WSOP - the day before Final Table

[ChristinaB]

John Murphy
I don't know if John Murphy was at the same bar as me last night but it seems he still hasn't arrived for day 5. Currently in fifth place with over 1.3 million in chips, he is asleep in his room at the Bellagio!

At the moment he is being anted away

Ante 3000
Blinds 10,000-20,000

[uuDevil]

From Pokerpages:

1:04 PM
John Murphy has finally arrived, over an hour late.

Is he the 21 year old?

[ChristinaB]

1:46 PM
Gary Jones got all in preflop with K-K against Chris Ferguson's 4-4. The board came 6-7-8-7-Q. Jones doubled up, and Ferguson is crippled, down to about $5,000.

1:49 PM
Ferguson gets all in with J-4 against Gary Jones's 8-4. The board comes K-7-3-5-2. Ferguson rebounds to about $20,000.

1:51 PM
Ferguson goes all in for $21,000. James Grimes and Gary Jones check the hand down. The board comes K-6-5-10-9. Ferguson shows pocket nines, having made a set on the river. Ferguson now has $81,000.

One more player eliminated and we reshuffle down to 3 tables.

[ChristinaB]

Michael McClain $500,000
Martin Feijo $375,000
Mattias Andersson $800,000
Greg Raymer $2,700,000
Josh Arieh $1,300,000
Dan Harrington $1,000,000
Robert Jarrett $1,150,000
William Erickson $750,000
Dewey Archer $700,000
Al Krux $900,000
David Truong $100,000
Marcel Luske $1,385,000
John Murphy $1,300,000

[BirthdayBoy]

Down to 27, with this payout schedule:

1st $5,000,000
2nd $3,500,000
3rd $2,500,000
4th $1,500,000
5th $1,100,000
6th $800,000
7th $675,000
8th $575,000
9th $470,400
10th -12th $373,000
13th -15th $275,000
16th -18th $175,000
19th - 27th $120,000

[Baulucky]

Wow!. It seems he is terrorizing the field. Nice Job. He is obviously going for a win!. GL to Fossilman. Bring the bracelet to the Zoo. (And them glasses to me!).