WPT Championship Main Event Day 5 | WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio

04-26-2007 19:51 UTC-7

Fischman v. Mortensen

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Mortensen faces a raise all in from Fischman

Carlos Mortensen raised to 125,000 from the button and Scott Fischman called from the big blind. The flop was {10-Spades}

. Fischman bet 130,000 and Mortensen raised to 500,000. Fischman moved all in for 1,245,000 and Mortensen folded.

Fischman was up to about 2M after the hand.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Scott Fischman

04-26-2007 20:07 UTC-7

Carlos Mortensen Takes a Pot From Paul Lee

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Paul Lee considers the raise from Carlos Mortensen

Paul Lee raises to 200,000, and Carlos Mortensen calls from the big blind. The flop comes {Q-Clubs}

, and both players check. The turn card is the {Q-Diamonds}

, Mortensen checks, Lee bets 400,000, and Mortensen calls. The river card is the {9-Clubs}

, Mortensen checks, Lee bets 1 million, Mortensen raises to 2 million, and Lee thinks for about two minutes before folding.

Carlos Mortensen takes the 3.2 million pot, increasing his stack to over 6.5 million. Paul Lee drops down to about 10.2 million.

04-26-2007 20:11 UTC-7

Players Are Currently on a 15-Minute Break

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Carlos Mortensen's chip stack masterpiece -- before it was dismantled to move to the final table

Chip Counts have been updated.

Level: 23

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

04-26-2007 20:40 UTC-7

Mike Wattel Triples Up

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Wattel begins stacking his chips after tripling up

Mike Wattel raised to 240,000 pre-flop. Thomas Wahlroos called from the button and Carlos Mortensen called from the big blind. The flop was {6-Spades}

. Mortensen checked, Wattel moved all in for his last 809,000, Wahlroos called and Mortensen called. The turn was the {8-Clubs}

. Both Mortensen and Wahlroos checked. The river was the {8-Diamonds}

and both Mortensen and Wahlroos checked again.

Wattel showed the {K-Spades}

, Mortensen the {7-Diamonds}

and Wahlroos the {10-Diamonds}

. Wattel's kings were good, and he tripled up. He currently has about 3.3M.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Mike Wattel Thomas Wahlroos

04-26-2007 20:51 UTC-7

More Railbirds

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2005 WSOP Champion Joe Hachem is on the rail sweating the action. Also here are Isabelle Mercier, Johnny Lodden, Eric Friberg, Minh Ly, Steve Wong, and Jim Bechtel.

Tags: Isabelle Mercier Joe Hachem Johnny Lodden

04-26-2007 20:59 UTC-7

Paul Lee Takes a Big Pot Off Thomas Wahlroos

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Wahlroos studies Lee as he faces a raise to 2 million

Paul Lee opened the pot for 250,000 and Thomas Wahlroos re-raised 600,000 more. Lee called. The flop was {10-Diamonds}

. Wahlroos led out for 800,000 but Paul Lee raised to 2M. After a long think, Wahlroos folded.

Wahlroos was left with 2M in chips after the hand while Paul Lee's stack was up to 10.55M.

Tags: Paul Lee Thomas Wahlroos

04-26-2007 21:01 UTC-7

Tommy Vu Eliminated in 9th Place ($216,585)

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Tommy Vu moved all for 623K and Carlos Mortensen asked if he had a King. Vu didn't answer. Mortensen counted out 623K in chips and eventually called. He flipped over {A-Spades}

and Vu tabled {K-Clubs}

. The flop was {9-Hearts}

. The turn was {A-Diamonds}

and Mortensen took the lead as Vu was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless {Q-Spades}

. Vu headed to the rail in 9th place. The former infomercial guru won $216,585.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Tommy Vu

04-26-2007 21:13 UTC-7

Unlucky Chop for Morrison

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Wahlroos (seated) reacts as Morrison (left) is counterfeited on the river

Kirk Morrison raised to 275,000 and Guy Laliberte called. The flop was {8-Clubs}

. Morrison quickly moved all-in and Laliberte called. Morrison showed the {8-Diamonds}

for a set of eights, while Laliberte held the {A-Hearts}

for the nut flush draw. The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

, but the river was the {6-Clubs}

putting a 9-high straight on the board and they chopped the pot.

Tags: Guy Laliberte Kirk Morrison

04-26-2007 21:25 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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This chip count is brought to you by Assistant Tournament Director Thang O.

Updated chip counts have been posted:

Seat 1. Kirk Morrison - 1,625,000
Seat 2. Thomas Wahlroos - 1,740,000
Seat 3. Guy Laliberte - 3,270,000
Seat 4. Carlos Mortensen - 8,010,000
Seat 5. Mike Wattel - 2,500,000
Seat 6. Scott Fischman - 2,050,000
Seat 7. Paul Lee - 8,151,000
Seat 8. Tim Phan - 1,510,000