2007 WSOP nearing end
July 15, 2007
The 2007 World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas is entering it's final stages, with just 17 players remaining at the time of this article.
Play started with 6358 players, all putting up $10,000 to play.
The winner will take home $8,250,000, and every player still remaining is guaranteed at least $381,302 for their trouble.
Scotty Nguyen, the 1998 champion, seems to be the current crowd favorite, and is the only ex champion remaining in the field. Pronounced Scotty 'Win', his name is synonymous with good play and good times at the poker table.
He recently doubled his stack to $5.4 million and is sitting in 12th position. He was famously quoted saying "you call and it's all over baby" on the final hand of his 1998 win, and there'll be lots of press and TV executives hoping he goes deep enough in this one to provide some more memorable moments.
The current leader is Tuan Lam, from San Jose California. He has cashed twice before in World Series of Poker events, but is yet to win a tournament.
Right on his tail is the experienced Lee Watkinson, with 9 WSOP cashes for over $1.2 million and a bracelet from the 2006 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event.
Here are the current chip counts.
Tuan Lam 16000000
Lee Watkinson 14050000
Ray Henson 10965000
Lee Childs 10910000
Jerry Yang 8950000
Raymond Rahme 8650000
Kenny Tran 8450000
Jon Kalmar 7800000
Philip Hilm 6500000
Steven Garfinkle 6000000
David Tran 5450000
Scotty Nguyen 5430000
Hevad "Rain" Khan 4574000
Kevin Farry 3900000
Bob Slezak 3300000
William Spadea 2350000
Alex Kravchenko 1150000
It's too late to try your luck at the World Series in Las Vegas, but the first ever World Series of Poker Europe is being held in London this September. You can qualify by playing at Full Tilt Poker.
