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Day 1A - 6th July 2007 -
The tournament started at noon Las Vegas time. Because
of the large number of entrants Day One of the Championship event has been
stretched over 4 days, the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th of July. Entrants had the
choice of which day to play on.
Day 1A saw 1,287 players hear the
comedian George Wallace utter the famous words, "Shuffle up and deal!". Matt
Jansen was the first player out, holding a pair of Aces and losing to
king-queen suited that flushed on the flop.
1978 WSOP Champion Bobby
Baldwin, 2003 Champion Chris Moneymaker, Johnny Chan, back-to-back World
Champion of 1987 and 1988, Doyle Brunson (1976 and 1977) and 1996 WSOP Champion
Huckleberry Seed played today.
Day 1A was a quiet affair, reducing down
to 450 players by midnight.
Out are Ram Vaswani, Eli Elezra,
Dewey Tomko, Amarillo Slim, Mel Judah, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Liz Lieu,
Teddy Sheringham, Mike Sexton, Joe Awada, Andy Black, David "Devilfish" Ulliott
and many more........
Day 1A Chip
Leaders
| Tinten
Olivier |
260,000 |
Julian
Gardner |
143,700 |
| John
Dutchak |
218,000 |
Joe
Beevers |
96,000 |
| Steve
Austin |
200,000 |
Barry
Greenstein |
91,000 |
| Adam
Weiss |
165,000 |
Huck
Seed |
45,000 |
| Adam
Richardson |
156,000 |
Chris
Bjorin |
38,000 |
Reports :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day
1B - 7th July 2007 -
1,545 players started on Day
1 B. Penn & Teller were introduced by Jeffrey Pollack to give the opening
line of "Shuffle up and deal."
2005 Champion Joe Hachem, 1983 chanp Tom
McEvoy, Berry Johnston (1986), 8 time bracelet winner Erik Seidel and Vicky
Coren playing today.
Out today are John Juanda, Barny Boatman, Sam
Farha, Simon 'Aces' Trumper, David Williams, Annie Duke, Jeff Lisandro. Kathy
Liebert, Scott Fischman, Isabelle Mercier, Max Pescatori, Jennifer Harman, Erik
Seidel, Roland de Wolfe.
Players left at the end of the day about
500.
Day 1B Chip
Leaders
| Dag Martin
Mikkelsen |
253,000 |
Scotty
Nguyen |
135,000 |
| Gene
Strickland |
180,000 |
John
Duthie |
135,000 |
| Sven-Anders
Johnsson |
176,000 |
Neil 'Bad Beat'
Channing |
65,000 |
| Chris
Viox |
163,000 |
Donnacha
O'Dea |
40,000 |
| Rep
Porter |
150,000 |
Vicky
Coren |
37,000 |
Reports
: Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 1C - 8th July
2007 -
1,743 players started on Day 1 C for a running total
4,575. The totals for the past six years are 2000: 2006: 8,773 2005:
5,619 2004: 2,576 2003: 839 2002: 631 2001:
613 2000: 512. This year will not continue the record breaking
run due to the cancelation of direct entries from online poker sites.
Tournament director Jack Effel introduced by Jeffrey Pollack gave the
opening line of "Shuffle up and deal."
For some reason today included
many more recognised players than the previous two days, possibly thinking that
this was the last of the 'day ones'. It was until the organisers added Day
1D!,
2003 World Champion Chris Moneymaker began the day at the ESPN
camera covered table. Other top players playing today included Shannon Shorr,
Phil Ivey, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Steve Dannenmann, Bill Gazes, Phil Laak,
Greg Raymer, Humberto Brenes, John Gale, Allen Cunningham, and Chris "Jesus"
Ferguson, Brad Daugherty (1991 champ), Robert Varkonyi (2002), Mike "The Mouth"
Matusow and T.J. Cloutier. Also Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza in
Seinfeld.
Out are Phil Laak, Phil Ivey, John Gale, Mike Matusow, Andy
Bloch, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Jennifer Tilly, T.J. Cloutier, Kenna James
Day 1C Chip
Leaders
| Tom
Bernard |
220,000 |
Rolf
Slotboom |
79,000 |
| Carl
Olson |
205,000 |
Allen
Cunningham |
60,000 |
| Phillip
Hilm |
195,000 |
Chris 'Jesus'
Ferguson |
58,000 |
| Daniel
Alaei |
190,000 |
Chris
Moneymaker |
50,000 |
| Chuck
Kelley |
170,000 |
Ben
Roberts |
35,000 |
Reports
: Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 1D - 9th July
2007 -
1,783 players started on Day 1D for a grand total 6,358
players for the 2007 World Championship. Prizepool: $59,784,954. Paid places:
621 (9.77% of the field) Minimum Prize: $20,320. The number of Millionaires
will be 5. The First Prize is $8,250,000.
Nolan Dalla introduced
tournament director Jack Effel who in turn introduced ex-Senator Alfonse
D’Amato, a representative of poker interests in Washington DC. He managed
the ‘Shuffle up and deal!’ cry with gusto and got the crowd of
players on their feet cheering and stamping.
Today we have playing
Antonio Esfandiari, David Plastik, Cyndy Violette, Gus Hansen, world champion
Jamie Gold, former champs Phil Hellmuth and Carlos ‘The Matador’
Mortensen, Chip Reese, Ted Forrest, Freddy Deeb, Layne Flack plus authors
Michael Craig and Anthony Holden.
Phil Hellmuth had a little accident
yesterday. Phil was driving an UltimateBet-themed race car around the Rio
parking lot when he lost control and smashed into a concrete light fixture.
This wrecked his plans as he had intended to drive up in his race car, emerge
fully decked-out in racing gear, and stride through the Rio with 11 lovely
ladies escorting him to his seat. Instead he showed up in a limo, met up with
his phalanx of lovely ladies, and headed off to work.
650 players made
it through the day. Out today are Freddy Deeb, Jamie Gold, Phil
Hellmuth, Reese, Williamson III, Steve Zolotow, Cyndy Violette, David
Benyamine, Paul Darden, Mike Craig, Anthony Holden.
| Josh Evans
|
237,300 |
Ted
Forrest |
150,000 |
| Kevin
Kim |
196,100 |
Carlos
Mortensen |
85,000 |
| Jose
Barbero |
172,600 |
Paul "X-22"
Magriel |
57,000 |
| Cyril
Bensoussan |
172,200 |
Daniel
Negreanu |
50,000 |
| Gary
Styczynski |
169,200 |
Layne
Flack |
49,000 |
Reports
: Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 2A - 10th July
2007 -
1,037 starters today. ESPN Feature Table today and hence
on their subsequent TV coverage, Scotty Nguyen, "Miami" John
Cernuto.
Early on Hoyt Corkins was eliminated by Vicky Coren! The
Princess moves on. Not long after Joe Hachem (2005 chanp) goes.Then straight
away Jane Gold (2006 champ) goes. After 2 hours 820 players left. Dan
Harrington gone, then Tony G, Barry Greenstein, Ross Boatman. 7 hours and 510
left. Soon John Cernuto goes, then Tom McEvoy (1983).
At midnight the
day's play is over with 350 players remaining.
Day 2B - 11th July
2007 -
Day 1C & 1D have been combined and there are 1,303
starters today.
Vinnie Vinh had 30,000 chips at the last break on Day
1D but then disappeared. His chips were anted and blinded away until he was
left with 3,200. Today he arrives supposedly with guards hired by his backers
to make sure he turns up.
The only person with as few friends as
Hellmuth, Phil Gordon, goes out immediately. After 1 hour down to
1,169.
Allen Cunningham goes after 2 hours, then Bill Gazes, Padraig
Parkinson, Brad Daugherty (1991 champ). 4 hours and 810 players. Out goes Chris
Moneymaker (2003 champ) although we still have Chris Ferguson, Carlos Mortensen
and Robert Varkonyi, Huck Seed and Berry Johnston, all previous champs.
Ten hours in and 558 players left. Play ends just after midnight with
450 players left from day 2B. In total 797 players moving into Day 3 where the
money starts. Names in blue are British and Irish. Crazy Gus Hansen leads the
way, can he hold on?!
| Gus
Hansen |
622,300 |
Paul
Kersman (Manchester) |
289,500 |
| Hevad
Khan |
592,500 |
Huck Seed
|
280,500 |
| Jeff Banghart
|
570,100 |
Willie Tann (Bovingdon) |
279,700 |
| Jeff Weiss
|
549,800 |
John
Duthie (London) |
278,400 |
| Jon Monves
|
549,800 |
David Flusfeder (London) |
265,800 |
| Brent
Sheirbon |
549,300 |
Carlos
Mortensen |
260,000 |
| Tuan Lam
|
538,500 |
Ted
Forrest |
255,000 |
| Markus
Gonsalves |
512,400 |
David Wells (Kent) |
242,100 |
| Bradley
Ellis |
509,400 |
Berry Johnston
|
217,900 |
| Robert
Nehorayan |
505,700 |
Darren Woods (Cleethorpes) |
195,200 |
| Richard
Weisman |
495,400 |
Paul
Kemp (Milton Keynes) |
193,400 |
| Jac
Arama (London) |
302,800 |
Julian Gardner (Manchester) |
190,600 |
| Also |
|
|
|
| Chris
Ferguson |
150,000 |
Robert
Varkonyi |
150,000 |
Reports :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 3 - 12th July
2007 -
So Day 3 starts with 797 players. Or does it? After an
hour, the board show time, blind levels and the number of players left,
indicates that there are 806 players playing. I guess their accounting went
awry yesterday.
Early doors and Chris Ferguson is gone. When you get to
see this on TV, whether ESPN or other, you'll be viewing the ESPN table of Seat
1: Andrew Grimason (Ireland) - 40,500 Seat 2: Ronald Kluber (Seoul, South
Korea) - 194,600 Seat 3: Greg Treger (Falls Church, VA) - 63,500 Seat 4: Terry
Jacobs (Hindman, KY) - 38,100 Seat 5: Gus Hansen (Monaco) - 622,300 Seat 6: Lee
Biddulph (UK) - 112,500 Seat 7: Gavin Smith (Las Vegas, NV) - 87,700 Seat 8:
Shannon Hudson (Glenwood Springs, CO) - 26,100 Seat 9: Carlos Mortensen (Las
Vegas, NV) - 254,700
World Champions still in are Scotty Nguyen, Carlos
Mortensen, Robert Varkonyi, Huck Seed and Berry Johnston
After getting
down to 634 players the whole room went hand for hand. 70 tables hand for hand!
Madness. This is bubble time as 621st place is in the money. So they are trying
to avoid two people going out across the line. What it also means is that each
hand is taking 8 minutes. Ted Forrest eliminated in 634th place and Scott Grey
in 627th. John Sigan is the bubble boy.
Rolf Slotboom goes 554th. Then
John Duthie gets all in with QQ against Gus Hansen. Gus hits the
Ace.
Hand-for-hand took 2 hours and 15 hands to knock-out the last 13
players. Players than immediately loosen up and get down to 519 players in
under an hour. Todd Brunson (459th $29,883) and Robert Mizrachi (357th $34,664)
the only top players eliminated in this session. Prize money paid out already
:- 621-550 $20,320, 549-478 $29,883, 477-352
$34,664.
At the end of the day 337 players remain to start Day
4.
| Dario Minieri
(Rome) |
2,398,000 |
Julian Gardner (Manchester) |
471,000 |
| Jeff Weiss
|
1,533,000
|
David Wells (Kent) |
388,000 |
| Jon Kalmar
|
1,410,000
|
Neil
Channing (London) |
371,000 |
| Hevad Khan
|
1,319,000
|
Jac
Arama (London) |
366,000 |
| Kenny Tran
|
1,175,000
|
Raj
Verma (England) |
363,000 |
| Steven
Jacobs |
1,127,000 |
Paul
Kershaw (Manchester) |
333,000 |
| Brock Parker
|
1,089,000 |
Priyan De Mel (London) |
285,000 |
| Robert
Neitrayan |
1,058,000 |
David Flusfeder (London) |
282,000 |
| William
Spadea |
1,057,000 |
Lewis Pilkington (Sheffield) |
277,000 |
| Nicolas Atlan
(France) |
1,057,000 |
Tristan McDonald (London) |
257,000 |
| Gus Hansen
(Monaco) |
1,044,000
|
Adam
Noone (London) |
255,000 |
| Also |
|
|
|
| Huck Seed
|
544,000 |
Scotty
Nguyen |
321,000 |
| Robert
Varkonyi |
424,000 |
Carlos
Mortensen |
284,000 |
Reports
: Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 4 - 13th July
2007 -
337 players start Day 4 including former world champions
Berry Johnston ('86), Huckleberry Seed ('96), Scott Nguyen ('98), Carlos
Mortensen ('01), and Robert Varkonyi ('02). Huck Seed announces at his table
that he has to finish 50th or better to break even for this years World Series.
That means he is currently down $190,000 and that doesn't include a $50K last
longer bet with Robert Williamson III which he won easily.
Things got
away to a fast start with 39 players disappearing in the first 50 minutes
including the likes of Hasan Habib 329th, David Flusfeder (Daily Telegraph)
322th, Hans Lund 320th and Mimi Tran 318th, all collecting
$39,445.
After an hour Ireland's Donnocha O'Dea gets all in with AA
against SpiderMan, or Tobey Maguire, and doubles up. Shortly after MAguire is
out.
At 2:15 there are 261 players including all five champs that
started the day and five woman players and then fifteen minutes later there
were 4. At 3 o'clock, backgammon whizz and bracelet winner Jason Lester bows
out 229th. Soon after both Mortenson and Johnstone get all in and double up.
Still five champs left in. Jacues Arama goes out 271st for $45,422.
At 4
o'clock Mortenson loses Jacks vs. Queens and is out but Varkonyi manages a
double up to stay alive, down to four champs. Just before 6 o'clock Varkonyi is
short on chips and moves in with A5 to see AQ which makes a straight. Down to
three. Just after this Donnacha O'Dea goes out with the same hand against
7-7.
153 survivors make the dinner break at 7:30. At 10:30 still 140
players with an average chip stack of 900,000 and it's Level 18. The blinds are
6,000 and 12,000 with a 2,000 ante. 15 minutes later Neil "Bad Beat" Channing
got all in with Queens only to see Aces and board did not help. Out in 130th
with $58,570.
Just before the finish, at 15 minutes past midnight Berry
Johnston is eliminated. Play stops at 00:41 with 112 players
left.
| Dag Martin Mikkelsen
(Norway ) |
3,740,000 |
Julian Gardner (Manchester) |
1,777,000
|
| Charis Anastasiou
(Cyprus) |
2,672,000
|
Cory
Carroll (UK) |
1,415,000 |
| Richard Harris (Wales) |
2,662,000
|
Willie Tann (London) |
912,000 |
| Avi Cohen
|
2,392,000
|
David Wells (Kent) |
684,000 |
| Jeff Tunkel
|
2,323,000
|
Paul
Kershaw (England) |
654,000 |
| Alex Kravchenko
(Moscow) |
2,274,000 |
Gus Hansen
(Monaco) |
1,604,000 |
| Hevad Khan
|
2,200,000 |
Huck
Seed |
1,546,000
|
| Ryan Elson
|
2,137,000 |
Scotty
Nguyen |
1,175,000 |
Reports :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 5 - 14th July
2007 -
112 players begin Day 5, 6 Brits, 1 woman and two previous
champions, Scotty Nguyen and Huck Seed. Both Seen and Scotty have four
bracelets each. The blinds are 10,000 and 20,000 with a 3,000 ante. There is
still some joking going around about Dario Minieri who looks like he is
seventeen but has some I.D. to say he is 21!?
Early on Avi Cohen hits
runner-runner for a back door flush and takes a pot of 4.7million, making him
the new chip leader. At 1.45 Dario Minieri (the under-age player) bet a million
on a flush draw only to be called by trip 3s. No spade and the young pretender
is out. Immediately after this Gus Hansen saw a flop of AAQ with his A2 and
managed to get his opponent to go all-in against him. Trouble was Jason Koshi
had AK and no help for Hansen means he is down to a few stacks.
With a
few chips left Cory Carroll got an all-in bet with A-7 called by Aces and no
help saw one of the Brits out in 91st winning $67,535. Down to five. Blind
level now 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante, this costs players 63,000 just to
play one round. Average stack is 1.4 million.
At 3.30 David Wells, from
Kent, moved all-in with A-10 and Markus Gonsalves called with Kings. 9-5-5-Q-T
and another Brit goes back east finishing in 85th for $82,476. Just after 4
o'clock Humberto Brenes seemed to trick his way into getting all-in with A-K
hearts but Hevad Khan had Aces and the Costa Rican is out 83rd for $82,476.
After 5 o'clock Willie Tann was eliminated in 77th place for $106,382. Three
Brits left.
At five thirty the dream of Huck Seed, not only of winning
but getting back the $190k he is down for the series, came to an end. Out in
73rd for $106,382. Just before 7 o'clock Julian Gardner bets a million on a
board of 9-3-4-K-5 wuth his K-T but William Spadea had A-K and another Brit
goes home, this time in 64th place receiving $130,288.
The stars are
flying out of the windows, if there were any that is. Gus Hansen gets it all-in
with A-K against the J-J of Ryan Elson and no help sees him gone in 61st place
for $154,194.
At nine o'clock the players start their two-hour dinner
break. The yellow 1,000 chips disappear and the 50,000 chips come onto the
tables. After dinner, stalwart of the World Series, John Spadavecchia, goes out
when his A-T is beaten by the K-J of Tom Peterson making two pairs. Shortly
after welshman Richard Harris found his opponent Lee Childs had Aces and goes
out in 54th place to receive $190,053. Just before that Paul Kershaw bets 1.3
million all-in on a flush draw against Scotty Nguyen. When the flush fails to
materialise Scotty Nguyen asks him if he thought he was playing with 'a kid'.
Out 55th for $154,194. No Brits left.
Just after one in the morning the
last woman Maria Ho goes out in 38th place for $237,865. Then just after 2 in
the morning play finishes with 36 players left. Scotty Nguyen is the last known
player left and has 1,960,000 in chips.
Correction! John Kalmar is from
Chorley, United Kingdom! And is still in this.
| David Tran
|
10,280,000 |
Kenny Tran
|
4,955,000 |
| Philip Hilm
|
9,950,000
|
William Spadea
|
4,575,000 |
| Ray
Henson |
8,250,000
|
Tuan Lam
(Canada) |
3,600,000
|
| Hevad
Khan |
7,585,000
|
Lee
Watkinson |
3,500,000
|
| Kevin
Farry |
7,400,000
|
Stefan Mattsson
(Stockholm) |
3,260,000 |
| Scott Freeman
|
7,360,000 |
Raymond Rahme
(Johannesburg) |
3,100,000
|
| Lee Childs
|
6,520,000 |
Ron Kluber
(Seoul) |
3,070,000
|
| Jerry Yang
|
5,090,000 |
John
Kalmar |
2,665,000 |
Reports :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 6 - 15th July
2007 -
The day starts with 36 players trying to snag one of the
nine places at the final table. Everyone out today will pick up a decent chunk
of cash, unless they are American when Uncle Sam will steal 30%. Places paid
today 10-12 - $476,926 13-15 - $429,114 16-18 - $381,302 19-27 - $333,490 28-36
- $285,678.
Scotty Nguyen is the only star player and previous winner
left in the championship. So far he has cashed 5 times in the series for
$185,000. John Kalmar is the British representative with 2,665,000 in
chips.
Just after noon the cards fly. The blinds are 30,000 and 60,000
with a 10,000 ante. The average chip stack is 3.5 million.
The very
first hand saw three way all-in. Robin Bergren with T-6, Allan King with Q-Q
and Roy Winston with A-K. The cards fell A-T-4-A-K for a full house and two
people out in a flash, both picking up $285,678. Next hand Hoa Nguyen is out
with 5-5 against A-9 of Lee Childs. At 1:30 Bill Edler bet 2 million with his
J-9 on a flop of 5-3-2.Peter Darvill called all-in with 7-7 and went on his way
when a nine of clubs rivered. 31st spot earns him $285,678.
After Paulo
Loureiro is eliminated in 28th place at 3 o'clock another redraw for seats
takes place so that 4 tables can move down to three. Scotty Nguyen is up to 4
million in chips. Jeff Bryan decides its all-in time with J-T and sees Philip
Hilm with A-K. Cards come Q-7-7 but then a T. And then a Jack hes come in 27th
for $333,490.
4.20. After several losing pots Roy Winston found Queens
but ran into Jerry Yang with A-K, which has been doing very well in this years
event. First card Ace and Winston is out 26th for $333,490.
Good news,
Philip Hilm, although from Denmark, lives in Cambridge and so is honary
representative for the UK along with John Kalmar of Chorley. 4.45 and desperate
Bill Edler tries his all-in luck with 9-T but comes up against the hand of the
day, A-K of Jerry Yang, which hits an Ace. 23rd place pays $333,490. Leading
chips at this time : William Spadea - 12,115,000 Lee Childs - 11,195,000 Ray
Henson - 10,865,000 Philip Hilm - 9,985,000 Jerry
Yang - 8,615,000.
Just before 6pm Scott Freeman gets all-in with his
pair of Tens and comes up against, you guessed it, A-K, which this time hits
two pair for victory! 18 players left and another redraw for the two table
finish. At 6.40 Tuan Lam wins over 10 million in one pot with a spade flush.
Just after Scotty Nguyen doubles through Philip Hilm and is up to 5.5
million.
Finally! John Armbrust moves all-in with over 5 million and
shows A-K of spades. Lee Childs has Q spades - Ace clubs. Four clubs hit the
table and Armbrust is out 18th for $381,302. A-K gets its old reputation back.
Dinner break from 7.30 until 9pm.
At 9pm. ESPN's Featured Table Seat 1
- Tuan Lam - 14,945,000 Seat 2 - Seat 3 - Ray Henson - 10,375,000 Seat 4 -
Scotty Nguyen - 5,960,000 Seat 5 - Bob Slezak - 3,560,000 Seat 6 - Philip Hilm
- 8,590,000 Seat 7 - Raymond Rahme - 6,115,000 Seat 8 - David Tran - 4,475,000
Seat 9 - Lee Childs - 16,535,000 Bluff's Featured Table (Outer Table) Seat 1 -
Jon Kalmar - 9,680,000 Seat 2 - Lee Watkinson - 12,975,000 Seat 3 - Steven
Garfinkle - 4,670,000 Seat 4 - Billy Spadea - 3,725,000 Seat 5 - Jerry Yang -
8,165,000 Seat 6 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 4,730,000 Seat 7 - Alex Kravchenko -
2,130,000 Seat 8 - Kenny Tran - 9,130,000 Seat 9 - Kevin Farry - 1,625,000
Straight after dinner Alex Kravchenko triples up with a pair of tens
and takes out Kevin Farry in 17th. At 9.30 Kenny Tran thinks for ages and with
4 seconds before being timed out calls all-in only to see that Brit Jon Kalmar
has rivered a flush and now moves up to 17 million chips. Tran out 16th. Soon
after Bob Slezak's pair of fours runs into Raymond Rahme's pair of sevens and
gets no help. Out 15th for $429,114.
Things really slow down and its
not until 11pm that David Tran's sixes ran into our old chum A-K held by Tuan
Lam. An Ace once again and Tran is 14th for $429,114. Minutes later William
Spadea lost with A-K against Aces and was 13th, another $429,114. At 11.30
sparring between Ray Henson and Scotty Nguyen gets a pot going. On the flop of
K-6-6 Henson moves all-in with 9-9 and is insta-called, Nguyen showing K-Q.
Nguyen doubles up to 15 million and Henson is out 12th for $476,926. More slow
play into the early hours, its a tradition on the penultimate
day.
1a.m.. Turning point? Lam bets 1 million, Nguyen raises to 3.5
million on a board of K-5-4-K-J. Lam thinks and calls. Nguyen shows 4-3 and Lam
takes an 8 million pot with T-T. Then minutes later Nguyen sees a flop of Q-6-5
with his A-Q and bets 600,000. Hilm calls. The turn is a king, Nguyen checks,
Hilm bets 1.2 million, Nguyen moves all in, Hilm calls in a flash and turns
over 5-5. Nguyen down to 2.3 million and Hilm up to 16 million. Ten minutes
later Nguyen moves all-in again against Hilm with a flush draw which doesn't
arrive and Nguyen is out 11th for $476,926.
At 2 a.m. the final 10
player table starts to try and eliminate one more before the final day. After
more than an hour Alex Kravchenko survives an all-in and doubles up through
Philip Hilm. He moves up to 7.5 million. Finally, 36 hands and 135 minutes of
play into the final table, at 4.14 a.m., Steven Garfinkle gets it in with A-3
but Raymond Rahme's pair of Queens hits another one on the flop and its all
over for today. 10th place is worth $476,926.
There is now a day of rest and
the final begins on Tuesday 17th July.
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Final Table
Chips |
|
| Phillip Hilm |
(Cambridge, UK (orig. Denmark)) |
22,070,000 |
| Tuan Lam
|
(Kitchener, ON,
Canada) |
21,315,000
|
| John
Kalmar |
(Chorley, United Kingdom) |
20,320,000 |
| Raymond Rahme
|
(Johannesburg, South
Africa) |
16,320,000 |
| Lee Childs
|
(Reston, VA,
USA) |
13,240,000
|
| Lee Watkinson
|
(Long Branch, WA,
USA) |
9,925,000 |
| Hevad Khan
|
(Ploughkeepsie, NY,
USA) |
9,205,000 |
| Jerry Yang
|
(Temecula, CA,
USA) |
8,450,000 |
| Alex Kravchenko
|
(Moscow) |
6,570,000 |
Reports :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 1D
Day 2A&B
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Final
Prize
List
Anthony Holden's Blog :
Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1D
Day 2
Day 4
Day 6
Final
Day 7 The Final -
17th July 2007 -
The Final Nine players in the
2007 World Championship are, with seats and chips;
1) Jon Kalmar - 20.32m 2)
Lee Childs - 13.24m 3) Philip Hilm - 22.07m 4) Jerry Yang - 8.45m 5) Raymond
Rahme - 16.32m 6) Tuan Lam - 21.315m 7) Alex Kravchenko - 6.57m 8) Lee
Watkinson - 9.925m 9) Hevad "Rain" Khan - 9.205m
Countries represented
are USA, Denmark, England, Russia, Canada and South Africa.
Jon Kalmar is a 34-year-old professional poker
player, who plays mostly in clubs located in the north and the Midlands region
of England.
Lee Childs is a 35-year-old
aspiring poker professional from suburban Washington, DC.
Philip Hilm is the chip leader coming into the
final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker. He is a 31-year-old online poker
pro. Hilm is a native of Denmark, but currently lives in England.
Jerry Yang is a 39-year-old psychologist and
social worker from southern California.
Raymond
Rahme is the first person ever to appear at the final table of the
main event from the continent of Africa. At age 62, he is also the senior
participant at the final table.
Tuan
Lam was born in Vietnam. He eventually immigrated to Canada at the
age of 19. He now lives in the Toronto area where he plays poker
professionally. He is 41.
Alex
Kravchenko is a 36-year-old Moscow businessman originally from
Archangel, USSR.
Lee Watkinson is a
40-year-old poker pro, businessman, and animal rights activist from Cheney,
WA.
Play starts after announcements to the crowded Amazon room final
table arena.
Exit 1 : Jerry Yang raised to 1m and Hilm called in
the small blind. Flop Kd - Jd - 5c. Hilm checked, Yang made a 2m bet, call.
Then 2h and Yang bets 4m, Hilm all-in!! Yang called. Yang has Ace-King, Hilm 8d
- 5d for a pair an dflush draw!. River nothing and Hilm is out ($525,934), Yang
over 45m in chips.
Exit 2 : Jerry Yang raised to 1m and Lee
Watkinson moved all in for 9m after 5 mins thinking 9 million in chips. Yang
A-9, Watkinson A-7!!! What are these people doing?! Cards fall 2c - 6d - 4h,
Kd, Js. Lee Watkinson out 8th, $585, 699. Yang up to 55 million.
Exit
3 : A few hands later, Lee Childs raised from the small blind to 720k and
Jerry Yang shoved in a big stack from the big blind. Lee Childs thinks for ages
and then calls with Kh - Jc ?? Yang has Js - 8s. Cards come 4d - 4c - 6c, 8c,
9d. A pair for Yang, Childs out 7th ($705,229) and Yang up over
60m.
Exit 4 : Jerry Yang raised to 1.5m, Hevad Khan reraised to
6m, leaving himself 3m, and Yang called. Before the cards are dealt Khan moves
all-in holding As - Qs. Flop comes Kc - 4c - 2d. Yang thinks and then calls Jh
- Js. Nothing for Rain Khan and he is out in 6th place
($956,243).
Exit 5 : Jon Kalmar was all-in preflop, Raymond Rahme
raises all-in as well. Raymond Rahme has J - J and Kalmer A - K. Nothing comes
for Kalmer and the last Brit is out in 5th for $1,255,069.
Chip
positions now Jerry Yang - 70m, Raymond Rahme - 30m, Tuan Lam - 18m, Alex
Kravchenko - 10m. At 11 p.m. things have changed somewhat to Raymond Rahme -
36.5m, Alex Kravchenko - 20.3m, Jerry Yang - 41.5, Tuan Lam - 29m. Its all very
close.
Exit 6 : Alex Kravchenko gets all-in with A - K and Yang
call with 8 - 8. Yang flops a set and gets rid of Alex Kravchenko in 4th place
for $1,852,721. Yang back up to 67m chips. Raymond Rahme has 36m, and Tuan Lam
is sitting in 3rd place with 24m.
Exit 7 : Jerry Yang opens from
the button with 2.6m and Raymond Rahne reraised to 8.6m, Yang called. Rahme
checks after Ad - Jh - 8h flops. Yang bets 10m and Rahme goes all-in. Lots of
thinking and walking around and then Rahme starts talking to Yang and Yang
calls with As - 5s. Rahme has Kh - Ks and nothing helps him. Rahme out 3rd for
$3,048,025. Jerry Yang makes it 6 bust-outs in a row.
Exit 8 :
After 3 in the morning, Jerry Yang raised to 2.5 million and Tuan Lam
immediately declares 'all-in'. Much thinking and Yang calls. Tuan Lam had Ad -
Qd and Jerry Yang had his favourite 8c - 8d. The flop is Qc - 9c - 5s. The turn
is the 7d and then you guessed it, the river is the 6h to make Jerry Yang a
gutshot straight!!!!!!!!!! Yang won $8.25 million while Lam took home
$4,840,981.
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