261 Players Remain
Jul 13, '07
The field has narrowed to 261 and play shows no sign of slowing down. There are 21 players with more than $1,000,000 in chips and
PokerStars Supernova Dario Minieri is still the chip leader but has dropped to $1,900,000.
Tran Builds His Stack
Kenny Tran came into day four amongst the chip leaders and with $1,350,000 in chips, is making a strong push for the final table. Tran raised to $25,000 preflop and his opponent in seat two called. The flop came A
J
6
and both players checked. The turn was the J
and again both players checked. The river brought the 10
and Tran looked ready to fire. After a few seconds Tran decides against it and checks. The player in seat two checks behind and both players turn over their cards. The player in seat two shows 8
8
and Tran was holding K
K
. Tran took down the small pot and continues to hold strong near the top of the field.
Pete Had DeBest Hand
After a single preflop raise, Randy Jacobsen pushed all in from middle position. Pete DeBest was in the small blind with around $700,000 and called. The initial raiser got out of the way and Jacobsen, who qualifed on
PokerStars, turned over 9
9
. DeBest turned over his cards and said, "look who woke up in the small blind with aces," showing A
A
. The board came 6
4
2
J
Q
and Jacobsen was sent to the rail. After counting his newly acquired chips, DeBest shrugged his shoulders and said, "$980,000. Aw, I wanted to be a millionaire."
Not Afraid of the Champ
Hoa Nguyen made a small preflop raise and was called by Carlos Mortensen, Main Event champion in 2001. The flop came J
5
4
and Nguyen led out with a $30,000 bet. Mortensen called and the turn was the K
. Nguyen checked and Mortensen fired out $100,000. Nguyen reraised to $400,000 and Mortensen took a moment before calling. The river was the 7
and both players checked. Nguyen turned over J
4
, having flopped two pair and Mortensen just mucked his hand and was left with less than $200,000.
Scotty Makes a New Friend
Scotty Nguyen has found a new friend at his table in the early hours of day four and has been nice enough to give him some of his chips. Nguyen made a large preflop raise and was called by his friend in the seven seat. The flop came 9
9
2
and Nguyen bet out $34,000. The player in seat seven had Nguyen covered and pushed all in for around $450,000. Nguyen went deep into the tank and recalled an earlier hand with the same player. "You bluffing me now because I bluffed you earlier?" asked Nguyen. "I wouldn't do that. You're my idol Scotty." joked the player in seat seven. Nguyen folded 7
7 face up in an effort to get his opponent to do the same. The player in seat seven folded his cards face down and Nguyen quickly reached out to grab them. Nguyen was obviously joking and didn't actually grab the cards and continued to probe his "friend" for information. "You had A-9 or some sh** like that. I thought we were friends baby, you tried to embarass me on national TV!"
| Gus Hansen |
1,180,000 |
| Lee Watkinson |
737,000 |
| Huck Seed |
650,000 |
| Julian Gardner |
630,000 |
| Chad Brown |
600,000 |
| David Tran |
580,000 |
| Alex Kravchenko |
550,000 |
| Bill Edler |
550,000 |
| Daniel Alaei |
520,000 |
| Cliff Pappas |
410,000 |
| Scotty Nguyen |
410,000 |
| Thor Hansen |
400,000 |
| Nick Binger |
400,000 |
| Jason Lester |
355,000 |
| David Levi |
350,000 |
| Humberto Brenes |
220,000 |
| Bill Baxter |
190,000 |
Pokerstars Online Qualifiers
| Ryan Lawrence |
1,325,000 |
| Hevad Khan |
1,180,000 |
| Jeff Banghart |
1,030,000 |
| Jason Welch |
690,000 |
| Jason Sell |
560,000 |
| Karim Vegas |
540,000 |
| Robert Starkey |
500,000 |
| Andrew Gunderson |
415,000 |
| Zhuang Han |
330,000 |
| Marco Mills |
300,000 |
| Brian Tracy |
250,000 |
| Noah Schwartz |
151,000 |
Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Hoa Nguyen, Dario Minieri, Randy Jacobson
