2007 World Series of Poker

Victor Ramdin

Rough Feature Table

The ESPN feature table, which included Doyle Brunson before his elimination, has shut down for the day and we are left with a secondary feature table, without all the lights, cameras, and stadium seating that the ESPN table holds.

This table started with Marcel Luske, but he was eliminated earlier this afternoon. One of our Pokernews bloggers had a good friend, Steve Liebenthal, moved to the table, only to find himself sitting with the likes of Victor Ramdin. As if that wasn't bad enough, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott was later moved to the table as well.

Since being moved there, Liebenthal went from 19,000 to 5,000 and Devilfish is down to just 2,600. Talk about a rough table!

Randy Holland Leaves With Half

Randy Holland lost half his chip stack when he got it all in with A-K versus A-A on a king-high flop. He's at 32,000.

Opponent Hates Raymond

Board:

Ray Romano limps in the cutoff. The small blind calls and the big blind checks the option. On the flop, the blinds check and Romano bets. The SB calls. On the turn, the SB checks. Romano bets and is called. On the river, the SB checks. Romano goes all in for 15,000.

"Will you show me if I fold?" the SB asks. "Yeah, I'll show you," Romano says. "You're not gonna like me, though."

The SB folds his face up. Romano shows for the bluff. He's now at 21,000.

Brandon Adams Doubles Up

Things were not looking good for Brandon Adams, who got all of his money in before the flop holding pocket Kings against an opponent's pocket Aces.

His hopes grew even thinner as the flop came , but a miracle fell on the turn and it was Adams' opponent who needed to get lucky.

The was the last card off the deck and Adams' opponent would have no such luck. The double-up increased Adams' chip stack to just over 50,000.

100 Per Hour

Once we returned from the dinner break and players were in their seats, the tournament staff announced that we started the day with 1,287 people and were down to 900.

The tournament staff just announced, an hour after their last announcement, that we are already down to 800 players. Simple math puts that at losing one hundred players per hour.

"This is a nine-day event," the tournament staff joked over the mic.

Eric Molina

Eric Molina Has Been Eliminated

Not-So-Average Joes

Joe Awada raised to 1,800 from early position and Joe Tehan made the call. They saw a flop of and Awada check-called Tehan's 2,300 bet. Both players checked the turn. When the fell on the river, Awada fired out 3,000 and Tehan folded. Awada flipped over and Tehan said that he folded pocket Jacks. That pot pushed Awada up to 59,000 while Tehan has slipped to 25K.

It's All About the Sharing

Huck Seed brought everyone at his table chocolate truffles to enjoy after the dinner break. "Not the cheap (stuff) either," he said. They were Bija Omega truffles and Seed estimated he bought about $50 worth. Which should make his opponents less bitter about having to sit at the same table as a former World Champion.

Alex Jacob

Alex Jacob Eliminated

Board:

Alex Jacob and his opponent are all in on the river. Jacob has 5-5 for a full house, but the opponent has K-K for a better one. Jacob is out.