Back From Dinner
Jun 21, '07
The first level following dinner has been completed. Approximately 370 players left for dinner and after only one short hour, 293 remain. Still in the field are Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Tony Ma, Nam Le, Clonie Gowen, Joe Tehan, Dutch Boyd, Joe Sebok and Phil Gordon.
Ben Babauta caused quite the ruckus in the Amazon Room shortly before the level ended when he was able to triple up to over $30,000. Babauta raised from under the gun and the player in seat six reraised all in. The player in the eight seat called and Babauta made the call for his last $10,625 as well. The player in seat six had both players covered and turned over Q
Q
. The player in seat eight had A
K
and Babauta was in the lead with K
K
. The flop came 9
7
3
and Babauta stood up in his chair, anticipating the worst. The turn was the 9
and Babauta didn't relax a bit. The dealer put out the J
on the river and the sight of paint made Babauta almost freak out. When he realized it was a jack and not a queen, Babauta yelled at the top of his lungs, "BAM!" and made every head in the Amazon Room turn towards his table. Babauta survived the all in and is now the chip leader at his table.
Notable big stacks that have emerged this round include Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen, Kathy Liebert and Joe Sebok.
Joe Tehan raised all in from the button for about $4,000 with no limpers behind him. The small blind folded and Reza Payvar made the call from the big blind with only $2,000 left. Tehan flipped over A
7
and Payvar showed the only card he looked at, the K
. Payvar didn't look at his other card and Tehan got out of his seat to take a look. "Let's sweat it together," said Tehan. Payvar was very disappointed when he turned over his other card and it was the 3
. The flop came 7
4
3
and Tehan's sevens were better than Payvar's threes. The turn was the 10
and the river was the 8
giving no help to Payvar and eliminating him from the tournament.
Notable Chip Counts
| Joe Sebok |
96,000 |
| Phil Gordon |
90,000 |
| Clonie Gowen |
63,000 |
| Nam Le |
60,000 |
| John Juanda |
48,000 |
| J.C. Alvarado |
45,500 |
| Kathy Liebert |
40,000 |
| Juha Helppi |
37,000 |
| Dutch Boyd |
26,000 |
| Chris "Jesus" Ferguson |
19,500 |
| Eugene Todd |
19,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari |
19,000 |
| Tom McEvoy |
5,000 |
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Player Tags: Kathy Liebert, Reza Payvar, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen, Joe Tehan, Joe Sebok
