New Chipleader - Phil Ivey

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

With his elimination of Jon Friedberg, Phil Ivey breaks the million chip mark and takes the lead in the tournament. He now has 1,175,000 narrowly surpassing Darrell Dicken's 1,150,000.

Jon Friedberg Eliminated in 8th Place ($57,637)

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

Jon Friedberg raises 60k from the cutoff. Phil Ivey re-raises to 200k from the button and Friedberg moves all-in for another 260k. Ivey calls. Friedberg has AT Ivey has JJ The flop comes 1084 giving Jon a pair but he still needs to improve. The turn is the 2 and river is the 9 to eliminate Jon from the tournament. For his 8th place finish Jon earns $57,637. We are now on the TV table bubble.

Filippi Takes Pot from Friedberg

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

Jon Friedberg opens the pot from the cut-off for 60,000. Amnon Filippi calls from the big blind. Flop comes KQ10. Both players check. Turn is the 2. Both players check. River is the 3. Amnon bets 100,000. Friedberg calls. Filippi turns over KJ and Friedberg mucks.

Amnon Doubles Up Friedberg

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

Amnon Filippi raises to 45k from middle position. Folded to Jon Friedberg in the big blind who moves all-in for 268k more. Both players table their cards, Amnon shows 99 and Friedberg has A8. The flop comes 655 and Amnon is still in front but Friedberg spikes the A on the turn. The river is a the 3 and Friedberg doubles up to 700k.

Chip Leaders Tangling

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

The two chip leaders, Amnon Filippi and Darrell Dicken, are not staying out of each others way. In the first head-to-head match, Dicken raises 60,000 pre-flop and Filippi calls. Post flop, Filippi fires out 80,000. Dicken after thinking for a few minutes reluctantly tosses his cards in the muck. On the very next hand, Filippi makes it 60,000 to go and Dicken is the only caller. Post flop they both check, but on the turn Dicken pushes 80,000 into the pot and gets Filippi to fold.

Jonathan Little Doubles Through Richard Kirsch

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

Phil Ivey raises from early position to 60,000, Richard Kirsch calls from the button, Jonathan Little moves all in from the small blind for 301,000, Ivey folds, and Kirsch calls with [Ac Qd]. Little shows [9d 9s], and it's a race situation. The board comes [Kd 6h 3c 2s Js], and Little's pocket nines hold up to win the pot, doubling Little's stack to 705,000.

Burn and Turn???

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

Phil Ivey raises to 60,000 from early position and the field folds to Cory Carroll who makes the call. The flop comes Q87, and Carroll checks to Ivey who bets 100,000. Carroll calls and the turn brings the K. Carroll checks to Ivey who doesn't get a chance to act before the dealer burns and turns the river. The would be Q hits the board, but is pulled back and shuffled into the remaining deck. The new river card is the 6, and after all of the confusion both players check and Carroll shows Q10 for the best hand. Ivey shakes his head in disgust and throws his cards into the muck.

Official Chip Counts From the Break

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

Here are the official chip counts from the break: 1. Richard Kirsch - 794,000 2. Jonathan Little - 496,000 3. Cory Carroll - 695,000 4. Jon Friedberg - 377,000 5. Phil Ivey - 690,000 6. Darrell 'Gigabet' Dicken - 1,053,000 7. Amnon Filippi - 975,000 8. David Peat - 688,000 As you can see, Dicken has regained his chip lead, so he adapted to his temporarily average stack rather well. With eight players remaining, the average stack is 772,500 -- only Dicken and Filippi are substantially above that mark. On the other side, Friedberg's stack is the shortest (less than half the average) with less than 19 big blinds. Two of these players will go home today, while the other six advance to the first WPT Final Table of Season VI. Here's a reminder of the prizes left to be paid out: 8th Place - $57,637 7th Place - $72,047 6th Place - $100,865 5th Place - $129,684 4th Place - $172,912 3rd Place - $259,369 2nd Place - $561,966 1st Place - $1,091,795

Level 16

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante

The players return from their break to start Level 16, with blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a 3,000 ante.

Randy Holland: 9th Place Finisher ($46,110)

Level 7: 200,000-400,000, 50,000 ante