Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day

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Jordan Rich Both Lucky and Good

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Nick Schulman is Back to Reinforce His Final Table Prediction

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Ryan Daut the Final Table Shortstack

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Devilfish Looking for His Second WPT Title

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Ken Rosen

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Ted Kearly's Third Poker Tournament Ever

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Official Seating & Chip Counts for WPT Final Table

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Here are the official chip counts for tomorrow's WPT final table: Seat 1 - Ken Rosen - 1,135,000 Seat 2 - Ted Kearly - 1,620,000 Seat 3 - Jordan Rich - 6,585,000 Seat 4 - Eugene Katchalov - 8,360,000 Seat 5 - Ryan Daut - 330,000 Seat 6 - David "Devilfish" Ulliott - 1,900,000 There is 12:59 left in level 23, with blinds at 40,000-80,000, with a 10,000 ante. The button will start in seat 1 with Ken Rosen. Stay tuned this evening for video interviews from Kimberly Lansing and you can scroll down for a recap of today's action. Bios on the six final tablists will be posted in the morning. The final table is scheduled to start at 4:00 pm Pacific, but if you are in Las Vegas and you'd like to watch in person, it's recommended that you line up by 2:00 pm. (Seating begins one hour before showtime, and the early audience is used for some extra applause footage.) WPT tapings are very popular here at Bellagio, and if you show up late, you might have to wait a while for a seat to open up. If you can't watch it live, return to WorldPokerTour.com tomorrow at 4:00 pm Pacific (7:00 pm Eastern) for live hand-by-hand coverage of every single check, bet, call, raise, and fold.

Day 5 of the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic

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Final Six Set; Eugene Katchalov is the Chip Leader The remaining 18 players returned today to battle down to the final six competitors. Those six will have the opportunity to return tomorrow and battle for the first-place prize of $2,482,605. Among them were four former WPT champions and a mountain of experience. All eyes were focused on Daniel Negreanu, who came into the day with the chip lead, and the support of the majority of the rail. But just five hands into the day, Negreanu would lose his lead, and much of his momentum. Peter Jetten moved all in for 252,000 and Ryan Daut reraised to 500,000. Negreanu moved all in behind him and Daut called all in for his last 1,297,000. Jetten showed KJ, Negreanu showed KK, but Daut was way ahead with AA. The board gave no help to either Jetten or Negreanu and Daut more than doubled up to the chip lead. Negreanu took a big hit to his stack and Jetten was the first casualty of the day. Mark Muchnik (17th) and Daniel Shiff (16th) were then quickly sent to the rail, making way for Todd Brunson’s elimination. Brunson had been crippled in an earlier hand with Ray Davis and he found himself all in and in dire need of an ace to beat Ted Kearly’s pocket kings. Brunson couldn’t hit on the river and the son of the legend that this tournament was named for was eliminated in 15th place. Negreanu stayed relatively steady with his short stack for a while but he finally got it all in with top pair and a flush draw against Matt Casterella’s two pair. Negreanu failed to catch up and he was busted in 14th place, much to the disappointment of the fans that showed up to support him. After Rodeen Talebi’s elimination in 13th place, play grinded to a near halt. The short stacks tried their best to speed up the process, but the short stacks seemed to have no problem drawing out to survive in a never ending flurry of double ups. It would take over an hour before the next player faltered. Jordan Rich raised to 120,000, and John Monnette called from the small blind. The flop came 1085 and Monette led out with 210,000. Rich moved all in behind him and Monnette quickly called. Rich turned over QJ for a gutshot straight draw, while Monnette showed 1010 for top set. The turn brought the 9, putting Rich ahead. Monnette needed the board to pair to stay alive, but the 6 fell on the river putting him out of the tournament in 12th place and catapulting Rich into the chip lead. Hand-for-hand play began on the final-table bubble and Rich had no problem bullying his table until Bill Kontaratos finally fell in 11th place. The players then redrew for new seats, here were the chip counts heading into the final table: Seat 1 - Ken Rosen - 1,405,000 Seat 2 - Ted Kearly - 2,750,000 Seat 3 - Erick Lindgren - 1,230,000 Seat 4 - Raymond Davis - 1,360,000 Seat 5 - Jimmy Tran - 1,350,000 Seat 6 - Jordan Rich - 4,185,000 Seat 7 - Eugene Katchalov - 2,110,000 Seat 8 - Ryan Daut - 3,575,000 Seat 9 - David "Devilfish" Ulliott - 1,590,000 Seat 10 - Matthew Casterella - 625,000 Casterella had been riding his short stack for quite some time, but he was able to double up twice against Tran even though he was a huge underdog in both hands. First he cracked Tran's pocket queens with pocket fives and then his J-10 offsuit backdoored a straight against Tran's set of kings. As a result of the suckouts, the tension at the table grew and finally boiled over when Lindgren got it all in. Lindgren raised from the cutoff to 160,000 and Davis called from the button. Rich also called from the big blind and the flop came down 744. Rich led for 300,000 and Lindgren moved all in for 1,030,000. Davis got out of the way and Rich went into the tank. Eventually, he made the call showing 107. Lindgren turned over 88 and was a big favorite to double up, but the turn card was the 10 leaving only two outs in the deck for Lindgren. The river was the 3 and Lindgren was sent to the rail in 10th place. At this point, Rich had secured a massive lead with over 9,000,000 in chips. His closest competitor was sitting on just under 3,000,000. Casterella had been short despite his good fortune earlier, and finally got it all in against Davis’ pocket tens. He failed to improve on his K-9 and finally went out in ninth place. Tran had both given and received some of the harshest bad beats of the day. In the end they finally caught up to him as his A-7 went all in preflop against the J-10 of Rich. Rich caught a jack on the turn and Tran’s roller coaster ride of a day finally came to an end in eighth place. On the TV table bubble, Katchalov started to make some moves, doubling up twice, once with A-5 against Daut’s pocket jacks, and the other with pocket eights against Rich’s pocket tens. This brought Rich back down to earth and finally gave him a contender he could see in his rear-view mirror. Katchalov would ultimately be responsible for ending the day when he got into a classic race situation with Davis. Davis got it all in with pocket queens against Katchalov’s big slick. The board came out safe for Davis until the ace on the river ended his tournament making him the TV bubble boy. This pot catapulted Katchalov into the chip lead for the first time. Here are the final six players and their chip counts heading into tomorrow. Seat 1 - Ken Rosen – 1,135,000 Seat 2 - Ted Kearly – 1,620,000 Seat 3 – Jordan Rich – 6,585,000 Seat 4 – Eugene Katchalov – 8,360,000 Seat 5 – Ryan Daut – 330,000 Seat 6 – David Ulliott – 1,900,000

Hand #80: Raymond Davis Eliminated in 7th Place ($173,445)

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|:img:4658,R:|Hand #80 - David "Devilfish" Ulliott has the button in seat 9, Davis limps under the gun for 80,000, Katchalov raises from late position to 320,000, Davis moves all in, and Katchalov immediately calls with AK. Davis shows QQ, and it's the classic race situation. Davis needs his pair to hold to stay alive. The flop comes 1083, and Davis retains the lead. The turn card is the 6, and the river is the -- A! Eugene Katchalov rivers a pair of aces to win the pot. Raymond Davis is eliminated in seventh place, earning $173,445. The final six players will now count down their chips, bag and tag them, and then fill out their WPT bio sheets. Stay tuned for video interviews of the final tablists with Kimberly Lansing.