Event 51 - $1,000 S.H.O.E Day 2 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-02-2007 17:51 UTC-7

Saab Moving Up

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Doug Saab just took down a nice pot making two pair (Aces and 6's) and now has almost 40,000 chips.

07-02-2007 17:55 UTC-7

Ali Eslami had built himself a very intricate castle made of poker chips; literally. He left himself about 5,000 in excess to use for betting purposes, but has since been forced to break down some of the walls of his castle, as he's starting to lose some chips.

He's currently sitting on 23,000 chips after losing a decent sized pot and has demolished his castle, restacking his chips the traditional way.

Tags: Ali Eslami

07-02-2007 18:01 UTC-7

74 Players Remaining

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The tournament director has informed us that hand-for-hand play will begin as soon as we lose one more player.

07-02-2007 18:02 UTC-7

Hold'em

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The new game is Limit Hold'em, with blinds of $500 - $1,000.

07-02-2007 18:07 UTC-7

Bonnie Leinhos is a Magnet for Aces

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The members of Bonnie Leinhos' home poker club should be glad to know that she's playing some very solid poker and the cards are helping her out a little bit too.

Bonnie took down one of the last Seven Card Stud hands before the game switched to Hold'Em. Her doorcard was the {A-Hearts}

and she picked up the {A-Spades}

on 4th street, which led her opponent to muck a pair of Jacks.

Bonnie has right around 35,000 chips and with 1 player left to the money, she's practically a shoe-in to get paid today.

Tags: Bonnie Leinhos

07-02-2007 18:14 UTC-7

Hand-for-Hand Begins

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There are 73 players remaining in the field. The next elimination will put all remaining players in the money.

Be sure to check our Prizepool and Payouts section regularly, as we'll provide you with a complete list of all players who finish in the money as they are eliminated from the tournament.

07-02-2007 18:29 UTC-7

We're in the Money

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All remaining players are now in the money.

Rajiv Khanna was our bubble player this evening. Khanna committed the last of his chips to the pot with K-J, but ran into an opponent's A-K.

A couple of short-stacks throughout the field were especially happy with the timely bustout. Alexandra Vuong was down to her last 1,500 chips, while Daran Norris had just 800 behind, after posting the 500 small blind.

07-02-2007 18:43 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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The following players have been eliminated from the tournament, each earning $1,528 in prize money:

67: John Bunch
68: JJ Hazan
69: Steve Higyi
70: Michael Schneider
71: Michael Lemkin
72: Alexandra Vuong

07-02-2007 18:45 UTC-7