Main Event - day 4 - The final 18
Our final 6 players are:
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| Tom Schneider | |
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| Thu Nguyen | |
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| Mike McClain | |
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| Dan Harrington | |
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| Shi Jia Liu | |
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| David "The Dragon" Pham | |
Chip counts will soon follow.
The action will pick up at 5 p.m. pdt right here at Pokerpages.com!
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 10:49 PM
Joe Sebok, who is the shortest stack at the table, made a raise to 90k and the action folded around to Tom Schneider who asked Joe how much he had. Joe gave him a ballpark guess of 600k. Tom decided to put Sebok to the test by pushing all-in and Joe insta-called with his pocket Q's. Tom tabled A-J and the board popped out 2-5-6. So far so good for Joe, but the turn A spelled certain disaster for Joe and Tom took the lead. The river was a 10 and Joe Sebok is our t.v. table bubble boy in 7th place earning $114,310.
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| Joe Sebok | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 10:34 PM
I wasn't able to get the action until the river but I do kow that Tom Schneider made a set of 5's and made a sizeable bet and Thu Nguyen called. when the set was tabled, Thu mucked his hand and shipped his money to Tom. It looked like a 200k bet on the river by Tom.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 10:28 PM
We are down to 7 players and the blinds are at 20k-40k with a 5k ante.
Losing one more player to make the t.v. table is on the minds of each player. One person will miss the coverage and be sent home with a $114,310 consolation prize. The play is tight and the players all have a worn look on their face. tis might be a long night to reach the t.v. table.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 10:17 PM
Preflop David Pham made a smallish raise and the action got over to Tom Schneider who made it 210k. David called and the flop was 6-10-2 and both players checked. The turn was a J and Tom fired out 400k into the middle and David called again. The river was a J and Tom immediately moved all-in. David squirmed in his chair for a little while before finally folding his hand and Tom scoops down the pot.
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| Tom Schneider | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 10:03 PM
Thu Nguyen made a raise to 120k and the action got over to Billy Pilossoph who was in the BB and moved all-in. Thu called and had A-K versus the A-6 of Billy. The flop was in favor of Thu when the K-K-5 came. The turn was a 9 and the river was an 8. Billy Pilossoph is headed home in 8th place earning $91,450.
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| Billy Pilossoph | |
With that hand, Thu Nguyen is up to 1.4 million.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 09:59 PM
The players have returned from a break while the tournament staff was coloring up the 1k chips. Here are the chip counts thus far:
Billy Pilossoph - 538k
Shi Jia Liu - 1.275 million
Dan Harrington - 2.155 million
Tom Schneider - 1.828 million
Thu Nguyen - 837k
David Pham - 1.44 million
Mike McClain - 887k
Joe Sebok - 749k
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 09:45 PM
Utg, Tom Schneider limped in for 30k and Thu Nguyen popped it up to 12ok. David Pham made short time of reraising the pot another 300k. The action folded around to Tom Scneider who moved all-in for $1 million . Thu thought long and hard before folding his hand. Thu looked sick to his stomach to have to fold in that spot, but the action was on David who also had to go in the tank before folding his hand. Tom picks up a big pot after making a limp reraise.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 09:29 PM
David Pham lead out in middle position for 90k and Mike McClain called. The flop was 6 K 6 and David fired out a 350k bet. Mike went in the tank before calling the bet and the turn was an A. The two players checked and the river was a 4 and again, the two players checked. David turned over the A-K and Mike mucked his hand. David scooped in the pot that was around 1 million.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 08:59 PM
Shi Jia Liu just doubled through Tom Schneider with pocket 10's versus the 5-6 of Tom on a flop of 8-2-5. The turn was a 10 and the river was a 6. Liu is around 1 million.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 08:50 PM
Dan Hrrington just doubled through Thu Nguyen when Harrington moved all-in with pocket K's versus the pocket 4's of thu. The board missed everyone and the K's hold up.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 08:21 PM
In the cut-off, David Pham made a raise to 90k and Joe Sebok decided to make it 220k extra. David went in the tank for a minute before asking the tournament staff what 8th place pays out. The tournament director said, "91k if you go out now." After hearing the money, David Pham announced that he was all-in and Joe insta-called, tabling pocket 10's. David held A-9 and the flop came A-K-Q. Now Joe was on the short end, but still had outs with any J or 10.The turn was an 8 and the river was a 2. Sebok has been crippled and is down to 685k. David is up to 1.275 million.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 08:16 PM
The players just took a small break and have returned to 15k-30k blinds with a 3k ante.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 08:06 PM
Lee Markholt was in late position and to raised it up to 80k. Mike McClain reraised to 200k in the sb and Lee moved all-in. Mike calls (with a little hesitation??) showing pocket A's and Lee had pocket Q's. The flop was a monster...A-3-3. It looks real bad for Lee until the Q on the turn gives a ray of hope. The river is a 4 and Lee tosses his hand in and says, "that's the best hand I've seen all day." and makes his exit in 9th earining $68,590.
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| Lee Markholt | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 07:44 PM
Dan Harrington made a raise to 70k in early position. The action folded around to David Pham who moved all-in for an extra 280k and Dan called. The two turned up their hands and Harrington held pocket 8's and Pham had pocket 10's. The flop was Q-4-10 giving Pham the set. The turn was a 9 and the river 9 sealed the deal for Pham who is up to 800k (roughly).
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| David "The Dragon" Pham | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 07:21 PM
Joe Sebok made a set of 10's and got paid off by David Pham. He almost tripled up and is now far over the million chip mark.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 07:12 PM
Dan Harrington made a raise to 70k and Tom Schneider flat called. The action got around to David Pham who made a reraise to 240k total, to which Dan and Tom folded. On the next hand, Shi Jia Liu made a raise to 70k in mid position and again, the action folded to David Pham who made it 250k. Liu went in the tank for a few minutes and decided to move all-in. David Quickly called with A-K versus the K-Q of Liu. the flop was 10-2-2, the turn was a Q and the river was a Q. Liu doubled through to over 900k.
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| Shi Jia Liu | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 06:40 PM
With an A on the board and the pot at over 500k, David Pham checked the river and Billy Pilossoph simply turned up the A-J. David mucked his hand and Billy scoops in the pot.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 06:35 PM
We are back to 12k-24k blinds with a 3k ante. Almost half the table is in survival mode, while the other half is trying to hold on to their chips. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the tournament plays out.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 06:28 PM
The players are on a 10 minute break.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 06:22 PM
Joe Sebok, who is the table short stack, just took down 2 pots with all-in raises versus his opponents. He is up to 650k.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 06:11 PM
The final table has tightend up. We did see Dan Harrington reraise Billy Pilossoph who was OTB. Billy moved all-in and Dan had to fold. Other than that, it's raise and fold.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 05:35 PM
The final table is set and the players have taken their seats. Here are som chip counts and seating assignments:
Tom Schneider/seat 4 - 1,950,000
Thu Nguyen/Seat 6 - 1,440,000
David Pham/seat 7 - 1,434,000
Mike McClain/seat 8 - 1,070,000
Dan Harrington/seat 3 - 1,020,000
Lee Markholt/seat 5 - 940k
William Pilossoph/seat 1 - 707k
Shi jia Liu/seat 2 - 483k
Joe Sebok/seat 9 - 477k
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 05:22 PM
Raymond Davis made a raise only to see David Pham move all-in over the top. Davis called showing K-7o versus the pocket 6's of The Dragon. The Board read 3-9-10-A-5 and Raymond Davis is done in 10th earning $57,155.
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| Raymond Davis | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 05:07 PM
David Pham was in middle position and raised to 60k. Tom Scnheider flat called and the action folded to Peter Feldman who moved all-in for 260k. Pham folded, but showed the media standing behind him his A-J. Tom called and held K-Q versus the A-J of Peter. The flop came 8-6-5r, the turn was a K and the river was a 4. Peter Feldman is out in 13th earinig $43,440.
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| Peter Feldman | |
On the next hand, Sean McCabe moved all-in in middle position for 150k and got called down by Billy Pilossoph who had A-K, while Shaun held A-7. The flop brought a K and that was enough to send Sean McCabe home in 12th earning $57,155.
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| Sean McCabe | |
Brian Pwell put his tournament life on the line with A-8 versus the A-9 of Mike McClain. The flop was great for Brian when the J-8-Q came. The turn turned the tables when the 9 dropped and the river 5 was the final nail in the coffin for Brian Powell who finished in 11th earning $57,155.
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| Brian Powell | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 04:44 PM
Raymond Davis just doubled through Lee Markholt with Raymond holdin pocket 10's. Lee had A-J and the board was 7-K-4-2-5. raymond is just over 225k.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 04:40 PM
The players have returned to 10k-20k blinds with a 3k ante.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 04:31 PM
The players are on a short break. We have 13 players remaining.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 04:24 PM
In middle position, David pham made the raise to 48k and Don Zewin reraised another 138k and was all-in. David called and turned up A-10 versus the A-3 of Zewin. The flop came out J-Q-J, the turn was the K that gave David the straight and the river J couldn't help Don Zewin who is out in 14th earning $43,440.
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| Don Zewin | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 03:59 PM
UTG, Robert Goldfarb moved all-in and the action folded around to the sb where Peter Feldman reraised all-in. Dan Harrington was in the BB and folded. Goldfarb tabled A-Qo and Peter had pocket A's. The board read 5-4-10-J-8 and Robert was sent packing in 15th earining $43,440.
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| Robert Goldfarb | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 03:33 PM
With the board showing 2 3 5 Q 3, Shijia Jiu made a big bet and Joe Sebok went over the top to all-in. Liu said, "I can only beat a bluff." he called and had the nut flush with A 9 and Joe shook his head and mucked. Joe is down to 500k and needs some help. I still don't quite understand Liu's comment about beating a bluff, but maybe he thought that Sebok made a full house?!?
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| Joe Sebok | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 03:23 PM
One opponent made a raise from middle position to 50k. Joe Sebok was OTB and and made the raise to 250k. Thu Nguyen moved his remaining 775k in the middle and Joe asked for the count. The call would cost him 225k more and he called showing pocket 6's versus the pocekt A's for Thu. The flop was 5-8-K, the turn was another K and the river was a 10. Thu Nguyen took down a monster pot and now has 1.6 million.
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| Thu Nguyen | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 03:13 PM
I'm a curse! On a flop of 8-6-2 Joe Sebock put 40k in the pot and got reraised by Franco Brunetti who was all-in. Franco got called by Lee Markholt and Joe Sebok. The turn was a 7 and Joe fired out another bet and Lee was forced to fold. Franco turned up pocket 9's and Joe hit his straight on the turn with his 10-9. The river was a J and Franco was sent home finishing in 16th earning $34,295.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 03:02 PM
One of the locals I had a chance to meet is still in the tournament and trying to get ahead is Franco Brunetti. He is currently holding over 230k. Many of the local players keep asking me about him, so I wanted to give a quick update.
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| Franco Brunetti | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 02:52 PM
We had two hands develop at the same time. First, On a board of 3 J 4 10 8, Dan Harrington fired out a bet of 200k to Peter Fieldman who looked unsure about the bet. He reluctantly called and we saw that Harrington made his flush on the river with Q 9. Peter mucked and Dan is 300k richer.
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| Dan Harrington | |
As I was jotting the previous hand down I hear Thu Nguyen move all-in against Mike Jung. Jung made a look on his face like, "well, I raised, I might as well call." and he put his chips in the middle. Thu turned over the A-J and Mike held pocket 10's. The flop was A-Q-6r, the turn was a 4 and the river was another A. Mike Jung is out in 17th place earning $34,295.
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| Mike Jung | |
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 02:26 PM
Despite the amount of money they are playing for, most of the players are in a festive mood. Usually the rail is much louder than the tables, but not in this case.
Wednesday, 29th of August 2007 02:22 PM
After the players unbagged their chips and the tournament director spoke a few words, the cards are in the air!
Sebok, Joe 1,057,000
Liu, Shijia 476,000
Goldfarb, Robert 296,000
Harington, Dan 370,000
Markholt, Lee 873,000
Feldman, Peter 853,000
Pham , David 1,007,000
Nguyen, Thu 490,000
McCabe, Sean 183,000
Jung, M 191,000
Davis, Raymond 503,000
McClain, Mike 684,000
Schneider, Tom 803,000
Powell, Brian 248,000
Chang, Wayne 281,000
Zewin, Don 378,000
Brunetti, Franco 210,000
Pilossoph, Billy 788,000
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| Joe Sebok | |
The field is down to 18 players. Today's action will play down to the T.V. table and that's just where Joe Sebock wants to be. He's come from behind to take the lead with just over a million chips. David "The Dragon" Pham is also over the million mark and is an absolute horror for every other player in the tournament. Can anyone take him down? Or, will his aggressive play be his downfall. We will find out the answers to this tournament starting at 2 p.m. pdt, right here at Pokerpages.com!
Since the beginning of The Legends of Poker, Brian Heptinstall has brought you the best live action updates and info for each of the events. Be sure to keep up with him and his quest to continue to bring the stories from the felt. Brian even managed to take second place in the media event here at The Legends this year! You can reach Brian at bheptin@gmail.com.
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