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34th Place - Hoa Nguyen
Featured Table Hand #1 - Hoa Nguyen has the button in seat 9, he raises to 160,000, and Lee Childs calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Childs checks, Nguyen bets 225,000, Childs raises to 500,000, and Nguyen goes in the tank. (While Nguyen is quietly thinking, everyone in the Featured Table Arena can hear somebody cheering for themselves during an all-in situation at one of the outer tables.)
After about two minutes, Nguyen calls.
The turn card is the , Childs bets 450,000, and Nguyen thinks for about a minute before he calls. There is already 2.34 million in the pot.
The river card is the , Childs checks, Nguyen moves all in for 1,085,000, and now it's Childs' turn to stop and think.
This has been a very slow hand, but understandably so. The cards were in the air over ten minutes ago.
After about two more minutes, Childs calls. Nguyen shows for two pair, fives and deuces. Childs excitedly shows for two pair, nines and deuces, and he wins the pot.
Hoa Nguyen is eliminated in 34th place, earning $285,678.
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On the Featured Table, Lee Childs has the button in seat 2, Jerry Yang raises to 150,000, Jon Kalmar reraises from the small blind to 625,000, and Yang calls. The flop comes , Kalmar checks, Yang bets 900,000, and Kalmar folds. Yang takes the pot worth 1.4 million.
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After David Tran raised to 175,000, Jason Welch and Jeff Bryan called from the blinds. The flop came and after Welch and Bryan checked Tran led out for 285K. Welch folded and Bryan called.
The fell on the turn and Bryan again checked. Tran bet 625,000 and Bryan moved all-in for an additional 1.215 million. Tran mucked and Bryan took down a huge pot.
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33rd Place - Christian Togsverd
On the Featured Table, Jon Kalmar has the button in seat 3, Kenny Tran raises from early position to 180,000, Tuan Lam calls from middle position, Stefan Mattson calls from the small blind, Christian Togsverd moves all in from the big blind for about 1.8 million, Tran folds, and Lam thinks for a few minutes before he calls. Mattson quickly folds.
Togsverd shows , and Lam shows . Togsverd needs to improve to survive.
The flop comes , and Lam flops a set of queens to take a dominant lead in the hand. Togsverd needs something runner-runner to survive.
The turn card is the , and Togsverd is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the .) Lam wins the pot with his set of queens.
Christian Togsverd is eliminated in 33rd place, earning $285,678.
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Alex Kravchenko From Day 5
After Alex Kravchencko raised to 150,000 Ron Kluber tried some table-talk to get a read on him. "Are you ready to go home?" Kluber asked...and probably didn't pick up much info, as Kravchenko practically defines the phrase "poker face." There are times you'd think Alex's face was chiseled from marble, such is the lack of expression he normally displays. Kluber eventually gave up and tossed his cards in the muck.
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Kevin Kim - 32nd Place
Paulo Loureiro raised 200,000 and Kevin Kim moved all in for 700,000. Loureiro called.
Loureiro:
Kim:
The flop was . The turn was the . The river was the . Loureiro outflopped Kim and won with a pair of nines. Kim headed to the rail in 32nd place. He won $285,678.
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Lee Childs, chip leader at today's Feature Table, decided to only play in two WSOP events this year. He also played in two last year, but this is his first year in attendance at the Main Event. He was in good form going into the Main Event as he previously won a tournament at Caesar's and a $10,000 buy-in for a tournament in October.
Back home, Lee is the Vice President of Application Development (a computer software company) for a division of National Geographic. He decided to take two months off of work to see what his possibilities were in developing as a poker player.
His father is here from North Carolina to cheer Lee on from the stands. Mike Sexton, who lived in North Carolina and is familiar with Lee, phoned the Childs this morning to wish Lee luck. Lee asked Mike if there was any advice he could pass on, to which Mike responded, "Just keep doing what you've been doing and keep away from the big stacks, unless you've got the nuts."
As our reporter was speaking to Lee's father, Lee won the first hand of the day, eliminating Hoa Nguyen and is now up to nine million in chips. After the hand, Lee rushed immediately to his father, gave him a high-five, and went back to his seat. He's off to a great start today.
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From early position, Daniel Alaei raised to 165,000 and David Tran, Philip Hilm and Jeff Bryan all chose to call. That's when Elson moved all-in for an additional 1.54 million from the big blind. Alaei, Tran and Bryan surrendered but Hilm made the call with pocket Sixes. Elson turned over pocket Tens and they held up on the board, more than doubling Elson to 3.4 million.
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Daniel Alaei
On the Featured Table, Daniel Alaei has the button in seat 5, he limps for 60,000, Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 260,000, Alaei moves all in for 1.54 million, and Yang calls with . Alaei shows , and he'll need to improve to stay alive. Kenny Tran says that he folded A-10.
The flop comes , and Yang retains the lead with his ten kicker. The turn card is the , and Alaei needs to catch a five on the river to stay alive.
The river card is the -- ! The crowd applauds as Daniel Alaei catches a three-outer on the river to survive and double up to over 3.1 million in chips.
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, Childs checks, Nguyen bets 225,000, Childs raises to 500,000, and Nguyen goes in the tank. (While Nguyen is quietly thinking, everyone in the Featured Table Arena can hear somebody cheering for themselves during an all-in situation at one of the outer tables.) 
, Childs bets 450,000, and Nguyen thinks for about a minute before he calls. There is already 2.34 million in the pot. 
, Childs checks, Nguyen moves all in for 1,085,000, and now it's Childs' turn to stop and think. 
for two pair, fives and deuces. Childs excitedly shows 
for two pair, nines and deuces, and he wins the pot. 
and after Welch and Bryan checked Tran led out for 285K. Welch folded and Bryan called.
fell on the turn and Bryan again checked. Tran bet 625,000 and Bryan moved all-in for an additional 1.215 million. Tran mucked and Bryan took down a huge pot.
, and Lam shows 
, and Togsverd is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the 
.) Lam wins the pot with his set of queens. 
. The turn was the 
. Loureiro outflopped Kim and won with a pair of nines. Kim headed to the rail in 32nd place. He won $285,678.
board, more than doubling Elson to 3.4 million.
. Alaei shows 
, and he'll need to improve to stay alive. Kenny Tran says that he folded A-10. 
, and Yang retains the lead with his ten kicker. The turn card is the 
, and Alaei needs to catch a five on the river to stay alive.