Top players proving themselves again at WSOP

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Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 8th Place ($100,292)

Phil Hellmuth raised to 80,000 David Benyamine reraised, Hellmuth moved all in and Benyamine called.

Hellmuth:

Benyamine:

The flop was , no help for Hellmuth. The turn was the , the river was the and Hellmuth's quest for a 12th bracelet ended at least for today as he made his exit in eighth place.

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Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in 7th Place ($123,437)

Phil Galfond opened for a 60,000 raise, Daniel Negreanu reraised all in and Galfond called.

Negreanu:

Galfond:

The flop was , Galfond flopping the nut flush. The turn was the , eliciting an "Ooooh" from the crowd as Negreanu made a set and picked up outs to a full house. The river, though was the and Daniel Negreanu became our seventh-place finisher. After $85,000 worth of rebuys, he'll leave this tournament in the black with a $123,437 payday

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John Juanda Eliminated in 6th Place ($154,296)

Johnny Chan limped in from the small blind and John Juanda checked his option. The flop was . Chan bet 48,000, Juanda raised pot to 196,000 Chan moved all in and Juanda called.

Juanda

Chan

Chan was ahead with two pair, but Juanda had an open-ended straight flush draw. The turn was the , the river was the and John Juanda left us in 6th place, earning $154,296.

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Kirill Gerasimov Eliminated in 5th Place ($192,870)

The action was folded to Kirill Gerasimov in the small blind. He moved all in and Phil Galfond called.

Gerasimov:

Galfond:

The flop was , the turn was the , the river was the and Galfond won the pot with trip sixes with A-J. Gerasimov was eliminated in fifth place and will take home $192,870.

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Galfond beat Harouni for the bracelet after well over a hundred hands of heads-up.

Benyamine 3rd and Chan 4th.

Not a bad result for me in the Full Tilt fantasy league: I had Galfond and Benyamine in my "A" team and Ferguson in my "B" team for this event.

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Originally Posted by Samba_SamPa

Just dutched Galfond, Benyamine and Chan for £20 to win £35

£15 profit from Galfond winning!! That'll have the bookies running scared

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Originally Posted by Nade

Lindgren has got his first bracelet too in the $5k mixed Hold'Em event which marks him out now as one of the best players around now he's proven it in the WSOP.

I was lucky enough to win a seat for the Aussie Millions in 2007 and had the absolute pleasure of being on a table with Eric Lindgren on day 1 for about 5 or 6 hours.

When he got moved to our table I was the chip leader on it, with about $45,000 (starting chips $20k). When Eric sat down he had a quick look round the table, at the stacks not the people and only looked up at anyone when he got to my stack. (I was dead opposite him in seat 1, he was in seat 4.) He smiled at me and said "high..how you doing?

I just smiled back at him as I knew what he was up to.

I did chat to him though as time went by, and he seemed a genuinely nice guy with a great sense of humour and some great one liners. He said a couple of funny things about Matusow and Phil Ivey too.

We stayed out of each others way and in all the time we played he raised my blind only once, and when I passed he showed me A,K and that was the only time he showed his hand voluntarily all day.

I raised his BB only once. I had 6,7 suited and couldn't resist it. I was glad he passed though. I really didn't fancy my chances of outplaying him after the flop.

He is an amazing player. When he sat down he had about $27,000, and he never won a pot with more than $4 or $5,000 in it all day. But somehow at the end of the day he had passed me and had $70,800 to my $67,000. To this day I still don't know exactly how he did it.

It was a joy to watch though, and his reading ability of peoples hands was simply jaw dropping. On one occasion he passed on the river and said to the guy I think you have A,J. The guy was so shocked that he'd named his exact 2 cards that he turned them over for all to see.

He always looked to keep the pots small, and only raised sensible amounts, but just enough to put a little pressure on his opponents and keep them guessing. He won countless pots without showing down a hand.

Now I know he was more talkative to me than anyone else as he wanted me onside, but after the day had finished and knowing that we'd be on different tables the next day. He still took the trouble to come over to me after the chips had been counted and bagged up, and said "good luck for tomorrow buddy".

He didn't need to do that, but I was as pleased as punch that he did.

He got knocked out on day 2 but I managed to stay in and he wished me luck the following morning as I was on my way into the card room. Again he didn't need to do that. He doesn't know me from Adam and in all likelihood we are never going to sitting on the same table ever again. (not unless he fancies playing in a £50 freeze out in the Midlands anytime soon)

I was thrilled to see he's finally won his 1st bracelet, and you can take it from me that not only is he a wonderful player, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.