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But the smile went away when the remaining cards were dealt, because the other player received everything he needed for a straight flush. Finally after 7 hours and 6 minutes, which was the longest heads up contest in World Series of Poker history and 354 hands played, Chip Reese was declared the winner. Outside of that one selection, the other games let the pros shine at whatever they were best at. Players were very careful to pick and choose their battles, folding if they didn't feel they could win the hand. And with a $50,000 entry fee per player, a massive $6,864,000 prize pool was created. Erik Friberg, Doug Kim and Dan Nassif took their skills from the Internet to the real tables after qualifying for their seats online which cost much less than the $10,000 entry fee many paid. Peanut has been walking through the Amazon room waving and doing pretty well considering he has a 8 foot costume to wear. Ray Romano was not able to outlast Brad Garrett at the tables and settled a $2,000 wager with Brad. The tournament round ended at 4:00 a.m which made for a long 16 hour day with 450 players that will move on to Day 2A. Comfort is appreciated given the $10,000 per person entry fee for this tournament. After the announcement was given of his bust, cheers and clapping were heard everywhere. Toss in John Spadavecchia, Tony Guoga, David Plastik and Ralph Perry and you have one tough final table. Andy Block took out Phil Ivey (3rd), Dewey Tomko (7th), T.J. But one fact is solid and that is all have their eyes fixed on a bracelet featuring 136 grams of 18-carat white gold set with 120 diamonds that will go to the champion of the Main Event. Now Day 1 will be split up into four segments, Day 1A, 1B, 1C and now 1D with Day 2 split into 2A (1A + 1C) and 2B (1C + 1D). He became the youngest person to win a bracelet in the history of the WSOP. Based on the order in which they registered, they were then seated as original contestants were being eliminated during the first couple of hours of play. Erik Friberg, Doug Kim and Dan Nassif took their skills from the Internet to the real tables after qualifying for their seats online which cost much less than the $10,000 entry fee many paid. If this number is realized, then it will eclipse the 8,773 WSOP attendance record set last year for the 2006 Main Event. So far, the series has set numerous attendance records in tournament events leading up to the Main Event. And during a hand with Mark Seif, Vanessa Rousso and another player, Vanessa offered Mark $1,000 to go all in so she could double up. The previous record of 5,619 players was set at the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event. Finally after 7 hours and 6 minutes, which was the longest heads up contest in World Series of Poker history and 354 hands played, Chip Reese was declared the winner. During a level featuring the game Omaha 8/OB, Ram Vaswani and Brett Jungblut had to split a pot when both drew the nut full house Aces full of Kings with no possible low. Playing in the Main Event is not as easy as what the world sees on ESPN and the World Poker Tour. In her spare time, she tries her hand at earning some extra cash at Royal Vegas Online Casino and online poker room, PokerTime. And Mike Matusow were busted, so no one had to worry about Matusow making good on his earlier bet by running the Amazon room "buck naked" if Phil became the winner.
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