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Mon Jul 16 2007 02:11 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Hand #4 - Philip Hilm
Hand #4 - Philip Hilm has the button in seat 8, and he raises to 480,000, winning the blinds and antes.
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Mon Jul 16 2007 02:09 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Hand #3 - Jon Kalmar
Hand #3 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 7, Watkinson raises from late position to 450,000, Jon Kalmar reraises from the big blind to 1.95 million, and Watkinson folds, showing the
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Mon Jul 16 2007 02:08 PST | Posted by change100
The Philip Hilm Comeback
Philip Hilm has been Scotty Nguyen's nemesis today, moving all in over the top of his raises several times. Finally, Scotty went all in on a flush draw and missed, finishing in 11th place.
Philip is from Denmark and lives in England. He has been a poker pro for the last several years and was introduced to the poker world by his high school buddy Jan Bloxham. A professional backgammon player who turned to poker, Jan opened up a whole new world for Philip. They went to Frederiksburg High School together (High School is actually called "Gymnasium" in Denmark).
Philip is single, handsome, and about to become a big star. No player from Denmark has come this far at the Big Dance. His friend Jan is here supporting him from the audience. With only one more elimination to go before we have our final table of nine, Philip is in a great position to make it with 19.3 million in chips currently in his stack. He started the day at 9,950,000 only to drop down to between 3-4 million for most of the afternoon. What a comeback he has made! -
Mon Jul 16 2007 02:05 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Hand #2 - Tuan Lam
Hand #2 - Steven Garfinkle has the button in seat 6, Tuan Lam raises from the small blind to 480,000, and Philip Hilm calls from the big blind. The flop comes
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Mon Jul 16 2007 02:02 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Lavender Chips in Play
While prepping for this not-so-final table, new chips have been introduced into play. They are lavender, and they are worth 100,000 each. They stand out slightly better than the three other denominations on the table.
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Mon Jul 16 2007 02:01 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Hand #1 - Lee Watkinson
Hand #1 - Lee Watkinson has the button in seat 5, and he raises to 400,000, winning the blinds and antes.
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Mon Jul 16 2007 02:00 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Shuffle Up & Deal!
There are 12 minutes left in the level with blinds at 80,000-160,000, with a 20,000 ante. The button will start in seat 5 with Lee Watkinson.
Everyone is seated and ready to go, so it's time to shuffle up and deal!
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Mon Jul 16 2007 01:59 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Play About to Begin
While we wait for the final word from ESPN to begin play, Hevad "Rain" Khan's friends notice that he is on the monitor, and they tell him to do something funny. He indulges his friends by giving a loud yell and making funny faces. It's all in good fun, and the crowd responds positively.
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Mon Jul 16 2007 01:52 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
Total Number of Chips in Play
For the first time, we have our first believable confirmation of the official number of chips in play. You couldn't completely trust the end-of-day chip counts released by Harrah's on previous days, because they weren't verified chip counts. The players simply counted their own chips and wrote that number on their bags and their cards. And in the excitement of reaching the next day, a lot of players could care less about a precise chip count.
Now that we have an official count, how many chips are in play? And how many should there be based on 6,358 starting players?
The actual chips in play add up to 127,150,000. If you do the math (6,358 x 20,000 in chips), the theoretical number is 127,160,000. The chips are only off by 10,000 -- two of the smallest denomination chips in play. -
Mon Jul 16 2007 01:49 PST | Posted by BJNemeth
One Last Time ... How Much is a 10-Way Chop Worth?
Yesterday, I ran some numbers to show what would happen if the entire field decided to chop the prizepool when they reached the final nine tables, the final eight tables, and so on.
I wasn't suggesting that they should actually do it (the complications would be enormous), but it was an interesting thought experiment to look at the prizepool in a different way. It also illustrated just how top heavy it was.
With ten players left, one of them will *still* leave with less money than he would have made if they had chopped the prizepool 81 ways. Tenth place is worth $476,827, while an 81-player chop would have been worth $479,302 each.
We'll run the chop numbers one more time, just for fun.
The prizepool for the final ten players is worth $22,496,827, and if they decided right now, on this break, to chop it evenly ten ways, they would each take home about $2.25 million. (It's easy math; just move the decimal point one place.)
To receive more than that, the players will need to finish in the top three.
Started 6th Jul, 2007
