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2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 7
Event Info
ESPN Featured Table
Seat 1: Nicholas Sliwinski
Seat 2: Jason Riesenberg
Seat 3: Tiffany Michelle
Seat 4: Dennis Phillips
Seat 5: Scott Montgomery
Seat 6: Dean Hamrick
Seat 7: Gert Andersen
Seat 8: Anthony Scherer
Seat 9: Peter Eastgate
Outer Table
Seat 1: Joe Bishop
Seat 2: Chris Klodnicki:
Seat 3: Owen Crowe
Seat 4: Ylon Schwartz
Seat 5: Kelly Kim
Seat 6: Darus Suharto
Seat 7: Ivan Demidov
Seat 8: Craig Marquis
Seat 9: David "Chino" Rheem
Klodnicki:
Kim:
They joked about running it twice but settled on the traditional once, as the board ran out
to give Klodnicki a set to eliminate Albert Kim in 19th place for $257,334.
Cantu
Eastgate
The flop was
. Cantu's nines still led, but Eastgate picked up the nut flush draw. The turn was the 
, but the river was the 
. Eastgate made his flush and Cantu was eliminated in 20th place, collecting $257,334. After the hand, Eastgate was back up over 9 million.
dominated Snead's 
. The board ran out 
, and Paul Snead was eliminated from the Main Event.
, Montgomery bet 1.5 million and Snead raised to 3 million. Montgomery then shoved all in for 1.76 million more and put Snead to a decision.He took a long, long time thinking it over. He tanked for over five minutes, standing up from the table, pacing a bit back and forth, trying to decide what to do. Eventually Tiffany Michelle called the clock on him, and Snead used up all but one second of his time before deciding to call.
Montgomery reached up and pulled his hat down to cover his face. "I got him, I got him!!" Snead said in triumph, and indeed his
were ahead of Scott's . The on the turn was a good card for Snead, as it gave him a flush draw that removed the 
from Montgomery's meager list of outs.But on the river, Montgomery incredibly spiked the
. The crowd gathered around the rail gasped in disbelief at that card and Montgomery picked up a pot worth over 11 million chips.
Phil Hellmuth, Jr. was approximately 24 years and 303 days old when he carved his name in the history books. Of the 21 players currently remaining, there are five that could overtake him.
Craig Marquis (23) , Peter Eastgate (22), Chris Klodnicki (23), Tiffany Michelle (24), and Nicholas Sliwinski (23) could all break the record with a win in November.
The flop came
and Sliwinski checked to Kim, who moved all in for 1.95 million. Sliwinski folded and Kim picks up the pot.