November 2008

Eastgate becomes youngest Main Event Champion

Matthew Pitt / 11 November 2008 / Leave a comment

The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event finally crowned its new champion after an epic heads-up match between Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov that lasted 104 hands. Coming into the match, it was the aggressive Dane, Eastgate who held...Read more »

Phillips exit leaves bracelet chase to Europeans

Dave Allan / 10 November 2008 / Leave a comment

The WSOP 2008 Main Event bracelet will be fought out by the only two Europeans in the November Nine after Dennis Phillips was eliminated in third place. Russian Ivan Demidov, the third place finisher in the World Series of Poker...Read more »

Eastgate claims Schwartz's scalp

Matthew Pitt / 10 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Former professional chess player, Ylon Schwartz was eliminated from the final table in fourth spot after a bluff against a man in form, Peter Eastgate, went terribly wrong. Eastgate opened the action to 1,500,000, a common occurrence since the play...Read more »

Montgomery busts in fifth, again

Matthew Pitt / 10 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Scott Montgomery World Series of Poker is over for another year after he was eliminated in fifth position, mirroring his result in the LA Poker Classic. The aggressive Peter Eastgate made yet another opening raise, this time to 1,250,000, prompting...Read more »

Suharto flushed out

Matthew Pitt / 10 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Darus Suharto's Main Event is over after he failed to outdraw fellow Canadian, Scott Montgomery during hand 105 of the final table. Seated on the button, Suharto saw a raise to 1,500,000 in front of him from Montgomery and decided...Read more »

The Rheem dream is over

Dave Allan / 10 November 2008 / 2 Comments

David 'Chino' Rheem's World Series of Poker dream is over for another year after he was eliminated in seventh place in the cruellest of circumstances. Having suffered some losses to his stack, Rheem looked down at As Kc and open-shoved...Read more »

Kelly Kim eliminated in eighth place

Dave Allan / 09 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Crowd favourite, Kelly Kim, has been eliminated in eighth place, just one hand after Craig Marquis made his exit from the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table. Having started to day with the shortest stack, Kim had...Read more »

Marquis eliminated by runner-runner straight!

Dave Allan / 09 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Craig Marquis' amazing run at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event is over after Scott Montgomery hit his four-outer to eliminate the young Texan in ninth place. After the action folded to him in middle position, Marquis open-shoved...Read more »

Rheem set to attack

Dave Allan / 07 November 2008 / Leave a comment

David 'Chino' Rheem has plenty of big game experience of poker and will be looking to call upon some of it when the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event gets underway this Sunday, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »

Montgomery calls upon experience

Matthew Pitt / 06 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Whilst the majority of the 'November Nine' are relatively unknown to the poker world and will be playing under the glare of the television cameras for the first time, Scott Montgomery will be able to call upon his experience of...Read more »

Delay move the right call

Dave Allan / 05 November 2008 / Leave a comment

The clock is ticking to the start of play for the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event, with nine players in with the chance of landing the coveted gold bracelet and a life-changing cash prize of...Read more »

Poker Hall of Fame - 2008 Edition

Matthew Pitt / 04 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Every year, since 1979, the most respected players in poker have voted a new person into the Poker Hall Of Fame. Being accepted into the Hall of Fame is often regarded as the highest honour in poker, surpassing even the...Read more »

Schwartz knows exactly what he wants

Dave Allan / 03 November 2008 / Leave a comment

I don't imagine many people would have known too much about World Series of Poker finalist Ylon Schwartz but personally I am beginning to warm to the 38-year-old from Brooklyn and hope he goes on to win, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »