Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Completed
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,693,690
Entries
2,706
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
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Lunkin played a cagey final table, and but for some bad luck on two occasions when a board flush overcoated his hand to give an opponent second life, this final table would have been over much sooner than it was.
Lunkin not only earned a WSOP gold bracelet, but he also walks away from this tournament with a cash prize of $628,417. That's pretty good for three days in the Amazon Room. PokerNews offers its most heartfelt congratulations to Lunkin.
Lunkin checked a flop of
over to Kimes, who checked behind. The turn came 
. As Lunkin was getting ready to bet, Kimes glanced from Lunkin's chips to his own, and clearly seemed ready to make a big all in raise. Lunkin bet 1,000,000, and sure enough, Kimes quickly came over the top all in. Lunkin made a snap call."Do you have a jack?" asked Kimes. Lunkin nodded yes. "Sh*t," said a dejected Kimes. He turned over
and was behind Lunkin's 
. Lunkin needed to dodge the river, which he successfully did when the river fell 
.Lunkin is the winner. Kimes collects $387,837 for his second place finish.
Brett Kimes - 3,600,000
The flop came
, and Kimes led out for 1.1 million. Lunkin quickly announced he was all in, a total of 2.876 million. Kimes had him covered."I think my gut's right," said Kimes, after tanking for a minute. Thirty seconds later, he made the call.
Lunkin:
Kimes:
A complete catastrophe for Kimes - Lunkin flopped the nut straight against Kimes' middle pair. The turn brought the
to put four diamonds on board. Kimes needed a diamond for a chop, and he got it when the river filled 
. For the second time tonight, Lunkin had an opponent crushed, only to see the board flush and overcoat his hand.Meanwhile, Kimes lets out a huge sigh of relief, and play goes on as if that hand never happened.
The board was
.Kimes turned over
for the pot.
Level: 28
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
, and Lunkin led out for 350,000. After a brief pause, Kimes raised to 700,000. Without missing a beat, Lunkin announced he was all in. Kimes quickly folded.Kimes took a hit of over 1 million chips on that hand. Lunkin is now the chip leader.