The Official WSOP final table thread ( spoilers inside)
 

Final table begins at 3:00 PM EST, anyone getting the pay per view?

Chip counts below.




1 Philip Hilm 22,070,000

2 Tuan Lam 21,315,000

3 Jon Kalmar 20,320,000

4 Raymond Rahme 16,320,000

5 Lee Childs 13,240,000

6 Lee Watkinson 9,925,000

7 Hevad Khan 9,205,000

8 Jerry Yang 8,450,000

9 Alexander Kravchenko 6,570,000

I've got to say that I've only heard of a couple of these guys, but Hevad Khan is good at basketball.

Thread over.

introductions happening now

If anyone manages an online link like last year, please post.

How much to the winner this year?

8.2 million

about to deal

nice, first hand is raised under the gun

and called,

I think he's got a sister.. Shaka..

(Ok, at least I didn't resort to any William Shatner jokes)

I know nothing about all of em...but I'll predict Lee Childs takes it down.

The pace is actualy faster then I thought.

2+2 posters say they're watching it free at hxxp://www.channelsurfing.net/

I haven't tried it, so no idea if it actually works.

I'de rather pay the $20.00 and watch on my TV.

just had the first big all in and Childs folded QQ to an all in bet on a board of 7 4 2 with 2 clubs.

It doesn't for me.

Dola,

It works with IE, but not Firefox.

Does anyone know how long the Final Table usually lasts?

They just announced if Lee Watkinson wins he gets 10 Million extra from full tilt for qualifying there.

last year was 14 hours.

Jamie Gold predicted 7 this year and Phil Gordon predicted 20.

Yeah it works fine in IE. Didn't work for me in firefox either. Don't pay for the ppv if this is good enough for you (just double click for full screen, works fantastically here).

Big pot already. I'm curious to see what these guys have. Raise 10x the BB and a call?

I am enjoying not seeing the hole cards but the suspense is killing me.

This Yang guy is dominating now with pure aggression, so he should be broke by dinner.

wow, big all in between the 2 chip leaders.

wow, chipleader coming in with over 20 million is eliminated in 9th. Unreal.

care to rethink that statement?

Unbelievable. Hilm just got tired of being pushed around. Maybe Yang is just getting hit on the head with the deck like Gold did last year.

you would think there could be a better spot

Yeah, I'm stunned as I read the recap of Hilm's play in Hand's #14 and 15. He had so much room to play with 20 million chips and treated the final table like it was a turbo sit-n-go.

Watkinson the only named pro at the table is all in. Yet to be called

wow

Watkinson in trouble, his A7 all-in got called by A9. Sick call.

What a call. I was rooting for Lee too.

Wel, I have one guy to comfortably root against.

How about those prayers from Yang?

WTF was that?

the weird thing is the guy was chanting " Lord I will glorify your name with the money I win, lord please father"

Gordon is absolutly bashing Yang right now.

Gordon was bashing Gold last year as well.

As bad as Yang's call was, I don't like the move by Lee. He had time to sit and wait for something better.

I won't post the link, but there is a live link to the ESPN live broadcast floating around out there. I was watching for about 15 minutes earlier.

Edit: Ah I missed that the channelsurfing one was working as well. So I guess you guys are already watching.

Yang is a monster right now.

He could have waited and tried to outplay the table post flop since he was the best player there.

Yang continues the agression shoving Childs all in after Childs raised.

sick

Whoever this announcer is, he is about 0 for 324 on predictions. Whenever he says someone must have a good hand, he has J 8. Every time he says he is going to fold, he calls. It's uncanny.

Awful turn card.

what a horrible beat.

Whatever Yang's religion is, I am going to look into it. Because that is one god that answers prayers.

I really want Yang to get killed by a straight on the river soon.

I think this is gonna end early

It's Phil Gordon and he's having trouble reading the amateur as many of are. I think I liked the A9 call better than the KJ call for all your chips. Sure it turned out he had him dominated, but that's not a good call.

I see what you are saying but sitting to his right you need to make a move at some point otherwise he is just going to run you over.

Did Chan really stick an ALL-IN energy drink sticker on Yang's shirt?! Poker players are starting to look like Nascar...