Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 6 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-15-2007 12:45 UTC-7

The Featured Table Has Played Six Hands

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Action started over 35 minutes ago, and the ESPN Featured Table has only played six hands so far. That's about six minutes per hand.

07-15-2007 12:47 UTC-7

Raymond Rahme Doubles Through John Armbrust

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This is one of those situations that give poker players nightmares. Rahme raised in middle position and John Armbrust, looking down at {K-Clubs}

in the big blind, raised to 900K. Rahme moved all-in for two million total and Armbrust called. And that's when Rahme then turned over {A-Hearts}

. They held up on the {9-Hearts}

board and he doubled up to four million.

Tags: John Armbrust Raymond Rahme

07-15-2007 13:00 UTC-7

Scotty Nguyen Color Blind?

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Scotty Nguyen had a problem with putting the wrong color chip out for his big blind. There are three denominations of chips and they're all a variation of orange. The 5,000 chips are orange or tangerine as one staff member called it. The 25,000 chips are peach-colored. The 50,000 are salmon-colored.

Depending on the lighting in the Amazon Ballroom and underneath the lights of the ESPN feature table, both players and dealers are having a difficult time figuring out what chips are in play. As one player said, he had to physically look at the numbers on the chips to determine what he's betting.

Since all the chips are very similar to each other, action has slowed down while players make extra precautions before betting. Dealers are also having a tougher time counting down stacks and bets.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

07-15-2007 13:00 UTC-7

Reminder: Daniel Alaei Has a WSOP Bracelet

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Kenny Tran asks announcer/tournament director Sam Minutello to remind the crowd that Daniel Alaei has won a bracelet. "A World Series bracelet," Kenny adds.

Tags: Daniel Alaei Kenny Tran

07-15-2007 13:01 UTC-7

Featured Table Update - Tuan Lam Takes a Small Pot

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On the Featured Table, Tuan Lam limps from the cutoff for 60,000, and Jon Kalmar checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes {8-Spades}

, and both players check. The turn card is the {5-Hearts}

, Kalmar checks, Lam bets 175,000, and Kalmar folds. Lam takes the pot.

No, there wasn't a lot of action on this hand. But this is the most action we've seen in several hands.

Tags: Jon Kalmar Tuan Lam

07-15-2007 13:05 UTC-7

Bob Slezak Seizes A Pot

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Slezak opened the betting by raising to 180,000 from late position, and after Jeff Bryan called on the button David Tran re-raised to 600K from the big blind. Slezak then moved all-in for an additional 1.54 million and both Bryan and Tran folded their hands. That lifted Slezak up to 3 million and dropped Tran down to 8.7 million.

Tags: Bob Slezak David Tran Jeff Bryan

07-15-2007 13:09 UTC-7

Missing Chip Counts

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You might notice that all of our chip counts have been recently updated with the exception of a few players at the ESPN Feature Table. It has literally been impossible for us to count these players' stacks due to the positioning of the cameras and the incredibly similar colors of the various chip denominations. We apologize for the inconvenience, but will get updated counts for you at the next break.

07-15-2007 13:10 UTC-7

Featured Table - Lee Childs Takes a 1.28 Million Pot

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On the Featured Table, Lee Childs raises from late position to 180,000, and Jerry Yang calls from the big blind. The flop comes {8-Clubs}

, Yang bets 400,000, and Childs thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls. The turn card is the {A-Clubs}

, Yang checks, Childs bets 825,000, and Yang thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds. Lee Childs takes the pot worth 1.28 million in chips.

Tags: Jerry Yang Lee Childs

07-15-2007 13:11 UTC-7

William Spadea Doubles Up to Over 9 Million

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William Spadea raises to 200,000 from middle position and Kevin Farry reraises to 800,000 from the cutoff. It is folded back around to Spadea, who moves all in. Both players have a mountain of multi-denominational chips that all look the same. Farry goes into the tank. He is looking at Spadea's stack, trying to calculate how much it will cost him. He eventually shrugs and makes the call.

William Spadea has {A-Clubs}

Kevin Farry has {9-Diamonds}

The flop comes {A-Diamonds}

and Farry will need to catch one of the two remaining nines, running diamonds to win - or running sixes to chop.

The turn {2-Hearts}

and river

don't deliver and Spadea wins the hand.

The dealer starts to count the chips, and it turns out that Spadea has 4,500,000.

Tags: William Spadea

07-15-2007 13:15 UTC-7

Featured Table - 14 Hands in an Hour

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After one hour of play, the Featured Table was in the middle of their 14th hand. That's a little over four minutes per hand, and we've played several raise-and-take-the-blinds hands to bring the average down.

Whether it's the stakes involved or the fact that their every move is being recorded by ESPN, most of these players are taking their time with every decision.