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Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Day 5 of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals
By Tom Bostic
The final ten gathered at the final table at noon today to play down to what would be one of the tougher World Poker Tour final tables in recent memory. Three players have already been here before, combining for a full 13 final table appearances. David “The Dragon” Pham tops the list with six, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has four, but only Jonathan Little (three final tables) has a WPT title. The others include a online heads-up specialist, an east coast preliminary event crusher, and a very solid semi-professional from New York.
Unfortunately for the four others, their television debut was cut short during the course of the day. Tom Nguyen was eliminated in 10th place when his top pair with a flush went down to the turned straight of Dmitri Haskaris. It would be another hour and a half before the next elimination when a short stacked Henry Doiban was sent home after his pair of tens failed to hold up against the A
Q of Jonathan Jaffe.
On the 67th hand of the Final table Jonathan Jaffe raised from the cutoff to 72,000 and Dimitri Haskaris reraised from the small blind to 172,000. Jaffe called and they saw a flop of K
109
. After a series of raises Haskaris was all in for a huge 3.7 million dollar pot with a set of tens. However, Jaffe showed Q
J for a flopped king-high straight. The turn and river failed to improve Haskaris and he was eliminated in 8th place. This was the biggest pot of the tournament and helped secure Jaffe’s lead going into tomorrow’s final table.
Anthony Newman has the distinction of being the dreaded TV final table bubble finisher. Newman hand played very solid for the past two days, but just could not seem to get anything going this afternoon. On the short stack for most of the day, Newman was all in with pocket fours against the KQ of Jonathan Little. The board came Q95A2 and Newman was eliminated in 6th place, earning 85,283.
Tomorrow’s action will begin at 5pm ET. Here are the official seating assignments and chip counts going into the final table:
Seat 1: David "The Dragon" Pham - 2,038,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Jaffe - 4,131,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Little - 2,021,000
Seat 4: Charles Marchese - 1,718,000
Seat 5: Jack Schanbacher - 1,592,000
Seat 6: Mike Matusow - 816,000
Join us tomorrow for what has shaped up to be a memorable final table as Matusow, Pham, Little, Jaffe, Marchese, and Schanbacher battle it out for the $1,120,310 first place prize.
08:48 PM, 11/10/08
Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Jonathan Jaffe
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Video description: Jonathan Jaffe enters his first WPT Final Table as the chipleader with 4,131,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals
03:25 PM, 11/10/08
David "The Dragon" Pham - 2,060,000
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Video description: David "The Dragon" Pham enters his seventh WPT Final Table, looking for his first WPT Title, second in chips with 2,060,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals
03:24 PM, 11/10/08
Jonathan Little - 2,021,000
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Video description: Season VI Player of the Year, Jonathan Little enters his fourth WPT Final Table third in chips with 2,021,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals
03:23 PM, 11/10/08
Mike Matusow - 816,000
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Video description: Mike Matusow enters his fourth WPT Final Table as the shortstack with 816,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals
03:21 PM, 11/10/08
Charles Marchese - 1,718,000
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Video description: Charles Marchese enters his first WPT Final Table (in his first-ever WPT event) fourth in chips with 1,718,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals
03:12 PM, 11/10/08
Jack Schanbacher - 1,592,000
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Video description: Jack Schanbacher enters his first WPT Final Table fifth in chips with 1,592,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals
03:08 PM, 11/10/08
Official Seating & Chip Counts For Day 4
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
The WPT final table is set and scheduled to begin tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:00 pm ET. Here are the official seating assignments and chip counts: Seat 1: David "The Dragon" Pham - 2,038,000 Seat 2: Jonathan Jaffe - 4,131,000 Seat 3: Jonathan Little - 2,021,000 Seat 4: Charles Marchese - 1,718,000 Seat 5: Jack Schanbacher - 1,592,000 Seat 6: Mike Matusow - 816,000 We'll be providing complete hand-for-hand coverage of every check, bet, call, raise, and fold, along with constantly updated chip counts. Stay tuned for video interviews with Amanda Leatherman.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Season VII, Foxwoods World Poker Finals01:58 PM, 11/10/08
Hand #109: Anthony Newman Eliminated in 7th Place ($85,283)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Level 23 Blinds at 20,000-40,000, with a 4,000 ante.
|:img:6453,R:|Hand #109 - Anthony Newman raises from middle position to 120,000, Jonathan Little reraises from the small blind to 320,000, Newman moves all in, and Little calls with KQ. Newman shows 44, and he'll need it to hold up to stay alive.
The board comes Q95A2, and Jonathan Little pairs his queen on the flop to win the pot.
Anthony Newman is eliminated in seventh place, earning $85,283.
The remaining six players are counting and verifying their chips, and then they will fill out WPT bios and receive their call times for tomorrow's interviews.
Official chip counts will be posted soon, and stay tuned for Amanda Leatherman's video interviews with tomorrow's WPT final tablists.
01:50 PM, 11/10/08
Hand #108: Jonathan Jaffe vs. Jonathan Little
Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Level 23 Blinds at 20,000-40,000, with a 4,000 ante.
|:img:6457,L:||:img:6460,R:|Hand #108 - Jonathan Jaffe completes the small blind to 40,000, and Jonathan Little checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes J105, Jaffe checks, Little bets 60,000, and Jaffe calls. The turn card is the K, and both players check. The river card pairs the board with the 10, Jaffe bets 85,000, and Little folds. Jonathan Jaffe takes the pot.
01:46 PM, 11/10/08
