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Today was the final table of the main event of the WSOP. CR member Lee Childs ended out taking 7th place going out with KJ all in PF to J8 against the chipleader - very frustrating. I'd like to give a personal thanks to Lee for wearing the CR patch on his shirt. It'll be nice to see the CR chip at the final table, even though there wasn't enough room to actually get CardRunners on the sleeve.

It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the final table plays out. This is the first WSOP I'm looking forward to watching in a few years -- Scotty Ngyuen made it very far and I love watching him, plus some of my friends got to feature tables and I want to see that!

tc

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Ryan made the final table of the 15k event at the 5 diamond. I think I will honor him by making an MSpaint. Okay I won't because I don't know how to do that (Rodeo - get on it).

Daut was kind enough to wear the CR Gear for the final table, which should be great for us. Good luck.

tc

PS:  Join the CR League tonight.  http://www.cardrunners.com/members/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=211103&page=1#Post211103

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Whats up CR's?   Got up buttass early today b/c we're dog sitting for my friend.  Well, the dog was barking NONSTOP at 7a.m. so I got up with her.  Not fun as I went to bed at 1:00 and was drunk as hell.  So headache and all, I figured I'd play some poker.  Played 3 tables of 50NL and a Double Shotout to the Sunday Million.  I won my first table and while waiting for the final table to start, I fell asleep.  Luckily I woke up and only missed the first blind level of the final table. 

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Brian "Sbrugby" Townsend and Taylor "Green Plastic" Caby will be providing final table commentary on WSOP Live coverage Saturday for the $5k 6 man event. Go here for more details...

Andrew "muddywater" Wiggins will be providing final table commentary on WSOP Live within the next few days as well (details to be announced).

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12:30 pm - The final table is set for the 1k rebuy event. At the final table are Theo Tran, Phatcats, Arnold Spee amongst others. Two CardRunners member's made the final table. Isaac Haxton, who took second at the PCA-Bahamas and Michael Graves. Michael went to school at Brown at the same time as Isaac and is presently in Med School. His CR username is "elektrik" and regularly 12 tables 1-2 NL online.

The last hand of the night consisted of an early position raise from Theo Tran, a shove by the short stack and a smooth call from Isaac. Theo laid down his hand and Isaac turned over A,K to the villain's A,Q knocking him to the rail and final table.

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The last hand of the evening was interesting in that Robin 'berg' Bergen had played his first hand in ages going all in in EP with A,Q. The rest of the table was taking their time acting and commenting on how tight he had been. At the same time, another shorter stacked player went all in and was called. They played the hand faster and the A,K couldn't catch versus the Q's of the opponent. So he was out and all the players realized that they were in the final 36 and guaranteed to come back for Day 6 and a minimum payday of $285k. The urgency of calling Robin's push was gone and everyone folded at his table giving him the blinds and getting him to the next day.

Robin Bergen ended with around 500k.

Lee Childs is sitting in 5th position overall with 6.52 million.

There are two co-leaders sitting on about 10 million, David Tran and Mr. Miln. They will play down to the final 9 tomorrow, which is bound to be a very long day of play if history is any indicator. They will then get Monday off and the final table is Tuesday.

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The chase for the final table is on. There are 36 players vying for the coveted 9 seats at the final table. The players will finish off the 30k/60k with 10k ante level left over from last night.

Two CardRunners have made it to the final 36.

Robin 'berg' Bergen is shortstacked at 520k. He has his work cut out for him to last very long today, but I've seen tremendous comebacks at this year's WSOP so anything is possible. He is a very solid and patient player.

Lee 'lchilds' Childs on the other hand has a great stack to go far with today. He sits in 5th position with 6.52 million. He has kept the same routine and game plan all week and is poised to really make his mark today. Having his father here, who recently retired from owning several car dealerships, means a lot to him. Lee is a great guy and every CR member can root for a good guy representing CR at this stage.

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Seats watching the ESPN feature table were at such a premium that if I left, I wouldn't get back in so my apologies for not more updates. The news is good though as far as Lee Childs goes. He played very solidly with his large chip stack letting other stacks take each other out. Scotty Nguyen got short stacked on a picked off bluff and went all in on a flush draw that didnt' come through. He went out in 11th. We are currently on break while they redraw for the final 10, playing down to the TV final table of 9.

Lee Childs is sitting on around 18 million, good for 3rd place. There are 3 small stacks that will feel the pressure while there are a number of 15-20 million stacks. We have 12 minutes on the level of 80/160 before it moves to 100k/200k with 30k ante.

Lee Childs is positioned well for the final table. His family will fly in tomorrow, but for now its his father and myself rooting him on.

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We finally have a WSOP Main Event Final Table set. The rundown from 10 to 9 players was filled with predictably cautious and tight play. No one wanted to be the last man out. Bigger stacks were afraid to double up the smaller stacks. Finally at 4:15 am the small stack push of A,3 was called by the South African player with Q's and it held.

Lee 'lchilds' Childs is going to the final table of 9 with a slightly below average stack of 13.25 million. Average is about 14 million and the chip leader is only around 20 million. He didn't catch any hands or good spots during the 10 to 9 rundown and his stack drifted downward. The play will resume at noon on Tuesday. The minimum payout at the final table is $525,934 although everyone will be playing for the $8,250,000 first prize and the coveted gold bracelet.

General press won't be allowed at the final table, but a live feed will be piped into the press room for updates. Congrats to Lee...See you there!!!

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