Main Event Day 5

Day Five of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event has concluded only 36 players remaining, all in with a shout of winning the $8.25 million first place prize.

The current chip leader is David Tran, and the Californian player is the only player with over 10 million in chips.

Six-former WSOP gold bracelet winners have survived. They include – Scotty Nguyen (4 wins), Bob Slezak (1 win), Daniel Alaei (1 win), Lee Watkinson (1 win), Alex Kravchenko (1 win), and Bill Edler (1 win).

The only former world champion still alive in the tournament is Scotty Nguyen, who won the WSOP in 1998.

Of the remaining 36 players, eight different nations are represented including – Canada, Denmark, England, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States. One-third of the remaining players (12 of 36) are non-US residents.

There is still British interest, with Jon ‘Skalie’ Kalmar still there, with 2,665,000 in chips.

California has the most remaining players, with seven.

The last remaining woman in the tournament was eliminated late on Day Five. Maria Ho from Arcadia, CA finished in 38th place and collected $237,865 in prize money.

37th position also paid $237,865, so all remaining players are guaranteed at least that in prize money.

On Day Six, play will continue until nine players remain. The final table will be played on July 17th starting at 12 noon.

The Main Event tournament began on 6 July and will run through until 17 July.

The $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship Event #55 has attracted 6,358 players who have contributed to a total prizepool of $59,784,954, with a first placed prize of $8.25 million.

Remaining players and chip counts:

David Tran, California, 10,280,000
Philip Hilm, Cambridge, 9,950,000
Ray Henson, Houston, TX, 8,250,000
Hevad Khan, Poughkeepsie, NY, 7,585,000
Kevin Farry, Pearl River, NY, 7,400,000
Scott Freeman, Oak Park, CA, 7,360,000
Lee Childs, Reston, VA, 6,520,000
Jerry Yang, Temecula, CA, 5,090,000
Kenny Tran, Arcadia, CA, 4,955,000
William Spadea, South Easton, MA, 4,575,000
Tuan Lam, Canada, 3,600,000
Lee Watkinson, Cheney, WA, 3,500,000
Stefan Mattsson, Stockholm, Sweden, 3,260,000
Raymond Rahme, Johannesburg, South Africa, 3,100,000
Ron Kluber, Seoul, South Korea, 3,070,000
Bill Edler, Las Vegas, NV, 2,680,000
Jon Kalmar, Chorleyville, 2,665,000
John Armbrust, Austin, TX, 2,600,000
Peter Darvill, Vancouver, BC, 2,430,000
Hoa Nguyen, Fairfax, VA, 2,205,000
Bob Slezak, Omaha, NE, 2,115,000
Jason Welch, Fort Collins, CO 2,115,000
Steven Garfinkle, Bellingham, WA, 2,115,000
Jeff Bryan, Fort Calhoun, NE, 2,100,000
Mikkel Madsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2,080,000
Christian Togsverd, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2,030,000
Daniel Alaei, Las Vegas, NV, 1,995,800
Scotty Nguyen, Las Vegas, NV, 1,960,000
Ryan Elson, Canton, OH, 1,785,000
Paulo Loureiro New York, NY, 1,645,000
Alex Kravchenko, Moscow, Russia, 1,555,000
Jason Koshi, Los Angeles, CA, 1,175,000
Roy Winston, Brooklyn, NY, 1,071,000
Allan King, San Diego, CA, 1,000,000
Kevin Kim, Los Angeles, CA, 610,000
Robin Bergren, Saskatoon, SK, 520,000