The 2008 WSOP final table
117 days after the last hand of the WSOPs Main Event had been played, the remaining 9 players finally squared off to decide the winner of the worlds biggest live poker prize, and most prestigious trophy. The final table participants were Dennis Phillips ( in the chip lead with 26,295,000 chips), Ivan Demidov with 24,400,000, Scott Montgomery with 19,690,000, Peter Eastgate with 18,375,000, Ylon Schwartz with 10,525,000, Darus Suharto with 10,520,000, David Rheem with 10,230,000, Craig Marquis with 10,210,000 and Kelly Kim with 2,620,000. Craig Marquis was the first one to head to the rail roughly 3 hours after the final table action had begun. Despite the fact that he started the final table well ahead of Kelly Kim in chips, he failed to survive him and to take home any additional money. He went all-in on a pair of 7s and got called down by Scott Montgomery on A,Q. Even though he hit trips on the flop, Montgomery wet on to make a Broadway straight and to send him home. Short-stack Kelly Kim hung in there, and the simple fact that he managed to survive one player at the table gave him an additional $387,547 on top of the over $900,000 hed already pocketed in July. Kims 4,4 got a call preflop from Suhartos 9,9 and failed to improve. Darus Suharto himself would be the next player to head to the payout line, as he moved all-in preflop on a A,8 and got a call from Scott Montgomery who once again held an A,Q. Montgomery made a flush on the turn and thus ended Suhartos day, sending him home in 6th place and in possession of a prize of $2.4 million. Montgomery responsible for the demise of two of the final table players, was next to bust out. He got crippled by Ivan Demidov first, then he was soon with his back against the wall. On his final hand he managed to pair his ace up on the flop, and he even hit a set on the turn, but Peter Eastgate made a boat on the river to break his hand and heart sending him home in 5th. Montgomery won $3.1 million. Ylon Schwartz decided to attempt a bluff on Peter Eastgate just when the latter hit a boat again. This hand sent Schwartz to the rail, and gave Eastgate the chip lead over the two other remaining competitors. The final two was set when Dennis Phillips ran a bluff into Peter Eastgate who had a set of 3s and decided to keep him honest. Phillips walked away from the final table with $4.5 million in his pocket. The heads-up confrontation for the title between Demidov and Eastgate will take place tomorrow. Play online poker and win a seat in an event as prestigious as the WSOP, or the WSOP Main Event itself for some extremely low buy-ins. Dont forget to sign up for a rakeback deal when playing online. Itll provide you some nice EV+. Prop deals will give all your rake back, and some of them will even pay you for your play.
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