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OK guys, lets hope we don't have a repeat of yesterday's problems today. We lost our Wireless Network, but we have found a way round it today.

The guys are just about to start, & we are all ready.

Soke to Nick Gibson, John McGrane, and Andy Black this morning - they are all buzzing & up for it.

Let's go!

I spoke to Conor Tate this morning he was rather excited too. Good luck guys. C'mon Sealey!

The Best Of Luck to my two good mates, Conor (Sealey) Tate and Nick (Chupa Chup gwibbo) Gibson

Hi John, the boy's done good! No matter what today

We have lost two players already. No details yet, but I do not believe they are "ours".

Yeah its unbeliveable i'm really proud. Anythin from here on in is a mega bonus.

lindholt 58 hirsch 57

Sean and Conor Jnr say 'Hi Uncle John'

GOOD LUCK NICK & CONOR!!!

You can do it   8)

LOL

A very proud Mrs gwibbo

Axxx

Hi hun,

Got everything crossed for my fellow Chup Chup   ;)

Hi Micky

Cheer's darlin' - I wonder how many he has chomped his way through in the last week???  ::)

Kick on gwibbo  ;D

Wouldn't like to guess, but there's a shortage of 'em out there!  lol

Larry Prew just busted oiut, so that's three gone already, & I think the money jumps after one more bustee.

Tiffany & Nick Gibson are both "stable", no change from their overnight position.

I cant see John McGrane's stack, but he looks like he's in good sahape, if body language is anything to go by.

Cant se Conor - truth to tell, I don't know him.

yep, 1 more out and prize money jumps from $145,875 to $173,880

Conor is the young (compared to us) slight fair haired, soft spoken, agressive playing guy that sat on my right that night at Tomz cardroom

Conor looks like this www.uncoverpoker.co.uk/beta

Hi Tom, how can I post a pic of conor on here for tikay to see?

Good Thinking Punk... beat me to it m8

Ha ha Conor will be pleased someone called him young and fair haired!! As his 23 year old brother i call him old and grey !! ;D

Well I looked at that site - I assume it's ActionJack's - but I still cant see Conor. All I can see are a load of pics of Paul Jackson, & heaven knows I see & hear enough of him.

Rwd-Dog - thanks. But I never got chance to see who you sat next to at Tomz, as you busted out so early......

Found him!

Conor is cool. He has slipped a bit to 300k, but he has a game plan. Once the next man busts out, he will start "playing", but as the jump is $28k, he's wisely sitting tight for now.

The guys - and girl - are on a short break at the moment.

How's Ivey doing Tikay?

I have a small financial interest  :)

Micky,

Out of interest, what's with the 'Chupa Chup' nickname?

Chupa Chup is a suger free lolly, Nick started on them the first time he gave up smoking and then this time too. I had a heart attack in June so I had to give up my 40 a day for 40 years habit and now eat about 20 Chupa Chup lollies a day  lol

M. Forrester still alive?????

Jumped from 18k to 600k late yesterday by all accounts. From the North WEst of Britain.

Yogi

Another man down, and it's "Mark Forrester from Preston UK", which is embarrassing, as I had not noticed he was still in.

Any of you guys know anything about Mark?

Mark forrester out in 53rd place

isnt forrester in 55th

But that does mean the money jumps up now.

And they are breaking the table that Tiffany was on, so she'll have a new set of faces to bamboozle with her skills. Small delay whilsat they break a table. They have mountains of small denom chips, they need wheelbarrows to move them. I generally carry a matchbox, just in case

Been loving the coverage the past few days! keep up the good work guys and gals!  ;D

Good News.

Conor Tate doubles up, with AK v AJ. Lovely!

Any news on a chip count for Nick at the moment? By the way great coverage guys!

Micky- i work for Chupa Chup sin the UK - PM me with a postal address and i'll send you a parcel of them! Keep you going through the tournaments!

who was 54th and 53rd james butt 54th ??

Thank you for your interest in Mr. Ivey - can't see his chips but he's definitely still in or there would have been a commotion.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

SEALEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news - Nick Gibson Just gone out  :(

Round of applause going on for him - details soon.

conor probably won of tim what forrester had previously lost ??

tate up to 1.2m

And so is Andy Black, the Irish ARE ON THE MARCH!

Get in Conor!! he he he ;D

I think blonde just went off air for a few moments, but it's back now.

howmany brits and irish left ??

Yes all back now tony!

Great reports !!

J

Another man just gone, don't know who it was. 47 left.

Andy Black's treble up was THE dream situation - he had AK, his two oppos BOTH had AQ.

Hows the fossilman looking?

GoldGoat, ty very much. My email is mikeherron@btconnect.com. I f Chupa Chups are looking to sponsor a couple of poker players, Nick and I could well be interested   ;D

yes but all ok now, ignore texts

sealey 2 win sealey is the best

SEALEY GNA HAVE ALL CHIPS BY END OF THE TORNEY

Come on Sealey - everyone is rooting for you, best of luck

Not got a text from you Tom, but thanks anyway. I did get one from Simon in Greece, but all's well now.

Recent Chip Count

1 Mike Matusow $ 3,180,000        
2 Phil Ivey $ 2,300,000        
3 Farzad Bonyadi $ 1,900,000        
4 Tiffany Williamson $ 1,800,000        
5 Raymi Sanchezsthorn $ 1,500,000        
6 Tex Barch $ 1,200,000        
7 Franklin Caldwell $ 1,100,000        
8 Kenna James $ 1,000,000        
9 Joe Connor $ 1,000,000        
10 Terry Burt $ 990,000        
11 Dustin Woolf $ 980,000        
12 Bernard Lee $ 870,000        
13 Burt Rice $ 840,000        
14 Bing Wang $ 800,000        
15 Brad Kondracki $ 800,000        
16 Daniel Bergsdorf $ 800,000        
17 Will O'Brien $ 790,000        
18 Aaron Kanter $ 750,000        
19 Russell 'The Muscle' Salzer $ 700,000        
20 Adam Friedman $ 620,000        
21 Roland Israelashvici $ 600,000        
22 Oskar Silow $ 600,000        
23 David Richardson $ 300,000        
24 John Juanda $ 300,000        


Of course others are still left in!

Well done Nick. A great result although it probably doesn't feel like that for him at the moment! Good luck Sealy , keep up the good work guys , a great forum.

Nick Gibson is devestated, utterly devestated. He thinks he misplayed the hand, but I don't agree.

He was SB with K-9, he makes up, BB puts a little R in, Nick calls.

Flop is K-6-5, or similar. Nick Bets, BB raises, Nick calls. Turn is the absolute horror card. 4. BB is sat with 2-3.......So Nick had correctly deduced that BB was nicking, but a lucky turn gave him a gutshot straight.

That's a baddie.

kaikko 47th 20 more to go today

Holy heartbreak Nick,.... the BB just had dumb luck..very unlucky ...in time you'll see this as the masterful performance it was. Gogogogogogogogogogogogogo Conor

very very unfortunate but how do you put someone on 23 in that situation.  he obviously played a blinding game to get that far and should feel very proud of his acheivement

Another man overboard, leaving 45 still in, and another step up in Prize Money for all those still in.

Conor has 1,300,000. Andy Black about the same.

Anna, won't ring Nick but please give him my best when you speak hun. Be Proud.... Be VERY proud!

They are apparently playing down to 27 today before the move to Binion's where it's already being set up, so say the brave downtown adventurers.  No day off, but they're starting at 3pm tomorrow which is just as good.

Down to 45 players who will net $235,390 if they are unfortunate enough to be knocked out.

Mranwhile, Ironside has gone to a comp in Aberdeen or somewhere equally dreadful. I sent him a text to wish him well, he replied thus......

"50 minutes left in rebuy period, had 5 rebuys already. Got them where I want them now".....

Beautiful!

PS - Later text said "broke my record, 12 rebuys in all".

Just saw Scotty Nguyen in the hallway.  He was having his picture taken with about 10 little kids whose parents were clearly fans.  "Grow up to be like Scotty" he instructs as they swarmed around him.  Bonkers, but very affable.

After a frantic spell, it seems to have gone a lttle quiet, so an excuse for a little blonde spam.

Jen had something of an adventure last night - see the story in her own words on our Home Page. www.blondepoker.com

well done gwibbo iv just got back from work to see how well you did! come on connor(sealey) you can do it!!!

Well done gwibbo, u played a blinder mate, including the final hand.

Gooooo sealy, u can do it m8.

GReat coverage here guys, keep it up

jaffa cake you got in to the cruise yet m8 i was watching the game when they nicked all your blinds!!! i thought it was very bad sportsmanship!!!!! If not hope you get on soon good luck (BigTR's son)

yip seen it to what chits


and welcome to the site jaffacake

Guys & Girls

Am sitting in my hotel room feeling sicker than i can ever remember. However I have just been reading some of the messages of support on here over the past few days and feel so touched it brings a lump to the throat.

Many thanks to everyone for their support. A special mention to Paul 'Actionjack' Jackson who has been with Kal (skalie) and then me & connor throughout the past few days depite his devastation at being knocked out just before the money.

Also thanks to Dave C for his encouragement, tikay, Iwan, Big Trev,Connor and Kal for their help.

Sorry to Mrs Gwib who booked her flight 10 mins before i phoned to say i'm out and can't wait to see you.

Apologies to anyone that i've missed but i can honestly say that the support means so much over a tournament of this length.

Anyway enough of this girly stuff I'm off to get very very pissed whilst cheering Connor on as he marches his way to victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO ON THE SEALEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks littleTR!! It was very bad sportsmanship, still not over it. Laddies gave me a place in a daily final after i complained, which i turned into a weekly final place last sunday. Blinds 10 20, i raised to 200 with KK, called by one player. Flop 10 hi rainbow, I bet, he raises, I'm all in. He calls 2000 with 10 J off...turn J and I'm third out. So no...not yet m8. Grrrrr

Hey Gwib this is conors brother. Just wanna say well done you've done amazingly mate.

William Hill-wrapped McGrane still in and doing OK after knocking out Lee Watkinson after calling his move with KJ.  Watkinson only had 130k and 10 4 as it turned out, so he absorbed those chips and I think they are down to 44

is The Sherriff nick if so well played m8!! whoo im on 2 stars lol

Kenna James is OUT. He's a big fella with a cowboy hat. I think he exited 43rd.

Players now on break.  I heard a little rumour that they were going to play straight through until the requisite number is reached -- no dinner break or anything.  But they can all have a bit of a lie-in tomorrow, including the 27 that make it to the next day.

Excellent reporting so far!

Just joined and read the Rob Yong diary, classic! Advise anyone who hasnt read it to do so.

If anyone feels like chippin in for my trip to the 2006 WSOP u hav my e-mail ;)

Blinds are now a great big $12,000 - $24,000 with a $4000 ante.  Andy Black says that his million in chips isn't as much of a cushion any more with this taken into account, but he still looks confident

what heading is it under?

Nick - we are so so proud of you back home - a fantastic result.... Love you tons  :-*

Obviously gutted I won't see the vision that is a blonde Tikay in real life! don't forget that roots are not a good look :-) so keep the peroxide stash on hand!

GO GO CONOR! I'll be hitting the bp refresh button till sleep takes over

LOL

Anna xxx

Sorry RedDog, it's hidden really well right on the front page.  Should be fairly obvious once you get there.

Thanks RagRag, & welcome to blonde.

The Forum works because you guys use it, so don't let us down now, post now and then please.

And yes,the Rob Yong Journal is a masterpiece. We will be consolidating it into a single article soon, & preserving it for posterity in our Features or Articles Section. Thats at www.blondepoker.com

If Sealey, Gwibbo and Skalie were on $1 for every new member their involvement in the WSOP has generated for this site, they'd all be coming home millionaires ;D

Grrrrr. NO Tom.

It's ".......13/07/05 - Tony Bloom Challenges Daniel Negreanu at Pot Limit Omaha

As you all may or may not know, Daniel Negreanu, recently contracted by the new Wynn Casino to promote it, has had a running challenge over open to all comers - play him heads-up.. read all about it......"


Now, try again. Slowly.

Well not QUITE millionaires Micky 147, but we get your drift, we sure have gained a lot of new Forum Members. The trick now is to keep them, & get them to visit the Home Page on a rgular basis, because we intend to put a lot of nice articles up on there.

And anyway, Seeley can STILL come home a millionaire. 7 and a half times over. You gotta BELIEVE!

Great updates. Well done to all involved.

Good to see Mciky147 here too. Top bloke. Well, the virtual one I know on Laddies is.  :P

No one (and I mean NO one) gonna be more chuffed than me if Sealey wins it   ;D

Hi Snoop,

I'll sort out your commission later m8 ;D

if someone would have told me 10 yrs ago a guy from bury had this good a chance of winning 7.5m dollars id have told them to go jump in the msc

i would like to say TYVM for ruining my evenings for the past 3 nights. i have tried to play many tournaments, ring games and all the time, all i can think about is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN COOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRR............

If someone had told ME that someone from bury had a chance of winnin $7.5m I'D never of belived it! I'm just glad it happens to be my brother!! ha

LMAO, Its your own fault, you didnt give us the heading, (theres no clue Jen wrote that piece in the title) and Jen was was just flippant

You should know by now, if its possible to get it wrong, I will

Now if you'll excuse me, Im off for a read

If you'd asked me 3 years ago I'd have told you that Sealey had as much chance of winning it as any one else alive

Look Red-Dog.

We type it slow. Because you can't read fast.

Andy Black zooms up to 1,700,000 when he finds an opponent with KK, & he looks down to find AA......

So another man overboard.

Why did the chicken cross the road softly?

Cos it couldnt walk 'hardly'

Updated chip count Conor has $1M

In 42nd place the Swedish Ray Sanchez received $235,390.

McGrane is on 700k.  Even if he goes out now and has to settle for nearly a quarter of a million dollars, Phil has told me that William Hill intend to buy him in all expenses paid next year, so at least he'll have that to look forward to.

i take it ladbrokes have not said the same to connor yet ?

Mike Matusow the chip leader with a staggering 4,250,000 in chips.

is raymer still in? how many chips has he got left ?

how much sealey got wot place is he in

40 left - Latest chip count gives Raymer $1,350,000 which is about average

mickey where u get that info from?

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/event.php?id=1270&screen=logs

cheers m8

yw m8

When Andy Black was last in Vegas 6 years ago, he had such a bad time, he trotted off to Tibet to become a Buddhist Monk... as you do, sort of thing... Now it has to be said, we all had a jolly good laugh at his expense... Latest news is that the monestry now has a two year waiting list from disollusioned poker players...last seen alive in Vegas.

Franklin Caldwell out 39 left

38 left after caldwell busted

o yeah lol

Here's a story one or two of you may like - this happened two mnutes ago.

Conor is sitting there minding his own business, when John Juanda wanders across from another table and says to him..........

"I like your chances  Sir, you have a good game".

What about THAT then?

Yes, I like it

Unbelievable!! Ha ha itstotally mind-blowing all this!! C'mon Conor

Mmmmmmmmm.....................  John Juanda a better poker player than I thought  lol

Every time somebody goes out or a big pot is won there is all manner of whooping.  The spectators (behind the press walkway, behind the actual tournament area) are all getting very excited.  The losing guy gets a nice round of applause but I can't help think that the audience-participation shrieking at outdraws and the like is a little unsportsmanlike.  The walk of shame is kind of paved with money though, so that must be some consolation.

Djinn any update on Conor Tate?? How many chips he has?

Yes Djinn - Conor's stack size please - to the neareast dollar!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN CONOR

God I need bed but how can you?

Massive congrats Gwibbo. Played a fantastic game.

King Muff sends his love

this will be a walk in the park for Connor now.. after all he is used to playing those crazy scandies on lads what chance have a few yanks got :)

Hiow many chips has Conor got?

Conor has A-3. Matey Boy A-Q.

Flop is A-3-4. Turn is a 3. River is another 3. You want details? We got details.

$2,400,000......!!!

TOLD YA !!! :)

Get in my son!! Go on conor!!
 :D :D

Big respect to Skalie, Gwibbo & Sealey.... amazing achievement.... GO SEALEY!!!!!!!!!

THIS BEATS BIG BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry lads, correction. The correct figure should have been $2,000,000. Good job we never made a fuss about it, eh? A mere $2,000,000. Wassamatterwivim?

Anything beats big brother...

This Main Event is turning into quite a story.

Does that mean that Conor may have a chance of the high hand prize of a box of WSOP poker chips and a copy of Super System 2 with his Quad 3s?     ;D

go on conor, you can do it

The boys & girl are on break now, 30 minutes. They are NOT planning to have a dinner break, instead they will play down to 27 today, then shut up shop, prior to moving across town to Binion's tomorrow.

Is T. williamson still in it, on one list i see her and on another i dont

Yes Tiffany Williamson holding her own with 2,100,000.  Apparently there's been some give and take of chips with one particular guy on her table - he pushes her around, then she gets the chips back the same way.  Wish I could stand close enough to watch...

cardplayer.com has 37 players listed as remaining and i dont see her on the list

Well she is DEFFO there, we can assure you.

The chip leaders are hovering between 3.5 and 4.5 million.  Mike Matusow, Tex Barch and Phil Ivey all up there.

hey granddad i am home spent my 120 and retired for the evening when i couldnt hit a draw and anyone drawing against me hit bit like my luck online for past few nights



can you tell them players to stop taking breaks knock out a few yanks and move this on to binions i am in a kinda hurry to get to bed

If you are bored Ironside, I will play you heads up at Stars for $5.

The winner also pays the beer first time we meet.

Tiffany Williamson just got heads-up all-in vs Greg Raymer (there was an almighty roar a few seconds ago) Raymer had KK, she held AJ.  No ace means a double-up for Raymer and a much reduced stack of 600,000 for Tiffany.

are any of my other brothers still awake watchin Conor?

His Honarary brother Micky147 is   lol

Hi Mate, I'm his one and only sister.  How the heck am I supposed to sleep now?

Tiffany all-in again - this time with A7 vs QQ.  The Ace saves her on the flop although a straight draw threatens on the turn and she's back in it with 1.3mil.  What a rollercoaster.

Take him on Ironside. I'll stake you. Winnings to P4C. He's easy.

Andrew Black eliminates Roland Israelashvilli

Little Johhny Howard (Aust P.M.) knocks out Will O'Brien

Williamson doubles through

After suffering a crippling blow from Raymer, Williamson doubled up when her A♠ 7♦ overtook Q♦ Q♠ on the T♠ 3♠ A♦ flop. The board filled to J♥ J♠ to double her up.

He doesn't have the balls apparently Tikay, pretty quiet from him after my proposition.

I'll donate $5 if you can play on laddies?

sorry was making a drink of coke (i am getting good at this cooking lark) and watching tikays update on 425 i recorded

ok off to stars sig if your still up for it

i'll stake myself tikay i aint that poor winning for my bankroll as 5$ would cost to much to send to P4C but they will get some off me another time

Goodluck Ironside, I shall now depart to the land of Nod.

Hi Sarah

Only another seven to go out before they stop for the day.  I'm busy chatting to Sean and Conor Jnr in their hotel room on MSN

looks like sig has turned off chat in the stars room he is in so guess it will have to wait for another night

Confusion about the break

One of the players, Bing Wang mistakenly thought it was a dinner break instead of a normal break between levels and did not return to his table in time. He was short-stacked and in jeapardy of being blinded and anted off and Andrew Black, in a show off good sportsmanship, refused to play in his absence. The rest of the table was very much in disagreement with him but finally, Wang was tracked down and play resumed.

 8)

hi micky, i dont know how much longer i can keep my eyes open, but i'm gunna try

Yes it's all getting a bit tense especially around the filmed Feature Table.  Tiffany is on there next to Greg Raymer who is next to Tim Pham (who just doubled someone up calling with AK against a pair of nines.  The flop came with a 9 on it and then the board paired clinching it and Tim Pham is looking less ahead of the field in chips than he has been all week).

Matusow now has 5,500,000 which puts him at nearly 10% of the chips in play, nearly enough for the final, although of course it's no-limit and things change pretty rapidly.

The blinds are now $1500 - $3000 with a $500 ante.  Everybody has a different opinion on how many players there are left in here (average 31).  Better just go and count them if I can get to the front.

How's Conor doing?  I haven't heard anything for a while!!!!

2 more gone out quickly - 5 more to go

Hi Sarah,


He's still in which means he's doing good hun   :D

Ironside, you WATCHED my update on Poker 425? I thought it was a phone-in. Don't tell me they have a pic up on screen.......

And this morning - I swear this is true - Davey Newth and Angie arrived in Vegas, & Angie strolled into the Press Room. At that moment - that VERY moment - the blondepoker site crashed. She left 2 minutes later, and the site returned to normal immediately.

Ohh, and I saw Royal Flush, too. And he reminded me - I'd clean forgot - that following my WSOP Cash on Monday, I owe P4C $40. I pledged, I seem to recall, 1% of my Vegas winnings to P4C. If that is wrong - I posted it somewhere - please let me know.

latest chip count

Player Amount Table Seat
Tex Barch $4,000,000 117 9
Steve Dannenmann $3,900,000 118 3
Mike Matusow $3,550,000 117 7
Phil Ivey $3,500,000 118 1
Scott Lazar $2,900,000 129 6
Minh Ly $2,800,000 118 7
Greg Raymer $2,600,000 0 5
Tim Phan $2,500,000 0 6
Daniel Bergsdorf $2,400,000 118 2
Tommy Vu $2,300,000 129 5
Andrew Black $1,950,000 117 2
Connor Tate $1,900,000 129 1
Johnny Howard $1,800,000 118 9
Tiffany Williamson $1,550,000 0 4
Joe Hachem $1,550,000 0 9
Tom Sartori $1,350,000 0 3
Burt Rice $1,300,000 117 1
Aaron Kanter $1,300,000 117 3
Michael Kessler $1,200,000 0 2
Brad Kondracki $1,200,000 117 8
Bryant King $900,000 129 3
Ayhan Alsancak $900,000 129 8
Joe Connor $900,000 118 8
Bernard Lee $850,000 129 7
Dustin Woolf $800,000 117 6
Shawn Sheikhan $750,000 0 8
Oskar Silow $700,000 118 6
Radu Butan $600,000 0 7
John McGrane $350,000 129 4
John Juanda $300,000 129 9
Per Hildebrand $250,000 129 2
Russell Salzar $250,000 118 5

Fantastic, keep up the good work Conor.

Got these from Pokerwire, but there seems to be several discrepancies between their reporting and that of cardplayer.com who have 2 players going out on 34th place for example and different players actually eliminating someone. Who knows what's really happening.

Place Poker Player Chip Count
1 Tex Barch $ 4,000,000        
2 Steve Dannenmann $ 3,900,000        
3 Mike Matusow $ 3,550,000        
4 Phil Ivey $ 3,500,000        
5 Scott Lazar $ 2,900,000        
6 Minh Ly $ 2,800,000        
7 Greg Raymer $ 2,600,000        
8 Tim Phan $ 2,500,000        
9 Daniel Bergdorf $ 2,400,000        
10 Tommy Vu $ 2,300,000        
11 Burt Rice $ 2,135,000        
12 Andrew Black $ 1,950,000        
13 Conor Tate $ 1,900,000        
14 Johnny Howard $ 1,800,000        
15 Tiffany Williamson $ 1,550,000        
16 Joseph Hachem $ 1,550,000        
17 Tom Sartori $ 1,350,000        
18 Aaron Kanter $ 1,300,000        
19 Karlo Lopez $ 1,200,000   * since eliminated        
20 Michael Kessler $ 1,200,000        
21 Brad Kondracki $ 1,200,000        
22 Joseph Hachem $ 1,100,000        
23 Connor Joe $ 900,000        
24 Bryant King $ 900,000        
25 Ayhan Alsancak $ 900,000        
26 Bernard Lee $ 850,000        
27 Dustin Woolf $ 800,000        
28 Shawn Sheikham $ 750,000        
29 Oskar Silow $ 700,000        
30 Radu Butan $ 600,000        
31 Steve Marx $ 400,000    * since eliminated                    
32 John Juanda $ 390,000        
33 John McGrane $ 350,000        
34 Russell Salzer $ 250,000        
35 Per Hildebrand $ 250,000        

stop trying to break the site tony

anyway i am off to bed good luck to those players remaining

Argh, I didn't see you there Ironside. Well, the duel is on next time. Cya.

another 1 gone    4 more to go

the rest of the table need to get themselves off to tibet... I wonder if Andy can get them in?
Well done Andy, let's hope you are appropriately rewarded with all their chips!

Not sure if I could have been that honest  ::)

great call conor

Dustin "Neverwin" Wolfe is OUT.

That leaves 30 players, I think.

And a big up to Andy Black. More of that, and less of the moronic, idiotic, juvenile vwhooping and hollering would do the game's image no harm at all.

Some images from todays event

More images...

And still more...

Wow! More of THEM please Mr Hound - brilliant!

More pics please ;D

Oops, another ship missing. "A young guy in a red shirt" is the word. The guy was on the feature table, maybe a Canadian.

29 players left, two to go before they quit for the day. Still touch and go whether they decide to have a dinner break, or play through. PLEASE play through, we are all aching for an early night.

 Radu Butan Eliminated in 30th Place ($274,090)
Log: With the board showing Js-8d-2s-7d on the turn, Greg Raymer and Radu Butan are both all in. Raymer has 6d-5d (open-ended straight flush draw), while Butan has Qs-6s (flush draw). At the moment, Butan is in the lead with queen-high, so Raymer will need to catch a four, five, six, nine, or any diamond to eliminate Butan. The river card is the Jd, and Radu Butan is eliminated in 30th place, earning $274,090.

any photos of conor tate or is his name spelt tait

No Dinner Break
Log: Now that there are just 29 players remaining, play will continue without a dinner break until we are down to the final three tables (27 players). Then play will end for Day Five, and everyone will get an early night off (we hope), resuming the  World Series of Poker tomorrow at Binion's Horseshoe at 3:00 pm.



Russell Salzer Eliminated in 29th Place ($274,090)
Log: Russell Salzer pushes all-in for his last $290,000 and is called by Oskar Silow.  Silow shows Q-9.  Salzer has K-J.  The board comes 8-7-6-10-3, and Silow makes a straight, eliminating Salzer, and bumping his stack up to almost $1.5 million.
 

Need......to........sleep, come on conor, hang in there.

Message for Greg Reardon from Dad - Dad says Hi, look forward to seeing you on Sunday. xx

The guys are on a 15 minute break, then they resume the war of attrition. I think we are awaiting one more bustee, then that's it for the night.

The guys are playing again, but it's all Raise and Pass stuff.

Andy Black seems to be on something of a rush, or a stealfest, as he has small-potted his way up to 2,400,000.

Tony for many years i've felt Phil Ivey was one of the best players in the world and this year with equal luck i think he may be a very worthy World Champion...................

How Much can you get on for me !!!!!!!!!

Great Coverage.......Take Care M8

Kind Regards
The Nugget

Hi Gareth, I agree, he's some player. But Andy Black has impressed, and he's in great shape at the moment.

John McGrane has gradually slipped down the leader board, and he's sure sailing close to the wind right now.

I interviewed this Gentleman for Poker 425 this morning, and he came across as a really lovely, genuine, fella, who was a bit starstruck to find his 10 investment in satellites and qualifiers had ended up like this in Las Vegas.

He left for Vegas last week worrying how to pay a 3,000 tax demand, and now he's looking to take home $300,000 if he can survive one more spot, $275k-ish if not.

He's a London cabbie by trade, and dresses as smartly as any Poker player I have seen. Black shoes, highly polished, a crease in his trousers, beautiful, crisp, new Wm Hill Shirt, smart cap, good manners.

TO BE CONTINUED LATER, BECAUSE THE NEWS IS....

OUT IN 28th SPOT - GREGORY RICE, of BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA

I was going to say i've had the fortune to play with many of the world's great players but really its a mis-fortune they are awesome..
the likes of Negranu Hellmuth Lederer Brunson Reese the late great Stu Ungar and Johnny Moss all class acts but the one guy who made the hairs on the back of neck tingle................................

PHIL IVEY

I just think it would be great if from 5700 odd runners our World Champion could be someone of the class of Ivey

Indeed Tikay Andy Black's seems to be playing great I wish him all the Best...........but do you fancy a 100 last longer bet Ivey vs. Black !!! You know you like taking money off me !!!

Kind Regards
The Nugget

It is all over for the day - the final player has been eliminated and the remaining 27 are looking forward to coming down to Binion's tomorrow with a guaranteed prize of an amazing $304,680. 

A little notice has suddenly appeared on the press room door notifying us that one hour after play finishes we must have removed all our stuff from here or it will be thrown away.  Brief and to the point.  So we better get the cables and such and remove them before they get chucked. 

Tomorrow we'll be reporting live from Binion's Harrah's ex-horseshoe or whatever it's called now.  See you then.

Ivey was one of my picks for the final table and its looking good, amazing a player of his calibre was offered at such high odds not too long ago to get to the final 9

Just caught up with your reports, looking forward to the last stetch at Binions. Lets hope they treat the non ESPN media better downtown.

like Gareth says Ivey is in a league of his own, not just for his game but for him classy table image and composure. Other than the English players, I hope he's top the pile and most of all I hope Matusow gets knocked out soon because I couldn't bear that horrible excuse for a human being getting a second more coverage than is absolutely necessary.

Gareth - what odds are you giving me.....? I'll need to consult my bok expert, Mr Ironside.

Adam - Do I get the imnperssion, reading between the lines, that you are not overly keen on Mr Matusow?

Well done gwibbo on your result.

Amazing effort.

Good luck Conor!!!

Absolutely fantastic coverage on this site.
 The best of luck to Sealey later today and what a buzz.
   I hope Mike 'The Mouth' goes out too, he's already been telling the audience to shut up.
    Sealey can do it - he's a great player.  Bring it to the north west sealey. 

great sportsmanship shown by Andy Black - I can't believe the others would have played on and let him be anted and blinded out.  What a horrid bunch.

Its time somebody told the audience to shut up....

Shut up Tom.

Thanks again for the great coverage Tikay and Jen ;)

Well played to Skalie and Gwibbo

and come on Sealey, this is what dreams are made of, all the way  8)

Yeah c'mon Conor you can do it  8)

Thanks for the brilliant coverage, so tired at work this morning. Would love to see Sealey win it, a genuinbe nice guy whenever I've played him online. If not, Andy Black, for being a credit to the game waiting for the missing player, deserves it. Please let one of them take out Mike the Mouth, I wanna see him cry like a little girl again.

GL SEALLLLLLLLLLLEY

if mike the mouth wins this i will die my hair blonde

come on the feild take this punk down

Greg Raymer has done well to get back up the standings.  Fancy his chances for a back to back?  That would really blow the luck theory out the water and confirm the skill factor is extremely high at this level of play.

Matusow is not a good ambassador for the sport.  I'm certainly not cheering him on.

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind if Mike 'The Mouth' won?

yes you are mate.

He's a thoroughly unpleasant man, abusive and rude, possibly THE worst avert for poker players.
Mike Matusow represents everything wrong with TV poker players and encourages offensive behaviour by up coming amatures.

Throwing his cards in the dealers face, come on.

I know he can play a bit but he's the kind of guy who sees hte world as the story of himself and everyone else are side characters. My least favourite kind of person.

I know some say trash talk is part of a poker player's arsenal but I don't think it should be allowed.  Poker is exploding around the world and could be on the verge of going mainstream.  We already have too many sporting/celebrity icons with bad behaviour.  I hope poker doesn't follow suit.

Better for the sport if someone like Raymer, Ivey or similar won.  Both are great players with superb composure.  They exude a professional image which the sport clearly deserves.

Said me piece.  Now, "NURSE!!"

Do you have a problem with some of the stuff Phil Laak does?

how did conor qualify for the wsop main event ???

$300 tourney on Ladbrokes!! Not a bad return eh!!

nice return indeed thanks for the info dya think he can make it to friday with tiff starting to fade ?

I have full faith he's my older brother!!

used to live and work in bury when i was younger so i feel a sort of bond towards following conor than the other brits once i knew where he was from 4 from gb and ire in the last 27 is great going huh ?

I do dislike Phil Laaks behaviour but in a different way. He's just being a prat. He thinks he's an entertainer and is doing it for that reason. Matusow is just a thug and I'd find it so hard not to give him a slap if it were me. The composure of Raymer when Matusow was up in his face last year was the most impressive thing about his whole performance.

Yeah he's doin fantastic we are all proud of him. Fingers crossed he can do even better.

It was the weekly $650 satellite on Ladbrokes. I was in the same comp. I think I let him have 1 of my nlinds when it got down to the last 2 tables. Does that mean I have a cut?!  :-X

I'd be wary of forming an opinion of a player based on heavily edited televised moments from a long poker tournament.

its these same edited highglights that give players such as mike matusow and phil hellmuth jr a bad image or at least contribute to it

if you dont behave like an ass then they cant make you look like one thru editing

good luck to them all today  ;D

Come on Conor! The Big Sealy can do it!

Plus no one will be in work tomorrow because we're all up toniight keeping tabs!

whos everyone backing and why?

i am backing the field against mike the mouth cause if mike the mouth wins he will never shut up plus i just dont like the punk

with u there! Didnt raymer take him out in 04 (as well as many others)? Also refused to shake his hand?

of course he refused to shake his hand after the abuse he had taken. shall we have a whip round and offer a blonde bounty on Matusow. maybe $10.

Ivey to win (or any remaining brit). shear class. I know he's dull but I sometimes get a bit sick of all the razzamataz (spelling, never written that down before).
Why have ALL poker players got to have nicknames.
We're not wrestlers or cowboys or pirates, we don't need the nick names.
Ivey is a calm, polite, cerebral guy who's giving 100% every minute of the tournament.
Not exactly an ambassador for the game because he says nothing but certain;y an example for the gobby gits to follow.

If we didnt have nick names that would be half of your T shirt business gone

if i get a nickname will i become a poker player?

If i change mine will people answer me 

who said that

lol brilliant


good luck to conner tonight i know he can do it

yeah good luck to the brits and irish.
good luck to the william hill guy cant remember his name (joe i think) he seems a nice guy my first day was the same has his (friday)
i had my will hill shirt and cap on and he came up to me and started talking wished me luck and all that so i would like to wish him all the very best. i wonder if he will go back to being a cabbie if so it might be stretch limos

You know what I mean. on the BPO when players were introduced every single one had a nick name, most of which had obviously been made up on the day.

would be intresting to work out how many left played day 1a day 1b and day 1c and see if there is any clear lead in which is the best day to play day 1

i think friday,1b, was definetly the hardest day to play thats why i got knocked out ;) ;). if i had played thurs or sat i would have probably won the whole thing :P :P :P

Oi less of that, some of us know what that really stands for  ;)

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SEALZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
UR 2 GD 2 LOSE!!!!!!!!!!! ;D(BTW HES MY DAD)

GO GO SEALY  you let your dad know everyone in britain and ireland is right behind him


Dont think he is going to need luck the way he plays

Go go Sealey - ypu still in your room at the Nugget?  What time does play syart today?  Say good luck to your dad from Claypole - gutted I flew back last nite.

We are all behind him 100%

PS Go Go Sealey

Are you the son who plays like a maniac (a good one!) and sat oppositeme in Mickey147s last 30 rebuy!   ;D

what time does it start today any idea ??

3pm Vegas or 11pm Scotland.

Sandy

like the 11pm scotland time

 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D