Tale of Two Brothers
Jun 10, '07
Players have been on an extended break, as the $500 chips were colored up. It will be interesting if the $25,000 chips will be confused at all with the $5,000 chips, as both are only different shades of orange.
Play is down to the final 6 tables with 54 players remaining. Not one but two players with professional poker playing brothers have made it deep in the event: Ut Nguyen, and Alan Le, brother to Nam. Le is on a severely short stack with $38,000, but not out yet.
Fabrice Souiler continues to plug along. While no longer the big stack in the field with only $350,000 to John Turner's $500,000, Souiler is still a force to be reckoned with.
Also still alive in the tournament are Joe Bartholdi, Scott Clements, Bertrand Grospelier, but all eyes will still be on Turner as looks to be a major hurdle for Phil Hellmuth to jump on his way to the final table.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, John Turner, Joe Bartholdi, Ut Nguyen, Scott Clements, Bertrand Grospellier
Phil Quiet
Jun 10, '07
There are currently 61 players remaining on the final seven tables. The new chip leader John “PearlJammer” Turner has recently been moved to the ‘TV’ table with Phil Hellmuth. Turner has been showing no fear today, and has chipped up to nearly $500,000, winning a big race with Jacks. Hellmuth has been holding steady at about $160,000, but with the field shrinking, his stack is now among the middle of the pack. Turner has been running the table, which has lead Hellmuth to uncharacteristically say very little.
Joe Bartholdi has been on the short stack for the last hour, but he is holding strong, as is Ut Nguyen, who was visited by his brother Men “The Master” early in the day.
We are still following John Turner in our Pro Blogs, so keep track of his run to the final table here at CardPlayer.com
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, John Turner, Joe Bartholdi, Ut Nguyen
Hour Two Log
Jun 11, '07
A Close Call for Hellmuth
With 5
2
3
K out on the board, Phil Hellmuth bet $70,000 and Ut Nguyen made the call. The river brought the 4 and Hellmuth fired out $85,000. Nguyen went into the tank and Nguyen considered what to do with pocket eights in the hole. Hellmuth would have lost the hand if he made the call. Hellmuth had his chin supported by his two fists in the classic Hellmuth pose. Nguyen folded his hand and Hellmuth dodged a bullet.
Hellmuth Takes it to Fuller
With A
K 9 10 9 out on the board Hellmuth bet $150,000. Rick Fuller thought about the call for a moment and then folded his hand. These two have been involved in a couple of hands at this final table and Hellmuth has won them all.
-Ut Nguyen was then eliminated in eighth place, scroll down to see the hand.
The players were then sent on a fifteen minute break.
Chatting is Good For Your (Chip Stack) Health
The two most vocal players at the table, Hellmuth and Scott Clements, have also accumulated the most chips at the final table. Often times the two have jawed with each other.
Flop, Re-Flop
The flop was dealt out on the board, but it was called back when it was discovered there was no burn card. The new flop was dealt K 7 5. Morgan Machina looked livid after this took place and he checked. Rick Fuller fired out a bet and Machina folded. “Can we get a new dealer? I mean come on, this is pretty bad,” said Machina furiously after the hand. He was on tilt for a while after the hand, and he continued to shake his head is disgust.
Triples Alley
David Simon was all in with A J and Fabrice Soulier made the call with the Q 4. Phil Hellmuth also called and flipped over A K. The board was dealt 10 5 4 J J and Simon tripled up on the hand. Soulier is crippled after the hand. The two jacks on the turn and river prevented Hellmuth from eliminating two players on one hand.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Fabrice Soulier, Ut Nguyen, Scott Clements, Morgan Machina, David Simon
Ut Nguyen eliminated in 8th Place ($48,427)
Jun 11, '07
Ut Nguyen was all in and with K
Q
against Scott Clements, who held Q
10
. The board was dealt 2
2
2
8
10
and Clements wins the hand when one of his few outs was dealt on the river.
Player Tags: Ut Nguyen, Scott Clements
