Event 38 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-25-2007 11:28 UTC-7

Coverage for the Final Table of Event #38 Scheduled to Start at 3:00 pm PDT

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The final table for Event #38 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em) is scheduled to begin play at 2:00 pm PDT, with "live" hand-by-hand coverage starting an hour later at 3:00 pm PDT. This final table is being broadcast over the web with holecards (WorldSeriesOfPoker.com), which is the reason behind the one-hour delay.

Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1 - Robert Cheung - 1,100,000
Seat 2 - Chris Bjorin - 875,000
Seat 3 - Ernie Crespo - 490,000
Seat 4 - Richard Murnick - 710,000
Seat 5 - John Kranyak - 1,040,000
Seat 6 - Nick Goodall - 770,000
Seat 7 - Andrew Lee - 1,575,000
Seat 8 - Erica Schoenberg - 1,020,000
Seat 9 - Suey Wong - 735,000

And the final table payouts:

1st - $673,628
2nd - $417,117
3rd - $261,646
4th - $170,639
5th - $119,447
6th - $87,215
7th - $68,255
8th - $51,192
9th - $40,195

This will be the third final table of the Series for Chris Bjorin, who is definitely the most experienced player heading into this final table. But the young and beautiful Erica Schoenberg will be there as well, trying to pick up her first WSOP bracelet, and the second by a female this year in an open event.

Return to PokerNews.com at 3:00 pm PDT for hand-by-hand coverage of all the action.

06-25-2007 14:17 UTC-7

Final Table Action Begins; Coverage to Start About 3:20 pm PDT

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The cards are in the air for the final table of Event #38 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em). This event is being broadcast via the Web at WorldSeriesOfPoker.com on a one-hour delay, and our coverage is following the same one-hour delay.

Expect our "live" hand-by-hand coverage to begin about 3:20 pm PDT.

06-25-2007 15:18 UTC-7

Shuffle Up & Deal!

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There are about 30 minutes left in Level 20, with blinds at 20,000-40,000, and a 5,000 ante. The players are seated and ready to go, so it's time to shuffle up and deal.

Note: Since Ryan Osborne was eliminated in the small blind on the last hand of Day Two, there will be no small blind in the first hand, and a dead button in the second hand.

06-25-2007 15:31 UTC-7

Hand #1 - Nick Goodall Eliminated in 9th Place ($40,195)

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Hand #1 - Andrew Lee has the button in seat 7, and there is no small blind. Cheung raises from early position to 80,000, Goodall calls from the cutoff, and Schoenberg calls from the big blind. The flop comes {7-Spades}

, Schoenberg checks, Cheung bets, and Goodall thinks for about a minute before he moves all in. Schoenberg thinks for a minute herself before she moves all in over the top, and Cheung folds. (The holecam reveals that Cheung had {A-Diamonds}

.)

Goodall shows an overpair with {8-Diamonds}

, but Schoenberg has {2-Clubs}

for a set of deuces. Goodall will need to improve to survive.

The turn card pairs the board with the {6-Clubs}

, giving Schoenberg a full house, and only an eight can save Goodall now.

The river card is the {J-Diamonds}

, and Schoenberg takes the pot with a full house, deuces full of sixes, increasing her stack to 1,915,000.

Nick Goodall is eliminated in ninth place, earning $40,195. The next player eliminated will receive $51,192 for eighth place.

06-25-2007 15:38 UTC-7

Hand #2

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Hand #2 - There is a dead button in seat 7, Cheung raises under the gun, and Kranyak calls. The flop comes {K-Hearts}

, Cheung checks, Kranyak bets, Cheung raises to 500,000, and Kranyak folds. Cheung takes the pot.

The holecam reveals that Cheung had {A-Clubs}

, while Kranyak had {A-Hearts}

.

06-25-2007 15:42 UTC-7

Hand #3

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Hand #3 - Erica Schoenberg has the button in seat 8, and there is unknown action. (No flop.)

06-25-2007 15:43 UTC-7

Hand #4

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Hand #4 - Suey Wong has the button in seat 9, Lee raises preflop, and Bjorin calls from the big blind. They check to the river on a board of {A-Diamonds}

. Bjorin checks the last card, Lee bets, and Bjorin folds. Lee takes the pot, and the holecams reveal:

Andrew Lee: {K-Clubs}

Chris Bjorin: {8-Clubs}

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06-25-2007 15:46 UTC-7

Hand #5

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Hand #5 - Robert Cheung has the button in seat 1, and he raises with {9-Clubs}

, winning the blinds and antes.

06-25-2007 15:51 UTC-7

Hand #6

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Hand #6 - Chris Bjorin has the button in seat 2, Wong raises from late position, Crespo reraises from the small blind to 395,000, but he has a single 25,000 chip left on his cards, so he's not all in. Murnick thinks for a while before folding {8-Clubs}