2007 World Series of Poker

Day 2 completed

Posted 06-17-2007 02:00 GMT-7

Final Table Set

The final table for Event #25, $2,000 NL Hold'em is set. 1,619 players bought into this event and we're down to the final nine. Travis Rice is the chip leader.

Seating Assignments and Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Evan Schwartz - 792,000
Seat 2: Justin Rollo - 772,000
Seat 4: Darryl Ronconi - 662,000
Seat 3: Adam Ross - 346,000
Seat 5: Ben Ponzio - 415,000
Seat 6: Danny Noam - 563,000
Seat 7: David Hewitt - 600,000
Seat 8: Ken Einiger - 1,039,000
Seat 9: Travis Rice - 1,284,000

Final Table Payouts:
1 - $ 599,467
2 - $ 374,216
3 - $ 244,566
4 - $ 165,008
5 - $ 111,970
6 - $ 82,504
7 - $ 61,878
8 - $ 45,672
9 - $ 34,770

The final table will begin at 2 p.m. PDT. Check back with PokerNews for live updates.

Praz Bansi Eliminated in 10th Place ($26,667)

Praz Bansi raised to 65K and Travis Rice called from the big blind. The flop was . Rice checked, Bansi bet 80K, and Rice called. The turn was the . Rice checked. Bansi moved all in and Rice called.

Bansi:
Rice:

Rice was ahead with a set. The river was the and Praz Bansi bubbled off the final table in 10th place. He won $26,667.

Tags: Praz Bansi, Travis Rice.

Redraw

The final ten players have redrawn for seats.

Seat 1: Evan Schwartz
Seat 2: Justin Rollo
Seat 4: Darryl Ronconi
Seat 4: Adam Ross
Seat 5: Ben Ponzio
Seat 6: Praz Bansi
Seat 7: Danny Noam
Seat 8: David Hewitt
Seat 9: Ken Einiger
Seat 10: Travis Rice

Martin Green Eliminated in 11th Place ($26,667)

Martin Green looked like he was on tilt when he shoved all in from his small blind. Evan Schwartz called from the big blind.

Schwartz:
Green:

The flop was and Schwartz flopped top pair. The turn was the and the river was the . Schwartz's hand held up and Green headed to the rail in 11th place.

Tags: Evan Schwartz, Martin Green.

David Hewiit Doubles Through Martin Green

Martin Green raised 80K UTG and David Hewitt re-raised all in for 201K. Green called.

Green:
Hewitt:

The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Hewitt spiked an Ace on the river to double up to about 405K.

Tags: David Hewitt, Martin Green.

Travis Rice Doubles Through Ken Einiger

Travis Rice raised 55K from the cutoff and Ken Einiger called the big blind. The flop was . Einiger checked, Rice bet 80K, and Einiger check-raised for 160K more. Rice shoved all in for 232K and Einiger called.

Einiger:
Rice:

The turn was the and the river was the . Rice won the pot and doubled up. He increased his stack to 787K. Einiger slipped to 820K and lost the chip lead.

Tags: Ken Einiger, Travis Rice.

Top 5

Ken Einiger - 1,200,000
Justin Rollo - 1,000,000
Martin Green - 684,000
Darryl Ronconi - 600,000
Evan Schwartz - 580,000

Level 19 started

Posted 06-17-2007 01:12 GMT-7

Yakov Hirsch Eliminated in 12th Place ($26,667)

On a flop of , Ken Einiger raised 40K and Yakov Hirsch shoved all in for 375K. Einiger called.

Hirsch:
Einiger:

The turn was the and the river was the . Hirsch headed to the rail in 12th place.

Tags: Ken Einiger, Yakov Hirsch.