2007 World Series of Poker

After Chad Batista raised with pocket sixes, [Removed:326] re-raised with pocket Aces and Theo Tran called with . The flop gave [Removed:327] a set, but it didn’t get him any action as the betting was checked around. The hit on the turn and [Removed:327] ventured a 160K bet, but both Batista and Tran wisely folded.

The third time was the charm today for pocket Tens. Shawn Luman raised to 80K and Isaac Haxton re-raised to 200,000. Luman moved in with , and Haxton called with . That’s the very same confrontation that sent Arnold Spee out of today’s event, but this time the board read . Luman doubled up to 770,000, while Haxton’s stack fell to the exact same amount.

Today might not be the day to play those pocket Tens. After Spee raised with Isaac Haxton raised 200K more with . Spee moved in, Haxton called, and the race was on.

The flop put Haxton firmly in the lead and the and on the turn and river brought an end to Spee's day. He wins $80,665 for his eighth-place finish.

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After Shawn Luman raised Theo Tran, holding , re-raised. Thierry Cazals made it another 100K to go with and after Luman folded, Tran moved all-in. Cazals made the call, saw his predicament, and the board did not help. As the first elimination of the day Cazals collects $72,599.

Yesterday Isaac Haxton got the better of Chad Batista, hitting 2-outers twice to stave off elimination. But this time the better hand held up for Batista, as he moved all in with after Haxton raised with . Haxton though a bit before making the call and when Chad saw Isaac's cards he jumped out of his chair in disbelief. "Ace-Jack??" Batista said, perhaps remembering the bad beats from the day before.

But that was then, this is now, and the board doubled Batista up at Haxton's expense.

The players have taken their seats and we've started play at today's final table.

Today's final table of the $1,000 No Limit Hold em with Rebuys should be a lot of fun. The chips will be flying at 2pm, but this event will be broadcast on worldseriesofpoker.com, which means our coverage, and the broadcast will start on a one hour delay. See you at 3pm!

The final table seat positions, and chip counts are:

Seat 1: Kris Tate 299,000
Seat 2: Michael Graves 1,233,000
Seat 3: Shawn Hatten 446,000
Seat 4: Shawn Luman 668,000
Seat 5: Arnold Spee 760,000
Seat 6: Theo Tran 1,132,000
Seat 7: Thierry Cazals 651,000
Seat 8: Isaac Haxton 1,226,000
Seat 9: Chad Batista 373,000