto can't be thrilled with this call by Schwartz, as Schwartz has a fairly weak hand but still two live cards against Suharto's ace-king. Suharto must be even less thrilled after the flop comes {2-Hearts}

.

The flop gives Schwartz top pair and a stranglehold on the hand, but there are still two cards to come. The first catches Suharto squarely in the face -- the {K-Clubs}

gives him a pair of kings to overtake Schwartz's queens. Suharto is motionless when this happens, but does turn around to offer his supporters a smile on the river {A-Hearts}

. Despite an ugly flop, Suharto doubles up at Schwartz's expense.

Tags: Darus Suharto Ylon Schwartz