Live Tournament Updates
Gus Hansen - 8,570,000
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Video description: Gus Hansen enters his seventh WPT Final Table, and is looking for his record-setting fourth WPT Title, as the chipleader with 8,570,000.
Sorted In: WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Season VI
09:07 PM, 04/24/08
Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Tommy Legend
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Video description: Tommy Le enters his first WPT Final Table in fifth place with 1,950,000.
Sorted In: WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Season VI
09:05 PM, 04/24/08
Cory Carroll - 6,670,000
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Video description: Cory Carroll enters his second WPT Final Table of Season VI in second place with 6,670,000.
Sorted In: WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Season VI
09:04 PM, 04/24/08
David Chiu - 6,050,000
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Video description: David Chiu enters his second WPT Final Table in third place with 6,050,000.
Sorted In: WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Season VI
09:03 PM, 04/24/08
John Roveto - 2,720,000
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Video description: John Roveto enters his first WPT Final Table in fourth place with 2,720,000.
Sorted In: WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Season VI
09:02 PM, 04/24/08
Jeff King - 1,305,000
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Video description: Jeff King enters his first WPT Final Table as the shortstack with 1,305,000.
Sorted In: WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Season VI
09:01 PM, 04/24/08
Day 5 of the WPT World Championship
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Final Table Set
The 17 remaining players came into the final two tables of the WPT World Championship with one goal in mind, the TV final table. First place walks away with $3,389,140, but everyone still contention was guaranteed to take home at least $105,525, not too bad of a payday.
The action started on the very first hand of play when Jeff Shulman tried to take advantage of Amir Vahedi being absent in the big blind. Shulman moved all in from the button, but was looked up by Kenny Tran in the small blind. Shulman showed A-6, but he was behind to Tran’s A-7. The board paired Tran and Shulman was sent home in 17th place.
Andy Black was the next to hit the rail, this time by a bad beat at the hands of Robert Mizrachi. Black was all in with A
A
against Mizrachi’s J
9, but the board came 10
10678 to send Black to the rail in a particularly brutal fashion.
The players then traded chips back and forth for over a level before the action picked back up again. During the lull, Tom Dwan put on his new flamingo hat and got into a few intense hands with Vahedi before a lunch from Noodles restaurant quieted the fire.
After the players got back from break, Gus Hansen took over, first taking out Nick Binger when he rivered a flush, and then taking out David Tran with pocket aces. His stack had ballooned to over 5 million, but there was still more to come.
Mizrachi then left the Fontana Lounge after his A-8 failed to catch up with Michael Gracz and his pocket jacks. Then David Chiu joined the 5 million club when his pocket queens held to beat Bryan Devonshire’s A-Q.
With 11 players remaining, the final table bubble could have gone on for a long while, but a cooler hand between Gracz and Hansen came down to send Gracz back to North Carolina and send Hansen into the final table with even more ammo. Gracz raised from middle position to 180,000 and Hansen called from the big blind. The flop came down 832 and Hansen checked. Gracz bet 400,000, Hansen put him all in and Gracz immediately called showing 22 for bottom set. Hansen turned over A5 for a gutshot straight draw and the nut flush draw. The turn and river came A10 and Gracz was eliminated by Hansen’s flush on the river.
Heading into the final table of ten, the chip counts were as follows:
Seat 1 – John Roveto – 850,000
Seat 2 – Karga Holt – 1,725,000
Seat 3 – Amir Vahedi – 3,120,000
Seat 4 – Gus Hansen – 7,680,000
Seat 5 – David Chiu – 5,130,000
Seat 6 – Tommy Le – 1,795,000
Seat 7 – Cory Carroll – 2,855,000
Seat 8 – Kenny Tran – 1,335,000
Seat 9 – Tom Dwan – 1,875,000
Seat 10 – Jeff King – 855,000
After about an hour of jockeying for position, Kenny Tran found himself all in with J8 against the pocket sevens of Dwan. The sevens held and Tran was eliminated. Despite the disappointment of missing the TV final table, the Tran family had a very successful tournament, as Kenny’s wife Jayde also finished in the money.
Dwan’s good fortune wouldn’t last, however, as a bad beat sent him home just 15 minutes later. Dwan got it all in with pocket kings against Carroll’s A-J, and an ace on the turn sealed his fate. Sadly, for the rest of us, there will not be a crazy hat at Saturday’s final table taping.
Holt was the next to go in a classic race situation. Holt was all in with pocket jacks against the A-K of Hansen. Hansen continued to run well in coin flips, as an ace of the flop gave him the pot and sent Holt packing in eighth place.
After doubling up Tommy Le, Vahedi was forced to work with a short stack. Eventually, he got it all in with against Hansen. Unfortunately, Hansen held a better pair and Vahedi was the unfortunate bubble boy.
The final six players will take tomorrow off and return on Saturday for the TV final table taping. Here are the chip counts for the final six players.
Seat 1 – John Roveto – 2,720,000
Seat 2 – Gus Hansen – 8,570,000
Seat 3 – David Chiu – 6,050,000
Seat 4 – Tommy Le – 1,950,000
Seat 5 – Cory Carroll – 6,670,000
Seat 6 – Jeff King – 1,305,000
08:40 PM, 04/24/08
Official Chip Counts
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
Here are the official chip counts for Saturday's televised WPT Final Table: Seat 1. John Roveto - 2,720,000 Seat 2. Gus Hansen - 8,570,000 Seat 3. David Chiu - 6,050,000 Seat 4. Tommy Le - 1,950,00 Seat 5. Cory Carroll - 6,670,000 Seat 6. Jeff King - 1,305,000 And here are the players who busted here on Day 5: 7th - Amir Vahedi - $237,435 8th - Karga Holt - $211,050 9th - Tom "Durrrr" Dwan - $184,670 10th - Kenny Tran - $158,290 11th - Michael Gracz - $131,910 12th - Bryan Devonshire - $131,910 13th - Robert Mizrachi - $131,910 14th - David Tran - $131,910 15th - Nick Binger - $131,910 16th - Andy Black - $105,525 17th - Jeff Shulman - $105,525
Sorted In: WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Season VI08:29 PM, 04/24/08
Hands #61-62: Amir Vahedi Eliminated in 7th Place ($237,435)
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
There are about 13 minutes left in Level 24, with blinds at 60,000-120,000 and a 15,000 ante.
Hand #61 - Cory Carroll has the button in seat 7, and Amir Vahedi raises under the gun to 810,000, winning the blinds and antes. Vahedi shows 8-8 as he collects the pot.
Hand #62 - Jeff King has the button in seat 10, Gus Hansen min-raises under the gun to 240,000, and Amir Vahedi calls from the big blind. The flop comes AQ4, Vahedi checks, Hansen bets 240,000, and Vahedi calls. The turn card is the 3, Vahedi moves all in for 480,000, and Hansen calls with A7 for a pair of aces. Vahedi shows Q8 for a pair of queens, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The river card is the 7, and Gus Hansen wins the pot with two pair, aces and sevens.
Amir Vahedi is eliminated in seventh place, earning $237,435.
08:16 PM, 04/24/08
Hands #59-60: Jeff King Doubles Through Cory Carroll
Level 28: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante
There are about 19 minutes left in Level 24, with blinds at 60,000-120,000 and a 15,000 ante.
Hand #59 - David Chiu has the button in seat 5, Gus Hansen raises from the cutoff to 360,000, Chiu reraises from the button to 1.21 million, and Hansen folds. David Chiu takes the pot.
Hand #60 - Tommy Le has the button in seat 6, Cory Carroll raises from the small blind to 650,000, and Jeff King calls all in from the big blind with QJ. Carroll shows 75, and he'll need to improve to bust King here.
The board comes J10265, and Jeff King wins the pot with a pair of jacks, doubling up.
08:12 PM, 04/24/08
