39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-14-2008 11:36 UTC-8

Craig Marquis Takes Down the First Pot of the Day

Craig Marquis opened for 225,000 from middle position and Tiffany Michelle called from the cutoff. The flop came {5-Clubs}

and when Marquis bet 375,000 Michelle made the call. The turn brought the {3-Diamonds}

, Marquis checked and Tiffany bet 500,000. Marquis then check-raised to 1.575 million and Tiffany folded.

Craig showed {J-Hearts}

as he scooped in the first pot of the day.

07-14-2008 11:32 UTC-8

If They Chopped It

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Amidst all the hype and anticipation of today's play, as well as the possible historical ramifications, we can't help but bring you another edition of If They Chopped It?

If each of the 27 remaining players were to walk away with an even cut of the remaining prize pool, each would take home an impressive $1,448,825. That is just slightly better than 8th place money.

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

07-14-2008 11:28 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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With the button in the nine seat, the cards are in the air!

07-14-2008 11:27 UTC-8

Unleash the Masses

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The spectators have just been let into the Amazon Room and in a scene resembling that of a low-budget horror movie, mobs of excited fans rushed their way to the Milwaukee's Best Light ESPN Featured Table area.

07-14-2008 11:25 UTC-8

Almost There

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These players, despite the rivalries that will be created in a matter of minutes, have an excellent rapport with one another as they all know they are part of an elite group. These 27 players have all outlasted 6,817 others in a quest for poker immortality. They find themselves in top half of the final 1% of this near record-sized crowd.

Everyone is settled in and WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack is speaking directly to the players about how to expect things to go from here on out. After a few more details are finalized, the long road towards the final table begins.

07-14-2008 11:08 UTC-8

Play to Begin Soon

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The players have taken their seats and unbagged their chips. The atmosphere is tense, yet exciting. There are 27 players with their sights set firmly on the final table, yet two-thirds of them will fall short.

Last-minute preparations are being made and we expect the cards to be in the air within the next few minutes. Stay with us.

07-14-2008 00:27 UTC-8

Official Day 7 Seat Assignments Announced

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It’s Day 7 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event, and the 27 surviving players will return today at noon to play down to the final nine. WSOP officials conducted a redraw at the end of Day 6 play, and have now released the Day 7 seat assignments. Here is how the 27 players will line up (table leader in boldface):

(Table 1)
Seat 1: Joe Bishop (Cincinnati, Ohio) – 4,855,000
Seat 2: Peter Eastgate (Odense, Denmark) – 9,325,000
Seat 3: Gert Andersen (Herning, Denmark) – 6,740,000
Seat 4: Kelly Kim (Whittier, California) – 8,840,000
Seat 5: Brandon Cantu (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 4,740,000
Seat 6: Dean Hamrick (East Lansing, Michigan) – 2,375,000
Seat 7: Ivan Demidov (Moscow, Russia) – 4,965,000
Seat 8: Niklas Flisberg (Stockholm, Sweden) – 1,330,000
Seat 9: Michael Carroll (Carson, California) – 1,015,000

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Scott Montgomery (Perth, Ontario, Canada) – 4,320,000
Seat 2: Tim Loecke (Highland Park, Illinois) – 2,280,000
Seat 3: Anthony Scherer (Truckee, California) – 2,385,000
Seat 4: Owen ‘ocrowe’ Crowe (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) – 3,800,000
Seat 5: Craig Marquis (Arlington, Texas) – 11,460,000
Seat 6: Ylon Schwartz (Brooklyn, New York) – 3,655,000
Seat 7: Paul Snead (Kings Park, New York) – 6,600,000
Seat 8: Tiffany 'Hot Chips' Michelle (Los Angeles, California) – 9,755,000
Seat 9: Phi Nguyen (Hawaiian Gardens, California) – 1,020,000

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Jason Riesenberg (Halbur, Iowa) – 3,405,000
Seat 2: Darus Suharto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – 4,510,000
Seat 3: Chris Klodnicki (Voorhees, New Jersey) – 6,245,000
Seat 4: Toni Judet (Bucharest, Romania) – 5,000,000
Seat 5: Nicholas Sliwinski (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 4,925,000
Seat 6: David 'Chino' Rheem (Los Angeles, California) – 8,280,000
Seat 7: Dennis Phillips (St. Louis, Missouri) – 11,910,000
Seat 8: Albert Kim (Staten Island, New York) – 3,675,000
Seat 9: Aaron Gordon (Brighton, England) – 1,790,000

The ESPN feature and secondary tables have not been designated as of the time of this posting.

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