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

11-09-2008 13:38 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Ylon Schwartz 40,100,000
Ivan Demidov 27,640,000
Peter Eastgate 20,600,000
Darus Suharto 12,940,000
David "Chino" Rheem 11,610,000
Scott Montgomery 10,845,000
Craig Marquis 6,930,000
Dennis Phillips 5,360,000
Kelly Kim 840,000

11-09-2008 13:37 UTC-8

Hand #32 - Peter Eastgate

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Ylon Schwartz has the button in Seat 3. Peter Eastgate is the first raiser with a raise to his trademark 775,000. That raise wins the pot when all other plays pass.

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11-09-2008 13:35 UTC-8

Hand #31 - Chino Rheem

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Craig Marquis has the button in Seat 2. Chino Rheem elects to open from early position, raising to 800,000. He gets no action, though and wins the blinds and antes.

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11-09-2008 13:33 UTC-8

Hand #30 - Ylon Schwartz

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Dennis Phillips has the button in Seat 1. Ivan Demidov is the first into the pot, raising to 775,000. Everyone passes to Ylon Schwartz in the big blind. Demidov is the only player that has Schwartz covered at this point. After thinking it over, Schwartz calls.

Schwartz acts first on the {2-Diamonds}

flop and bets 1,150,000. Demidov makes the call. The turn {3-Diamonds}

seems to be a card that helps neither player. Schwartz fires away again, making it 2,450,000. Demidov sinks into his chair and lets out a small sigh, but decides to call again.

The river makes things interesting. It is the {6-Hearts}

and puts a possible heart flush on board. It slows Schwartz down, as he checks for the first time. Wordlessly, Demidov pushes 3.7 million into the middle. Schwartz quickly calls and shows {K-Clubs}

for a flopped two pair. That beats Demidov's single pair of kings, {A-Diamonds}

.

By dragging that pot, Ylon Schwartz has become the new chip leader.

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11-09-2008 13:26 UTC-8

Time to Make a Move

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Short stack Kelly Kim is now below the 1 million mark in chips, holding just over three big blinds in his stack.

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11-09-2008 13:25 UTC-8

Hand #29 - Peter Eastgate

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Peter Eastgate has the button in Seat 9. He raises to 750,000 and picks up the blinds and antes.

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11-09-2008 13:23 UTC-8

Hand #28 - Darus Suharto

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Kelly Kim has the button in Seat 8. Darus Suharto gets the action started with a raise to 775,000. Nobody wants to play against him. He takes the blinds and antes.

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11-09-2008 13:20 UTC-8

Hand #27 - Ivan Demidov

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 7. He raises to 775,000 and wins the blinds and antes.

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11-09-2008 13:19 UTC-8

Hand #26 - Chino Rheem

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Chino Rheem has the button in Seat 6. He asks Kelly Kim, "How much do you have?" after everyone in front of him folds. The answer is about 1.6 million. Rheem elects to raise to 800,000, quickly folding the blinds and winning the pot.

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11-09-2008 13:16 UTC-8

Hand #25 - Ylon Schwartz

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Darus Suharto has the button in Seat 5. Peter Eastgate opens again, this time to 775,000. Ylon Schwartz puts in a reraise to 2.5 million and the action is folded around back to Eastgate. He calls and we’ll see a flop.

The flop is {9-Clubs}

. Eastgate checks over to Schwartz, who bets 2,000,000. Eastgate calls. The turn is the {A-Hearts}

. Eastgate checks again and Schwartz bets 3,000,000. You could hear a pin drop in the room as he thinks over his decision.

Ultimately Eastage mucks, prompting a loud roar from Schwartz's group of ralbirds, including Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy.

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