Hour One Recap
Jul 15, '07
The first hour of play on day six is over and already the field has narrowed to 31 players. ESPN film crews are swarming the tournament area in an effort to catch every piece of action and the shuffling of personnel has given the tournament area the feel of a madhouse. A player can't so much as raise the blinds without a camera directly in his face watching every moment.
Tran Donates a Little
David Tran came into day six as the official chip leader by only $30,000 but has taken a few hits in the first hour and has slipped down the leaderboard. Tran got involved in a pot with Jeff Bryan and both players saw a flop of A
Q
4
. Tran led out with a bet of $285,000 and Bryan called. The turn was the 6
and this time Tran turned up the heat with a $625,000 bet. Bryan thought for a moment and declared that he was all in for $1,215,000 more. Tran eyed his opponent and mucked his hand. Bryan picked up almost a $1,000,000 in chips without ever having to show his hand.
Movin' On Up
Shortly before being moved to the ESPN featured table, Daniel Alaei raised to $165,000 under the gun. David Tran, Philip Hilm and Jeff Bryan all made the call. "This would be a good time to get aces" joked Ryan Elson who was in the big blind. Elson looked at his cards and said "I raise." Elson counted out the $165,000 he owed and then said "I'm all in." The raise was for $1,540,000. Alaei folded, as did Tran. Hilm called from the four seat and Bryan got out of the way. Elson turned over 10
10
and Hilm was holding 6
6
. The flop came 8
5
4
and Elson stood out of his seat and started yelling to his fans on the rail. The turn was the 9
and Elson started yelling for paint on the river. The river brought the Q
and Elson doubled to over $3,000,000. While Elson stacked his newly acquired chips, he was so happy after doubling up that he folded his small blind without ever looking at his cards.
Freeman Takes a Hit
Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman took a $3,000,000 hit in the first hour courtesy of Raymone Rahme. Freeman and Rahme were all in before the flop with Freeman showing pocket kings and Rahme holding pocket aces. The board bricked out for both players and Rahme's aces held up, giving him the almost $6,000,000 pot.
Kevin Kim Eliminated in 32nd Place ($285,678)
Paulo Loureiro raised to $200,000 from the button and Kevin Kim reraises all in from the small blind for $380,000 more. Louriero thought for a moment and called. Kim showed A
K
and Loureiro was holding A
9
. The flop came J
9
8
and Louriero jumped into the lead. The turn was the Q
and Kim picked up a few more outs. Any spade, ten or king would give Kim the pot and keep him alive. The river proved unkind for Kim when it brought the 6
. Louriero took down the pot and Kim was eliminated in 32nd place.
Recent Eliminations
36th Place - Robin Bergren ($285,678)
35th Place - Allan King ($285,678)
34th Place - Hoa Nguyen ($285,678)
33rd Place - Christian Togsverd ($285,678)
32nd Place - Kevin Kim ($285,678)
Notables
Lee Watkinson
|
3,650,000 |
| Daniel Alaei |
2,900,000 |
| Alex Kravchenko |
1,430,000 |
| Scotty Nguyen |
1,400,000 |
Pokerstars Online Qualifiers
| Hevad Khan |
7,100,000 |
| Jason Welch |
1,525,000 |
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Player Tags: Hoa Nguyen, David Tran, Robin Bergren, Paulo Loureiro, Kevin Kim, Philip Hilm, Jeff Bryan, Christian Togsverd, Allan King, Raymond Rahme, Ryan Elson, Scott Freeman
After two checkers, Tony G bets 800 on a board of 10