Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem
Day 3 Completed
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,282,520
Entries
827
Level
22
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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, Shak moves all in for 1,575,000, and Pillai thinks for about four minutes before he quietly says, "I call." The once-silent crowd explodes in the excitement of an all-in situation. Shak shows
for a pair of eights, king kicker. But Pillai shows 
for a pair of eights, *ace* kicker. Shak needs to improve to stay alive. The turn card is the
, and only a king can save Shak now. The river card is the
, and Shankar Pillai wins the pot -- and the bracelet -- with a pair of eights with an ace kicker. Beth Shak is eliminated in second place, earning $328,683.
Shankar Pillai wins Event #28 ($3,000 No-Limit Hold'em), earning $527,829, a Corum watch, and a coveted WSOP bracelet.
Here are all the final table payouts:
1st - Shankar Pillai - $527,829
2nd - Beth Shak - $328,683
3rd - Jason Song - $212,274
4th - Dustin Holmes - $141,516
5th - Ben Fineman - $100,431
6th - Phil Hellmuth, Jr. - $76,464
7th - Perry Friedman - $57,063
8th - Brett Richey - $42,227
9th - Daniel Corbin - $30,814
10th - Luke Vrable - $21,456
Shankar Pillai - 2,640,000
Beth Shak - 2,320,000
, Shak checks, Pillai bets 80,000, and Shak folds. Pillai takes the pot.