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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:56 PM Local Time
Hand #6 - Dustin Holmes has the button in seat 4, Song limps from the small blind for 16,000, and Richey checks. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the
, Song checks, Richey bets 30,000, and Song folds. Richey takes the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:56 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth receives a small ".net" sticker to place over the ".com" on his personalized hat. The back of the hat says, "Pro Player," which is the energy drink that he now endorses. We can't currently see the front.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:54 PM Local Time
Hand #5 - Ben Fineman has the button in seat 3, Corbin raises from early position to 45,000, and Friedman calls from middle position. The flop comes
, Corbin checks, Friedman bets 75,000, and Corbin folds. Friedman takes the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:53 PM Local Time
Hand #4 - Luke Vrable has the button in seat 2, Friedman raises from middle position to 45,000, and Holmes calls from the big blind. The flop comes
, Holmes checks, Friedman bets 65,000, Holmes raises to 150,000, and Friedman folds. Holmes takes the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:52 PM Local Time
Between hands, Phil Hellmuth looks around for his agent, Brian Balsbaugh, and says, "Brian, I need some drink, man."
Luke Vrable, sitting on Hellmuth's left, adds, "I'll take a green tea, if you're taking orders."
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:50 PM Local Time
Hand #3 - Phil Hellmuth has the button in seat 1, and Pillai raises from middle position to 45,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:49 PM Local Time
Hand #3 - Phil Hellmuth has the button in seat 1, and Pillai raises from middle position to 45,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:47 PM Local Time
Hand #2 - Beth Shak has the button in seat 10, Fineman raises under the gun to 45,000, Pillai reraises from late position to 145,000, and Fineman folds. Pillai takes the pot.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:45 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth was out of his chair on the sidelines for most of Hand #1, talking to Phil Ivey. As he heads back to the final table, he finishes his conversation with Ivey this way:
"I'm already your #1 donator, aren't I?"
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:44 PM Local Time
Hand #1 - Perry Friedman has the button in seat 9, Richey raises from middle position to 50,000, and Shak calls from the small blind. The flop comes
, Shak bets 100,000, and Richey folds. Shak takes the first pot of the night.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:42 PM Local Time
There are 13 minutes and 27 seconds left in Level 17, with blinds at 8,000-16,000 and a 2,000 ante. Everyone's ready to go, so it's time to shuffle up and deal!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:41 PM Local Time
Phil Ivey is sitting in the stands, but it's not clear at the moment exactly who he's rooting for. He's actually sitting next to Beth Shak's husband, Dan.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:40 PM Local Time
If you weren't yet aware, Phil Hellmuth is hoping to tie T.J. Cloutier's record for most WSOP Final Tables at 39. But he needs to reach the final nine to make it official.
This is the actual reason why play is starting with ten players today, rather than the usual nine. This event is being taped for ESPN broadcast, and they'd like to get Phil's historic moment (or whiny bustout) on camera.
Play will be starting in moments.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:37 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth has arrived at the final table, and he starts shaking the hands of all of his competitors, starting in seat 2 and working his way around the table.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:31 PM Local Time
There are nine players filling the ten seats at the final table -- guess who's missing? It looks like we're still a good five minutes away from starting.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:03 PM Local Time
The chip bags are on the table, and some of the players are milling around the stage. There is no sign of Phil Hellmuth yet, but we wouldn't expect him to be on time, would we?
Expect play to begin in approximately 15 minutes.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:07 AM Local Time
There are ten players left in Event #38 $3,000 NL Hold'em. Dustin Holmes is the chip leader with 1.075M.
Phil Hellmuth is among the final ten players. He was quick to point out that he has not made the final table... yet. If he can survive one more bustout, he'll tie T.J. Cloutier with 39 career final tables. Currently, Hellmuth holds the record for bracelets with 11, and the most WSOP cashes with 60. He'll try to win bracelet #12 later today. He has a lot of work ahead of him considering that he's one of the short stacks.
Final Table Seating Assignments and Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Phil Hellmuth - 213,000
Seat 2: Luke Vrable - 315,000
Seat 3: Ben Fineman - 272,000
Seat 4: Dustin Holmes - 1,076,000
Seat 5: Jason Song - 284,000
Seat 6: Brett Richey - 738,000
Seat 7: Daniel Corbin - 210,000
Seat 8: Shankar Pillai - 371,000
Seat 9: Perry Friedman - 723,000
Seat 10: Beth Shak - 740,000
Final Table Payouts:
1 - $527,829
2 - $328,683
3 - $212,274
4 - $141,516
5 - $100,431
6 - $76,464
7 - $57,063
8 - $42,227
9 - $30,814
10 - $21,456
The final table will start at 2pm PDT.