By 6:00 pm Sunday evening Las Vegas time, this year’s World Series of Poker was down to 18 players from 6358 entries.
Among those still in it, 1998’s World Series of Poker winner, Scotty Nguyen, and another successful pro, Lee Watkinson.
Nine players busted in three hours since our last update.
“It’s rough, baby,” said the 1998 main event winner, who had 3.6 million in chips after several hours of play. “It’s rough, but I’m still here. Skill takes you here, but now you need a little luck to go deeper.”
Moments later, Nguyen went from last of 27 players to the middle of the pack after moving all in with an ace and queen and beating a player with pocket 10s when he flopped an ace on the board.
“I’m the comeback kid,” he said.
Lee Childs of Reston, Va. switched places with William Spadea, a 60-year-old retiree from South Easton, Mass., for the number one spot by 6 pm PST.
Play will continue until another nine individuals bust out. The remaining 9 will compete on Tuesday during the final day of the 2007 World Series of Poker.
Here were your chip leaders at 6:00 pm PST:
William Spadea 10,950,000 1,165,000
Lee Childs 10,795,000 400,000
John Armbrust 10,200,000 4,525,000
Ray Henson 10,000,000 865,000
Philip Hilm 9,985,000 2,515,000
Jerry Yang 9,200,000 200,000
Raymond Rahme 8,750,000 750,000
Kenny Tran 7,285,000 1,215,000
Jon Kalmar 6,840,000 3,330,000
David Tran 6,690,000 135,000
Tuan Lam 6,105,000 895,000
Hevad “Rain” Khan 5,300,000 240,000
Lee Watkinson 4,360,000 160,000
Bob Slezak 4,280,000 280,000
Scotty Nguyen 4,150,000 25,000
Kevin Farry 2,970,000 150,000
Steven Garfinkle 2,855,000 205,000
Alex Kravchenko 1,540,000
