2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 7
Event Info
The flop was . Montgomery checked, Hamrick bet 425,000, Phillips raised to 1.2 million, Montgomery got out of the way, and Hamrick three-bet to 2.65 million. Phillips made the call.
The turn was the . Hamrick bet 3,000,000 and Phillips called.
The river was the . Hamrick checked and Phillips checked behind.
Hamrick showed , Phillips showed and they split the 14.7 million chip pot.
"Chino's all in!!" shrieked a woman from the rail. And Marquis sat there trying to figure out what was going on. He frowned and said, "This just doesn't make any sense at all." Craig shook his head and finally said, "Nice hand, man" before tossing his cards in the muck, and Rheem quickly pulled his chips back and started stacking them up.
Current chip leader Dennis Phillips recently took the time to talk with our own Melissa Castello during a break in play. This, and many other, clips can be accessed in our video gallery
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Phillips is now up to over 26 million.
The 23-year-old student is from Arlington, Texas and bought into the tournament for the full entry price of $10,000. Marquis is most proud of "grinding his way up the limits" and plays guitar and pool in his free time.
If you spot Craig at the table with the headphones on, there's a good chance he's listening to Third Eye Blind, or any other 90s alternative rock band. Should he win the Main Event, he plans on buying his sisters and mother a pool.
David "Chino" Rheem 14,000,000
Peter Eastgate 13,540,000
Ylon Schwartz 13,500,000
Ivan Demidov 13,100,000
Scott Montgomery 12,800,000
Joe Bishop 12,400,000
Dean Hamrick 12,300,000
Craig Marquis 9,700,000
Darus Suharto 7,400,000
Kelly Kim 4,900,000