Hand #6: Rick Salomon raised to 1.4 million from the hijack and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: Dan Colman raised to 1.2 million from the cutoff and found a call from Paul Newey in the big blind. The flop came down and Newey checked to the raiser. Colman knocked the table back and the board paired with the on the turn. Both players checked again and the put two pair on the board on the river. Both players checked one last time.
Colman showed for ace-high and was awarded the pot.
Hand #8: Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 1.2 million from the cutoff and Paul Newey shipped all in from the small blind for 6.675 million. Action folded back to Reinkemeier and he called.
Reinkemeier:
Newey:
The flop came down , keeping Newey's nines in the lead. The dealer produced the on the turn, meaning Newey needed to fade an ace or a king on the river.
Fifth street was the , ensuring Newey would score the double up.
Hand #1: Scott Seiver completed from the small blind, Cary Katz checked in the big blind, and the flop fell . Seiver led out for 600,000 and won the pot.
Hand #2: Seiver raised to 1.2 million on the button, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #3: Christoph Vogelsang received a walk.
Hand #4: Rick Salomon raised to 1.4 million on the button, Daniel Colman defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , and Salomon won with a bet of 1.5 million.
Hand #5: Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun, Paul Newey moved all in for 3.3 million on his direct left, and Negreanu called.
Negreanu:
Newey:
Newey had the best hand, and he doubled through as the board came .
Tom Hall open-shipped all in for 7.7 million from the hijack. After about one minute, Negreanu reraised all in from the button. The blinds folded and the hands were turned over.
Hall:
Negreanu:
The flop came down , pairing Negreanu's ace and giving him the lead in the hand. The fell on the turn, eliciting applause from Negreanu's rail. The finished the board and Tom Hall was eliminated on the bubble. Each remaining player is guaranteed at least $1,306,607 in prize money as the official final table is set!
Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker. What began as 42 is now just nine, as late last night the field combined to the unofficial final table. Rick Salomon leads the charge with 23.575 million, but he's joined by some of poker's elite who are sure to challenge his lead on the way to the championship.
While an unofficial final table of nine return, not every returning player is guaranteed money. Only the official final table of eight is guaranteed money, meaning the players were forced to sleep on what is certainly a very intense $1,306,607 bubble. After losing one player today, the official final table will be set and each player's new quest will be to earn the title and over $15 million in first-place prize money.
Salomon sits at the top of the chip counts, but German professional Tobias Reinkemeier is right on his heels with 22.825 million. Rounding out the four are Daniel Colman with a stack of 22.625 million and none other than "KidPoker" himself, Daniel Negreanu, with 20.7 million. From there, there is a distinctive gap in the chip distribution with Cary Katz sporting the next largest stack of 9.125 million.
Both Paul Newey and Scott Seiver doubled up late last night to keep their dreams of cashing this event alive and well. Seiver bagged up 8.25 million and will have his work cut out for him today. Newey, on the other hand, is the player who will have the largest sweat as he bagged just 4.05 million for the shortest stack and what will be just around eight big blinds.
Play begins at 3 p.m. local time and PokerNews will be on site to provide hand-for-hand coverage from the ESPN feature table stage. Stay tuned!
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, giving Katz some backdoor straight draws, but the 
eliminated all of them.
completed the board.
and Newey checked to the raiser. Colman knocked the table back and the board paired with the 
put two pair on the board on the river. Both players checked one last time.
for ace-high and was awarded the pot.
, keeping Newey's nines in the lead. The dealer produced the 
on the turn, meaning Newey needed to fade an ace or a king on the river.
, ensuring Newey would score the double up.
. Seiver led out for 600,000 and won the pot.
.
finished the board and Tom Hall was eliminated on the bubble. Each remaining player is guaranteed at least $1,306,607 in prize money as the official final table is set!
