WSOP Main Event

[indieangler]

Down to about 85 people....Annie Duke busted....Allen Cunningham is still left and has about 900,000 in chips...Micon is STILL playing and has around 700,000 in chips....

As of this update, there are still 4 Full Tilt qualifiers playing right now....I suppose Allen could have qualified at FTP too. I'm not sure if he can win the $10 million extra money if he did qualify through FTP or not, since he is part of the Full Tilt team....

[Georgia Poker]

Bryan Micon raises to $44,000 from early position pre-flop. John Lee re-raises to $150,000 from mid-position. Micon then moves all-in for $187,000 more. He shows off for the ESPN camera while his opponent makes the decision, including pretending to pack his bag and waiving a "DONKEY" laser pen. Lee makes the call and shows AK, while Micon flips up pocket Jacks. Lee's odds do not change much with the flop of QQ8. The J on the turn leaves him drawing dead, however. The meaningless river card is the K, and Micon doubles up to $690,000 in chips.

[PPP]

Jamie Gold has 13.5 million in chips three days before the final table is scheduled to occur... There is a WSOP first...

[pokermac]

I think I read from pauly that Micon is out

[Bryan]

Ok, so just an update for anyone passing by. Main event final table chip counts as of 6:23pm ET.

RANK	PLAYER	CHIP COUNTS

1	Jamie Gold	27570000
2	Allen Cunningham	16700000
3	Richard Lee	16500000
4	Erik Friberg	7500000
5	Doug Kim	6000000
6	Paul Wasicka	5700000
7	Rhett Butler	5000000
8	Michael Binger	4500000

[Bryan]

It's 1:18am now and they're just about to come back from break. Looks like a long night of poker ahead.

There are currently 5 players left with Jamie Gold holding more than half of the chips in play.

Here are the current chip counts as of 1:18am on Friday.

RANK	PLAYER	CHIP COUNTS

1	Jamie Gold	51175000
2	Paul Wasicka	14560000
3	Allen Cunningham	13680000
4	Michael Binger	7440000
5	Rhett Butler	3235000

[indieangler]

Allen Cunningham, my personal favorite at the final table, is out in 4th place and takes home $3.6 million. He moved all in pre-flop with 1010 and was called by Jamie Gold with KJ. Gold flopped a K and Allen was done.

Looks like Gold really has this thing locked down if he plays it right...I believe Jamie Gold was the one that kept bickering with Micon at an earlier table. He has 57 millon in chips right now and 2nd place has 17 million....pretty good sized lead, but not over yet. Down to 3, getting close to being over.

[Kyle]

heads up now Im still watching the feed - Trying to get one of my websites a shout out http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=12527 lol.

I would love to know how neverwinpoker managed to get the announcer to say "neverwin is an accomplished online poker player" after he sent in a message

I just sent them a tricky e-mail we'll see how it goes.

[Bryan]

Well, it's all over and Jamie Gold is the 2006 WSOP Main Event Champion.

It was a great final table and was really great to actually see all the play and not just the highlights.

I actually have to commend ESPN for the live coverage. They did a great job and even though I'm not a huge Phil Gordon fan... I thought they did a great job and also really enjoyed all the top pros that stopped by with their commentary.

Well, I'm tired as hell... so hoped you all enjoyed it too.

Bryan

[AceHigh Pino]

Great stuff...cant wait for the hole cameras during ESPNs coverage.



Posted a story on PokerOwnage as well about the win...epic stuff Mr Gold. Im soooooo eating more blueberries after watching this guy on PPV....LOL.