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7/16/07posted by Poker Queen @ 6:29 AM After more than 16 hours of play, the final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker is finally set. Chipleader of Day 6 of the tournament is Philip Hilm, followed by Tuan Lam and Jon Kalmar. The 1998 Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen busted out in 11th place.Day 6 of the WSOP Main Event, the $10,000 buy-in World Championship No Limit Hold'em (Event #55) was a long one. Play started yesterday Sunday 15 at noon and lasted until the wee hours this morning with Steven Garfinkle being eliminated in 10th place. With his elimination the starting field of 6,358 players had been narrowed down to nine, and the Main Event final table was finally set. Crowd favorite Scotty Nguyen, the 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion, had managed many comebacks with several cash finishes this year, was eliminated and finished 11th. The nine players who made it to the final table are (by chip count): Philip Hilm (Seat 3) - 22.07 million Tuan Lam (Seat 6) 21.315 million Jon Kalmar (Seat 1) - 20.32 million Raymond Rahme (Seat 5) - 16.32 million Lee Childs (Seat 2) - 13.24 million Lee Watkinson (Seat 8) - 9.925 million Hevad Khan (Seat 9) - 9.205 million Jerry Yang (Seat 4 ) - 8.45 million Alex Kravchenko (Seat 7) - 6.57 million They will all be guarateed at least $525,934. The prizepool is: 1st place - $8,250,000 2nd place - $4,840,981 3rd place - $3,048,025 4th place - $1,852,721 5th place - $1,255,069 6th place - $956,243 7th place - $705,229 8th place - $585,934 9th place - $525,934 Today is a day off. The final table starts on Tuesday July 17 at noon (PDT) and will play until we have a new World Champion. Sources: www.worldseriesofpoker.com/ www.pokernews.com/ Labels: Poker Tournaments Schedule, Poker Tourneys, WSOP Use the red button to download your free online poker game Share this post!
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