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 slot onlain 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
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
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