WSOP 2006 - FINAL TABLE LIVE BLOG (VIA ESPN PPV)

Dinner Break - Play is suspended for an hour and a half. We are signing off from the East Coast office. For more results overnight stick with Pauly, I’m sure he’ll be up all night.

Midnight Chip Count
Jamie Gold51M
Paul Wasicka 15M
Allen Cunningham 14M
Michael Binger 7M
Rhett Butler 3M

11:55 Jamie Gold is over 50M in chips - Richard Lee raised 1M with JJ - Jamie reraised his QQ to 4M - Richard Lee went all-in and Jamie called. No help came. Lee is out. Jamie extends his lead unbelievably far. Allen could catch up if he doubles through four times or so…

9:48 Rhett Butler took down a little pot - pushed Jamie Gold off of it. I’m still pulling for Allen Cunningham. I’d like him to win so I can take all his money in his room at Full Tilt

9:46 Chip Count

Jamie Gold 38M
Richard Lee 19M
Paul Wasicka 14M
Allen Cunningham 13M
Rhett Butler 3.1M
Michael Binger 2.8M

9:43 Phil Gordon lost $100 in roshambo to David Gray.

9:30 Wasicka’s QQ vs. Kim’s 99. All in preflop. 443 flop. J on the turn. Kim is 5% to survive. River is a 7 and Kim is out. He takes home 2.4 million dollars.

9:12 Phil mentioned that Paul Wasicka made a commitment to his Bad Beat on Cancer charity after making the final table. Sweet gesture.

9:02 Doug Kim bet. Wasicka re-raised all-in. Doug Folded.

8:50 Richard Lee raises and wins the antes.

8:49 Doyle to Phil re: Johnny Chan’s advice to Gold - play aggressive because that’s the way you win these things…

8:21 Gold vs. Friberg (QQ vs. JJ) Flop nada - Turn nada - River is an irrelevant Queen - 1.97 Million for Friberg but he’s out.

8:14 Poker-Mac $100 Added Tourney is under way!!!

7:59 Just noticed that Party Poker (BONUS CODE: MACMAC) has their logo right smack in the middle of the tables…

7:54 ESPN.com is taking questions for their color commentators (Phil Gordon and guests - Raymer right now). www.espn.com/poker.

7:53 All In at the table - Paul Wasicka takes the blinds.

7:36 They’re back at the table

7:27 Sam Farha loses to Chris Moneymaker - Jacks high vs. two pair -> fives full on the river for moneymaker. I didn’t even know they were still in it…

7:13 Break - Chipcount

Jamie Gold 32 million
Richard Lee 16 million
Allen Cunningham 12 million
Erik Friberg 6 million
Doug Kim 7 million
Rhett Butler 5 million
Paul Wasicka 4 million
Michael Binger 4 million

7:08 Last hand before the break. Michael Binger raises $500,000. Called by Doug Kim. Michael checks the flop of 8JJ. Turn is Q. Kim bets 750,000 on the turn. Binger folds.

6:55 Rain is gone. Yay!!!

6:49 Jamie and Allen. On the flop Allen raises big. My wife thinks he was bluffing. Anyhow, Allen takes it down.

6:42 Erik and Jamie go at it. Erik won this one.

6:38 Chip Count

Jamie Gold 35 million
Richard Lee 16 million
Allen Cunningham 11 million
Erik Friberg
Doug Kim
Paul Wasicka
Rhett Butler
Michael Binger 4 million

dam - wasn’t on the ESPN screen long

6:37 Allen Cunningham blew a snot rocket at the table.

6:31 Phil Gordon is chatting with Jeff Madsen - college student who won 2 bracelets this year.

6:24 Pauly banned me from his haloscan — oops didn’t mean to compete - Sorry Pauly.

Great hand right now - Jamie Gold limped UTG - Friberg called - Allen called - 998 flop 2 hearts - Friberg faked a check - jamie raised - friberg called - Allen called -> the turn exploded - friberg backed out - Allen called a big bet by jamie - then Allen was outkicked on the river - both had 9s.

Jamie is over 35 million in chips now.

6:13 Johnny Chan’s student (Jamie Gold) takes a $1,000,000 POT by raising a million - Friberg and Binger were in the pot and folded

6:06 Something happened. In between the digital static I can hear cheering

5:43 Rain is killing me - check out Dr. Pauly’s updates

5:43 PM First player (Nassif) is out - AK v. 22 (Gold) who hit a set on the flop. Nassif pushed, Jamie Gold called and Nassif did not improve. He wins about 1.5 million.

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