Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 7 | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-13-2009 21:58 UTC-12

Day 7 Starting Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

[user38449]

Action is scheduled to resume at 12:00 p.m. local time.

(Table 1)
Seat 1: Steven Begleiter - 6,315,000
Seat 2: Craig Boyd - 650,000
Seat 3: Ryan Fair - 2,940,000
Seat 4: Ian Tavelli - 1,985,000
Seat 5: James Akenhead - 1,655,000
Seat 6: Hung Pham - 1,006,000
Seat 7: Mark Ader - 1,610,000
Seat 8: Warren Zackey - 1,400,000
Seat 9: Adam York - 3,515,000

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Darvin Moon - 9,745,000
Seat 2: George Caragiorgas - 2,670,000
Seat 3: James Calderaro - 1,810,000
Seat 4: Benjamin Jensen - 1,553,000
Seat 5: Thai Tran - 2,495,000
Seat 6: Joseph Ward - 2,575,000
Seat 7: Jordan Smith - 830,000
Seat 8: Adam Bilzerian - 3,305,000

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Jeff Shulman - 4,745,000
Seat 2: Scott Cook - 3,095,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Tamayo - 2,680,000
Seat 4: Leo Margets - 3,650,000
Seat 5: Jason Brice - 2,825,000
Seat 6: Grayson Ramage - 1,215,000
Seat 7: Andrew Lichtenberger - 3,190,000
Seat 8: Scott Bohlman - 865,000

(Table 4)
Seat 1: Ludovic Lacay - 5,965,000
Seat 2: Marco Mattes - 3,470,000
Seat 3: Scott Sitron - 1,330,000
Seat 4: Christopher Bach - 2,765,000
Seat 5: Manuel Labandeira - 765,000
Seat 6: Tommy Vedes - 5,430,000
Seat 7: Fabrice Soulier - 3,025,000
Seat 8: Phil Ivey - 6,345,000

(Table 5)
Seat 1: Marc McLaughlin - 2,895,000
Seat 2: Hieu Luu - 4,755,000
Seat 3: Kevin Schaffel - 3,685,000
Seat 4: Billy Kopp - 8,245,000
Seat 5: Tom Schneider - 2,895,000
Seat 6: Charlie Elias - 4,190,000
Seat 7: Blair Rodman - 2,130,000
Seat 8: Luis Nargentino - 3,825,000

(Table 6)
Seat 1: Miika Puumalainen - 3,200,000
Seat 2: Francois Balmigere - 2,025,000
Seat 3: Dennis Phillips - 2,305,000
Seat 4: Joseph Cada - 3,880,000
Seat 5: Steve Sanders - 3,360,000
Seat 6: Joe Sebok - 1,000,000
Seat 7: Nick Maimone - 4,900,000

(Table 7)
Seat 1: Antoine Saout - 5,195,000
Seat 2: Bradley Craig - 2,445,000
Seat 3: Montagna Corrado - 860,000
Seat 4: Jeff Duvall - 3,935,000
Seat 5: Michael Jansen - 820,000
Seat 6: Gabriel Vezina - 1,250,000
Seat 7: Prahlad Friedman - 840,000
Seat 8: Eugene Katchalov - 3,300,000

(Table 8)
Seat 1: Martin Lapostolle - 940,000
Seat 2: Eric Buchman - 2,495,000
Seat 3: Antonio Esfandiari - 5,610,000
Seat 4: Ben Lamb - 4,975,000
Seat 5: Jamie Robbins - 2,895,000
Seat 6: Jesse Haabak - 3,345,000
Seat 7: John Martin - 3,080,000
Seat 8: George Saca - 3,020,000

07-14-2009 07:05 UTC-12

Day 7 Just a Few Minutes Away

Shamus

A nervous excitement in the air as we're just a few minutes away from the restart of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. All 64 players are in their seats and filling out bio sheets for WSOP tournament staff. Back in a few.

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

07-14-2009 07:13 UTC-12

Game On

Shamus

Tournament Director Jack Effel has instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal, and the first hands of Day 7 are being dealt on our eight tables.

07-14-2009 07:13 UTC-12

The Secondary Feature Table

donpeters

Here's how things are stacking up over on the secondary feature table to begin the day. The nine hole is empty, but should be filled up shortly and we'll let you know who drops in.

Seat 1: Jeff Shulman (4,745,000) has over 1.3 million in career tournament earnings and making his 14th WSOP cash. In 2000, Shulman finished 7th in the Main Event and 31st in the 2003.

Seat 2: Scott Cook (3,095,000) has just over $15,000 in career tournament earnings and is making his second WSOP cash.

Seat 3: Jonathan Tamayo (2,680,000) has nearly $190,000 in career tournament earnings and seven prvious cashes at the WSOP. His biggest cash and best finish came last year when he placed second in the $1,500 Mixed Hold'em event.

Seat 4: Leo Margets (3,650,000) is the only woman left in the Main Event. She has under $10,000 in career tournament earnings and no previous WSOP cashes.

Seat 5: Jason Brice (2,825,000) has over $200,000 in career tournament earnings and two previous WSOP cashes. This is his first cash in the Main Event.

Seat 6: Grayson Ramage (1,215,000) has two WSOP cashes on his resume totaling under $10,000. Both cashes came this year.

Seat 7: Andrew Lichtenberger (3,190,000) has over $370,000 in career tournament winnings. He has four WSOP cashes prior to this Main Event, all coming this year. Lichtenberger finished second in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout for over $215,000 this WSOP.

Seat 8: Scott Bohlman (865,000) has over $575,000 in tournament earnings and 14 prior WSOP cashes. His best Main Event finish was back in 2005 where he placed 216th. Bohlman also made a final table earlier in the Series this year, finishing 3rd.

07-14-2009 07:16 UTC-12

Meet and Greet

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While we were waiting for all of the players to fill out their bio sheets for ESPN before the start of play, several of the players were milling around and chatting with each other. Joe Sebok and Dennis Phillips had a lengthy conversation by the rail. They were eventually joined by Phil Ivey.

Ivey was dressed in a button-down shirt that was trailing out from under an over-sized PokerRoad sweatshirt. Sebok and Amanda Leatherman decided it wasn't a good look and Sebok went to retrieve a PokerRoad patch from his bag while Leatherman instructed Ivey to lose the sweatshirt. They got Ivey situated and sent him on his way.

"I'm not his mother," joked Sebok.

"It feels that way sometimes," Leatherman agreed.

Phillips, meanwhile, trailed after Ivey and asked Ivey to sign the red St. Louis Cardinals cap that Phillips was wearing, which already had several signatures on it. "I'm going to auction it off for charity," Phillips told Ivey. Ivey graciously agreed to sign the hat for Phillips.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Joe Sebok Phil Ivey

07-14-2009 07:17 UTC-12

Kopp Avoids Conflict, Small One for Luu

Shamus

Billy Kopp opened with a raise to 120,000 from early position, and the table folded back around to Hieu Luu who called from the big blind.

The flop came {8-Hearts}

. Luu pushed out a bet of 225,000, and Kopp folded, showing his {7-Diamonds}

as he did.

Tags: Billy Kopp Hung Luu

07-14-2009 07:18 UTC-12

Prahlad Friedman Eliminated in 64th Place ($90,344)

[user25067]

Prahlad Friedman moved all in for 840,000 from the cutoff and Bradley Craig snap-called from the big blind, standing up from his chair and tabling {A-Diamonds}

. Friedman showed {K-Hearts}

, his hand dominated.

Friedman could not improve on the {9-Diamonds}

board and he hit the rail in 64th place.

Tags: Prahlad Friedman

07-14-2009 07:20 UTC-12

Early Victory for Vedes

Shamus

Tommy Vedes raised to 130,000 from middle position, Phil Ivey called from the cutoff, and Ludovic Lacay called as well from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and the flop came {A-Diamonds}