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Merrifield took the pot and Nicolas Levi was eliminated in ninth place.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 13 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
1,390
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
. The on the flop gave Merrifield the lead, and when the board ran out Merrifield took the pot and Nicolas Levi was eliminated in ninth place.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
, Sanders checked and Hanks bet 80,000. Sanders raised to 300,000 and Hanks announced that he was all in for 688,000 more. Hanks rested his face in his hands as Sanders pondered his move.In the end Sanders mucked his hand and Hanks drew first blood (and a lot of it) in today's event.
Level: 21
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Well, hold on...now it seems that this final table WILL be shown on ESPN360! Some miscommunication back and forth, the players are now racking up their chips and are preparing to make the short trek from the feature table by the rail to the TV stage. We'll pack up too and be ready to start in just a few minutes!
Duncan Bell widened his margin late at the expense of his tablemates. Here is today's final-table lineup:
Seat 1: Brent Hanks (Las Vegas, Nevada) 755,000
Seat 2: Steve Merrifield (Fairmont, West Virginia) 1,109,000
Seat 3: Shawn Buchanan (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada) 1,133,000
Seat 4: Duncan Bell (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 1,966,000
Seat 5: Jason Sanders (Simi Valley, California) 1,099,000
Seat 6: Nathan Doudney (Bend , Oregon) 113,000
Seat 7: Brent Ditzik (Phoenix, Arizona) 384,000
Seat 8: Nicolas Levi (London, United Kingdom) 233,000
Seat 9: Ariel Soffer (Hollywood , Florida) 191,000