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One again, play commences at 12pm (8pm UK time).

Be sure you join us, a handful of Brits still in and I'm sure they'd welcome your support.

Fred David -- 243,000
David Oppenheim -- 424,000
Noah Jefferson -- 170,500
Mark Gregorich -- 197,000
Ben Johnson -- 626,000
Patrik Antonius -- 38,000
Guy Laliberte -- 729,000
Sorel Mizzi -- 703,000
Adeeb Harb -- 424,000
Loi Pham -- 1,401,900
Mikael Thuritz -- 333,000
Jake Minter -- 535,000
Praz Bansi -- 219,000
Kirk Morrison -- 1,312,000
Lyle Berman -- 501,000
David Baker -- 499,000
Daniel Alaei -- 278,000
Jared Hamby -- 494,000
Timothy McCarthy -- 334,000
Paul Wasicka -- 558,000
Roland de Wolfe  -- 1,287,000
Carlos Mortensen -- 939,000
Ian Johns -- 862,000
Robert Wazelle -- 815,000
Ted Kearly -- 313,000
Eric Hershler -- 651,000
Thomas Schreiber -- 453,000
Can Hua -- 1,041,000
Tim Phan -- 646,000
Abraham Mosseri -- 646,000
Doron Malinasky -- 301,000
Grant Lang -- 623,000
Phil Hellmuth -- 1,827,000
Paul J. Lee -- 540,000
Scott Fischman -- 617,000
Tom Pniak -- 778,000
Jimmy Ngoc Tran -- 550,000
Raymond Davis -- 1,704,000
Justin Bonomo -- 625,000
Antonio Salorio -- 372,000
Tommy Vu -- 333,000
Phil Tom -- 252,000
Joe Grebanier -- 88,000
Tom Lee -- 251,000
Mike Wattel -- 935,000
Thomas Wahlroos -- 1,189,000
Justin Young -- 196,000
David Levi -- 360,000
Bill Gazes -- 510,000
Marc Goodwin -- 427,000
Elia Ahmadian -- 195,000
Bill Ferran -- 633,000
James Worth -- 230,000

A reminder of the prizes:

1st   $3,970,415*
2nd  $2,011,135
3rd   $1,082,920
4th    $696,220
5th    $464,110
6th    $309,405
7th    $278,465
8th    $247,525
9th    $216,585
10th   $185,645
11th-15th   $154,705
16th-20th   $123,760
21st-30th    $92,820
31st-40th    $77,350
41st-50th    $61,880
51st-100th  $46,410

Unfortunately, Ross Boatman was the final exit of Day 3, joining an equally disappointed Barny on the rail and muttering something about a coin-flip (Sixes v Aces if memory serves me right).

Still, good showing from the Boatman brothers.

My three picks:

Sorel Mizzi
Phil Hellmuth
Praz Bansi

Hmm topfield still left.

My top 3 picks (and therefore cursed)

Fishman

De Wolfe

Carlos Mortensen

hmm. 9 top pros that i recognise still in. Should be good.

Ill go for:

ZeeJustin
Robert Wazelle
Phil Hellmuth

My pick

Come on Hellmuth!! A real nice guy

I'll go for the six remaining ZeeJustin's. ;)

So thats what a nice guy does??? I would love to know what snoops and Jen think of this guy?

Snoops, would you take the abuse from him if you were playing at a table and he went off on you?
Jen, what would you do it he called you a worthless piece of xxxx for the way you played a hand?

excuse brian micko he is from the USA

Hellmuth is chip leader!

Mind you, after losing that half mill on Chinese Poker, he said he'd be dangerous. Added incentives and all... :D

Goodwin in a Spurs shirt .... he cant fail, Good luck Marc.

Worked well for Spurs against Seville...;whistle;

Is he going to wear the poo coloured European kit today? he has already donned the white and turquoise.

I wonder....

I don't know him well enough to make such a judgment, but what I can say is that from observing him at the table, he does come across as a right plum who everyone seems to take delight in laughing at. If I were on the receiving end of one of his abusive rants, I wouldn't be bothered in the slightest. In fact, I'd be rather entertained and somewhat pleased that I'd led him into such a blind fury. Then again, that's just me, I don't get too angry about things like that, just shrug my shoulders and focus on my game, as many of his opponents have done this week.

Good post snoopy

Hey Snoops, will they play down to 6 today?

Praz ... hope you got some uninterupted sleep this time.

gl ... hope you make the FT

Table 58:

(1) Bill Ferrand
(2) David Levi
(3) Fred David
(4) Ted Kearly
(5) Daniel Alaei
(6) Noah Jefferson
(7) Paul Lee
(8) David Oppenheim
(9) Phil Hellmuth

Table 59:

(1) Praz Bansi
(2) Kirk Morrison
(3) Tommy Vu
(4) Paul Wasicka
(5) Mikael Thuritz
(6) Jared Hamby
(7) Sorel Mizzi
(8) Grant Lang
(9) Can Hua

Table 60:

(1) Elia Ahmadian
(2) Loi Pham
(3) Roland de Wolfe
(4) Scott Fischman
(5) Ben Johnson
(6) Justin Young
(7) Tom Pniak
(8) Philip Tom
(9) Adeeb Harb

Table 61:

(1) Thomas Schreiber
(2)  Bill Gazes
(3)  Joseph Grebanier
(4)  Justin Bonomo
(5)  Thomas Wahlroos
(6)  Doron Malinasky
(7)  Tom Lee
(8)  Mark Gregorich
(9)  Eric Hershler

Table 62:

(1)  James Worth
(2)  Lyle Berman
(3)  Marc Goodwin
(4)  Richard Anthony
(5)  Thien Phan
(6)  Patrik Antonius
(7)  Antonio Salorio
(8)  Abraham Mosseri
(9)  Robert Wazelle

Table 63:

(1)  Carlos Mortensen
(2)  David Baker
(3)  Ian Poker
(4)  Guy Laliberte
(5)  Mike Wattel
(6)  Jake Minter
(7)  Jimmy Ngoc Tran
(8)  Raymond Davis
(9)  Timothy McCarthy

No, the final is in two days time on the 27th.

Two of my picks from Day one are still in:

Praz
Roland
Plus Day Two pick Tim Phan...

So I'll stick with those ones. 

Before we start, let's have a quick butchers at some of the Vegas sights...

I was talking to Snoopy about how I rate understated players who just get on with it and win from sheer talent without drawing a neon arrow over their heads more highly than their showoff counterparts.  He made a good point - from an audience/press point of view - who's more fun to watch for 8 hours a day?  When there's a lull in the action, you can trust players like Hellmuth to say something reportable, or get upset, showing a reaction you can write about. 

As far as the game purely, there's no doubt that behaving like a tit in order to tilt your opponents is not a classy way to play, but there is also no doubt that some of the players renowned for their rubdowns and general attention-seeking shoutiness are among the best around (see: Hellmuth, Tony G).  If I were on the receiving end of this, I wouldn't like it, but I wouldn't cry myself to sleep either. 

Good Afternoon Jen/Snoops

Looking forward to another late one courtesy of you two......

Goooooo PRAZ!!!!!

My picks are

Loi Pham
Kirk Morrison
Raymond Davis

Mainly as they have loads of chips.  ;)

My one pick is

Praz Bansi

No exits as of yet, but we have seen signs of action, one hand seen Adeeb Harb to raise it up under the gun to 32k, Roland make it 90k more and Fischman to shove in around 250k.

Both players folded insantly, especially Roland who showed his Jacks face-up.

Board = 2d 2c Qd 3h

Tim Pham checks, Abraham Mosseri bets 60k, Tim calls.

River = 8c

Pham checks, Mosseri bets, Pham folds.

Cagey start.

With the Flop reading 4d 5s 8d, Grant Lang folds to a 120k bet on the Ad Turn after his Flop bet of 60k was smooth called by the calculated and meticulous Kirk Morrison.

There's only one Praz Bansi!

Good luck Praz, heres hoping for a quick double up!

Blinds going up:  6k/12k ante 2k. 

Patrik Antonius' microstack has crossed the line a couple of times, but no callers, so still there, waiting for that first double up to get him over 10 big blinds...

Very slow and cautious beginning to the day, even for the big stacked aggressive ones.  Can't report much action, other than, for example, Carlos Mortensen raising to 30k under the gun, then passing to Mike Wattel's re-raise to 100k.  People were way more aggressive at the end of last night - they are probably just warming up like those little lizards which sit on hot rocks until they're supercharged and can then sprint...

The money, incidentally, goes up at 50th (in three eliminations' time) to $61,880...

Although Patrik Antonius was the shortest stack at the start of play, it is the young Joseph Grebanier, who impressed us all with his excellent skeleton hoody outfit, that has fallen first.

Meanwhile, Elia Ahmadian has doubled up after his Ks Qc Rivered a flush against A-4 off on a 5s 6d 6s 3s 4s board.

According to P Maxfield, Adeeb Harb is one of, if not the best omaha cash game players in the world. Hes only started playing HE Tournaments for the last 3 years in which time he won over $1 million, including $500k this week. Not bad eh, maybe a dark horse

very good answer my friend

Well, maybe just didn't want to be the first, as Scanide superstar Patrik Antonius is now officially out, eliminated by James Worth with A-J vs. K-K, no help against the cowboys.

I could take him...

blindfolded.

James Young is OUT.

On his former table, Roland is complaining of dropping down to 800k after laying down some big hands, A-Q, 9-9 and J-J, the latter reported earlier.

Bad News for Praz Addicts - He is OUT, at the hands of aggressive youngster Sorel Mizzi...

Drawn on Mizzi's table again, he had some experience of playing with him ("He raised my blind every time yesterday...") and picked a spot to shove over the top preflop.  I will call his hand Ahrt x because that's the only part of it he saw before pushing...
Sorel called him with 8c 8h.
The board came:  4c Th 2c 7h 7s, x didn't pair and the shortstacked Praz heads for the rail, probably slightly disappointed that the double up he was after didn't materialise, but calmly saying, "I'm not disappointed,"  and picking up his $50k which that succession of not-really-random coinflips in Manchester started him on his way towards.   

Another Brit down in Brummie Pimp Marc Goodwin who made the last call with Ad Qd on a Flop of 9d 6d 2c.

Although James Worth, who also took out Antonius, had a vulnerable set of Twos, Marc's fate was sealed when the Turn brought an emphatic and hope expiring 9h, followed by an academic Qs River.

Richard Anthony -- 540,000

congrats Marc, well played

Mike Wattel -- 875,000

Unlucky Praz, great showing anyway!!

Antonio Salorio -- 455,000

Great performance Praz, 2k into 63k TWYCDOO!!!

WP Praz, a great start to what i'm sure is going to be another great summer in Vegas for us all

Good luck too to Roland, fingers Xd for another final...

Green-sporting genial player Timothy McCarthy (pictured top) is down to 165k after this confrontation with Jimmy Tran (bottom).  Tran called his preflop raise out of position and then check-raised Timothy's 84k flop bet when it came down 9h 6s 7s.  The raise was enough to set McCarthy in, and he agonised for a while, as is expected, before asking, "You gonna show, Jimmy?  I'll show you one later...Laying down a very big pair." 
He lays it down, Tran does show:  5d 8d - only the nuts.
"I wanted you to call preflop..." Well, I am sure Jimmy wanted you to call post-flop too...

Ben Johnson -- 810,000

Guy Laliberte -- 680,000

Ian Johns -- 565,000

the straight was invisble... WP !

Marc Goodwin -- out
Praz Bansi -- out
James Young -- out
Patrik Antonius -- out
Joseph Grabanier -- out
Guy Laliberte -- 680,000
Ian Johns -- 565,000
Ben Johnson -- 810,000
Timothy McCarthy -- 155,000
Antonio Salorio -- 455,000
Richard Anthony -- 540,000
Mike Wattel -- 875,000

James 'KrazyKanuck' Worth takes a chunk from Abraham Mosseri - he ponders their Ac Jc 9d flop, on which he's just been check-raised, to the tune of 150k.  That's about half his stack... he eventually whacks the whole lot in, and the 165k raise is enough to get an instapass from Mosseri, who gets shown the Aspades Ks for his attempt to push off the online star...

James Worth pictured, stacking his chips.  Can anyone hazard a guess as to which site he's affiliated with?

This year's WPT final is showing no signs of slowing down chewing on Daniel Alaei and Eric Hershler and spitting them both out onto the rail.

Soon after, we lost Elia Ahmadian to Scott Fischman, Ahrt Qh vs. Ac Ks all-in pre-flop, nasty Queen on the Flop of a 6s 8d Qd Jc Jd board.

To his credit, Ahmadian took the beat well, but was clearly devastated.

Bet365 ;hide;

Any Roland news please

One of the players I'm supporting today is American field biologist Bill Ferrand who told of how he's after Hellmuth blood, the Poker Brat giving him a rub-down three years by bluffing him out of a pot and saying, "That's why the amateurs shouldn't play with the pros!"

"I've taken a pot or two off him already, but he's still got a big chip advantage over me. I'll get him though, and when he plays at me I'll have the goods. I haven't forgotten when he tried to humiliate me three years ago, it still hurts."

Well, I don't know about you guys, but I sure hope he gets his man.

There is a brief pause whilst we redraw for new seating positions.

Abraham Mosseri is OUT - This is a good one for the audience:

James Worth raised to 40k in early position, called by neighbour Lyle Berman.  It gets repopped by Mosseri in the small blind - no messing, all in for 320k.  Suddenly big blind Robert Wazelle (pictured) moves in too, for a lot more than that.  It gets back to James who takes his time, clearly unhappy not with Mosseri's push but with the bigger stack against him.  Eventually, he makes what is clearly a painful fold, saying, "Somebody show me Aces!"
Wazelle shows: Qs Qh
Mosseri shows: 5c 7c  ("I didn't really want that," he admits, of the re-raise behind him...)

Now KrazyKanuck does a very good impression of someone who has passed Kings preflop - he's either a very good actor or approaching genuine tilt, especially as the board came out 9c 9h Th Kh 7s and he shouts, "I just made Kings full!"

Meanwhile Mosseri is halfway out the door before getting his money.  "I'll be right back..."

It's UB. Formerly great site, now decidely rubbish.

Table 63:

Tom Pniak -- 800,000
Sorel Mizzi -- 9,600
Phil Tom -- 295,000
Antonio Salorio -- 185,000
Guy Laliberte -- 690,000
David Oppenheim -- 475,000
Ben Johnson -- 610,000
James Worth -- 935,000
David Levi -- 260,000

Think its called the old squeeze play just bad timing

The 45 player redraw is a sign of things to come...it looks like they shuffle around after every nine players drop.

New Table 59:

Tommy Vu           350,000
Jake Minter           775,000
Thomas Wahlroos  1,660,000
Paul Wasicka        480,000
Can Hua              1,320,000
Ted Kearly            230,000
Carlos Mortensen   764,000
Jimmy Tran           450,000
Bill Gazes               850,000

Table 62:

Kirk Morrison -- 1,380,000
Raymond Davis -- 1,675,000
David Baker -- 640,000
Noah Jefferson -- 170,000
Mark Gregorich -- 230,000
Justin Bonomo -- 390,000
Richard Anthony -- 495,000
Dorn Malinasky -- 265,000
Mikael Thuritz -- 255,000

Huge hand for Paul Lee changes the dynamic on his new table right off the bat... on a Jack high flop he made one of those big overbets, announcing all-in for 600k or though after a bit of a consider of the flop, and opponent Loi Phan.  Phan covered him, and eventually made the call with A-J, only to be shown J-J for the flopped set.  Drawing dead on the turn, we have a new big stack and a depleted former leader...just going to count that table now, while superspeedy Snoopy has the other three tables' new lineups and counts.

Table 61:

Fred David -- 235,000
Mike Wattel -- 1,320,000
Grant Lang -- 705,000
Robert Wazelle -- 880,000
Thomas Schreiber -- 430,000
Lyle Berman -- 725,000
Scott Fischman -- 840,000
Adeeb Harb -- 890,000
Phil Hellmuth -- 1,865,000

And mid count, Jared Hamby raises all-in on an Aspades 3s 6s flop, and his opponent Tim Phan calls.  A wince from Jared who knows that's not good, and it isn't - while Hamby clearly would rather bury his hand in a hole a mile from the Bellagio (A-Q), Tim has only flopped the nuts - Ks Js.  The turn and river are no help to the young player who immediately berates himself - a little over-harshly in my opinion - "I thought he had A-T, maybe one spade..."

So - Table 60:

Timothy McCarthy   280,000
Tim Phan               820,000
Tom Lee               120,000
Paul Lee               1,900,000
Ian Johns                880,000
Roland de Wolfe      890,000
Bill Ferrand              670,000
Loi Phan                 361,000

You'll notice two big changes from this table, one in David Wattel's stack (which has increased) and the other in Robert Wazelle's (decrease).

This change came about when the two players locked horns on 6h 4c Ac Th board, Wattel making a good call to Wazelle's 310k bet before checking the 9d River with his opponent.

Wazelle showed Sevens, but Wattel won with A-K, which received the official Hellmuth Seal of Approval.

"Nice hand, kid, now you're playing poker," observed the Poker Brat.

Adeeb has doubled up I see

Shortstacker Tom Lee has doubled up to 200k off Tim Phan, Aspades 5s vs. Kc Qc and a 2h 6h Ahrt Jd 8d board.

Big Stack Watch:

Chip leader Paul Lee
Phil Hellmuth close behind
Thomas Wahlroos
David Oppenheim
Raymond Davis

On the last hand before the break, we lost Scandinavian player Mikael Thuritz, who re-raised all-in for 160k with Ad Kc.

Doron Malinasky called in a flash and flipped over Jh Jc, which hit a crushing set on the Flop.

Board = 2d 8h Js Td Tc

It would appear Bill hasn't read Moby Dick.

Official bustouts:

44) Jared Hamby
45) Antonio Salorio
46) Abraham Mosseri
47) Elia Ahmadian
48) Eric Hershler
49) Marc Goodwin
50) Praz Bansi
51) Justin Young
52) Patrik Antonius
53) Daniel Alaei
54) Joseph Grebanier

Payouts around this region:
31st-40th    $77,350
41st-50th    $61,880
51st-100th  $46,410

Can Somebody report for the Top 10 or 20 best amount of chips please ?

It will be nice thanks

Can Hua raises to 53k under the gun and Carlos Mortensen calls.

Flop = 7h Js 4d

Check, check.

Turn = 5h

Hua bets 110k, Carlos calls instantly.

River - 5h

Both players check, Hua takes the pot with Pocket Nines.

Fred Davis is eliminated in 41st place:  All in preflop with Ahrt 2h, called by Scott Fischman with his Qh Qs.
Flop:  Jh 3h 4s (couldn't have asked for a larger glimmer of hope)
Turn:  7d
River:  4c

And Scott (pictured) is climbing upwards...his chip towers not really countable but make you either wish that you were the one sat behind them, or wish you wouldn't be immediately thrown out if you knocked them over, depending on the sort of person you are.

Noah Jefferson is OUT.

All-in from early position for 110k, he was called by Kirk Morrison in the big bling, who took a shot with 7s 4s.

Noah had Ac Ks, but it wasn't enough as the board came Tc 6h 7d 8s 5s.

With the blinds at 8k/16k, many may critcise that call.

They are changing all the time - the counts on the previous page just about accurate still - going to wait til the next redraw for full counting again as it takes a while and precious action might slip by...

I can tell you that Paul Lee (pictured) now has well over 2,300,000 - also attached a picture of his spreading stack, with protective arm.

I think Can Hua was the player that played the 72 against Rafe Furst when he slow played AA in a side event at the wsop last year he flopped trip 7s and Furst hit the 2 outer on the winner for a monster pot!!!

Hi Jen and Snoops.

Can you do me a favour please..

Can you take a face on picture of Doron Malinsky? he looks remarkably like a guy who borrowed $300 from me at the WSOP last year "just for 2 minutes..." Never to be seen again of course.

Tommy Vu moves all-in pre-flop from early position for 330k (blinds just 8 and 6k remember).

Although Carlos Mortensen thought about it for a while in the small blind, he eventually folded and Tommy showed his hand.

What sort of hand do you reckon makes that move?

I can understand his call, last time you say the number of cheaps, he has around 1.200.000. So it was not too much for him to try get someone out who is short stack. But he probably waited for something else than As King...

Unfortunately he's seated the wrong side, so I'm afraid you'll have to make do with his back.

That's two backs you've seen now, the back of Doron and the back of your money.  ;D

JJ OR AK

With 200k+ in the pot and a Flop of Ks 8s 5c, Thomas Schreiber (small blind) check-raises Lyle Berman's (big blind) 120k bet to a total of 350k.

Berman folds instantly.

 i m amazed u lent money to some1 u never seen b4  loooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooollllllllllllllllllll

My thoughts exactly.

He showed Ahrt Kh

Hohoho.

Has he got a Russian or Eastern European accent?

Glad you find it so funny that I was scammed.

I had played satellites with him every day for a week. Besides, you can't go through life not trusting everyone you meet.

Mark Gregorich -- 125,000

lollollol   tat was funny

Tom Pniak -- 440,000

I thought it was elephants who never forget not Camels

Justin Bonomo -- 280,000

Do you want me to find out his favourite colour too?

Two Very Shortstacks double up (although both still in trouble):

Tom Lee all in (again) with Aspades 7s against Ian Johns' Kd Qd.  Board:  Jh Js 3h Th 7h - up to 200k or so.

Ted Kearly all in with Ad Td, called preflop by Jimmy Tran with his Js Jc.  Ac on the flop, and Tran could say, "Jack!" until blue in the face, it wasn't to come and we still have 37 players remaining.

Redraw (sigh) at 36...

sorry keith u r right   it was funny tho  u see those people coming up barrow money and never seen stories    i didnt mean badly funny

Carlos Mortensen has doubled up courtesy of Can Hua with Kings v Jacks, irrelevant Q-2-8-A-6 board.

If it's pink, you're in trouble.

Certainly can't remember the last time you bought a round Craig   ;nemesis;

did roland not do well in this last year?

Please remind me next time we meet up, I enjoy having you on the table as a drinking buddy

say it aint so, wow

Snoops could you get a photo of Adeeb please, if hes still in

Yes, 3rd for around a $mill

If you class coming 3rd not doing well, yes ;D

Hey Keith did you know the Tartan Kilts closing at the Rio, changing to another pub, hope they keep the pool tables

Much he owe u?

you are getting wittier every update Mr Beagle.
Now Mr Camel has the hump

A bigger stack doubles up now - David Baker raised it up preflop two hands in a row, cutoff, and the one next to the cutoff... on the second one, neighbour Bill Gazes put in a re-raise, only to find David moving all-in for 440k more.  With maybe 230k in the middle, Bill made a pretty big call with his 8c 8s.  David Baker had Ahrt Kc...
Flop:  Kh 7c 3h
Turn:  Th
River:  2c

And he's now up to the Seven Figures.  David on the left in this photo, during the hand while all-in and both players were fixedly staring alternately at each other and at a point in the baize.

$10, I asked him to get Camel a drink and he done a runner with the money

lololol

Can Hua -- 1,210,000
Richard Anthony -- 720,000
Paul Wasicka -- 435,000
Ted Kearly -- 175,000
Tom Pniak -- 535,000
Tommy Vu -- 295,000
Bill Gazes -- 625,000
Raymond Davis -- 2,150,000
Guy Laliberte -- 950,000
Sorel Mizzi -- 895,000
Kirk Morrison -- 1,820,000
David Oppenheim -- 1,050,000
Ben Johnson -- 535,000
James Worth -- 990000
David Baker -- 1,100,000
David Levi -- 525,000
Mark Grekorich -- 110,000
Justin Bonomo -- 225,000
Jake Minter -- 670,000
Paul Lee -- 2,860,000
Tom Lee -- 210,000
Adeeb Harb -- 235,000
Bernam Lyle -- 585,000
Carlos Mortensen -- 1,260,000
Phil Tom -- 1,425,000
Mike Wattel -- 1,080,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 375,000
Ian Johns -- 790,000
Timothy McCarthy -- 530,000

I spoke to Doron Malinasky for you Camel. He said he can't pay you back just yet, he's running bad at the moment.

Hellmuth?

How much he owe you?

Yes if he's not out, you've not report how much cheap he has snoop ;yellowcard;

 ;D

Is that where the saying " cheap as chips" comes from?

Doron Malinaksy is now OUT, no hand details I'm afraid.

I did manage to take a photograph of Adeeb Harb though...

Just a 1k but he can keep it i wouldt get snoop to take photos and stuff for a measly 1k

Sorry. you're right I would like toi say chips....

I come from France...

 rotflmfao

He has this much.

(http://simonc.f2o.org/south/images/windy_lots.jpg)

The waitresses better be dressed the same at the new gaff.

The best player in the tournament, ten-times bracelet winner and he can probably spell 'poker' perfectly every time:  1,480,000

Actually, he's not put a foot wrong most of this tournament, and I would pick him for the final if he hadn't already picked himself.

Nice Poker Face Adeeb ... how could you keep a straight face in a stare down with this guy

Well, eve if you move the decimal point over it's still slightly off because Thomas Wahlroos has 2,130,000. I just counted.

I agree with his healthy stack he should make the final table cause he's not going to play any big pots without the goods

Guy Laliberte and Tom Phan split a pot, both all-in with Ad Qs vs. Ac Qh, nothing of interest came on the Ts 9c 9h 7d 7c board.

Chop chop.

;kc;

Sorry I meant the Tilted Kilt, ooh memories
(http://www.harrahs.com/images/Property/rlv/dining/tiltedKilt_300x225.jpg)

here are my pick for the final table, can u pick out Roland and Phil H?????

http://sjl.funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=0de0cfea955afd4644bb&page=&viewtype=&category=

rotflmfao

You're wrong, I'v seen P. hellmuth on your video...

Excellent !!!

He just took another pot, this time from Raymond Davis who made it 52k preflop, call from Thomas Wahlroos.  On the 4h 8h Td flop, Raymond bet out 105k and the in-position, confidence-radiating relaxed Finn made it 250k, getting a quick pass.  Yes, 2.3 mil a better estimate.

Had some killer games of Killer with Alan Betson and The Camel at The Tilted Kilt.

He may Have a foot in the final table now... it will be hard to kick him out now...

Is it a 10 or 6 players final table ?

oh the memories, I won $500 from Mr Sunar plaing pool, I even bought Mr. Gale a beer there after i sucked out on him 10 times in a row, he just seemed like he needed a beer ;D ;tightend; (it was only a small comp!)

Hey Brian u dont have to remind every1 on the forum again how bad u played and how many times u sucked out on John Gale i thought it was 20 times anyway

Meanwhile Tim Phan continues his relentless chip accumulation (and for the second time - he was nearly knocked out with those QQ vs. AA a day ago).  His early fluency with chip counting (can one be fluent in that - why not) saw Roland commenting, "Former dealer..." to which he replied, "I might be a future dealer, but not a former dealer."  Somehow I can't see him, with about a million in chips in the last 35 of the WPT Championship, applying for a job at the Vic any time soon...

Anyway, he just took a big pot off Paul Lee - after his 170k was called with the board standing 9d Td 3s 3d and a healthy pot already accumulated in the centre, he moved in for 420k on the Js river with no sign of wavering.  Pass from Lee. 

Me to you hustler ;nemesis; Do you play golf? ;shame;

 ;tk; says  :respect: , but Ironside says xxxxxx, xxxxxx to people like u,   and I still have the bracelet rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

I am useless at pool.

Who are you Sweeney? Did you win my money?

U sure do but as i said before ure worst player ever to get 1 later matey

Yep, yourself, Alan, Craig Wildman and a couple of others I'm struggling to recall.  Was at WSOP 2005, and I was the big bloke with the Ronnie O'Sullivan cue action.  If fairness to you Keith, you were a good sport considering in terms of pool-playing process, you were like a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest!  Remember now?

And yes, I do play golf.....

 ;kneelsucker;

I HAVE NOW SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE AMERIACN!

have a good time playing $1/ 2 tonight

Cut it out, Transatlantics... They're about to restart here, remember?  Lots of money?  35 players?  Bellagio?

P.S. How did you know I was off to play $1/$2?

Get it right £1/£2  lolol im sure u'll be back playin this level soon

David Baker raises it up pre-flop from the cut-off, Hellmuth makes it 105k from the small blind (cue standard hands on face routine) and Baker folds.

Just having some fun sorry Jen

Tom Lee is OUT, raised it up to 40k with Nines, re-raised by Can Hua to 110k, pushed for 40k more.

Up against the bullets, failed to hit, 4-K-3-3-6 board.

Justin Bonomo is eliminated in 35th place ($77,350) - all in preflop with Kc Td he found Paul Lee with Aspades Ks ready to take him on... The flop brought the other two Aces - overkill - and Bonomo got a soft clap, seeing as they're getting down to the last few tables.

thats right, kiss some xxx, sorry jen, he cant help but be an xxx, see u tomorrow jen and snoops, check your PM, I am done w/ this clown until he finds a backer to play a $25k heads up match rotflmfao, i might even get Ram and Marc to back me in this one ;smackedbottom; ;izimbra; ;mexicanwave; I dont even want YOUR $$$

lolololol u started it muppett boy

Np guys - don't mean to be all "we are not amused"...

Bill Gazes is OUT.

Made his move with Kd 6h, but ran into the American Airlines of Kirk Morrison, which held up on the 4-8-T-K-T rainbow Flop, although the Turn did offer Glazes a slight ray of light, but alas, to no avail.

Where are you guys staying and what are the room rates like?

Snoops, did you fly from Brum and if so, may I ask who you book through?

He had K6 and the board came 10-8-4-K-7

We're started in the Circus Circus before moving onto the Orleans, both are relatively cheap.

We flew in from London, caught a connecting flight in Washington, not sure who we booked with.

Yes, typo, was Kd 6h.

HUGE double through for Carlos Mortensen - he put his pretty decent stack and tournament life on the line on a 6c 7c Tc flop, against Raymond Davis, who had the magic Ac, but an offsuit 8h to go with it. 
The turn:  3s
The river:  Qs
The phrases, "Nice hand Carlos... you're back in the game..." come in from all sides.  Back in the game - and how - with 2,500,000 if his stacks are in even piles of twenty, for once...

Recent struggler Adeeb Harb has doubled through, finding Aces on the big blind with Kirk Morrison raising into him with Jacks from the cut-off.

A 3-2-5-7-2 board later and Kirk was left to pay 275k.

Stay at the Imperial Palace! Cheapest casino on the Strip! And with nearly naked Chinese girl wrestling with a snake on a podium outside! Unless they've knocked it down to build something nicer, of course.

Pretty much the next hand, Raymond Davis, suffering an averagey stack for the first time in days, takes on all-in short stack Mark Gregorich with his Kd Td vs. Mark's Ad Td...

Flop:  4c 4h 4s
Turn:  Kc  The announcer says, "Mark will now need an Ace to win..." at which point the usual half dozen cry, "Or a Four!"
River:  2d

So Mark Gregorich finishes in 32nd place, winning $77,350.

One of the early pace makers, Loi Phan is now struggling at the bottom of the chip count, although he did just take a small pot of Ian Johns, the latter raising it up pre-flop but conceding when Phan bet 100k on the 8c-9h-Kd Flop.

I've got some money on the snail this year - look at this training!

Hmmm. I have no recollection of this night... to be fair I was probably drunk!

I demand a rematch at ping pong!

What did he have?

I've edited it now, so it's you who looks like the weirdo... Surely you remember the snake lady? Who could forget!

A dejected but now relatively affluent David Oppenheim is the next to bite the dust, his Pocket Nine's no match for Paul Lee's Threes on a 3-6-2 Flop, te Ten Turn and 5 River sealing the Candian's fate.

Set of 7's

really, i might have to change my point of entry in vegas tomorrow

When I spot shitloads of chips in the middle, that's usually a sign that a big hand's taking place, and that was certainly the case on Table Mortensen, the Spaniard putting Ben Johnson to a decision for his tournament life on a board of Th Qc Tc 7s.

A fidgety Johnson, ummed and aared (heart on his sleeve time) before making a brave and ultimately top quality call with Qh Jc.

Mortensen showed Ac Js, which failed to improve come the 7s River.

He didn't holler or high five, but Johnson was clearly over the moon and couldn't help but jump out of his seat like a dog hearing the word 'walkies'. He went to take a sip on his drink, but struggled as the adnrenalin pumping around his body was making his hands shake. A few deep breaths later and he was back to normal, happy to stack (although probably still shakily) his newly acquired stack.

2nd in Baden right? Very mild-mannered, if I recall.

Counts from Table Hellmuth (who just doubled up Sorel Mizzi - that hand in a minute):

Richard Anthony  640k
Lyle Berman   314k
Sorel Mizzi     1.2 mil
David Baker    1.29 mil
Thomas Schreiber  360k
Phil Hellmuth   800k
David Levi       1.3 mil
Roland de Wolfe  360k

Phil Hellmuth raised preflop (blinds are now 10k/20k ante 3k)... Sorel Mizzi called in the big blind.
Flop:  Ad 9c 4s  Hellmuth is talking, someone's all in on the table behind, I missed who made the bet here, but they got to the Aspades turn with a medium pot going.  Sorel bet it solidly, and Hellmuth made a show of reluctance, "I'm going to need a Jack..." before calling.
River:  Jc (incredibly). Now Sorel moves all in for his remaining few hundred thousand (that's a funny phrase to write) and Hellmuth called characteristically quickly...
Sorel showed:  9d 9s for the boat, while Hellmuth flashed an Ace and mucked, chagrined.
Roland pipes up, "The Jack was probably the safest card in the deck."  But Sorel admits, "The Jack scared me, I'm not going to lie."

Roland de Wolfe doubles up to 700k - heard it over the mic - all in with a flush, no less, against Richard Anthony.

wow,
jut spent an hour catching up on the last two days worth,
great work guys,
i am, saturated

Ian Johns is OUT in 30th, his pre-flop all-in push being instacalled by Mike Wattel

Johns = Ad Kc

Wattel - 9h 9s

Board = 8h 2d Qd 7d 3c

Ian got excited on the Turn, but was visibly frustrated when he missed all 14 outs.

 jen  wasnt that eggman  thomas  very sort stack early on ?

Lyle Berman is also OUT.

All-in pre-flop against my pick of the day, Sorel Mizzi, with K-J vs. Aces.

Lyle eventually made three Jacks, but unfortunately for him, Sorel flopped a set.

Yes, he only had around 30k at one point during the latter stages.

hello YOYO, hows it hangin?????   ( i have actually saved that one for a while now)

Hi MadTurk, yes, he's one of three stacks which were dangerously low at one point and have come back to challenge the leaders - the others being Tim Phan and Scott Fischman...

Counts from Table Wahlroos:

Tom Pniak      350,000 (just doubled up with Ks Kd all-in against Jimmy Tran's Ad Ahrt - all in pre, but spiked a King on the flop to survive)
Kirk Morrison    1,700,000
Grant Lang      1,200,000
Can Hua          1,280,000
Adeeb Harb     740,000
Thomas Wahlroos  2,200,000
Guy Laliberte    1,440,000
Jimmy Tran       560,000

Jen, if Roland wins, will he spend all the money on phone chargers?

Jake Minter = Ahrt Kh

Raymond Davis = Kd 9d

Board = 9s Jh 8s 5s Jc

Double up for Minter.

Third Table Counts:

Raymond Davis    380,000
David Baker       1,034,000
Jake Minter        1,620,000
Loi Phan             450,000
Ben Johnson      1,490,000
Carlos Mortensen  2,140,000
Mike Wattel         1,630,000

The switch between Raymond Davis' and Jake Minter's stack sizes occurred just now when Jake somehow got it all in preflop with Kd 9d (I am sure there was an interesting preflop raise-re-raise tango but I missed it) against Davis' Ahrt Kh.  A big pot, and a pretty annoyed Raymond Davis when the flop came 9s Jh 8s and the turn and river didn't redraw the Ace.  Ow.

An odd hand just occurred on Table Eggman with Kirk Morrison limping for 20k, Can Hua raising it up to 100k from the button and both Wahlroos (big blind) and limper Morrison smooth calling.

Flop = 8h 7c 5d

Wahlroos bets out 200k, Morrison calls and Hua makes it 600k.

Wahlroos folds, Morrison announces all-in and, surprisingly, Hua goes into the think tank with just 280,000 left in front of him.

"I guess that means I'm ahead," says Morrison.

"Clock!" calls Wahlroos after accidentally telling everyone that he had Pocket Jacks.

"I think our Asian friend is making a move with K-J or something," continued Wahlroos, to which most were in agreement.

So, imagine everyone's surprise when Hua folded Nines face up.

"I wouldn't have folded, too many outs," commented Roland observing from the neighbouring table.

Thomas Schreiber is OUT in 28th.

Roland raised it up, Richard Anthony pushed all-in in for 314k and Thomas Schreiber followed suit for 250k.

Roland folded and the following hands were flipped over...

Schreiber = Ac Ks

Anthony = 9h 9d

Flop = 2d 5s Aspades

Turn = Js

River = 9c

Case Nine. Ouch.

;om;

How end this day ?

• When time is up ?
• or when there is enough eliminated players to do a final table?

Down to 27 means we're done for the day. Chip counts coming up...

A couple of objections from players when they reached the last-three-tables mark to carrying on play at all mean, apparently, that play is suspended until tomorrow after just 5 hours.  Personally I think this is a mistake - one more level played today might avoid a 4am finish tomorrow (the penultimate day).  But I'm always saying that, and the field is still working away at itself with fair speed... chip counts coming...

you're right Jen, I never have made a tourney like this, but I supposed that players can play more than 6 hours no ?

What's your experience of that ?

Raymond Davis -- 274,000
David Baker -- 483,000
Jake Minter -- 1,568,000
Loi Phan -- 1,007,000
Ben Johnson -- 1,280,000
Carlos Mortensen -- 2,429,000
Mike Wattel -- 1,060,000

Tommy Vu -- 830,000
Paul Lee -- 3,740,000
Scott Fischman -- 1,268,000
Robert Wazelle -- 284,000
James Worth -- 556,000
Paul Wasicka -- 581,000
Thien Phan -- 1,273,000

Richard Anthony -- 755,000
Tom Pniak -- 270,000
Sorel Mizzi -- 2,256,000
Phil Hellmuth -- 738,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 460,000
David Levi -- 1,258,000

Can Hua -- 760,000
Thomas Wahlroos -- 1,847,000
Guy Laliberte -- 1,232,000
Adeeb Harb -- 735,000
Kirk Morrison -- 2,980,000
Jimmy Tran -- 458,000
Grant Lang -- 1,201,000

Easy for Roland to say, he almost never misses!  ;envious;

We're used to working 12-14 hour days, so this is like a relaxed walk in the luxurious Bellagio park for us... a structure like this, without the marathon element of needing stamina just to keep concentration is the ultimate in tournament experience.  But they still should have played another level...

Ok, now I understand better... :)up

Well, I guess that's it for today. See you again tomorrow at 12pm.

 ;stickaforkinme;

Me too ;stickaforkinme;

P.S. Wish Snoopy luck if he plays the media thing tomorrow, after his unbelievably close call in the Irish Open one (denied the prize by just three narrow places) I kind of think he's due one...

It was an STT though?  ;m3boy;

6 seater thing I'm told. ;)

great updates guys!

Phew thanks guys just caught up.

Can't believe they only played 5 hours?

GL Roland and Sorel.