WSOP 2008
Montgomery Making Moves, Crowe Flies Away
by Crystal on 07.14.08, 10:05 pm
Scott “r_a_y” Montgomery has been on the move during the last level before the dinner break. In one hand Montgomery (pictured left) limped in from under the gun and Gert Andersen limped in as well before Dennis Phillips raised to 350K from the big blind. Mongomery made the call and Andersen folded. The flop came out A
9
3 and Phillips bet out 500K only to have Montgomery raise to 1.2 million. Phillips then re-raised to 3.5 million and (as if that weren’t enough) Montgomery moved all in for 6.7 million. Phillips finally conceded the hand and Montgomery took the huge pot and increased his stack to 15 million.
In another hand, Nicholas Sliwinski raised to 300K and Montgomery called to see the flop come Q75
. Both players checked and the 8 fell on the turn. The both checked again and saw the A come on the river. In keeping with the hand’s flow, both players checked yet again and Montgomery showed a surprisingly strong AQ for top two pair to take the hand. We can only imagine that he was trying to induce a bluff from Sliwinski but he still scooped up a few more chips in the hand.
Right before the break began Montgomery lost a little ground and dropped back down to 12.45 million but he is still near the top of the chip counts in 3rd place.
Owen “ocrowe” Crowe’s final table dreams have come to an end. Ivan Demidov raised to 330K from under the gun and both Chino Rheem and Joe Bishop called. Crowe (pictured right) then moved all in from the button for 1.84 million and Demidov made the call. Rheem and Bishop both folded and Crowe was in a classic race situation with his 99 against Demidov’s AQ. The flop came JJ
T and gave Demidov even more outs. The Q on the turn put Demidov in the lead but gave Crowe an open-ended straight draw. The 2 on the river was no help to Crowe and he was eliminated in 15th place good for a payday of $463,201. Congrats to Owen for his amazing finish!
Overall the play has tightened up considerably as the final table draws near. With only five eliminations to go until the final table is set, all the players can see the finish line in the distance.