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The following places won $20,320:
550 Marc Friedman
551 Ken Webster
552 Tony Hachem
553 Joshua Van Dyke
554 Thomas Laviano
555 Roger Brooks
556 Randy McKay
557 Edson Esquio
558 Dale Michael
559 Rolf Slotboom
560 Tom McCormick
561 Deric Senne
562 Ethan Steinberg
563 Armenak Kizirian
564 Patrik Petersson
565 Shawn Chaconas
566 Glen Questroo
567 Jason Stern
568 Jonathan Tare
569 UNKNOWN
570 Paul Kemp
571 Bernard Strauss
572 Desmond Portano
573 Benjamin Gold
574 Nokolas Liakos
575 Bette Carswell
576 Kevin Lake
577 Richard Salle
578 Angela Giannino
579 Darren Woods
580 Kyle Wilson
581 Jeff Dumas
582 Cal Namihira
583 Andrew Shepherd
584 Jonas Jerlstrom
585 Duane Van Keulen
586 Penh Lo
587 Wai "Lucky" Liu
588 Chris Crilly
589 Robert Daily
[user26127]
PokerNews caught up with Isaac Haxton on break from Day 3 of the Main Event while we were nearing the bubble. ‘Ike’ talked about going from 200,000 to 280,000 on the bubble and adjusting his play for what he calls a “top heavy” prize structure.
[user10554]
Tobey Maguire (foreground, left) hides from ESPN's cameras while seated next to Sully Erna (foreground, right).
As a long-time poker reporter, I'm familiar with Tobey Maguire's dislike of publicity while he's playing. He's very nice and friendly while he's playing -- until the cameras show up. That's when he'll hide his face, put his head down, or do something else to avoid a clear shot.
He actually put in a request to PokerNews on Day 2 that he not be photographed. We respected his wishes that day.
However, now that a major celebrity has finished in the money of the WSOP Main Event, it's newsworthy. The fact that he's seated next to another celebrity (Sully Erna, the lead singer of Godsmack) makes it even more newsworthy. If Maguire continues to survive deeper into this tournament, the cameras will be unavoidable.
Once ESPN's cameras showed up to record the two celebrities sitting side-by-side, Maguire got up out of his seat while Erna completed his hand. When Maguire returned, he was wearing the hooded sweatshirt you can see in the photo.
Why does Maguire want to avoid the cameras while he plays poker? You'll have to ask him. Perhaps he (or his publicist) thinks playing high-stakes poker would adversely affect his image. Or perhaps one of the things he likes about poker is how far removed it is from Hollywood; the photographers might remind him of the L.A. paparazzi.
Regardless of the reason, we wish both Mr. Maguire (currently about 170,000 in chips) and Mr. Erna (currently about 274,000) the best of luck as they go deeper into this event.
[user628]
We've just spoken to Sully Erna's agent to update him on Sully's progress. Super agent John Branigan of the William Morris Agency jokingly said he wants his percentage of Erna's winnings in the Main Event. We're not sure, but we would assume this falls within the parameters of "outside income."
Preflop, in the small blind and the short stack, Chris "Armenian Express" Grigorian goes all in blind (eventually revealed to be ) and is called by Randal McLoughlin with .
The board comes and Armenian Express doubles up to 30,000 with Men "The Master" Nguyen at his side cheering for a ten or a diamond after the turn. McLoughlin is down to 291,000.
[user24788]
The following players won $20,320:
590 Johnathan Stanton
591 Eddie Gravalese
592 Gavin Smith
593 Ryan Osborne
594 Joe Graziano
595 Rick Barabino
596 Frank Holloway
597 Mohammed Zahour
598 Joan Fernandez
599 Dean Hamrick
600 Patrick Martensen
601 Michael Quist
602 Jan Sorensen
603 Jeremy Joseph
604 Lor Tran
605 Richard Warburg
606 Ole Bergan
607 Jeffrey Lowenhar
608 George Dolofan
609 Takeo Oishi
610 Joseph Cutler
[user25067]
Fabrice Soulier
Fabrice Soulier moved all in for 80,000 preflop and Michael Tureniec called. Soulier turned over and was in a race situation with Tureniec's . The flop was , but Soulier spiked the on the turn to take the lead. The river was the , making Soulier two pair and he doubled up to 180,000.
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) and is called by Randal McLoughlin with 
. 
. The flop was 
, but Soulier spiked the 
on the turn to take the lead. The river was the 
, making Soulier two pair and he doubled up to 180,000.