WSOP Day 4

[gnu]

9 Aussies have gone through to Day 4.481 runners left giving a chip average of 182k. CurrentPlacing.........Name..................Chips............Seat129...........Jeff Lisandro.........236,000........T167 S7133...........Marcus Collins.....231,500........T162 S1145...........Tony Dunst............220,500........T161 S6189...........Sam Khouiss........179,500........T201 S3200...........Russell Davies.....173,000........T174 S5256...........Joe Hachem..........139,000........T179 S6342...........Mark Vos...................96,500........T205 S3405...........Rayan Nathan.........70,000........T190 S8479...........Peter Antill................19,000........T165 S9

[JK.]

Thankyou Gnu,for the update.Nine Aussies on the fourth day is quite impressive.I expected Jeff and Pokerbok to do wellbut I never expected so many to make it to the 4th day.No matter what I thought of Joes' ability up to now,I must say that he has convinced me that he can play.To make it this far defending his title is fantastic.No matter where Joe finishes now,his effort in the two years has been phenomenal.I am actually starting to believe that it is possible for another Aussie win,making it back to back Aussie champions.

[AussieAsh]

Hachem and McEvoy ($130,000) are now the only former winners left.The remaining Aussies below, with their table assignments:[b]Player Name Chip Count T#/S#David Filippi $ 98,000 167/1Bernt Grytdahl $127,500 167/2Paul Shoquist $114,500 167/3Nancy Nguyen $180,500 167/4Huy Nguyen $324,500 167/5Steven Berryman $150,000 167/6[b]Jeffrey Lisandro $236,000 167/7Ole Busborg Jensen $ 63,500 167/8Richard D. Clark $151,500 167/9[b]Marcus Collins $231,500 162/1Clint Brotherton $124,500 162/2Larry Levine $125,500 162/3Max Reele $292,000 162/4Suzan Cohen $309,500 162/5Jaek Wooden $142,000 162/6David Zeitlin $95,500 162/7Rob De Wildt $140,000 162/8Marin Virgen $264,500 162/9Albert Padilla $640,000 161/1Kevin Nathan $137,500 161/2Joe Macek $132,000 161/3Brendan Lynch $137,000 161/4Femng Chen $71,500 161/5[b]Tony Dunst $220,500 161/6Alan Resh $124,500 161/7Scott Malone $384,500 161/8John Kim $114,500 161/9Josh Newborn $109,500 201/1Paul Vida $375,000 201/2[b]Sam Khouiss $179,500 201/3Benjamin Logan $318,000 201/4Virgil Beddingfield $182,000 201/5Michael Rawls $86,000 201/6Micahel Tait $187,000 201/7Thomas Wahlroos $558,500 201/8Annie Duke $180,000 201/9Sean Le $308,000 174/1Derek Feldman $60,500 174/2Lynne Mitchnuck $154,000 174/3Mack Lee $114,500 174/4[b]Russell Davies $173,000 174/5Aaron Clark $298,000 174/6Jim Deitz $101,000 174/7Adam Joens $151,000 174/8Michael Batherwich $63,000 174/9Dan Aeimiller $31,000 179/1Golser Markus $338,000 179/2Mel Podaima $66,000 179/3Brian Hansen $300,500 179/4Larry Etherington $146,500 179/5[b]Joe Hachem $139,000 179/6Adam Stormwind $13,500 179/7Katharine Hartree $61,000 179/8Andy Donovan $62,000 179/9David Murray $225,000 205/1Elie Said $387,000 205/2[b]Mark Vos $96,500 205/3Josef Bachar $50,000 205/4William Thorson $628,000 205/5Michael Katz $293,500 205/6Ernie Shepherd $222,000 205/7Surinder Sunar $71,500 205/8Siddharth Jain $318,000 205/9Vinid Jadav $82,500 190/1David Creeley $44,000 190/2Jon Oda $47,600 190/3Aki Ruuskanen $196,000 190/4Eric Lynch $541,000 190/5Robert A. Kozik $44,500 190/6Melandro Alina $82,000 190/7[b]Rayan Nathan $70,000 190/8Brian Doyle $46,500 190/9Mike Sullivan $79,500 165/1Ryan Melkonian $30,000 165/2Richard Digiorgio $360,000 165/3Michael Binger $275,000 165/4Michael Hogbam $186,500 165/5Daniel Pickle $132,000 165/6James Cartee $217,000 165/7Jon Lane $654,000 165/8[b]Peter Antill $19,000 165/9

[TassieDevil]

Wow hardly know any of those players!Besides the Aussies, are there ANY big name pros still remaining in the field?

[antivirus]

thanks for the update guys.Go Tony GO!!!

[PokaBandito]

Big name pros left in the field: Daniel Negreanu, Cyndy Violiette, David Chiu (chip leader), and Humberto Brenes. Another memorable face should be Mikael Thuritz - winner of the first Speed Poker Championships in Melbourne '05 (the first live event I ever cashed in!)

[PokaBandito]

Speak of the devil...Sat Aug 05 12:35:00 PDT 2006Mikael Thuritz DoublesKelly Fitzsimmons raises to $13,000 preflop and is called by Mikael Thuritz. The flop brings the 10c9h6c, and Thuritz checks. Fitzsimmons bets $25,000 and Thuritz raises $50,000 more. Fitzsimmons thinks for a moment then reraises all in. Thuritz calls instantly and reveals the 10d10s. Fitzsimmons shows the Jc9c. Neither player improves their hand on the turn or river, and Thuritz's set gives him the pot and doubles him up to approximately $320,000. Fitzsimmons is now sitting at $150,000.

[TeeCee]

Unfortunately in appears Mark Vos has been eliminated in 457th spot. I'm sure he'll fill us in with the details soon enough.

[PokaBandito]

Can you smell a repeat?Sat Aug 05 13:10:00 PDT 2006Defending Champ Doubles upAn opponent raises to $15,000 preflop and Joe Hachem moves all-in for $105,000 more from the small blind. The opponent thinks for awhile and finally makes the call with 5c5d. Hachem shows AsQs. The board comes QhQd9s2s4s and Hachem hits a set of Queens and just for kicks hits the nut flush as well. The defending champ now has $240,000.

[TeeCee]

Lisandro 310kHachem 240k