WSOP MAIN EVENT FINAL TABLE

[Djinn]

So the blinds go where no blinds have gone before - $120,000 - $240,000 with a $40,000 ante

Hachem         $7.02
Barch             $14
Kanter           $10.56
Dannenmann  $24.6

[Djinn]

Hachem limped on the button for the $240,000, then Kanter on the big blind raised to 1 million.
Hachem went all-in and .... CALL!!

Hachem    vs Kanter

Flop: 
Turn:  Ah
River:  . 

Hachem caught on a bit of a steal and it came good; he doubles up to around 10mil

[Djinn]

We here in the press dungeon getting very excited when someone gets all-in as there is a lot of folding and stuff.  But it's double-through hour here so they get set to go again, with the chips as follows:

Hachem  13,200,000
Barch     12,600,000
Kanter      6,500,000
Dannenmann   23,800,000

[Maroon]

I'm reading this and listening to live stream at same time.  Layne Flack and Phil Hellmuth just described Andrew Black's game as "Inspired".

[tikay]

Just poped into Base Camp 1 - the Main Press Room (we chose Base Camp 2, more intimate), & what a sight. 20 or more dead bodies (maybe just asleep), 40 laptops being tap tapped, and the Gutshot boys still all awake, marshalled by Derek Kelly.

The MC is revving up the crowd as we speak, thry are falling asleep too. Huge crowd though. There is a woman with a girlie scream who lets forth with a shrill at evrey opportunity, I could wring her neck.

[Djinn]

Dannenmann just took down another pot with another preflop raise.  No one wants to get involved for periods of about an hour and then there's a flurry of action.  So judging by that I have time to go get a hot dog.

Hachem  14m
Barch     11.5
Kanter    4.75
Dannenmann - as the TD puts it, "all the rest."

[portfolio]

red  bull anyone???

[tikay]

Andy Black just wandered into the Press Room to "make himself available" to the press.

He's  fine, he's OK, he's cool.

No gripes, no sadness (as to his exit), very articulate, and clearly a man at peace with himself. A little bemused at the huge "celebrity" thing that seems to be engulfing poker, but it won't bother him, he's his own man. He still has a huge belief in meditation, and feels it's made him better able to cope with adversity.

[Djinn]

Hachem   16 mil
Barch     11.5 mil
Kanter     4.6 mil
Dannenmann 23 mil

It really looks like no-one wants to give an inch.  However with almost half a million going in blinds and antes every round, they will eventually.

[Micky147]

Just found out Hatchem is KAIKEY off Ladbrokes - played with him many times

[Djinn]

Dannenmann seen a couple of flops calling raises by Hecham and Barch and then folded when they bet.  This means a slight shift in chips to:

Hachem       18mil
Barch           11.08
Kanter           4.5
Dennenmann  22

But they are just not doing all that much.  I guess they don't want that 4th prize of $2 million.

[stewart225]

with 4 still left would this go into an extra day ??

[tikay]

OK, the break is nearly over, we are now about to resume play.

120,000 - 240,000, ante 40,000.

Hachem 20,500,000

Tex Barch 11,300,000

Aaron Kantor 4,660,00

Steve Dannemann 19,000,000

[tikay]

Stewart - No, it has been announced that they will play to the death. It may LAST till tomorrow though.....

[tikay]

I popped over ovet to McDonalds during the break to bring some well deserved food to the 425 & blonde crews. Passed the "big cash" table downstairs en route, & there was Sonny Ninja in his usual seat, as he has been for a few nights now. In front of him he had about 8" (that's 200mm) of 100 dollar bills. 8" high, that is.

Wherever I travel in Poker, I can always reckon to see Sonny sat there, huge wedge in front of him, playing massive cash games.

He must have some game to keep doing it. At those levels, it dont take many losing nights to add up to a lotta money.....

Mind you, I suspect he had a goodly % of last weeks $10,000 Omaha comp winner. That'd be a 6 figure sum in itself.