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

07-15-2007 14:33 UTC-7

Players Have Returned from Break

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Play has resumed with blinds of 40,000-80,000, and a 10,000 ante. When one more player is eliminated, the final 27 players will redraw for seats at the final three tables.

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

07-15-2007 14:34 UTC-7

Featured Table Update

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The first level of the day was a little short, because it started last night. (They played one hour and 48 minutes of it today.) In that time, the Featured Table played just 30 hands.

Here are the chipcounts and seating positions for the Featured Table.

Seat 2 - Lee Childs - 11.68 million
Seat 3 - Jon Kalmar - 3.25 million
Seat 4 - Stefan Mattsson - 3.119 million
Seat 5 - Daniel Alaei - 1.6 million
Seat 6 - Jerry Yang - 2.5 million
Seat 7 - Kenny Tran - 6.5 million
Seat 8 - Tuan Lam - 6.3 million

07-15-2007 14:36 UTC-7

Daniel Alaei Moves In and Picks Up Some Chips

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At the Featured Table, Jon Kalmar limps from middle position for 80,000, Daniel Alaei moves all in from the cutoff for about 1.6 million, and Kalmar folds. Alaei takes the pot.

Tags: Daniel Alaei Jon Kalmar

07-15-2007 14:38 UTC-7

Top 5 Chip Counts

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Lee Childs - 11,680,000
Hevad "Rain" Khan - 9,200,000
William Spadea - 9,200,000
Philip Hilm - 8,505,000
Ray Henson - 8,000,000

07-15-2007 14:40 UTC-7

Daniel Alaei Chipping Up Slowly

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Daniel Alaei just moved all in preflop on the first three hands back from break, getting no action. But with 190,000 in the pot with blinds and antes, he's adding a significant amount to his short stack, and he's increased his stack to 1.73 million.

Tags: Daniel Alaei

07-15-2007 14:42 UTC-7

Shrinking the Big Stacks

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Some of the smaller denomination (5,000) chips are being colored off the big stacks, reducing their bulk on the tables.

07-15-2007 14:48 UTC-7

ESPN Featured Table Rules

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A camera flash goes off in the crowd, prompting announcer/tournament director Sam Minutello to give the standard spiel -- no flash photos, and turn off the ringers on all cellphones. Upon hearing this, Tuan Lam looks at the announcer and reaches for his pocket. But Minutello stops him, saying, "No, you're good." The audience laughs.

A minute later, with a big hand developing (stay tuned), a cellphone rings to break the silence, and Minutello quips, "Alright, thanks for abiding by the rules."

07-15-2007 14:50 UTC-7

Tuan Lam Takes a 2.69 Million Pot From Stefan Mattsson

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At the Featured Table, Kenny Tran raises from middle position to 220,000, Tuan Lam calls from the cutoff, and Stefan Mattsson calls from the big blind.

The flop comes {Q-Hearts}

, Mattsson checks, Tran checks, Lam bets 350,000, Mattsson raises to 960,000, Tran quickly folds, Lam thinks for a minute before reraising to 1.76 million, and Mattsson goes into the tank. After about three minutes, Mattsson requests a clock -- on himself.

As the minute counts down, Mattsson folds with about 30 seconds remaining. Tuan Lam takes the pot worth 2.69 million.

Tags: Kenny Tran Stefan Mattsson Tuan Lam

07-15-2007 14:52 UTC-7

Daniel Alaei's Number Must Be Unlisted, Because Nobody's Calling

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At the Featured Table, Jon Kalmar raises from the button to 250,000, Daniel Alaei moves all in from the big blind, and Kalmar folds. Alaei takes the pot.

This is the fourth time in five hands that Daniel Alaei has moved all in preflop, and nobody has called.

Tags: Daniel Alaei Jon Kalmar