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Player	Chip Count
Richard Freire	172,725
Isaac Haxton	160,525
Andrew Kurita	156,450
John Hennigan	149,775
Jamie Gold	149,000
Chuck Kelley	146,075
Michael Perry	143,800
Chip Jett	140,650
Brian Strahl	138,100
Thomas Schreiber	136,900
Vanessa Rousso	134,800
Michael Avila	131,150
Erik Cajelais	128,550
Shawn Nobakht	127,825
Rob Lederer	127,300
Joe Pelton	124,075
David Clayton	122,850
Jin Hing Chin	122,125
George Anagnoston	120,750
Woody Vanstratum	120,550
Feming Chan	118,925
Will "The Thrill" Failia	117,850
Eugene Katchalov	115,025
Davidson Matthew	115,000
Thomas Fuchs	113,725
Omar Saeed	109,475
Brett Kohlberg	109,350
Devin Porter	108,950
Leo Walker	108,600
Rolgues Rodriquez	107,900
Burt Boutin	107,850
Eugene Todd	106,300
Doran Malinasky	104,950
Kevin Johnson	101,700
John Gale	97,550
Ayad Alabsi	93,500
Jimmy Stevenson	93,150
Mikhail Gurevich	91,900
John D'Agostino	90,875
Eracles Panayiotou	89,600
John Myung	89,250
Andrew Black	87,975
Marcello DelGrosso	87,025
David Oppenheim	85,825
Bill Edler	85,725
Stan Jablonski	85,100
Paul Snead	85,075
Chau Giang	84,550
Pete Syllas	83,725
Chi Thien Ngyuen	83,650
Erik Gault	82,875
Carlos Zambrano	82,525
Roy Thung	81,500
Jon James	81,375
Allan Puzantyan	80,950
Antonio Cavezza	80,500
Arthur Azen	80,050
Steve Sung	79,800
Lawrence Paden	77,575
Jon Turner	77,075
Dimitry Rakovsky	76,825
Jason Strasser	76,225
Daniel Shak	76,100
Glyn Banks	74,700
Michael Saltzberg	73,825
Joe Simmons	73,550
Ariel Freud	73,300
Jay Heimowitz	72,900
Kyle Burnside	72,500
Howard Rice	72,200
Dennis Frederick	71,700
Bernard Lee	71,600
Michael Shuster	71,575
Daw Lyle	71,275
Ken Adams	71,100
Cliff Josephy	71,050
Paul Kitsos	70,800
Alex Cameron	70,700
Thom Werthmann	70,000
Kenny Schuyler	69,675
Michael Fiorito	69,400
Richard Dabal	69,100
Paul Scaturro	68,950
Steven Koger	68,775
Todd Rehello	68,675
James Clary	68,450
Matt Lefkowitz	68,225
Scott Fischman	67,400
Frank Calabrese	67,300
David King	66,625
Avdo Djokovic	66,350
Michael Haas	66,325
Igor Borukhov	65,450
Vincent Devita	65,350
Troy O'Neal	65,150
Lin Poo Wang	65,050
Brad Konracki	64,500
Eric Mizrachi	64,350
Shane Schleger	62,300
Drew Gliem	62,200
Brock Parker	62,075
Dan Baldev	61,550
Tayfun "Ty" Akbasli	61,300
Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken	60,750
Erik Seidel	60,200
Howard Wolper	59,425
Gerard Cunningham	58,500
Gerald Taylor	57,925
Yakov Hirsch	57,700
Jorge Arias	57,425
Chris McCormack	57,000
Surinder Sunar	56,575
Nam Le	56,175
Eric Lyston	55,950
Douglas Johnson	55,750
Serge Badel	55,550
Mohamed Elkerdawy	55,325
Joseph "Joey the B" Brooks	54,850
Filippo Dimitri	54,800
Jonathan Chehanske	53,925
Farzad Rouhani	53,850
Athanasios Ciakos	53,750
Josh Spiegelman	53,675
Michael Zats	53,175
Marc Zurlo	52,700
Guy Laiberti	52,350
Jim Pechac	52,250
Richard Zipes	52,250
Benjamin Lin	51,850
Randall Silver	51,800
Chris Bigler	51,475
Berry Werthmann	51,300
Brad "Yukon" Booth	51,175
John Monnette	49,900
Joseph Cappello	49,500
Leonard Cortellino	49,475
Robert Fikac	49,425
William Hasler	49,425
Alfonso Silvestri	49,400
Alan Sass	49,350
Men "The Master" Nguyen	49,250
Michael Marvisi	49,150
Alex Todd	49,000
Nicholas Fotios	48,950
Ted Forrest	48,825
Steve Sarrafzadeh	48,825
Michael Hofeld	48,775
Rhynie Campbell	48,350
Greg Fondacaro	48,200
Darrell LaDow	47,925
Alfonso Cammarota	47,850
Chris Fargis	47,400
Steve Dannenmann	46,625
Charlie Hook	46,350
Ulises Roman	46,275
Barry Greenstein	45,925
Haralobos Voulgaris	45,850
Paul McCaffrey	45,425
Steve Zoumas	44,925
An "The Boss" Tran	44,575
Kyle Bowker	44,400
Daniel Tilipman	44,375
Ken Weiner	44,275
Chris Bell	42,800
Simon Moussa	42,625
Len Santangelo	42,625
Manmohan Patel	42,475
Jared Bluestein	42,375
John Heaney	42,050
Tim West	42,000
Bill Gazes	41,900
Igor Tyagay	41,800
Mark Pnini	41,775
Dejuan Whorley	41,250
John Racener	41,050
Tony Cousineau	41,000
Michael DeMichele	40,700
Kyle O'Donnell	40,700
Allen Kessler	40,575
Joe Bartholdi	39,850
Daniel Ristick	39,275
Joe Ritchip	39,250
Prasae Vemulapalli	39,225
Jack Schanbacher	39,200
Thomas Fuller	38,975
Ray Didonato	38,875
Andrew Dykeman	38,850
Mike Mulcare	38,600
Martin Pollak	38,075
Dan Yanofski	38,075
Andrew Batkin	37,725
Danny Wong	37,725
Tommy Reed	37,300
Francis Mahiout	37,100
Neil Chriss	37,025
Lawrence Jacobs	36,950
Wayne Boich	36,825
Stephen Hooper	36,600
Michael Sukonik	36,500
Scotty Nguyen	36,125
Gary Robinson	36,025
Daniel Donati	35,900
Justin Kite	35,875
Robert Santilli	35,850
Doug Carli	35,175
Carmelo Menechella	34,700
Alex Balandin	34,675
Michael Stomehill	34,300
Jason Griffin	34,250
Eric Greenstein	34,175
David "The Lion" Singer	34,050
Timothy Ward	33,500
Matt Glantz	33,300
Michael Gross	33,250
Sara Stohler	33,050
Mike Sica	32,325
Brian Bischoft	32,175
Johnny Stevenson	32,050
Lonnie Heimowitz	32,025
Cornel Cimpan	31,450
Cyrus Sammi	31,300
V.R. Martin	31,175
James Mihokovich	31,125
Bobby Wisiak	31,000
Tony Salerno	30,775
Charles Baehner	30,575
Jeffrey Gaudette	30,325
Ylon Schwartz	30,250
David Redlin	30,200
Steve Brecher	29,825
Justin Wiggins	29,525
Russell Rosenblum	29,375
Scott Jones	28,950
Kayid Shawish	28,775
Robert Jr. Cossell	28,675
Charlie Levin	28,600
Zvi Shiff	28,250
Tony Choy-Sing	27,975
Bryan Colin	27,475
Matt Stout	27,475
William Towle	27,475
Cary Bodenheimer	27,450
Joseph Benezra	26,850
Judy Frame	26,800
Steve Crawford	26,525
Richard Davidson	26,275
Thomas Laviano	26,275
Donald Himpele	26,225
Amir Aliahadi	25,800
Evangelo Sideras	25,375
William Hunter	25,250
Stephen Feraca	25,075
Lee Markholt	24,875
Jim Wheatley	24,275
Dale Pinchot	24,225
Bill Capella	24,150
Chris Economy	23,975
Michael Binger	23,850
Stephen Ladowsky	23,750
Ralph Deangelos	23,375
Rhett Butler	23,300
Michael Omelchuk	23,225
Andy Chiodini	23,200
Michael Martin	23,100
"Captain" Tom Franklin	22,800
Ben Campbell	22,700
Jon Friedberg	22,575
Beth Shak	22,425
Vladislav Jr. Mezheritsky	22,350
David Rogers	21,800
Steve Rosen	21,625
Chris Reslock	21,575
Louis Russo	21,400
Emeline Boich	20,975
Joe Greene	20,825
Brian Hewitt	20,775
Joel Frank	20,650
John "The Razor" Phan	20,550
Narendra Banwari	20,400
Craig Stein	20,325
Ben Yogel	19,875
Joe Pecoraro	19,850
Paul Wasicka	18,900
Scott Masters	18,400
Peter Neff	18,150
Nicholas Caltabiano	17,800
Larry Lawson	17,650
Matt Casterella	17,550
Annand Victor Ramdin	17,375
Ralph Ripa	17,125
Daniel Gikepich	16,850
Eric Buchman	16,700
Michael Esposito	16,400
Dave Brenner	15,575
Mark Mattox	15,050
David Sklansky	15,025
Robert Mizrachi	15,000
Padraig Parkinson	14,975
David Daneshgar	14,925
Pat Paris	14,550
Jim Hanna	14,500
Mark Rossman	14,475
Ilya Soyfer	14,350
Brian Hauson	14,000
Tom Coan	13,800
Mark Telfscher	13,450
Vincent Procopio	13,250
Phil Ivey	13,100
Jason Lester	12,375
Justin Marsh	12,325
Jim Woath	10,800
Joe Jacob	10,650
Mark Ernest	10,450
Amnon Filippi	10,100
Steve Karp	9,600
Brett Richey	9,100
Mike Sommers	8,325
Sam Bernstein	8,200

Saturday, 27th of January 2007 09:46 AM

Still no end of day 1 numbers...working on it.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 10:56 PM

As play concludes for the night, Daniel Negreanu & Joe Sebok have both been eliminated in the last few orbits. Check back later tonight when the official chip counts are released. Play will resume tomorrow afternoon.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 10:48 PM

Play is winding down for the night with just a few minutes left before action is finished. Ed Jordan was also recently eliminated.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 10:28 PM

Current Chip Leaders: Richard Freire, Joe Pelton, Jamie Gold, John Hennigan, Burt Boutin.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 09:39 PM

Players have returned and the blinds are now 250-500 with a 50 ante.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 09:27 PM

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 09:20 PM

JC Tran just busted. At least now he can get some sleep after last night's marathon final table down in Tunica.




	JC Tran @ last night's final table

Friday, 26th of January 2007 09:16 PM

Gavin Smith gets all of his chips in on a 7

flop, holding the 8

. His opponent shows pocket tens. The tens hold up, and Gavin Smith is eliminated.




	Gavin Smith, railbird extrodinaire

Friday, 26th of January 2007 09:07 PM

Chris Bigler is one outted. His opponent gets all in with pocket tens with the board showing J T x. Bigler tables pocket jacks. The turn is the case ten, but Bigler still has about 45k and change in chips.

David Williams was eliminated.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 08:56 PM

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi shows pocket sixes, with the board showing A A 6 9 K. His opponent, however, shows A 9, for a better full house. All of Mizrachi's chips were in the middle by the river. The Grinder is sent to the rail.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 08:42 PM

Vanessa Rousso eliminated John Juanda.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 08:40 PM

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy wins a pot of around 30k. Josephy shows A

with the board reading K

. His opponent mucks. Josephy has about doubled his stack since the start.

James Van Alstyne is eliminated when his AJ fails to improve against pocket queens.




	James Van Alstyne, el busto

Friday, 26th of January 2007 08:23 PM

Joe Sebok shows a flush, and his opponent is unfortunate enough to have a set of threes. Sebok busts another player.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 08:21 PM

Players have returned from break and the blinds are now 200-400 with a 50 ante.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 06:41 PM

Elia Ahmadian busts out, holding pocket nines to a board holding two aces. His opponent had a third ace, queen kicker, and that's all she wrote for Elia.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 05:56 PM

Eric Cajelais picked up a dream hand - KK vs. another player's JJ.

The K's held up and Eric sits at just shy of 100k.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 05:34 PM

Players have returned from break. We're now in the fifth level of play, with blinds at 150-300.

At the end of this level there will be a mass stampede as players go on dinner break.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 05:21 PM

Players are on a break.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 05:18 PM

Battle of the Joes...

Joe Pelton just took out Joe Cassidy.

Cassidy had the misfortune to draw a King-high flush, while Pelton hit the flush at Ace-high.

Cassidy is released from further play.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 05:08 PM

Here are the payouts for this event:

Place	Payout
1	$1,603,410.00
2	$847,596.00
3	$442,320.00
4	$387,030.00
5	$331,740.00
6	$276,450.00
7	$221,160.00
8	$165,870.00
9	$110,580.00
10-12	$71,877.00
13-15	$55,290.00
16-18	$34,832.00
19-27	$27,645.00
28-36	$16,587.00
37-45	$14,928.00
46-54	$13,823.00

Friday, 26th of January 2007 05:05 PM

Devin Porter has taken the chip lead with more than $100k, after his set of sevens bested another player's pocket kings.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 04:32 PM




	Jamie Gold - 2006 WSOP Champion

Apparently undeterred by his release from sponsorship by Bodog, Jamie Gold, 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, has pulled into the chip lead with just under 100k.

With a board showing 8

, Brian Wolfe bet 7k. Jamie Gold moved all-in, and after ample consideration, Wolfe called.

Gold showed 7

for two pair. Wolfe had A

, no pair but the nut flush draw.

The river was the 4

, and Gold's two-pair stands.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 04:18 PM




	Phil Ivey

What would a tournament be without Phil Ivey near the front of the field? He's got about 50k as of the last chip count.

PokerPages, long having been the leader in up-to-date news, gives you the only known photo (right) of Phil Ivey smiling.

It's rumored that this image is a fake, that Phil never smiled after he won this bracelet for a 7-Stud event back in '02. However, stoic as he is, it's worth noting that the image to the right isn't a photo at all - it's a series of photos, time-lapse, over a period of two hours. Yes, even while smiling, Phil Ivey never moves.

Watch him on television or live in a tournament and you'll see what we mean.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 04:06 PM

With 535 players remaining, the break is over.

Blinds are now 100-200.




	John Gale @ the 2006 WSOP

Friday, 26th of January 2007 02:59 PM

While players are still on break, it looks as though John Gale is near the front of the pack with about 70k.

Here's John at the 2006 World Series of Poker main event, looking humble even though he's wearing a WSOP bracelet on his wrist! Really - got to be humble to show off your watch and not the bracelet!

John would go on to finish 522nd in the '06 main event, good for a payday of just over $22k. The bracelet? Well, he won it about three weeks earlier in the 2006 WSOP, taking first place in the $2500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event.

Truly a gentlemen, that Mr. Gale. Good luck, John!

Friday, 26th of January 2007 03:52 PM

Players are now on a 15 minute break.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 03:48 PM

PokerPages' very own Joe Sebok took a small hit just a moment ago, even while holding trips.

Five players saw a flop of: 9

Joe Sebok put in a wager, called by Joe Cassidy.

The two players, now heads-up, saw a turn of: 7

. Both players checked to see a river of 7

.

Sebok checked into Cassidy, who bet 1k. Sebok just called, to see Cassidy turn over 6-7, beating Sebok's three sevens with a full house.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 03:44 PM

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has been sent to the rails early on in this event.

After Matusow raised pre-flop with K-5, Bill Edler called.

The flop brought: K 8 5

Matusow bet, was raised by Edler, and Mike quickly called.

The turn: 10

Matusow leads out again, and this time Edler just called.

The river is a 5, giving Matusow a full house. Matusow moved all in, only to be shocked when Edler turned over KK for the nuts. Matusow is out.

Friday, 26th of January 2007 02:33 PM

We're now at level 3, blinds of 75-150

Friday, 26th of January 2007 01:45 PM

The cards are in the air at the 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Classic. Currently there are more than 550 players registered, with the tournament still accepting registrations until the end of the second level.

We're currently on the 2nd level, blinds at 50-100.




	Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi

Last year, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi took the poker world by storm with his 2nd place finish at the WPT World Poker Open in Tunica. He followed that up immediately with a 1st place finish at the WPT Borgata Poker Classic, winning more than $1 Million, a shiny new Escalade, and enough points to be named 2006 Player of the Year.

Last year's event drew a mere 381 players, so we're already looking at a larger payday for first place. Though the recent online gaming bills may have affected online poker as of late, the World Poker Tour appears to still be gaining speed!

Stay tuned for continued LIVE coverage!

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