2007 World Series of Poker

Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦8♦
Prize
$527,829
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,282,520
Entries
827
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

The Final 10

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Dustin Holmes - Chipleader
Dustin Holmes - Chipleader
There are ten players left in Event #38 $3,000 NL Hold'em. Dustin Holmes is the chip leader with 1.075M.

Phil Hellmuth is among the final ten players. He was quick to point out that he has not made the final table... yet. If he can survive one more bustout, he'll tie T.J. Cloutier with 39 career final tables. Currently, Hellmuth holds the record for bracelets with 11, and the most WSOP cashes with 60. He'll try to win bracelet #12 later today. He has a lot of work ahead of him considering that he's one of the short stacks.

Final Table Seating Assignments and Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Phil Hellmuth - 213,000
Seat 2: Luke Vrable - 315,000
Seat 3: Ben Fineman - 272,000
Seat 4: Dustin Holmes - 1,076,000
Seat 5: Jason Song - 284,000
Seat 6: Brett Richey - 738,000
Seat 7: Daniel Corbin - 210,000
Seat 8: Shankar Pillai - 371,000
Seat 9: Perry Friedman - 723,000
Seat 10: Beth Shak - 740,000

Final Table Payouts:
1 - $527,829
2 - $328,683
3 - $212,274
4 - $141,516
5 - $100,431
6 - $76,464
7 - $57,063
8 - $42,227
9 - $30,814
10 - $21,456

The final table will start at 2pm PDT.

Final Preparations

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[user10554]
The chip bags are on the table, and some of the players are milling around the stage. There is no sign of Phil Hellmuth yet, but we wouldn't expect him to be on time, would we?

Expect play to begin in approximately 15 minutes.

Further Delays

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[user10554]
There are nine players filling the ten seats at the final table -- guess who's missing? It looks like we're still a good five minutes away from starting.

Phil Arrives

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[user10554]
Phil Hellmuth has arrived at the final table, and he starts shaking the hands of all of his competitors, starting in seat 2 and working his way around the table.

Player Introductions

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[user10554]
If you weren't yet aware, Phil Hellmuth is hoping to tie T.J. Cloutier's record for most WSOP Final Tables at 39. But he needs to reach the final nine to make it official.

This is the actual reason why play is starting with ten players today, rather than the usual nine. This event is being taped for ESPN broadcast, and they'd like to get Phil's historic moment (or whiny bustout) on camera.

Play will be starting in moments.

Shuffle Up & Deal!

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[user10554]
There are 13 minutes and 27 seconds left in Level 17, with blinds at 8,000-16,000 and a 2,000 ante. Everyone's ready to go, so it's time to shuffle up and deal!

Level: 17

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Hand #1

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Hand #1 - Perry Friedman has the button in seat 9, Richey raises from middle position to 50,000, and Shak calls from the small blind. The flop comes {8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Shak bets 100,000, and Richey folds. Shak takes the first pot of the night.

Phil Hellmuth & Phil Ivey

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[user10554]
Phil Hellmuth was out of his chair on the sidelines for most of Hand #1, talking to Phil Ivey. As he heads back to the final table, he finishes his conversation with Ivey this way:

"I'm already your #1 donator, aren't I?"
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