WSOP Main Event

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Re: WSOP Main Event ESPN's Featured Table Here is the lineup for ESPN's Featured Table, with approximate chip counts: Seat 1 - Kenny Tran - 7.3 million Seat 2 - Scott Freeman - 7.5 million Seat 3 - Bob Slezak - 4.1 million Seat 4 - Lee Watkinson - 3.35 million Seat 5 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 6.6 million Seat 6 - Jeff Bryan - 2.0 million Seat 7 - Philip Hilm - 9.34 million Seat 8 - William Spadea - 10.0 million Seat 9 - Ray Henson - 9.0 million

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Re: WSOP Main Event Re-Draw for Seats Our 27 remaining players have re-drawn to seats on three tables. Here's the new lineup: Table 1: Seat 1: Ryan Elson Seat 2: Scotty Nguyen Seat 3: Steven Garfinkle Seat 4: Daniel Alaei Seat 5: David Tran Seat 6: Jon Kalmar Seat 7: Jason Welch Seat 8: Tuan Lam Seat 9: Kevin Farry Table 2 (ESPN Featured Table) Seat 1: Kenny Tran Seat 2: Scott Freeman Seat 3: Bob Slezak Seat 4: Lee Watkinson Seat 5: Hevad "Rain" Khan Seat 6: Jeff Bryan Seat 7: Philip Hilm Seat 8: William Spadea Seat 9: Ray Henson Table 3: Seat 1: Bill Edler Seat 2: John Armbrust Seat 3: Mikkel Madsen Seat 4: Roy Winston Seat 5: Lee Childs Seat 6: Jerry Yang Seat 7: Raymond Rahme Seat 8: Alex Kravchenko Seat 9: Stefan Mattson

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Re: WSOP Main Event stirling job you are doing Gray cheers Damo

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Re: WSOP Main Event Scott Freeman vs. Hevad 'Rain' Khan In the third hand at the new Featured Table, Scott Freeman has the button in seat 2, Hevad 'Rain' Khan raises under the gun to 240,000, and Scott Freeman calls from the button. The flop comes , Khan checks, Freeman bets 325,000, and Khan folds.

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stirling job you are doing Gray cheers Damo

Cheers m8, keeping me occupied whilst watching the copa america final:ok

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Cheers m8' date=' keeping me occupied whilst watching the copa america final:ok[/quote'] its keeping me going whilst I play the FT of the $1K guarenteed on Boss :) Damo

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Re: WSOP Main Event Ray Henson vs. Lee Watkinson At the Featured Table, Ray Henson raises from middle position to 200,000, and Lee Watkinson calls from the small blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Watkinson bets 400,000, and Henson calls. The river card is the , and both players check. Watkinson shows A-J with the for the ace-high flush, and Henson says, "I can't beat that," as he mucks. Lee Watkinson takes the pot.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Four-Way Flop at the Featured Table At the Featured Table, Ray Henson raises from middle position to 200,000, Bob Slezak calls from the cutoff, Hevad 'Rain' Khan calls from the small blind, and Jeff Bryan calls from the big blind. There are four players to the flop with 890,000 in the pot. The flop comes , it's checked to Slezak who bets 350,000, and everyone folds. Bob Slezak takes the pot

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Re: WSOP Main Event Bill Edler: "The Stunning One" Throughout this whole tournament, one player has truly stood out as a first-class act. His name is Bill Edler. You might remember Edler winning $904,000 for first place in Event #45 ($5,000 6-handed NLHE) where he took home his first WSOP bracelet. Bill is not only a great poker player, but is modest, gracious, and has a very polite demeanor. He graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a law degree, but has never practiced, instead electing to play poker. He started out as a cash game player and has transitioned into the tournament world over the last 2 years. His best friends are Gavin Smith and Erick Lindgren. Smith even gave him his poker nickname-- "The Stunning One." Edler has placed 6th, 7th and 13th in various World Poker Tour events, making the final table at Bay 101 in March 2007. He recently won the $10,000 NLHE Heads-Up Championships at Crystal Park Casino in Southern California where he defeated Daniel Negreanu in his first match and Barry Greenstein in the finals. Make no mistake about Bill Edler-- he's a poker tournament machine. With 27 players left, he has 4.8 million chips and is in position to perhaps go all the way. Edler feels that in tournaments, if he finds himself in a coinflip situation, he has failed. Accoring to him, there is an art to building a stack without too many coinflips where you're risking your tournament life. Given the manner in which Bill handles himself with people, what a great ambassador for poker he could be as a WSOP Main Event Champion. Best of luck, Bill!

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its keeping me going whilst I play the FT of the $1K guarenteed on Boss :) Damo

Good luck mate!!

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Re: WSOP Main Event Billy Spadea Takes a 1.61 Million Pot Against Philip Hilm At the Featured Table, Bob Slezak raises from middle position to 240,000, Philip Hilm calls from the small blind, Billy Spades reraises from the big blind to 640,000, Slezak folds, and Hilm calls. The flop comes , Hilm checks, Spadea bets 600,000, and Hilm thinks for about 20 seconds before he folds. Billy Spadea takes the pot worth 1.61 million.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Scotty Nguyen Doubles Through Ryan Elson Ryan Elson fired out a raise of 375,000. Scotty Nguyen took a deep breath and moved all in for 1,875,000. Elson went into the tank as he asked Nguyen to count out his chips. The rowdy spectators on the rail began to shout and scream. Most of them were rooting for Nguyen. "Come on, Scotty!" one railbird yelled. "Go get them Scotty!" another screamed. "I'm the comeback kid," Nguyen said. Nguyen stood up as Elson pondered the call. "All In drink made me do it," Nguyen joked as he took a big sip off of the energy drink for the ESPN cameras. Elson counted his chips a couple of times before he called and said, "Let's party." Elson flipped over . Nguyen tabled . The flop was and Nguyen took the lead. Nguyen pumped his fist and his smile grew wider. Elson just sighed as he politely asked the dealer for a ten. The turn was the and the river was the . Scotty Nguyen took down the pot and increased his stack to almost 3.8 million. Elson took a big hit and slipped to under 3 million

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Re: WSOP Main Event Jeff Bryan Eliminated in 27th Place ($333,490) At the Featured Table, Jeff Bryan limps from the cutoff for 80,000, Philip Hilm raises from the button to 320,000, Bryan thinks for a bit before he moves all in for 1,375,000, and Hilm quickly calls with .Bryan shows , and he'll need to improve to stay alive. The flop comes , and Hilm retains the lead with ace high. The turn card is -- the ! Bryan takes the lead with a pair of tens. Hilm needs an ace or a king for a higher pair, or a jack for an ace-high straight. The river card is -- the ! Philip Hilm rivers an ace-high straight to win the pot. Jeff Bryan is eliminated in 27th place, earning $333,490.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Rahme Likes The River Bill Edler led out for 240,000 preflop and was called by Raymond Rahme. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and it was checked around again until the river when the fell. Rahme made it 200,000 and Edler came over the top for a total of 650,000. Rahme made the call and showed and Edler mucked. After the hand, Edler is at 3,100,000 while Rahme is at 6,000,000.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Scotty Nguyen Takes A Pot From Tuan Lam From under the gun, Nguyen raised to 280,000 and Lam called. The flop came and after Scotty checked Lam led out for 350K. Scotty called, and both players checked after the fell on the turn. When the arrived on the river Nguyen led out for 470K and that was enough to chase Lam out of the pot. "You wanna tango, we can tango," Scotty said.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Ray Henson Takes a Pot Worth 1.66 Million Against Lee Watkinson At the Featured Table, Lee Watkinson raises from middle position to 250,000, and Ray Henson calls form the small blind. The flop comes , Henson checks, Watkinson bets 500,000, Henson moves all in, and Watkinson folds. Ray Henson takes the pot worth 1.66 million.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Bob Slezak vs. Philip Hilm At the Featured Table, Bob Slezak raises under the gun to 250,000, and Philip Hilm calls from late position. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Slezak checks, Hilm bets 450,000, and Slezak folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Kenny Tran Reraises Hevad 'Rain' Khan At the Featured Table, Hevad 'Rain' Khan raises from early position to 240,000, Kenny Tran reraises from the button to 800,000, and Khan thinks for about 20 seconds before he folds. Tran takes the pot.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Hevad Khan: "Rain" Man Hevad Khan, known as "RainKhan" online, is a fun player to watch. He was the player with his tournament life on the line when he took his pocket queens against pocket aces and flopped quads. He was also the one who looked across the table on Day 5 as Humberto Brenes put his thumb up and said "all-in" with his A-K. Khan looked down and saw two aces and imitated Brenes' thumbs-up gesture as he moved all in himself. He knocked out the flamboyant Brenes (as well as his collection of sharks) on that hand. Khan is pretty vocal and flamboyant himself, as he has jumped around the room waving his chair over his head to celebrate victory after a big hand. If you Google "Rain Khan" you'll read his amazing story of playing up to 43 single-table sit and goes at once and getting banned by Poker Stars as a "bot." He decided to make a film documenting him playing 28 games at one and sent it to Poker Stars. The film convinced Poker Stars he was for real and his ban was subsequently lifted. Down to 27 players, Khan currently sits on a 6.3 million stack. His good friend David has moved over to Khan's ESPN Featured Table to root for him. "RainKhan" is making quite a name for himself this year. Last year in his first Main Event, he got knocked out on the first day. This year he just might make the final table.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Jon Kalmer Takes A Pot From Daniel Alaei From under the gun Alaei raised to 250K and Kalmer called. The flop came and Alaei led out for 320,000. Kalmer raised to 720K in total and that was the right amount to get Alaei out of the hand. Kalmer showed before scooping up the pot.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Lee Watkinson Takes a 1.2 Million Pot Against Philip Hilm At the Featured Table, Lee Watkinson raises from the button to 200,000, and Philip Hilm calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Hilm bets 340,000, and Watkinson calls. The turn card is the , Hilm checks, Watkinson bets 800,000, and Hilm folds. Lee Watkinson takes the pot worth 1.2 million.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Farry vs. Elson Kevin Farry raised to 175,000 from late position and Ryan Elson called from the cutoff. The flop was . Farry bet 250,000 and Elson called. The turn was the . Farry bet another 250,000 and Elson called. The river was the . Farry moved all in and Elson folded. After the hand, Farry was up to 3 million while Elson was down to 2.7 million

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Re: WSOP Main Event Ray Henson Reraises Philip Hilm Out of the Pot At the Featured Table, Philip Hilm raises from the cutoff to 240,000, Ray Henson reraises from the small blind to 665,000, and Hilm folds. Henson takes the pot

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Re: WSOP Main Event Ray Henson Reraises Two Pots in a Row At the Featured Table, Billy Spadea raises from the cutoff to 250,000, Ray Henson reraises from the button to 675,000, and Spadea thinks for about a minute before he folds. Henson takes the pot. That's the second hand in a row Ray Henson has made a preflop reraise to take down a pot.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Ray Henson Stays Aggressive At the Featured Table, after reraising preflop twice in a row, Ray Henson raises to 210,000, and everybody folds. Henson's aggression is paying off as he takes the blinds and the hands.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Stefan Mattsson Drops Two Hands In a Row On the first, Jerry Yang limped and then called when Mattsson raised to 310K from the cutoff. Both players checked after the flop and the on the turn, but when the fell on the river Yang bet 300K. Mattsson called, then mucked when Yang turned over for a set. Yang improved to 3.7 million while Mattsson slipped to 1.8 million. On the very next hand Mattsson raised to 225K from late position and John Armbrust called on the button. The flop came and Armbrust called Mattsson's 340,000 bet. The two checked after the on the turn and on the river, and this time Mattsson couldn't beat Armbrust's . His stack was thus reduced to 1.2 million while Armbrust is up to 5.3 million.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Lee Watkinson Moves In Against Kenny Tran At the Featured Table, Kenny Tran raises from the cutoff to 240,000, Lee Watkinson moves all in from the big blind for about 3.3 million, and Tran thinks for about two minutes before he folds. Watkinson takes the pot.

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Re: WSOP Main Event how many chips has the british lad got morls

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Re: WSOP Main Event Billy Spadea vs. Philip Hilm At the Featured Table, Philip Hilm limps from the small blind for 80,000, and Billy Spadea checks his option. The flop comes , and there is a surprisingly subdued reaction from the crowd. (Final table crowds usually ooh and aah at flops like this.) Hilm bets 110,000, and Spadea calls. The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , Hilm checks, Spadea bets 200,000, and Hilm calls. Spadea shows for a full house, tens full of threes, and Hilm mucks. Billy Spadea wins the pot

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Good luck mate!!

thanks - finished 2nd - I just kept running into monsters against my oppo when he was short stacked and kept doubling him up! LOL Damo off to bed! look forward to reading the rest tomorrow(today)