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Sebastian Ruthenberg wins Event 33, $5K World championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low.

On June 17, 2008, Event 33 got underway at the World Series of Poker. 261 entrants bought into the $5,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament, which had a prize pool of $1,226,700. Howard Lederer finished in 9th, just one seat short of the final table. The 8 final players who made it:

Bob Lauria (44,000)
Steve Sung (207,000)
Annie Duke (277,000)
Bob Beveridge (308,000)
Marcel Luske (308,000)
Alessio Isaia (398,000)
Chris Ferguson (434,000)
Sebastian Ruthenberg (663,000)

Bob Beveridge Eliminated in 8th Place ($36,801)
With only 60K left in chips, Bob Beveridge commited himself on 4th street against Marcel Luske.
Luske had a pair of fives with a seven low: ( A 2 5 5 6 7 8 )
Beveredge showed ace high with an eight low ( A 4 5 6 8 9 K )
Beveridge could not win either high or low pot and was the first player out of the final table at 8th place

Steve Sung Eliminated in 7th Place ($46,001)
Steve Sung would get all his chips in by seventh street against Annie Duke
Duke had a pair of kings and six low ( A 2 3 4 6 K K )
Sung mucked ( 7 6 7 K ) and was out in 7th place

Alessio Isaia Eliminated in 6th Place ($58,268)
Sebastian Ruthenberg had two pair, Aces and deuces, and a seven low ( A A 2 2 4 5 7 )
Alessio Isaia had ( A 4 4 5 7 7 8 ) two pair, fours and sevens, and an eight low, hitting neither pot and finishing in 6th place

Annie Duke Eliminated in 5th Place ($73,602)
Annie Duke was in big trouble when she commited herself to holed pocket tens against Chris Ferguson’s holed pocket kings
Ferguson made two pair, Kings and Jacks, and no low ( 3 7 9 J J K K )
Duke had just a pair of tens with no low ( A 2 5 8 9 10 10 ) and was out in 5th place

Marcel Luske Eliminated in 4th Place ($95,069)
Marcel Luske would end his run at 4th place when his pair of fives and no low( A 5 5 8 9 10 J ) was beaten by Bob Lauria’s pair of sevens and eight low ( A 2 3 7 7 8 Q )

Bob Lauria Eliminated in 3rd Place ($125,737)
Bob Lauria was down to his last chips and commited himself to trip eights on 3rd street against Chris Ferguson
Ferguson turned over a full house, tens full of kings ( 10 10 10 K K 8 2 )
Lauria could not improve the trip eights and was out in 3rd place

Chris Ferguson Eliminated in 2nd Place ($202,406)
Down to his last few chips, Ferguson went all in on a pair of Aces ( A A 3 4 5 9 J ), which failed to hold against Sebastian Ruthenberg’s two pair, sevens and fours ( 2 4 4 6 7 7 Q ). Ferguson finished in 2nd place and would just narrowly miss his shot at a sixth bracelet.

Sebastian Ruthenberg Wins Event #33, $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo World Championship ($328,756)
Sebastian Ruthenberg is a 24 year old poker player from Germany. Prior to this event, he held $580,000 in live tournament winnings since June 2006. After several days of playing in a field heavily filled with pros, then going heads up against Chris Ferguson for more than 3 hours, Ruthenberg managed to come out the winner, taking home $328K for first prize and his first gold bracelet.

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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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