Theo Jorgensen of Copenhagen, Denmark began Day 7 with the chip lead, and has already added some to his stack here in the early going. Jorgensen has been out in front at the end of tournaments quite a bit lately, as his 2010 Main Event follows a series of impressive recent performances.
After accumulating several big cashes in Europe, Jorgensen has become a familiar face here at the WSOP over the past few years, making four final tables in preliminary events since 2007. He's also had significant success over at the WSOPE in London, where he final tabled the Main Event there in 2007 (finishing eighth), and won a bracelet in 2008 in the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event.
And in May of this year, Jorgensen won his first World Poker Tour title, taking down the €10,000 Grand Prix de Paris. That recent strong finish may serve him well today as he tries preserve a good chip position moving into the latter stages of the tourney.
Peter Jetten raised to 125,000 from under the gun. Edward Ochana, who finally decided to show up to Day 7 of the Main Event, made the call from the cutoff. Gary Dishongh also called from the big blind.
The flop came down and action checked to Ochana. He moved all in. Dishongh only has 550,000 behind and Jetten 800,000. Dishongh called all in and Jetten folded. Ochana held the for a set of sevens and was crushing the for Dishongh.
The turn was the and Dishongh picked up a heart draw. The river completed that draw with the and earned him a bit more than a double. He's now up to 1.5 million in chips while Ochana dropped to 4.9 million.
Brock Bourne was all in for 50,000 from under the gun. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 200,000 to get some isolation and everyone else folded. Subramaniam held the and Bourne the .
The board ran out and Bourne was eliminated. Subramaniam moved to 1.84 million in chips.
With the recent table break, the secondary feature table has been joined by big stacks Gabe Costner and Alexander Kostritsyn.
However Kostritsyn arrived with the wrong seating card. He had the card for the four seat (currently occupied by William Thorson) instead of the vacant five seat.
Thorson looked up from his seat and questioned with the tournament staff whether Kostritsyn was at the right table, perhaps not looking forward to having the talented young Russian sit down on his immediate left.
John Dolan and Jacobo Fernandez got all the money in preflop. Fernandez was the player at risk, all in for 425,000. He held the and Dolan the .
After the flop came down , Fernandez needed to dodge a flush draw and straight draw to stay alive. The turn was the and the river the to miss all of Dolan's outs and doubled Fernandez back to 900,000. Dolan dropped to 2.7 million.
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William Thorson looking to improve on his 13th-place finish in the 2006 WSOP Main Event
Team PokerStars Pros have performed well at this summer's Main Event. J.P. Kelly of Team PokerStars U.K./Ireland finished 111th. And Gualter Salles of Team PokerStars Brazil made it to 117th after being down to a single yellow (1,000) chip on Day 5! Both Kelly and Salles earned $57,102 for their finishes.
Two other Team PokerStars Pros remain with chips here on Day 7. Johnny Lodden (Norway) began today with a little over 2.1 million chips, while William Thorson (Sweden) started with more than 7.1 million, good for fifth place to start the day.
Thorson has come close before in the Main Event, finishing 13th in 2006 -- the year of the largest ME field ever (8,773) -- for which he earned $907,128.
In a battle of the blinds, Ronnie Bardah raised it up to 140,000 from the small blind with Jakob Toestesen defending with a call from the big blind.
They took a flop of and Bardah led out for 155,000. Toestesen made the call. The turn was the and Bardah fired a second barrel worth 295,000. Again Toestesen decided to make the call as the fell on the river. The four hearts on board didn't slow Bardah, as he released a third bullet worth 500,000. Toestesen paid to see but mucked when Bardah showed for the nut flush.
Bardah climbs to 3.55 million with Toestesen back down to about 2.7 million.
From the small blind, Meenakshi Subramaniam bet 175,000 on the heads-up flop of .. Scott Clements was in the big blind and made the call.
The turn added the to the board and Subramaniam checked. Clements fired 200,000 and Subramaniam raise to 500,000. Clements didn't go anywhere, sticking in the call.
The river was the and both players checked. Subramaniam showed the and Clements the .
Subramaniam dropped to under one million and Clements to 2.7 million.
Alexander Kostritsyn raised it up from early position with Redmond Lee defending his big blind with a call to see a flop of .
Lee decided that was a good flop to lead into with a bet of 175,000. It wasn't meant to be as easy as that, as Kostritsyn made the call to see the fall on the turn.
Lee kicked it up a gear by moving all in. This forced a fold from the Russian as Lee chips up to 2.17 million. Kostrtitsyn is back to 2.95 million.
and action checked to Ochana. He moved all in. Dishongh only has 550,000 behind and Jetten 800,000. Dishongh called all in and Jetten folded. Ochana held the 
for a set of sevens and was crushing the 
for Dishongh.
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and earned him a bit more than a double. He's now up to 1.5 million in chips while Ochana dropped to 4.9 million.
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and the river the 
fell on the river. The four hearts on board didn't slow Bardah, as he released a third bullet worth 500,000. Toestesen paid to see but mucked when Bardah showed 
.. Scott Clements was in the big blind and made the call.
and Clements the 
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