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Tournament: World Series of Poker Day 5 update
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In the course of this marathon tournament, Day 5 was the shortest day so far at only seven hours. The starting field of 404 was cut by more than half in that short time, down to the final 185.
Once again, an amateur leads the field at the end of the day. Warren Zackey stands at the top of the leader board with over 4.9 million in chips. Matt Affleck, the Day 4 leader, fell to eighth place with just over 2.8 million.
Poker pro Phil Ivey made a tremendous comeback on Day 5. At one point during the day, Ivey was down to less than 250,000 in chips. By the end of the day, he grew his stack to a respectable 1.4 million. Many eyes will be on the young superstar in his quest to win his first Main Event title to go with his seven other career WSOP bracelets.
Also, French pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier stays in contention with 1.5 million chips at the end of Day 5. Grospellier is attempting to become one of the few players who have won events on the World Poker Tour, the European Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.
Film and television actor Lou Diamond Phillips is attempting to add “WSOP Champion” to his extensive list of roles. However, he’ll have to pull off the performance of his life to accomplish that feat: he only has 390,000 chips at the end of Day 5. The actor has already surpassed two more former World Champions who fell on Day 5. 1978 WSOP Main Event winner Bobby Baldwin and 1993 Main Event winner “Action” Dan Harrington fell short of adding another title to their resumes when they were eliminated.
Last year’s champion, Peter Eastgate, is still alive going into Day 6 with 927,000 in chips. Can he pull off a feat not seen in over twenty years and repeat as champion, or will an amateur take home the coveted championship bracelet and the US$8.5 million first prize? Check back with us during this exciting event for all the news and updates!
UPDATE: Lou Diamond Phillips was eliminated on the last hand of the night. He went all-in with pocket kings and two of his opponents turned over pocket aces. Phillips’ hand did not improve and he came up just short of making it to Day 6.
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15-Jul-2009, 18:52