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Sun Jul 15 2007 22:57 PST | Posted by loganmark
Outer Table: Jon Kalmar and Jerry Yang Tangle
Hevad "Rain" Kahn has the button. Action folds to Jerry Yang in the cutoff seat, who raises to 400,000. Jon Kalmar makes the call from the big blind and it's heads up to the flop...
Both players check the flop. The turn comes the
. Kalmar bets 500,000 and Yang calls. The river brings the 
. Kalmar checks, Yang bets 1,500,000, and Kalmar calls showing 
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Sun Jul 15 2007 22:55 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
David Tran - 14th PlaceFeatured Table: David Tran Eliminated in 14th Place ($429,114)
Ray Henson has the button in seat 3, David Tran limps from middle position for 120,000, Tuan Lam raises from the cutoff to 500,000, Tran thinks for a while before he moves all in for 2,605,000, and Lam goes into the tank.
With 12 minutes still left in the current level, all of the other players get up from the ESPN Featured Table to wander around, talking to friends in the stands or checking the progress on the other table.
Tuan Lam continues to study David Tran, who is wearing sunglasses as he sits motionless. After several minutes, Lam says, "Call," showing
. Tran shows 
, and it's a race situation.
The flop comes
, and Lam flops a pair of kings to takes the lead.
The turn card is the
, and Tran needs a six on the river to stay alive.
The river card is the
, and Tuan Lam wins the pot with a pair of kings.
David Tran is eliminated in 14th place, earning $429,114. -
Sun Jul 15 2007 22:46 PST | Posted by shorton
Outer Table: Rain Khan Reraises
Jerry Yang is on the button. Steven Garfinkle raises to 350,000 in late position. Yang folds. Rain Khan in the small blind re-raises to 1,100,000 and Garfinkle folds.
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Sun Jul 15 2007 22:45 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Featured Table: Raymond Rahme Takes the Blinds & Antes
Tuan Lam has the button in seat 1, and Raymond Rahme raises from middle position to 600,000, winning the blinds and antes. Rahme shows
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Sun Jul 15 2007 22:43 PST | Posted by loganmark
Outer Table: Jerry Yang Lets His Aces Do the Talking
William Spadea has the button. Lee Watkinson raises to 305,000 from late position. Jerry Yang calls from the small blind and its heads up to the flop...
Both players check. The turn brings the. Again, both men check. The river comes the . Yang bets 450,000 and Watkinson makes the call. Yang shows 
and Watkinson flashes the 
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Sun Jul 15 2007 22:43 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Featured Table: David Tran Takes the Blinds & Antes
Lee Childs has the button in seat 9, and David Tran moves all in from the cutoff for 2,850,000, winning the blinds and antes.
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Sun Jul 15 2007 22:40 PST | Posted by loganmark
Outer Table: William Spadea Takes Down a Pot on the Flop
Steven Garflinkle has the button. Action folds around to Lee Watkinson in the cutoff seat who raises to 400,000. Garfinkle called from the button, as did William Spadea from the small blind. The three players saw a flop of...
Spadea checks, and Watkinson bets 1,000,000. Garfinkle folds and action is back to Spadea. He raises all in and Watkinson folds. Spadea takes down the pot. -
Sun Jul 15 2007 22:38 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Featured Table: Lee Childs vs. Raymond Rahme for Almost 3 Million
David Tran has the button in seat 8, Philip Hilm raises from middle position to 360,000, Raymond Rahme calls from the cutoff, Lee Childs raises from the small blind to 1.2 million, Hilm folds, and Rahme thinks for about three minutes before he calls. There is already 2.985 million in the pot.
The flop comes
, Childs bets 1.2 million, and Rahme thinks for about two minutes before he folds 
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Sun Jul 15 2007 22:38 PST | Posted by DrPauly
Outer Table: Rain Khan Wins a Monster
Jerry Yang limped and Hevad Khan raised 500,000. Yang called. The flop was
. Yang checked. Khan counted out his chips and gently pushed out a 650,000 bet. Khan had been unusually quiet and he sat in dead silence. Jerry Yang counted down his chips then announced a raise to 1,650,000. Khan looked at Yang then looked at the board before he moved all in for 1,825,000 more. Yang stood up as Khan sat in silence looking down at his cards. Yang went into the tank for a few minutes and stared at Khan.
"Get a read yet?" shouted someone from the rail.
Yang sat down and said that he'd call.
"I got two pair," said Khan as he flipped over
.
Yang shook his head as he sheepishly turned over.
"Hold. Hold. Hold!" said Khan as the dealer burned and then dealt the
. The river was the and Khan jumped up and ran over to the rail. He looked as though he was ready to dive into the spectators and start crowd surfing like Kurt Cobain at a Nirvana concert circa 1992. Khan jumped up and down several times before he returned to the table.
"Thank God!" he screamed as he looked into ESPN's camera. "I play this game to win, not to lose!"
Yang slipped to 3.5 million, while Khan increased his stack to over 7 million. -
Sun Jul 15 2007 22:35 PST | Posted by shorton
Outer Table: The Art of Garfinkle
Lee Watkinson has the button and folds. Steven Garfinkle in the small blind limps in and William Spadea in the big blind checks. The flop is
. Garfinkle bets 250,000 and Spadea folds.
Started 6th Jul, 2007
