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Thu Jul 12 2007 22:01 PST | Posted by MeanGene
So You Wanna Be a Professional Poker Player?
Huckleberry Seed just said that he needs to finish 54th in this Main Event to break even for the World Series as a whole.
54th place pays $190,053. -
Thu Jul 12 2007 22:01 PST | Posted by DrPauly
David Levi Doubles Through Tristan McDonoro
David Levi moved all in preflop with
. He was called by Tristan McDonoro's 
. Levi turned a set when the 
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Thu Jul 12 2007 21:57 PST | Posted by DrPauly
Recent Eliminations: Places 510-519
The following players won $25,101:
510 Steven Wilk
511 Rahul Maitra
512 Farrell Hinkle
513 Richard Wild
514 Isaac Galazan
515 Ronald Crosswell
516 Robert De Forge
517 Arthur Rhea
518 Daniel Palmer
519 Yuri ten Bokkel -
Thu Jul 12 2007 21:55 PST | Posted by Pojo
Minh LyMinh Ly Eliminated
Minh Ly was all in preflop against Rodney Knight. Knight showed pocket aces while Minh Ly showed pocket queens.
Board:
Minh Ly failed to improve and was eliminated. After the hand, Rodney Knight is up to 622,000. -
Thu Jul 12 2007 21:54 PST | Posted by change100
Ten Ladies and Five World Champions
There are ten (only ten!) women remaining in the field out of our 458 remaining players including Mimi Tran, Amanda Baker, Veronica Dabol, Pamela Brunson, and Maria Ho. There are also five WSOP Main Event Champions still in the running -- Berry Johnston (1986), Huckleberry Seed (1996), Scotty Nguyen (1998), Carlos Mortensen (2001) and Robert Varkonyi (2002).
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Thu Jul 12 2007 21:54 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Bruno Fitoussi sits on 'Skid Row' after his elimination from the Main EventWhat Happens *After* a Player's Last Hand
When somebody busts from the Main Event, we've already mentioned that they must wait for a runner to bring them a slip of paper indicating the order of their finish. Then someone escorts them to the payout room, and takes their ID and player's card while they wait outside the room in "Skid's Row."
As soon as there's an opening in the payout room, someone steps outside and calls for the player by name. Bruno Fitoussi, pictured here, muttered, "I feel like I'm at the dentist."
Not everyone feels that way. Shirley Williams, the mother of professional player David Williams, was extremely excited about her 465th-place finish. Like many non-professional players, she was just excited to cash in the Main Event, slightly more than doubling her money (before taxes, of course).
Speaking of taxes, all that dirty work is handled inside the payout room. -
Thu Jul 12 2007 21:52 PST | Posted by DrPauly
Hevad Khan Loses to Kings
Hevad Khan raised 15,000. His opponent reraised to 55,000. Khan reraised to 120,000. His opponent moved all in for 278,500 total. Khan called.
Khan:
Opponent:
The flop was
. The turn was the 
and the river was the . Khan lost the pot and slipped to 500,000. -
Thu Jul 12 2007 21:50 PST | Posted by Reporter
Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart- New Chip LeaderNew Chip Leader
Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart has just retaken the mantle of "chip leader." He just took a huge pot off Josh Evans.
With the board reading,
and 100,000 already in the pot, the action on the turn went like this:
Banghart checked from the small blind position, Evans bet out 60,000 and Jeff raised to 122,000. Evans reraised to 200,000 and Jeff immediately made it 350,000.
Evans went into the tank for a long time before releasing the hand. -
Thu Jul 12 2007 21:50 PST | Posted by change100
Lance Allred Eliminated
Lance Allred raised to 13,500 from the small blind, Jason Glass moved all in for 93,500 from the big blind, and Allred insta-called. Allred tabled
while Glass showed 
. The flop was , making Glass a full house. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
, and Allred was eliminated from the Main Event.
After the hand, Glass was up to 160,000. -
Thu Jul 12 2007 21:48 PST | Posted by change100
Kenny Tran Takes a Pot from Darrell Dicken
On a flop of
, Kenny Tran bet 40,000, Bill Edler folded and Darrell Dicken called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the . Tran bet 60,000 and Dicken folded. Tran took down the pot and increased his stack to 1.1 million.
Started 6th Jul, 2007
