2005 WSOP Champion Joe Hachem has been eliminated from the tournament at the hands of Kristy Gazes. Joe moved all his chips in on the turn on a check-raise, but Kristy was holding the nuts, and that was the end of the 2005 Champ's night.
The final count of entries stands at 791, creating a prize pool of $7,593,600. First place will pay out $2,429,970 while the runner up will have to settle for $1,177,110.
54 total places will pay. Click on the "Prize Pool and Payouts" tab to the right for more details.
Daniel Negreanu is out after being dealt pocket Aces two of this last three hands. His Aces were cracked twice by junks hands who had draws and hit them.
On a board of , Evelyn Ng moves all-in for her last 7200 and Ted Forrest calls. Ng shows the while Forrest turns over the . The river is the and Evelyn Ng is eliminated from the tournament.
2007 Aussie Millions Champion Gus Hansen has been eliminated from the tournament and is currently kibbitzing with Phil Laak and Eli Elezra at an adjacent table.
We have just finished three, count them, three levels and its already well into the evening, oh hell its deep into the night but we will be playing 5 1/2 more hours tonight and this morning. With the over/under by 3 AM predicted to be 45 tables or approximately 400 players surviving Day One.