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Patrik Antonius is possibly the youngest and most well known poker player today. Originally from Helsinki, Finland, he came to birth in 1980. Growing up, his family was poor, so he learned that only a hard work ethic would produce results. Combined with his military discipline, Antonius is very focused at the poker table, able to lose or win large sums of money gracefully. Read Patrik Antonius Bio here.

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Phil Galfond AKA Omgclayaiken Wins Event #28: $5K Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys

152 players showed up for the Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys event. Like any rebuy tournament, it was pretty hectic during the rebuy period. Tom Dwan managed to rebuy an amazing 19 times and stuck $100k to the prizepool. Despite possibly breaking the record for most rebuys during this event, he was eliminated during the middle of Day 2 and left empty handed. Daniel Negreanu was estimated to have rebought around 17 times and was stuck at least $80k, but managed to make the money and come out a winner. One of the toughest final tables at a WSOP event went underway. John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, David Benyamine, Kirill Gerasimov, Phil “OMGClayaiken” Galfond, Daniel Negreanu, Brian “tsarrast” Rast, Adam “the_houdini” Hourani, and Johnny Chan were the last 9 players standing on Day 3.

Brian Rast Eliminated in 9th Place ($84,863)

2 way pot between Johnny Chan and Brian Rast.
Flop came ( J 4 3 ) with two diamonds and both players move all in
Chan: ( A 9 7 7 ) with the Ace high diamond flush draw, and Rast:( J 10 7 6 ) for top pair and Jack high diamond flush draw
Turn and river comes ( J 4 3 ) ( Q A ) non diamonds and Chan rivers top pair to send Rast out in 9th place

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 8th Place ($100,292)

Hellmuth, who started the table with a very shortstack, moved all in preflop against David Benyamine.
Hellmuth: ( A K T 4 ) while Benyamine: ( A A K 4 ).
Board came ( 8 6 2 10 2 ) and Hellmuth would end his run for a 12 bracelet.

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in 7th Place ($123,437)

Negreanu would go all in after Phil Galfond raised it preflop.
Negreanu: ( K K J 5 ) against Galfond: ( A A 2 2 )
The flop came ( 9 7 5 ) all hearts, giving Galfond the nut flush
Turn came ( K ) giving Negreanu more outs, however a river blanked a ( 2 ) and Negreanu was out in 7th place, picking up a bit of profit over all the rebuys he put into the prizepool

John Juanda Eliminated in 6th Place ($154,296)

Johnny Chan limped in the small blind and Juanda checked.
Flop came ( 9 8 2 ) with two spades
Both players reraised each other all in
Juanda : ( K T 9 7 ) for the open end straight flush draw, Chan: ( 10 9 8 2 ) for Top two pair
Turn and river came ( 7 2 ) non spades and Juanda would miss his outs, sending him out in 6th place

Kirill Gerasimov Eliminated in 5th Place ($192,870)

Gerasimov moved all in from the small blind and was called by Phil Galfond.
Gerasimov: ( A 10 8 7 ) and Galfond: ( A J 8 5 )
Board comes ( J 9 6 6 6 ) and Galfond picks it up with trip sixes, Jack kicker, sending Gerasimov home in 5th place

Johnny Chan Eliminated in 4th Place ($246,874)

Chan raises it up preflop and is called by Benyamine and Galfond.
Flop ( J 10 3 ) with diamond flush draw, Benyamine bets out, Galfond calls, and Chan calls all in
Turn comes ( 8 ) and river comes ( A ) non diamonds
Benyamine had ( A K 9 8 ) for two pair, Chan had ( 10 9 9 8 ) for a smaller two pair and ends his run for an 11th bracelet, while Galfond mucked

David Benyamine Eliminated in 3rd Place ($316,307)

Benyamine raised from the button and Adam Hourani calls.
Flop is ( Q J 9 ) no flush draw, Benyamine moves all in and is called by Hourani
Benyamine: ( A A 10 4 ) for pair of Aces and gutshot draw, Hourani: ( A Q Q 10 ) for top set
Turn and river comes ( 3 8 ) and Benyamine exits in 3rd place

Adam Hourani Eliminated in 2nd Place ($493,748)

Galfond managed to start the heads up portion with a chip lead. After 3 and a half hours, Hourani chipped away until he finally went all in preflop.
Galfond: ( A 7 6 5 ) and Hourani ( A K J 10 )
Board came ( A Q 8 6 2 ) and Galfond managed to hit two pair, eliminating Hourani in 2nd place

Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond Wins Event #28 ($817,781)

Phil Galfond is a high stakes online player and a regular at the $200/$400 NLH & PLO games as “OMGClayaiken” on Full Tilt Poker and “Ktrieu” on Pokerstars. Galfond is a member of the “Ship it Holla Ballas” crew, a group of young poker players who have enjoyed a lot of success. Galfond would capture his first WSOP bracelet and take home $817K for taking down this event.

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Nikolay Evdakov is a poker player from Moscow, Russia. He is making his presence known at the 2008 World Series of Poker by cashing in numerous tournaments. He placed 12th in the PL Holdem event for $49k, 139th and 48th in two NL Holdem events for $14k combined, 24th in the World championship mixed event for $16k, 13th in the NL 2-7 lowball draw for $26k, and 14th in the PL Omaha with rebuys for $61k.

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With the conclusion of Event #28, he is the only player to have cashed 6 times in the 2008 World Series of Poker to date. He is a serious contender to match or beat the record for most WSOP cashes in a single year, which is currently set at 8 cashes and held by four players: Michael Binger, Chad Brown, Phil Hellmuth, Humberto Brenes.

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WSOP tournament of champions, would emerge victorious after it was all said and done.

David Benyamine Eliminated in Seventh Place ($58,990)
The final table did not last very long for David Benyamine as he was the first one out. He went all in after Erick Lindgren opened the pot. Benyamine stood pat while Lindgren drew one card. Lingren made ( 2 4 5 7 8 ) against Benyamine’s ( 2 4 7 8 J )

Tony ‘G’ Guoga Eliminated in Sixth Place ($78,075)
Erick Lindgren opened the pot again and Tony G moved in from the button for his last 140k. Lindgren called and each player drew one card. Lindgren made ( 4 5 6 8 9 ) and Tony G would make a pair of deuces ( 2 2 3 5 8 ) to end in 6th place.

Tom Schneider Eliminated in 5th Place ($104,101)
Three way action between Mike Matusow, Jeff Lisandro, and Tom Schneider, who is all in. Lisandro drew one card to make a pair of eights ( 2 3 5 8 8 ), Matusow drew one card to make ( 2 3 4 5 9 ), and Schneider stood pat, then mucked as he finished in 5th place.

Erick Lindgren Eliminated in 4th Place ($156,151)

Lisandro raised it up from the button, Matusow called from the small blind, and Erick Lindgren would move all in from the big blind. Lisandro folded but Matusow called. Lindgren drew one card to make a pair of deuces ( 2 2 3 6 7 ), while Matusow drew two cards and made eight low ( 2 4 6 7 8 ). After sending Lindgren to the rail, Matusow got up from his chair and began cheering and clapping.

Barry Greenstein Eliminated in 3rd Place ($225,552)
Barry Greenstein would move all in from the small blind and get called by Lisandro, who had him covered. Both players drew one card. Lisandro made an Ace low ( 4 5 8 10 A ) and Greenstein hit a pair of sevens ( 2 6 7 7 9 ). Lisandro would receive a signed copy of Ace on the River for eliminating Greenstein in 3rd place.

Jeff Lisandro Eliminated in 2nd Place ($347,004)
Matusow would shove all in from the button and was quickly called by Lisandro. Matusow tanked for a while before deciding to stay pat. Lisandro drew one card and made ( 3 5 6 9 Q ), which wuz not good enough to beat Matusow’s ( 3 4 7 8 Q )

Mike Matusow Wins Event #18 - $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw
Mike Matusow is a professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada. He now has 3 World Series of Poker bracelets in his collection and 6.5 million dollars in tournament earnings. Matusow is famous for his persona, table chatter, recent weight loss, and display of tilt (Mike Matusow blow-ups). You can find him regularly playing online at Full Tilt Poker under his real name.

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