Phillips was up to 14.9 million after the hand while Michelle's stack fell to 4.6 million. She lost about 1.6 million on the last two hands.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 7
Phillips was up to 14.9 million after the hand while Michelle's stack fell to 4.6 million. She lost about 1.6 million on the last two hands.
The river brought the and, after Chino checked, Joe bet 1.5 million. Rheem called...to see Bishop roll over for quads. Rheem mucked and is down to 2.35 million, while Bishop is up over 14 million.
A dual citizen of both Switzerland and the U.S., Scherer enjoys skiing, building igloos, and playing Scrabble. He got into this tournament the old-fashioned way - by paying the $10,000 entry fee in cash.
Scherer doesn't own an iPod, but admits that he plays AC/DC's hit Back in Black every morning "to get pumped for poker."
The 35-year-old attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and plans to "buy a new pair of skis" should he emerge the champion in November.
The attention on Michelle has been focused mainly on whether or not she will not only final-table the Main Event, but break the record for a highest finish by a female. Barbara Enright is currently in sole possession of that record for her historic fifth-place finish in the big one in 1995.
However, with the record fields of the current era, it's not really fair to compare the two accomplishments. If one were to closely examine the finishes of these notable females when compared to the size of the field, one would see that Michelle's run is already historic.
Tiffany Michelle - 18th place*, 2008, outlasted 99.736%
Tiffany Williamson - 15th place, 2005, outlasted 99.733%
Maria Ho - 38th place, 2007, outlasted 99.402%
Barbara Enright - 5th place, 1995, outlasted 98.168%
Annie Duke - 10th place, 2000, outlasted 98.047%
*With only 18 players remaining, Tiffany Michelle is guaranteed to finish 18th place or better.
Chopping the remaining prizepool evenly at this point would mean each player would take home $2,044,569. This is considerably better than seventh-place money.