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Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:30 PM Local Time
Warren Fund opened the hi-jack to 38,000 and Zimnan Ziyard defended his big blind.
The flop of was checked through to see the land on the turn. Ziyard led out for 55,000, and Fund quickly kicked his cards to the muck.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:29 PM Local Time
Austin Scott entered the pot with a raise to 32,000 and Sam Stein defended his big blind.
The flop of saw Scott fire a continuation-bet of 40,000 to prompt a fold from Scott.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:22 PM Local Time
Warren Fund picked up two pots in a row after the flop by betting the pot. Both were three-handed and Fund picked up a couple hundred thousand in chips.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:16 PM Local Time
Zimnan Ziyard opened to 35,000 from the button and Austin Scott defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Both players checked before the landed on the turn and Scott pushed out a bet of 44,000. Ziyard made the call as the river of the saw Scott continue with a bet of 110,000. Ziyard made the call, but would be forced to muck when Scott tabled his for a rivered full house as he moves to 870,000 in chips.
| Austin Scott | 870,000 | 200,000  |
| Zimnan Ziyard | 280,000 | -220,000  |
Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:08 PM Local Time
From middle position, Christian Harder entered the pot with a raise to 36,000 and was successful in picking up the blinds.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:07 PM Local Time
Warren Fund kicked off the final table with a pot-raise from the hi-jack amounting to 56,000.
The blinds swiftly folded and Fund collected the first pot of the final table.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:04 PM Local Time
| Ben Lamb | 2,005,000 | 885,000 |
| Christian Harder | 1,250,000 | 370,000 |
| Adam Junglen | 818,000 | 18,000 |
| Austin Scott | 670,000 | 10,000 |
| Sam Stein | 635,000 | -5,000 |
| Warren Fund | 625,000 | 10,000 |
| Zimnan Ziyard | 500,000 | 0 |
| Brock Parker | 362,000 | -143,000 |
| Dilyan Kovachev | 195,000 | -5,000 |
Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:00 PM Local Time
Play has resumed with the final nine players lining up as follows.
| Seat | Player |
|---|
| 1 | Christian Harder |
| 2 | Warren Fund |
| 3 | Brock Parker |
| 4 | Sam Stein |
| 5 | Ben Lamb |
| 6 | Zimnan Ziyard |
| 7 | Adam Junglen |
| 8 | Austin Scott |
| 9 | Dilyan Kovachev |
Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:00 PM Local Time
Following the elimination of Tex Barch, the final nine players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break.
See you back here at 9:00 p.m. PDT for the re-commencement of play.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:00 PM Local Time
Christian Harder opened for 28,000, Brock Parker called behind and Tex Barch reraised 111,000. Harder called pot to get Barch all in and Parker got out of the way. Barch was all in holding and Harder held .
The board ran and Harder's two pair eliminated Barch from the tournament. The official final table was set and they broke for dinner.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:57 PM Local Time
As a reminder, the 685-player field formed a $1,870,050 prizepool, and once we lose one more, the final nine will be playing for a top prize of $420,802. There are however some decent bankroll-padding pay packets in-between as the final table payouts sit as follows.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|
| 1st | $420,802 |
| 2nd | $259,918 |
| 3rd | $184,368 |
| 4th | $132,623 |
| 5th | $96,737 |
| 6th | $71,548 |
| 7th | $53,633 |
| 8th | $40,748 |
| 9th | $31,360 |
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:50 PM Local Time
With just over six-minutes remaining on the clock, the cards are finally back in the air!
The plan is to play until we lose one more before heading on our 60-minute dinner break.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:49 PM Local Time
| Ben Lamb | 1,120,000 | 10,000 |
| Christian Harder | 880,000 | 80,000 |
| Adam Junglen | 800,000 | 70,000 |
| Austin Scott | 660,000 | 100,000 |
| Sam Stein | 640,000 | 105,000 |
| Warren Fund | 615,000 | 45,000 |
| Brock Parker | 505,000 | 95,000 |
| Zimnan Ziyard | 500,000 | 170,000 |
| Dilyan Kovachev | 200,000 | -46,000 |
| Tex Barch | 190,000 | -170,000 |
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:47 PM Local Time
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Christian Harder | 880,000 |
| 2 | Warren Fund | 615,000 |
| 3 | Brock Parker | 505,000 |
| 4 | Sam Stein | 640,000 |
| 5 | Tex Barch | 190,000 |
| 6 | Ben Lamb | 1,120,000 |
| 7 | Zimnan Ziyard | 500,000 |
| 8 | Adam Junglen | 800,000 |
| 9 | Austin Scott | 660,000 |
| 10 | Dilyan Kovachev | 200,000 |
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:33 PM Local Time
The remaining ten players have been moved the ESPN feature table. We are experiencing a slight delay due to the lights not being on. Play will begin shortly.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:33 PM Local Time
Catching the action on the flop, we found Romik Vartzar leading out for 35,000 from the big blind.
The preflop raiser - Zimnan Ziyard - made the call as the landed on the turn and Vartzar moved all in for his last 65,000. Ziyard instantly made the call.
Vartzar:
Ziyard:
With Vartzar drawing dead, he was headed to the rail in 11th place to leave us with an unofficial final table of ten.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:19 PM Local Time
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
| Player | Points | Cashes | Bracelets | Winnings |
|---|
| John Juanda | 336 | 2 | 1 | $410,067 |
| Amir Lehavot | 330.75 | 2 | 1 | $578,454 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 325 | 2 | 1 | $647,854 |
| Steve Landfish | 317.70 | 2 | 0 | $330,044 |
| Viacheslav Zhukov | 315 | 1 | 1 | $465,216 |
| Jake Cody | 313.13 | 2 | 1 | $856,427 |
| Daniel Idema | 309.50 | 2 | 1 | $384,738 |
| Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 299.25 | 3 | 1 | $364,565 |
| Allen Bari | 292.63 | 3 | 1 | $883,469 |
| Jason Sommerville | 291.50 | 2 | 1 | $525,274 |
*Standings through Event #28
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:17 PM Local Time
With players only one elimination from moving to the Thunder-Dome, and another from making a WSOP final table, it is understandable that play has tightened.
With the difference between busting now and collecting the gold bracelet nearly $400,000, we do expect that this conservative play may continue for a while.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:04 PM Local Time
After knocking out Jeremy Harkin in 12th place, Ben Lamb proceeded to raise the action the next two hands to successfully win the blinds.
With those two pots, Lamb has just pushed over the one-million chip mark.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:02 PM Local Time
Christian Harder limped the small blind only to have Brock Parker pot the action to 36,000 from the big. Harder made the call before checking the flop as Parker continued for 45,000.
Harder slid out a check-raise of 140,000, and after a moment of deliberation, Parker kicked his cards to the muck.