2007 World Series of Poker

Day 1 completed

Posted 06-15-2007 02:25 GMT-7

And That's a Wrap

Play concludes tonight with 23 players remaining. The final three players eliminated tonight were Michael Schneider, Tom Schultz, and Michael Jenkins. You can see a complete list of who was eliminated and in what order by clicking the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab to the right.

We've updated the chip counts again and Scott Clements is the chip leader with 295,000, followed by Dau Ly with 188,000. And in third place is Johnny Chan, seeking his 11th bracelet, with 131,000.

Play will resume at 2 p.m. PDT tomorrow and we will play until we have a winner. Might there be history made again tomorrow, with Johnny Chan joining the 11-bracelet club? We shall see.

Tags: Dau Ly, Johnny Chan, Scott Clements.

Updated Chip Leaders

Scott Clements: 245,000
Dau Ly: 188,000
Johnny Chan: 128,000
Will Durkee: 103,000
Eric "Rizen" Lynch: 98,000

Tags: Dau Ly, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Johnny Chan, Scott Clemens, Will Durkee.

We're Down to 27 Players

And the players have redrawn for new seating assignments.

Clash of the Titans

This is one of those hands you circle in red so you don't forget it. Our two chip leaders, Scott Clements and Justin Scott, saw a flop of . Justin Scott led out for 23,000 and Clements raised enough to set Justin all-in. Justin called and showed for the nut flush draw, while Clements had for the set of Nines. The on the turn gave Justin the nut flush . . . and then the spiked on the river to give Clements the boat and the biggest pot of the tournament. He's now the big chip leader with 255,000, while Justin Scott goes out in 31st place.

Tags: Justin Scott, Scott Clements.

Johnny Chan In Contention

Phil Hellmuth won his 11th bracelet on Monday, and now Johnny Chan is making a deep run in today's event as he also goes for number 11. He just doubled up against John McLaughlin when he flopped a set and turned a full house to push his stack up to 90,000. McLaughlin's decimated stack now sits at 10K.

Tags: John McLaughlin, Johnny Chan.

Back to Play

The players are in their seats and cards are in the air. We're going to play out this entire level before quitting for the night at 2:08 a.m. PDT, or thereabouts.

Level 11 started

Posted 06-15-2007 01:05 GMT-7

On Break

We're coloring up again and then we'll be taking a 15-minute break. Play will resume around 1:10 a.m. PDT.

Eric Lynch Eliminates Michael Martin

Facing a pot-sized raise, Eric "Rizen" Lynch grinned at Michael Martin across the table and asked, "Is there a cash game going on?" Martin grinned back and Lynch said, "OK, I'll gamble." He raised the pot back, Martin called, and they flipped their cards.

Lynch held ; Martin had . "I like my hand," Martin said, until the flop came . The on the turn and the on the river didn't save Martin, and he was eliminated in 36th place.

Tags: Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Michael Martin.