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

07-16-2007 01:05 UTC-8

Hand #2 - Tuan Lam

Hand #2 - Steven Garfinkle has the button in seat 6, Tuan Lam raises from the small blind to 480,000, and Philip Hilm calls from the big blind. The flop comes {K-Hearts}

, Lam bets 700,000, and Hilm folds. Tuan Lam takes the pot.

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07-16-2007 01:08 UTC-8

Philip Hilm has been Scotty Nguyen's nemesis today, moving all in over the top of his raises several times. Finally, Scotty went all in on a flush draw and missed, finishing in 11th place.

Philip is from Denmark and lives in England. He has been a poker pro for the last several years and was introduced to the poker world by his high school buddy Jan Bloxham. A professional backgammon player who turned to poker, Jan opened up a whole new world for Philip. They went to Frederiksburg High School together (High School is actually called "Gymnasium" in Denmark).

Philip is single, handsome, and about to become a big star. No player from Denmark has come this far at the Big Dance. His friend Jan is here supporting him from the audience. With only one more elimination to go before we have our final table of nine, Philip is in a great position to make it with 19.3 million in chips currently in his stack. He started the day at 9,950,000 only to drop down to between 3-4 million for most of the afternoon. What a comeback he has made!

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07-16-2007 01:09 UTC-8

Hand #3 - Jon Kalmar

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Hand #3 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 7, Watkinson raises from late position to 450,000, Jon Kalmar reraises from the big blind to 1.95 million, and Watkinson folds, showing the {A-Spades}

. Jon Kalmar takes the pot.

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07-16-2007 01:11 UTC-8

Hand #4 - Philip Hilm

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Hand #4 - Philip Hilm has the button in seat 8, and he raises to 480,000, winning the blinds and antes.

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07-16-2007 01:11 UTC-8

PokerNews Video: Scotty Nguyen - Bustout Interview

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PokerNews grabbed Scotty Nguyen just after busting in 11th place from the 2007 Main Event. Scotty, despite being dejected and disappointed, was optimistic about coming back and continuing to leave his mark on tournament poker – or as he puts it “Scotty be back, baby.”

Click here to check out the interview with Scotty, along with all the other videos from the Main Event.

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07-16-2007 01:13 UTC-8

Can Railbirds Get Time Outs?

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After Jon Kalmar won Hand #3, one allegedly inebriated railbird shouted something that included an F-bomb. The final table announcer told the person to settle down. Which made us wonder . . . can a railbird get a ten-minute time out for improper usage of the F-bomb? The answer was . . . no. However, if any of the audience members acts in an inappropriate manner, they will be escorted out of the final table area.

Kalmar walked over to his friends after that hand and told them to chill out. He explained to them the seriousness of the final table to which one of them yelled out, "But we love you, Jon!"

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07-16-2007 01:15 UTC-8

Hand #5 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan

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Hand #5 - Jon Kalmar has the button in seat 9, Watkinson raises from middle position to 400,000, Philip Hilm calls from the cutoff, Hevad 'Rain' Khan reraises from the small blind to 1.43 million, Watkinson folds, and Hilm folds. Khan takes the pot.

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Level: 30

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 30,000

07-16-2007 01:15 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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By the way, we are currently updating the chip counts after every hand. Click on the chip count link to the right to see real time chip counts.

Here are the current chip counts:
Jon Kalmar - 20,750,000
Tuan Lam - 20,520,000
Philip Hilm - 18,690,000
Lee Childs - 17,950,000
Raymond Rahme - 12,615,000
Hevad "Rain" Khan - 11,935,000
Lee Watkinson - 11,205,000
Jerry Yang - 6,030,000
Steven Garfinkle - 4,745,000
Alex Kravchenko - 2,710,000

07-16-2007 01:15 UTC-8