2007 World Series of Poker

Day 4 completed

Posted 07-16-2007 02:54 GMT-8

Play Has Concluded for the Evening

Players have bagged up their chips and will return at 12:00 PDT tomorrow for Day 5. There are 112 players remaining. Tune in at PokerNews.com for live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos.

Ed De Haas Picks Up 200K Pot on Last Hand of the Night

Rep Porter raises to 50,000 and is reraised to 100,000 by Roy Winston. Team PokerNews player Ed De Haas moves all in for a total of 800,000 behind them. Both players have close to two million in chips. Rep Porter goes into the tank for a long time and eventually folds. Winston goes into the tank for an even longer time, and the clock is eventually called. With only seconds remaining, he folds.

Ed De Haas takes it down and is back up to just over a million in chips.

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1986 Main Event Champion Eliminated

Board:

Berry Johnston limps in the small blind and Jeff Tunkel bets 50,000 in the big blind. Johnston calls. On the flop, Johnston is all in for his last 150,000 and Tunkel calls, showing for top pair. Johnston has just and is out.

Tags: Berry Johnston, Jeff Tunkel.

Ed Betlow Eliminated

Ed Betlow's Main Event just came to an end when he took his up against the of Ryan Elson. The money went in preflop and it was Betlow's tournament life on the line. Both men paired their kickers as the board came but it was Elson's pair of queens that earned him the pot. Ed Betlow was eliminated and Ryan Elson is hovering near the 2,000,000 chip mark.

Tags: Ed Betlow, Ryan Elson.

Justin King Eliminated by Lee Childs

Justin King moved all in preflop holding and was called by Lee Childs, who revealed pocket queens.

The board brought no help to either player and King was eliminated from the tournament, earning $58,570 in prize money.

The hand brought Childs up to 1,500,000 in chips.

Tags: Lee Childs.

Philip Hilm Takes Some from Dario Minieri

Board:

In the cutoff, Philip Hilm bets 54,000 and Dario Minieri calls in the small blind. On the flop, Minieri checks. Hilm bets 75,000 and Minieri raises to 200,000. Hilm reraises all in for 800,000 and Minieri folds. He's down to 1,400,000 and Hilm has 1,000,000.

Tags: Dario Minieri, Philip Hilm.

Zachary Clark Eliminated

Zachary Clark raised to 44,000. Action folded to John Bird, who had Clark covered, and he reraised to 200,000. Clark reraised all in for his last 275,000. Bird called and the players showed...

Clark:
Bird:

Clark paired his ace, but John Bird flopped a set of jacks. Zachary Clark was eliminated and the once-crippled John Bird now sits with 1,100,000 in chips as the day draws to a close.

Recent Eliminations

The following players all won $58,570:

135 - Bryan Swanson
134 - Thor Hansen
133 - Peter Feldman
132 - Vadim Trincher
131 - Neil Channing
130 - Claude Cohen
129 - Tim Begley
128 - Patrick Huse
127 - James Kasputis
126 - Kenneth Evanowski
125 - James Williams
124 - Andrew Barnes
123 - Rajesh Verma
122 - Sylvester Geoghegan
121 - David Levi
120 - Ang Pang Leng
119 - Jonathan Moonves

Tags: Thor Hansen.

John Bird Doubles Through Josh Evans

Josh Evans, playing from middle position, opened the pot for a standard raise. Action folded around to John Bird in the small blind who moved all in. Evans called and the players showed...

Evans:
Bird:

The board ran out and John Bird doubled up to 500,000. Don't feel bad for Evans just yet, he is still a force with just under 2,000,000.