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Poker.co.uk - Poker News Archive
Monday 16th July 2007 WSOP Main Event Down to Final Table
The World Series Of Poker (WSOP) has now reached its final stages with the nine victorious players of the Final Table using today’s rest day to prepare for one last hurrah, or Harrah if you will, on Tuesday at 12:00pm PDT.
Saturday saw the original field of 6,358 thinned down to the remaining 36 best players. One player to go home early was 1996 main event winner Huckleberry ‘Huck’ Seed as he busted out alongside Copenhagen-born Gus Hansen and Costa Rican professional Humberto Brenes.
In one of the highlights of the Main Event so far, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, a Norwegian who only turned 21 three weeks ago, pushed another player all-in with an ace and king of diamonds, while his opponent flipped over pocket eights. A jack and ten of diamonds and a jack of hearts came on the flop with a six of diamonds coming on the turn to give Mikkelsen a flush and leaving his opponent hoping for an eight or jack for a full house. A queen of diamonds on the river shut the door, giving Mikkelsen a royal flush and a cry from the television-studio audience at the Las Vegas event.
However, all eyes will now be on the final table, which has been wiped down and primed for its Tuesday 12:00 noon PDT start time.
The final nine players are as follows:
Seat 1 - Jon Kalmar - 20.32 million
Seat 2 - Lee Childs - 13.24 million
Seat 3 - Philip Hilm - 22.07 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 8.45 million
Seat 5 - Raymond Rahme - 16.32 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 21.315 million
Seat 7 - Alex Kravchenko - 6.57 million
Seat 8 - Lee Watkinson - 9.925 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 9.205 million
This year’s prize pool is as follows:
1st - $8,250,000
2nd - $4,840,981
3rd - $3,048,025
4th - $1,852,721
5th - $1,255,069
6th - $956,243
7th - $705,229
8th - $585,934
9th - $525,934
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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