39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 6 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-13-2008 11:24 UTC-7

2008 WSOP Main Event - Day 6; Noon Restart

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Official seat assignments have now been released for Day 6 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event, with 79 players returning to action for the noon start. Mark Ketteringham will begin the day as the chip leader, stacked at 5,800,000 overnight. The players will be seated at nine tables in the Amazon “Green” section, surrounding and including the ESPN feature area.

The chip leader at each table is denoted by boldface text. The table and seat assignments are as follows:

(Table 1)
Seat 1: Bob Whalen – 1,382,000
Seat 2: Paul Snead – 1,572,000
Seat 3: Christopher Zapf – 297,000
Seat 4: Brian Tatum – 780,000
Seat 5: Aaron Gordon – 3,369,000
Seat 6: Jason Glass – 629,000
Seat 7: David Rheem – 2,586,000
Seat 8: Thomas Keller – 245,000
Seat 9: Garrett Beckman – 1,860,000

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Chris Klodnicki – 2,496,000
Seat 2: Kido Pham – 1,600,000
Seat 3: Aaron Keay – 990,000
Seat 4: Anthony Scherer – 2,245,000
Seat 5: Alfredo Fernandez – 3,053,000
Seat 6: Peter Eastgate – 2,629,000
Seat 7: Toni Judet – 3,031,000
Seat 8: Scott Montgomery – 1,669,000
Seat 9: Mauro Lupo – 2,261,000

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Greg Byard – 1,189,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Plens – 1,870,000
Seat 3: Nhan Le – 2,190,000
Seat 4: Justin Sadauskas – 2,000,000
Seat 5: Keith Hawkins – 636,000
Seat 6: Eric Bamer – 479,000
Seat 7: Cristian Dragomir – 2,372,000
Seat 8: Dean Hamrick – 1,905,000
Seat 9: Joe Bishop – 1,570,000

(Table 4)
Seat 1: Geert Jans – 1,633,000
Seat 2: Justin Scott – 1,971,000
Seat 3: Alan Gould – 1,838,000
Seat 4: Daniel Buzgon – 876,000
Seat 5: Alex Outhred – 699,000
Seat 6: Albert Kim – 3,734,000
Seat 7: David Saab – 1,705,000
Seat 8: Nikolay Losev – 4,058,000
Seat 9: Matt Matros – 766,000

(Table 5)
Seat 1: Jeremy Joseph – 3,100,000
Seat 2: Mark Ketteringham – 5,800,000
Seat 3: Gert Andersen – 1,447,000
Seat 4: Brandon Cantu – 2,288,000
Seat 5: David Benefield – 2,490,000
Seat 6: Dennis Phillips – 3,436,000
Seat 7: Sean Davis – 861,000
Seat 8: Michael Carroll – 957,000
Seat 9: Mark Owens – 595,000

(Table 6)
Seat 1: Rafael Caiaffa – 1,338,000
Seat 2: Steve Lade – 3,225,000
Seat 3: Ivan Demidov – 2,185,000
Seat 4: Phi Nguyen – 1,540,000
Seat 5: Adam Levy – 767,000
Seat 6: Nicholas Sliwinski – 2,236,000
Seat 7: Suresh Prabhu – 1,175,000
Seat 8: Ylon Schwartz – 816,000
Seat 9: Victor Ramdin – 795,000

(Table 7)
Seat 1: James McManus – 2,434,000
Seat 2: Tim Loecke – 996,000
Seat 3: Phil Hellmuth – 721,000
Seat 4: Allen Kennedy – 1,153,000
Seat 5: Kelly Kim – 2,425,000
Seat 6: Larry Wright – 1,502,000
Seat 7: Jason Riesenberg – 2,217,000
Seat 8: Andrew Rosskamm – 1,593,000
Seat 9: Clint Schafer – 1,123,000

(Table 8)
Seat 1: Chris Crilly – 1,183,000
Seat 2: Craig Marquis – 1,748,000
Seat 3: Felix Osterland – 786,000
Seat 4: Jamal Sawaqdeh – 888,000
Seat 5: Jamal Kunbuz – 3,327,000
Seat 7: Mike Matusow – 1,169,000
Seat 8: Tiffany Michelle – 3,438,000
Seat 9: Jeremy Gaubert – 578,000

(Table 9)
Seat 1: Craig Stein – 440,000
Seat 2: Niklas Flisberg – 1,264,000
Seat 3: Mark Wilds – 485,000
Seat 4: Andrew Brokos – Did Not Report (approx. 4,080,000)
Seat 6: Lisa Parsons – 581,000
Seat 7: Peter Neff – 1,275,000
Seat 8: Darus Suharto – 1,057,000
Seat 9: Owen Crowe – 1,050,000

Join us at noon for the latest live updates as the countdown continues to the final table.

07-13-2008 12:04 UTC-7

Play To Begin Soon

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The official start of Day 6 is running slightly behind schedule, however, the cards should be in the air very soon.

07-13-2008 12:07 UTC-7

Sitting This One Out

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As we reported just prior to the conclusion of last night's play, Phil Hellmuth will be serving a one-orbit penalty and sitting out the first nine hands of play. With the blinds and antes where they are, this time-out will cost Hellmuth a total of 81,000 chips, or roughly 11% of his total stack.

It should come as no suprise that Hellmuth starts Day 6 back at the main ESPN featured table on the Milwaukee's Best Light stage. With just moments until the cards are in the air, the other eight players have arrived, unbagged their chips, and have been mic'd up by the crew, but "The Poker Brat" is nowhere in sight.

07-13-2008 12:15 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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With the button in seat 9, the cards are in the air.

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

07-13-2008 12:20 UTC-7

Off the Hook

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Just before the announcement of "shuffle up and deal," Hellmuth strolled into the tournament area and took his seat. He was dealt into the first hand which he raised from under the gun, winning the blinds and antes.

When a floor supervisor was asked about the alleged one-round penalty Hellmuth was to serve, a reply of "it's been overruled" was given.

07-13-2008 12:24 UTC-7

Phil Hellmuth's One-Orbit Penalty Overturned

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Many people were surprised when Phil Hellmuth sat down at the ESPN Featured Table and played the first hand of the day after receiving a one-round penalty for his behavior during the final hand of play last night.

When asked why Hellmuth was not sitting out, WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack told us, "The penalty has been overturned, and we will be issuing a formal statement shortly."

Stay tuned for more on this development.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

07-13-2008 12:26 UTC-7

Thomas Keller Doubles Through Aaron Gordon

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Thomas Keller was all in before the flop with pocket nines and was up against Aaron Gordon's {A-Diamonds}

. Gordon caught a gutshot draw on the {10-Clubs}

flop but the board ran out {2-Diamonds}

and Keller doubled up.

07-13-2008 12:28 UTC-7

Hellmuth Mixing It Up Early

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James McManus raised to 77,000 from late position and Phil Hellmuth called from the button. The blinds passed and it was heads up to the flop.

The flop fell {Q-Diamonds}