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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
James Akenhead - 4,235,000
Chris Ferguson has the button in seat 8 and he moves all in for 815,000. James Akenhead quickly calls and Grant Hinkle gets out of the way. The players table their hands.
Ferguson:
Akenhead:
Cries from the gallery are coming left and right..."spades...ace...king." It's hard to tell who wants what. The flop comes
. There are plenty of cheers. When the 
hits the turn, Ferguson is now drawing to a jack and a jack only. If he fails to catch one, he'll be our third place finisher. The river is.....the 
.Chris Ferguson finishes in 3rd place and in addition to a lengthy ovation from the crowd here, will also collect $388,287 in prize money.
flop. Ferguson stares straight ahead as the cards come off. He slowly looks over at Akenhead, first his face, then his stack. He then moves his entire stack into the center and Akenhead insta-calls. The players show:Ferguson:
Akenhead:
The crowd is once again nuts, chanting "heart! heart! heart!" Akenhead supporters are staring intently at the monitors hoping for the best. The turn is the
and the Akenhead camp sticks out like a sore thumb. The river is the 
and the applause is present, but surely less overwhelming than had a heart hit the river. The tournament director doublechecks the counts and James Akenhead doubles through Chris Ferguson.
Chris Ferguson - 2,630,000
James Akenhead - 1,500,000
Hinkle:
Ferguson:
Nobody wants to see Ferguson's fairy tale journey through this tournament come to an end. Even though Hinkle has been hitting all of his hands and playing well, it feels like the entire gallery is calling for an ace on the flop. No help for either player when it comes
. The turn is the 
, giving Hinkle an open-ended straight draw and tons of outs. Now the entire gallery is shouting. We can't hear anything in here. The river is the
and Ferguson survives again! A roar from the crowd. They are all on his side as he doubles up again.