Greg Who?
"Greg Booth raises from the button to 35,000 . . . and wins the blinds and antes" announced Tournament Director and final table announcer Robbie Thompson.
"Ummm, my real name is actually Doug" stated Doug Booth.
"Greg Booth raises from the button to 35,000 . . . and wins the blinds and antes" announced Tournament Director and final table announcer Robbie Thompson.
"Ummm, my real name is actually Doug" stated Doug Booth.
Eric Kesselman opened to 32,000 from under the gun and John Juanda made the call.
Juanda stood pat as Kesselman drew one before both players checked it down.
Juanda tabled his and Kesselman mucked his hand to give Juanda the pot.
David Baker opened for 36,000 from the cutoff, and Eric Kesselman called from the small blind. Kesselman took one card, and Baker took two.
Kesselman pushed out a bet of 42,000, then Baker raised to 124,000. Kesselman thought about thirty seconds, then let it go.
Baker increases his chip lead, moving to 725,000. Kesselman has 500,000.
Eric Kesselman opened to 26,000 from middle position and Doug Booth made the call from the small blind.
With the action on Erik Seidel in the big blind, he moved all in for an additional 147,000 to prompt folds from both Kesselman and Booth as Seidel climbs to 249,000 in chips.
Daniel Negreanu is back on the short stack, but is doing what he can to change that.
Just now he open-pushed his stack of 143,000 all in from the button, earning him the blinds and antes. Then on the next hand he raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, and once again encouraged all to fold.
He's back up to 221,000 after those two hands, nearly even with John Juanda as the shortest stacks at the table.
David Baker opened to 36,000 from the cutoff, only to have John Juanda three-bet to 95,000 from the button.
Baker made the call drawing one against Juanda who stood pat.
Baker slid in two full 5,000-denomination stacks while announcing "all in!"
Juanda only had 131,000 in his stack but sat there mulling over a decision for nearly five minutes while shuffling chips and uttering inaudible banter to himself, and anyone that would listen.
Eventually Juanda made the call for his tournament life as Baker tapped the table and dropped his hand just next to the muck.
Juanda rolled over his {0x] while - as per WSOP rules - Baker's was tabled also as he slipped to 505,000 while Juanda doubled through to over 460,000 in chips.
David Baker raised to 36,000 from the hijack seat and it folded to Daniel Negreanu who pushed all in for about 180,000 from the small blind. George Danzer folded his BB, and Baker made the call.
Baker was standing pat and Negreanu drawing one. Baker tabled his hand -- -X-X-X. Negreanu then spread out the four he'd kept: . The dealer delivered his new fifth card, Negreanu squeezed, and turned over a .
Negreanu goes out in eighth, just shy of the official final table. Baker meanwhile moves up over 700,000. The remaining players are discussing whether or not to take a break now or wait until the end of the level.
The remaining seven players have had a discussion and decided that they will continue to play out at least the remaining 24 minutes on the clock - and possibly another 60 minutes after that - before taking their scheduled dinner break.
Tournament Director and Final Table Announcer Robbie Thompson is currently announcing to the crowd and railbirds each individual player profile.
Consequently, here are our own player profiles of the final seven.
Erik Seidel hardly needs an introduction. With eight WSOP bracelets, Seidel is one of very few people with a legitimate chance at tying or breaking Phil Hellmuth’s record of 11.
Seidel’s most recent bracelet came in 2007 in the $5,000 buy-in version (with rebuys) of this same event. Seidel also went deep in the $1,500 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball (No-Limit) event this summer, finishing 14th.
Doug Booth is a 40-year-old salesman from Bowling Green, Kentucky who has been playing poker for nearly two decades.
Among Booth’s accomplishments are a 38th-place finish at the 2002 Main Event and one other WSOP final table in 2005 in the $5,000 buy-in version of this same event.