02 October 2008
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: Juanda Recovering
Having started off on the wrong foot, Juanda has found his stride again, popping himself back over 1.1 million at the expense of Scott Fischman.
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: Conneller Speaks
"Yes folks, we're down here at the final table so you don't have to be. Because let's face it: despite the star studded final table this year, watching poker without hole cards and TV editing can be mind-numbing.
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: More like chess than poker?
This is looking more and more like a chess match than a poker scrap. Of course, the fact you have two blokes from Moscow duking it out helps the analogy somewhat...
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: Players on a break
The opening session of the final table has been about Ivan Demidov. Having taken a decent size pot from one Full Tilt pro in the form of Scott Fischman, Demidov then cut John Juanda's stack in half in the defining pot of the final table so far.
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: OMG, Juanda Loses a Big One!
We might have put the jinx on Juanda, as he loses a big pot to Ivan Demidov.
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: LOST ONE!
Stanislav Alekhin looks like the antithesis of the Unabomber. Hoodie, shades, but all of it a menacing black. I wouldn't steal his big blind, personally. He's also just sent Chris Elliott spinning out of the tournament, chasing down Elliott's flopped two pair.
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: Sonnert Doubles Up
Bengt Sonnert has just taken his short stack and made it larger after his pocket queens hold up against the AK of Robert Keston.
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: Does Juanda Lose Pots?
There's been no early accidents in the first half a dozen hands. Negreanu picked up the opening pot, while Sonnert and Elliott get off the mark too.
WSOPE Main Event Final Table: Play about to get underway here.
There's an air of anticipation here now. The players have been in their seats for ten minutes or so, restacking the chips from the previous day's work. Battle will commence shortly in London.
WSOP Main Event Final Table: We're ringside...for now.
It's been a heady fortnight in London. Who's name will join Annette Oberstad's in the history books? We'll find out today, and it is all set to be a dramatic final table.