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04-27-2007 00:14 UTC-7

Thomas Wahlroos Eliminated in 7th Place ($247,525)

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Wahlroos watches as the river card seals his fate

Mike Wattel raised 420K. Paul Lee called and Thomas Wahlroos raised all in for 5M. Wattel folded and Lee sat for a few minutes before he called. Wahlroos showed {A-Spades}

while Lee had him dominated with {A-Diamonds}

. The flop was {J-Hearts}

and Wahlroos picked up a nut flush draw. The turn was the {2-Diamonds}

and the river was the {5-Diamonds}

. Wahlroos missed all of his outs and headed to the rail in 7th place. The young gun from Helsinki, Finland won $247,525.

Official chip counts for the WPT Final Table coming in a few minutes.

Tags: Paul Lee Thomas Wahlroos

04-27-2007 00:15 UTC-7

The WPT Championship Final Table

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With Thomas Wahlroos's elimination, the final six are set for the WPT final table. Taping will begin on Friday at 5:00 pm PDT at Bellagio.

Here are the official chip counts for tomorrow's WPT Final Table:

Seat 1. Kirk Morrison - 4,194,000
Seat 2. Guy Laliberte - 4,690,000
Seat 3. Carlos Mortensen - 6,501,000
Seat 4. Mike Wattel - 2,887,000
Seat 5. Paul Lee - 11,828,000
Seat 6. Tim Phan - 2,162,000

Will Paul Lee ride his mountain of chips to victory? Will Mike Wattel and Tim Phan hit the rail early or double up and contend? And will Carlos Mortensen become the first player in history to win both the WSOP Championship and the WPT Championship?

Return to PokerNews.com for complete hand-by-hand coverage of all the final table action, from the opening blinds to the final river card.

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