WSOP 2008
Good Call, Bad Beat - Carroll Out 4th
by Court on 04.26.08, 9:20 pm
After successfully raising Gus Hansen to pick up a few pots preflop Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll again popped one of Hansen’s opening raises. Gus made it 480k and Cory raised to 1.65 million chips. Gus called and on the Q
J
6 flop Cory checked and Hansen stood up to get a look at Carroll’s chips. After seeing that Cory had just over 6.5 million left Gus finally decided to move all in putting Cory to a decision for the rest of his chips.
Carroll (left) thought for a long time at one point saying “do you have a big draw Gus?” and then finally making his mind up after commenting “If you have king queen or queen ten then its over I guess, I call.” Cory had the AJ
and his pair of jacks gave him the best hand against Hansen’s holding of the 75. The turn was the Q
and Carroll was one card away from becoming a huge chip leader in the tournament. Instead the 3 filled the flush for Gus and eliminated Carroll in 4th place.
The payout for 4th is $593,645 and a large sum, but Cory will have to leave here thinking what could have been and about the almost $3 million more he could have had for first place.
David Chiu and John Roveto have been quiet up to this point. It is possible that neither have raked in a pot yet, but both have jumped way up the payout scale while Gus mows down the field.
Final 6 Set
by Court on 04.24.08, 11:33 pm
With the elimination of Amir Vahedi in 7th place the televised final table participants are now set. Gus Hansen will go into the final table holding the chip lead, with Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (right) and David Chiu not far behind.
Here are the full chip counts:
Gus Hansen - 8,570,000
Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll - 6,670,000
David Chiu - 6,050,00
John Roveto - 2,720,000
Tommy Le - 1,950,000
Jeff King - 1,305,000