Updated final table chip count

Seat 1: Christian Kruel $237K
Seat 2: John Gale $425K
Seat 3: Patrick Hocking $502K
Seat 4: Steve Zolotow $147K
Seat 5: Greg Debora $835K
Seat 6: Nenad Medic $316K
Seat 7: Mikael Westerlund $1,048,000
Seat 8: Miami John Cernuto $256K
Seat 9: Alex Balandin $857K

Done for the night with nine left

Well, after several hands of play at the final table and only one hand that was shown down (chopped pot), we're breaking for the night. Tomorrow, we start at noon and will play from nine down to six players. Those six players will go on to the final televised table to be taped Tuesday morning.

Coming within the next little bit...an updated final table chip count and a report from the whole day.

Final Table Chip Count

Seat 1: Christian Kruel $221K
Seat 2: John Gale $373K
Seat 3: Patrick Hocking $530K
Seat 4: Steve Zolotow $153K
Seat 5: Greg Debora $850K
Seat 6: Nenad Medic $315K
Seat 7: Mikael Westerlund $973K
Seat 8: Miami John Cernuto $300K
Seat 9: Alex Balandin $911K

Nine left--Final table

Greg Debora (ChosenKid) justed busted Mike Goodman (anakinso) to move us down to nine and the final table.

$55,400
10th--Mike Goodman (anakinso)

We're redrawing for the final table.

Ten left and one big pot--Alex Brenes Out

A few seconds ago, Alex Brenes raised pre-flop, Mikael Westerlund announced all in. After some thought, Brenes called. Westerlund showed AQd. Brenes disgustedly slapped A7s on the table. As Brenes family chanted in Spanish for Brenes' seven, the dealer laid out the flop, turn, and river. Neith hand improved and Westerlund raked a pot that was sonewhere in the eighborhood of $600K.

$45,000
11th--Alex Brenes

Alex Balandin (ignatiousj) is still the chip leader with just over $900K in chips. Greg Debore has fallen back from his $600K high-water mark, but is still holding on.

Play resumes as we speak with 35 minutes to go in the level.

Eleven left

Short-stacked Patrick Antonius (patman) pushed in his remaininig $44k. Patrick Hocking (TheHawk) has been fidinig pocket pairs all day and turned up TT. Antonius never improved.

$34,600
12th--Patrick Antonius (patman)

Twelve left

Moments ago, online qualifier Shawn Buchanan went in for his last $28K under the gun. The room laughed with him when he got four callers. The BB, Alex Balandin ended up taking the hand down with a king after a king came on the flop and Buchanan's A9 only improved to a pair of nines.

$25,900
13th--Shawn Buchanan (buck21)

We're playing six-handed now with an hour to go at the 6000/12000 level.

Level 15 Ends, five more bust outs, 13 remain ....with a Level 16 update

As I headed over to write this report, I had to change the headline three times. It's getting wild in here.

Before the last hand, Anders Henriksson busted out with A2 vs. Alex Brenes' AA. Maryland Jeff Henry got beat by a runner-runner flush. Allen Cunningham's AKs ran into AA. Then on the last hand at table one, short-stacked Pat Walsh went in with a pocket pair but got beat on the river. At the other table, Michael Woo called a big raise from Nenad Medic. Medic announced all-in in the dark as the dealer laid out a queen-rag-rag flop.

"You're all-in?" Woo said?

"Yes," Medic replied.

Woo called, flipping up pocket eights, wincing as Medic flipped pocket aces. Woo is still hanging on, but barely.

Here are the bust-outs since dinner:

$20,800
18th--Anders Henriksson (gambler1)
17th--Jeff Henry(The Shrike)

$25,900
16th--Allen Cunningham (Acunningham)
15th--Pat Walsh (PW756)

Greg Debora and Alex Balandin are still the big chip leaders and are doing their best not to tangle with each other. Patrick Hocking, Alex Brenes, And Nenad Medic are feeling much better after winning hands with their aces.

As I finished typing this, Woo lost the rest of his chips.

$25,900
14th--Michael Woo (hh1689)

Recharging the batteries--Dinner and 18 players

After six hours of play, 18 competitors remain out of today's starting field of 56. With just a little bit of time before play resumes, a full report will have to wait until later tonight. Until then, here are a few photos to pass the time.

Scroll down for the final two tables and approximate chip counts.



Spyro Mitrokostas, Greg Raymer, and Miami John fill out the end of the afternoon's first power table


The youngest player in the tournament, Benjamin Sprengers (-BBJ-), holds on as long as he can before busting out in 27th place and cashing for more than $15,000


The World Poker Tour camera crews tape the power table


Greg Raymer's final interview after busting out in 32nd


The rail starts to fill up


Former Pokerstars.com support host, Terrence Chan, once almost a victim of the bubble, makes an astounding run to 20th place


Online qualifier Greg Debora (ChosenKid) exhales after busting out well-known pro Evelyn Ng. Debora is now one of the top-two chip holders.

Dinner Break Bust Outs and Approximate Chip Count

Just before the dinner break, Erick Lindgren, Terrence Chan, and Spyro Mitrokostas busted out of the tournament in 21st, 20th, and 19th place repsectively. Spyro's was the hardest to watch. He pushed in with pocket sixes. Steve Zolotow called him with pocket sevens. The flop came TTx, but the turn brought a six giving Spyro the boat. Then, the river brought another ten, givinig the bigger boat back to Zolotow.

Here are the updated bust out reports:

$17,600
21st--Erick Lindgren

$20,200
20th--Terrence Chan
19th--Spyro Mitrokostas

I have had several requests for the new table set up and chip counts. I offer them with one caveats. ALL CHIP COUNTS ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. I had just a few minutes to eye-ball the stacks and I might've miscounted. With that in mind:

Table #1
Seat 1: Alex Balandin (ignatiusj) Approx. $600K
Seat 2: Shawn Buchanan (buck21) Approx. $90K
Seat 3: Greg Debora (ChosenKid) Approx. $600K
Seat 4: Steve Zolotw. $260K
Seat 5: Maryland Jeff. $120K
Seat 6: Open
Seat 7: Christian Kruel (.C.K.)Approx $200K
Seat 8: John Gale (gizzimow) Approx. $200K
Seat 9: Mike Goodman (anakinso) Approx $270
Seat 10: Pat Walsh (pw756) $170K

Table 2
Seat 1: Michael Woo (hh1689) Approx. $260K
Seat 2: Patrick Antonius (patman) Approx. $120K
Seat 3: Allen Cunningham (Acunningham) $400K
Seat 4: Mikael Westerlund Approx. $400K
Seat 5: Nenad Medic (serb2127) Approx: $190
Seat 6: Patrick Hocking (TheHawk) Arppox. $200K
Seat 7: Miami John Cernuto Approx. $300K
Seat 8: Alex Brenes Approx. $180
Seat 9: Anders Henriksson (gambler21) Approx. $100K

Digest that and I'll be back in a bit.

Level 14 Complete--Evelyn Ng busts

Just moments ago, Evelyn Ng, who was among the chip leaders in the final 23 players, lost her entire stack to online qualifier Greg Debora (ChosenKid). Debora raised preflop to $22K (blinds were 3000/6000). Ng made it $72K to go. Debora pushed all in. Ng asked for a count. Debora had her covered. Ng thought for two minutes before calling. Debora flipped up 66 (one was a club). Ng had AKo with no clubs (see where this is going?). The flop came with an ace and two clubs. Running clubs on the turn and river gave Debora the runner-runner flush and sent Ng home in 22nd place. Debora, the 22 year-old online qualifier has an almost uncountable stack of chips, and sits at the same table with Steve Zolotow, Spyro Mitrokostas, and Allen Cunningham.


Here are your the remaining bust outs of Level 14 (the other busts for the day can be found by scrolling down).

$17,600
24th--Ted Lawson (fedlos)
23rd--Matthew Rosenquist (Quister)
22nd--Evelyn Ng (Evy Babee)

We're going to play 30 minutes before the dinner break, then hopefully I can post something more than bustout reports.

Level 14--In progress report- Part 2

WSOP second place fnisher David Williams just busted out in 26th place. The button rasied 3x the BB pre-flop ($18,000), Williams pushed in from the small blind, making the bet $43K. WSOP Omaha winner Ted Lawson called fror his remaining $43 from the BB. The button called as well.

Williams held KQo. Lawson held AJo. The button held QJo. The flop and turn were rages, the river an ace. Lawson just tripled up, Williams bounced.

Former PokerStars.com support host Terrence Chan just doubled through with JJ vs. AT. An ace came out on the board, but Chan spiked his jack on the river. He now has a healthy stack of chips.

Bust outs:

$15,600
27th--Benjamin Sprengers (-BBJ-)
26th--George Kell Dickson (GKD326)

$17,300
25th--David Williams (rugdoctor)

Level 14--In progress report

With an hour left in Level 14, your chip leader is online qualifier Greg Debora (ChosenKid) sitting at about $400,000 in chips. He started the day with just under $100,000 in chips.

Three more players have busted out.

$15,600
30th--Justin Bonomo (ZeeJustin)(online satellite winner)
29th--Ryan Shore (Heavy Sho') (online satellite winner)
28th--Mark Smyriski (smurfla) (online satellite winner)

Some big names who are still playing: David Williams, Alex Brenes, Spyridon Mitrokostas, Erick Lindgren, Miami John, Evelyn Ng, Steve Zolotow.

Level 13 Bust Outs--Greg Raymer, Pete "The Beat" bust

World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Raymer just busted out of the Pokerstars Caribbean Adevnture. He held Big Slick and flopped his ace. But online qualifier Pat Walsh (pw756) flopped a set of tens and Raymer found himself crippled. He was out shortly thereafter.

Also, for those who have been following the success of former PokerStars support manager Terrence Chan, he's still in, holding on a a small stack of chips, sandwiched in between David Williams and a monster stack of chips.

Here are the rest of your bust outs from Level 13 as we get ready to go into Level 14 with 3000/6000 blinds and a 1000 ante.

$13,000
42nd--William Thorson (william)
41st--Yousif Massoudnia (youssepe)
40th--Chris McKormack
39th--Steve Billirakis (mrsmokey1)
38th--Chris McIntytre (carlspacker)
37th--David Mgyuen (peckle)
36th--Henrik Kask (jugman)
35th--Jeff Hubberman (j1hubbs2h)
34th--William Goff
33rd--Pete Giordano (thebeat)
32nd--Greg Raymer (fossilman)
31st--Morten Sembach (redrumxxx)

The money starts going up from here.

Level 12 Bust-Outs

Here are the people who have busted out before the first break Sunday.
Note: Becuase the action will be fast and furious today, I'll be posting bust outs at the end of each level, then do a full report at the dinner break and full report after play concludes for the day


$11,600
56th--John Smith
55th--Cory Ward
54th--Nicholas Matala
53rd--Cliff Josephy
52nd--Stephen Tanner
51st--Alan White (ulieudie)
$13,000
50th--Phuong Tran
49th-Daniel Ashman
48th--Millie Shiu (Poker Snoopy)
47th--Paul Snead (PECSC)
46th--Avery Cardoza
45th-Jospeh Lang (Mojo99)
44th--Peter Gunnarson
43--Daniel Larsson

Official starting chip count for Sunday

Antonios Patrick 200,000
Ashman Danny 53,000
Balandin Alex 50,500
Billirakis Steve 154,000
Bonomo Justin 105,500
Brenes Alex 202,000
BuchananShawn 35,000
Cardoza Avery 56,500
Cernuto John 49,000
Chan Terrence 61,500
Cunnningham Allen 102,000
Debora Greg 94,000
Dickson Kelly George 61,000
Gale John 177,500
Giordano Peter 96,000
Goff William 72,500
Goodman Michael 112,000
Gunnarsan Peter 16,000
Henrisson Anders 129,500
Henry Jeffrey 132,500
Hoching Patrick 56,000
Hubberman Jeff 65,500
Josephy Cliff 27,500
Kask Henrik 21,000
Kruel Christian 40,500
Lang Joe 25,500
Larsson Daniel 104,500
Lawson Ted 112,000
Lindgren Erick 124,000
Massoudnia Yousif 57,500
Matal Nicholas 25,000
McKormack Chris 31,500
Mctyre Chris 195,000
Medic Nenad 166,000
Mitrokostas Spyro 36,000
Ng Evelyn 59,000
Nguyen Viet 95,000
Raymer Greg 53,500
Rosenquist Matthew 41,500
Sembach Morten 55,000
Shiu Millie 44,500
Shore Ryan 107,500
Smith John 89,000
Smyrski Mark 26,500
Snead Paul 68,500
Springer Rob 36,500
Tanner Stephen 52,500
Thorson William 109,500
Tran Kid 42,000
Walsh Patrick 27,500
Ward Cory 14,000
Westerlund Mikael 281,000
White Alan 37,500
Williams David 46,000
Woo Michael 231,500
Zolotow Stephen 56,000

Down to six?

It could happen today. Tournament director Mike Ward said we may play down to the final table today.

As the field gets smaller, hopefully I can keep you updated on player bust-outs on a more regular basis.

More in a bit.