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2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
November Nine
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
Entries
9
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
The flop comes
. Demidov checks it over to the aggressive Eastgate, who lives up to his reputation with a bet of 850,000. Demidov elects to take one off and calls to the 
on the turn. Both players quickly check. The river card is the 
. Demidov seizes the initiative with a bet of 1.625 million. Eastgate emphatically raises him to 5.5 million total. Demidov looks pained, similar to the hand where he called Dennis Phillips' 5-million chip bet on a board of K-3-3-7-K. But he hasn't released his hand yet, perhaps working through all of the action in his head. This time he doesn't call the river bet. Instead he folds.
"Ship the cheese!" yells a female member of Schwartz's entourage.
Ylon Schwartz: 15,925,000
Ivan Demidov: 49,975,000
Peter Eastgate: 42,725,000
. Phillips and Schwartz both check to Eastgate, who bets 1.1 million. Phillips and Schwartz each releases his hand in turn.
The flop is
. Phillips checks the action to Demidov, who bets 2,125,000. Phillips slides out a stack of cream-colored 250,000-denomination chips, reraising to 5,000,000. Demidov gives up his hand and Phillips takes it down, the Phillipians roaring in approval.