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

07-15-2007 23:29 UTC-8

Featured Table: Philip Hilm Reraises Scotty Nguyen Out of a Pot

Featured Table Hand #68 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 1, he raises to 500,000, Scotty Nguyen calls from the small blind, Philip Hilm moves all in from the big blind for 7.195 million, Lam folds, and Nguyen goes into the tank for more than two minutes. At that point, Hilm says, "If you show your hand, I'll show mine."

Shortly after hearing that, Scotty Nguyen folds without showing his cards, and Philip Hilm takes the pot.

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07-15-2007 23:31 UTC-8

Featured Table: Scotty Nguyen Takes the Blinds & Antes

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Scotty Nguyen has the button in seat 4, and he raises to 450,000, winning the blinds and antes.

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07-15-2007 23:31 UTC-8

Outer Table: Watkinson Takes Some

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Steven Garfinkle is the button. Alex Kravchenko raises to 500,000 under the gun, and Lee Watkinson makes it 2,000,000 in the cutoff. Garfinkle and Kravchenko fold.

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07-15-2007 23:32 UTC-8

Featured Table: Philip Hilm Takes the Blinds & Antes

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Philip Hilm has the button in seat 6, and he raises to 480,000, winning the blinds and antes.

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07-15-2007 23:36 UTC-8

Top 5 Chip Counts

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Jon Kalmar - 19,800,000
Lee Childs - 18,700,000
Scotty Nguyen - 15,500,000
Lee Watkinson - 14,200,000
Tuan Lam - 13,800,000

07-15-2007 23:37 UTC-8

Featured Table: Tuan Lam Wins a Three-Way Pot Worth 1.54 Million

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Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 7, Philip Hilm raises from the cutoff to 480,000, Lee Childs calls from the small blind, and Tuan Lam calls from the big blind. There is already 1.54 million in the pot.

The flop comes {A-Spades}

, and all three players check. The turn card is the {9-Clubs}

, and they check again. The river card is the {7-Diamonds}

, and they check again.

Childs shows {3-Diamonds}

for a pair of threes, Lam shows {Q-Hearts}

for a pair of nines, and Hilm mucks. Tuan Lam wins the pot worth 1.54 million

Tags: Lee Childs Philip Hilm Tuan Lam

07-15-2007 23:38 UTC-8

Outer Table: Jerry Yang Doubles Through Alex Kravchenko

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Action folds around to Jerry Yang on the button. He moves all in for 2,700,000. Alex Kravchenko, playing from the big blind, thinks for a bit, then finally calls. The players show...

Yang: {8-Hearts}

Kravchenko: {K-Diamonds}

The board fills out {9-Spades}

and Yang's pair of eights is best. He doubles up to 5,700,000 and leaves Kravchenko on a short stack of about 1,300,000.

07-15-2007 23:41 UTC-8

Outer Table: Lee Watkinson Picks up Blinds

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Rain Khan is the button. Lee Watkinson raises to 500,000 under the gun and everyone folds.

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07-15-2007 23:46 UTC-8

Outer Table: Alex Kravchenko Doubles Up

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Alex Kravchenko is the button. Jerry Yang raises to 500,000 in middle position and Kravchenko re-raises all in for 1,450,000. Yang calls. Yang has {K-Clubs}