2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
PokerNews will continue to provide complete coverage of all the action. To keep things clear for the tournament staff, we are off the floor during the money bubble so they can track the action. But once the bubble bursts, we will be back out on the floor, providing as much coverage as possible.
Jack Effel gives the players some final instructions, particularly the fact that they are not allowed to wander around the room, go to the bathroom, or anything else. They must stay in their seats during hand-for-hand play. (There's no talk about a penalty, however.) If a player busts out, they must stay in their seat until a floorperson comes to them.
When players begin busting out of the money, we will have eliminations posted directly to the "Prizepool and Payouts" section (there's a link on the right), and we will be posting batches of them in the live update section.
It doesn't take long for ESPN and the rest of the media to notice the action, and they swarm the table, putting additional pressure on the player facing a decision. Scotty Nguyen says (to no one in particular), "You never know, baby, you never know. My money's all in there."
Shortly after that, the big blind folds, showing . Nguyen says, "You know I have that beat, baby." But Nguyen mucks his cards without showing, and takes the pot.
Scotty Nguyen is up to about 130,000.
Play will resume at 3:30 pm PDT.