WPT Bellagio Five Diamond - Day Four (Official 5 Diamond Thread!)
 

Cards are in the air. Figured a new thread is in order since yesterday's turned into a decent hand discussion.

Blinds at 8K/16K with a 2K ante.

Chip counts and seating assignments to start the day - 26 players left, and they're playing down to six:

Table #40
1 Jeff King $238,000
2 Ron Kirk $873,000
3 Woody Van Stratum $131,000
4 Doyle Brunson $1,110,000
5 Joanne 'J.J.' Liu $1,980,000
6 Rod Hurlbut $323,000
7 Dwayne Moyers $392,000
8 Jeff Rine $288,000
9 Michael Yoshino $312,000

Table #39
1 Peter Costa $476,000
2 Mike Gracz $577,000
3 Dennis Waterman $316,000
4 Joe Cassidy $1,207,000
5 Darrell Dicken $316,000
6 Barny Boatman $446,000
7 Adam Friedman $419,000
8 Rehne Pedersen $1,460,000

Table #27
1 Brad 'The Poker Assasin' Booth $666,000
2 Patrik Antonius $1,121,000
3 Phil Laak $475,000
4 James Van Alstyne $831,000
5 Jeff Littlefield $566,000
6 Brain Lamkin $241,000
7 David Levi $204,000
8 Bengt Sonnert $1,194,000
9 Eskimo Clark $479,000

Payouts:
1 $2,078,185
2 $1,046,470
3 $563,485
4 $362,140
5 $241,495
6 $160,995
7 $144,895
8 $128,795
9 $112,695
10 $96,595
11-15 $80,500
16-20 $64,400
21-26 $48,300

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26. Adam Friedman (by Rehne Pedersen) - $48,300
25. Brian Lamkin (by David Levi) - $48,300
24. Woody Van Stratum (by Joanne 'J.J.' Liu) - $48,300
23. Eskimo Clark (by Patrik Antonius) - $48,300

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One other thing I've been meanning to comment on - how impressive was Doyle's play yesterday? He started near the top in chips coming into the day, and I didn't see his name in a single update. This makes me believe he picked up a plethora of small pots, and increased his stack almost threefold to over a million chips without even having to show down a hand in a tough situation. Wouldn't be surprised at all to see the big guy at the final table here, though he did draw an unfortunate seat today with J.J. Liu on his immediate left.

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Adam Friedman... where have I heard that name before? Oh yeah - "Thas wut ahm talking bout!!!".

Wonder how he handled hit bust out this time. Nice finish though.

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LEVEL 18 - $10K/$20 Blinds, $3K Ante

Updated Chip Counts
1 Joanne 'J.J.' Liu $ 2,113,000
2 Patrik Antonius $ 1,825,000
3 Rehne Pedersen $ 1,742,000
4 Joe Cassidy $ 1,083,000
5 Doyle Brunson $ 1,026,000
6 Bengt Sonnert $ 921,000
7 James Van Alstyne $ 757,000
8 Ron Kirk $ 731,000
9 Phil Laak $ 683,000
10 Jeff Rine $ 630,000
11 Peter Costa $ 596,000
12 Jeff Littlefield $ 594,000
13 Brad Booth $ 518,000
14 Mike Gracz $ 495,000
15 Barny Boatman $ 486,000
16 Dwayne Moyers $ 401,000
17 Rod Hurlbut $ 393,000
18 Dennis Waterman $ 378,000
19 David Levi $ 377,000
20 Darrell Dicken $ 307,000
21 Jeff King $ 300,000
22 Michael Yoshino $ 161,000
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22. Brad Booth (by Phil Laak) - $48,300

Gosh, this one looks horrid if the details are right:

Phil 'Unabomber' Laak takes out Brad Booth
Brad Booth raised to 75K from the cutoff and Phil 'Unabomber' Laak pushed in from the small blind. Booth called all in for 534K and the players turned up:

Brad Booth A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Phil Laak A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

21. Michael Yoshino (by Doyle Brunson) - $48,300
20. Rod Hurlbut (by Doyle Brunson) - $64,400
19. Dwayne Moyers (by Jeff Rine) - $64,400

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It's a start... two more of these, and we're back in business:

Darrell Dicken doubles thorugh Patrik Antonius
Darrel Dicken raised from the small blind to 70K and Patrik Antonius re-raised all in from the big blind. Dicken called all in for 188K. The players turned up:

Darrell Dicken 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Patrik Antonius A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

The board came J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] giving Dicken a pair of threes to double up.

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18. Barny Boatman (by Bengt Sonnert) - $64,400
17. Dennis Waterman (by Joe Cassidy) - $64,400
16. Jeff King (by Doyle Brunson) - $64,400

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It's a start... two more of these, and we're back in business:

Darrell Dicken doubles thorugh Patrik Antonius
Darrel Dicken raised from the small blind to 70K and Patrik Antonius re-raised all in from the big blind. Dicken called all in for 188K. The players turned up:

Darrell Dicken 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Patrik Antonius A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

The board came J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] giving Dicken a pair of threes to double up.

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jiminy

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It's a start... two more of these, and we're back in business:

Darrell Dicken doubles thorugh Patrik Antonius
Darrel Dicken raised from the small blind to 70K and Patrik Antonius re-raised all in from the big blind. Dicken called all in for 188K. The players turned up:

Darrell Dicken 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Patrik Antonius A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

The board came J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] giving Dicken a pair of threes to double up.

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hell yeah now thats what im talking about [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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It's a start... two more of these, and we're back in business:

Darrell Dicken doubles thorugh Patrik Antonius
Darrel Dicken raised from the small blind to 70K and Patrik Antonius re-raised all in from the big blind. Dicken called all in for 188K. The players turned up:

Darrell Dicken 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Patrik Antonius A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

The board came J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] giving Dicken a pair of threes to double up.


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yet another play i'm not capable of making ... who else could call all-in with 73o pre-flop?

the shania is strong in that one ...

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yet another play i'm not capable of making ... who else could call all-in with 73o pre-flop?

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Pot odds, guys. Plus, he was the shortest stack in the tournament. The initial raise was certainly debatable, but the call once Patrik put him all in is pretty automatic (assuming the 188K is total, not a 188K reraise). And even if it was a 188K reraise, Giga's still getting 2:1.

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Ugh. This one's probably close to fatal:

Mike Gracz doubles through Darrell Dicken
Darrell Dicken raised to 60K from under the gun, James Van Alstyne called from the cutoff, and Mike Gracz pushed in from the big blind for 113K more. Dicken pushed in over the top and Van Alstyne folded. The players turned up:

Mike Gracz J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
Darrell Dicken A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

The board came 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and Gracz's pocket jacks held to double him up.

[img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

But then:

Darrell Dicken doubles through Jeff Littlefield
Jeff Littlefield raised to 75K from the button and Darrell Dicken pushed in from the big blind for an additional 256K. Littlefield called and the players showed:

Darrell Dicken A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Jeff Littlefield A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

The board gave Dicken quads to double up when it came 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].

Eh, decent board. Sounds like Giga's back up to close to 700K or so - still below average, but manageable. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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yet another play i'm not capable of making ... who else could call all-in with 73o pre-flop?

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Pot odds, guys. Plus, he was the shortest stack in the tournament. The initial raise was certainly debatable, but the call once Patrik put him all in is pretty automatic (assuming the 188K is total, not a 188K reraise). And even if it was a 188K reraise, Giga's still getting 2:1.

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"pot odds" ... yes, i know. it's still hard for me to visualize myself putting all my money in with 73o when i figure that my best case against any reasonable range for the villain has me as a 40% dog and the price i'm being offered isn't much better than that.

however, my initial read was that Gigabet called an incremental 188K but i can see how i could be mistaken.

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however, my initial read was that Gigabet called an incremental 188K but i can see how i could be mistaken.

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You could be right, it's hard to know what they mean.

BTW, nice location!! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Why not open push then, if you have any intention of calling all-in? Maybe the blinds were too small? Or were there any other players in the pot that he wouldn't have called? Or could he possibly be thinking that a standard raise would look stronger to a thinking player given his stack? Interesting stuff.

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Chip Count at the 15-minute break:
1 Joanne 'J.J.' Liu $ 2,383,000
2 Patrik Antonius $ 2,334,000
3 Doyle Brunson $ 1,868,000
4 Phil Laak $ 1,330,000
5 Rehne Pedersen $ 1,280,000
6 Bengt Sonnert $ 985,000
7 Peter Costa $ 923,000
8 Joe Cassidy $ 886,000
9 James Van Alstyne $ 876,000
10 Jeff Rine $ 780,000
11 Jeff Littlefield $ 757,000
12 Ron Kirk $ 662,000
13 David Levi $ 607,000
14 Darrell Dicken $ 477,000
15 Mike Gracz $ 418,000

Average Now: $1,104,000
Final Table Average (9): $1,840,667
TV Table Average (6): $2,761,000

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Any idea what the blinds are?

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yet another play i'm not capable of making ... who else could call all-in with 73o pre-flop?

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Pot odds, guys. Plus, he was the shortest stack in the tournament. The initial raise was certainly debatable, but the call once Patrik put him all in is pretty automatic (assuming the 188K is total, not a 188K reraise). And even if it was a 188K reraise, Giga's still getting 2:1.

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"pot odds" ... yes, i know.

however, my initial read was that Gigabet called an incremental 188K but i can see how i could be mistaken.

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They're playing 10-20-3. Playing nine-handed (18 remaining) means there's 57 in the pot. Giga appears to raise 50 more; that plus Antonius's 70 call totals 177. So Darrell is getting just a shade under 2:1 for the call, assuming he calls an incremental 188 (which is how I read it as well).

Against a random hand, that's about an even-money call. I suspect Giga's view is that if he mucks, his stack will have absolutely zero FE; thus, even though a call is probably -EV (Antonio's range is tighter than any two, because he knows Dicken must call) mucking is even more -EV.

And what is it with this "Duke Sucks" disease? Fark appears to be infections, especially to the Blue Devils among us.

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Any idea what the blinds are?

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Going up again right now:

LEVEL 19 - $12K/$24K with a $3K ante. $57K or $60K per orbit depending on which table you're at.

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And what is it with this "Duke Sucks" disease?

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i'll give you a couple of hints:
a) 1992 NCAAs
b) Christian Laettner's foot
c) Aminu Timberlake's chest (Kentucky forward)

any questions?

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Giga (or anyone else),

Re: 73, why not just open push there as opposed to raise/call?

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Re: 73, why not just open push there as opposed to raise/call?

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The only reason it could possibly be is that he thought a non-all-in raise appeared stronger, right?

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BOOM!!

15. Mike Gracz (by Darrell Dicken) - $80,500

Darrell Dicken eliminates Mike Gracz

Oooh!! Doubly good!!

James Van Alstyne raised to 75K, Mike Gracz pushed in, Darrell Dicken pushed in over the top, and Patrik Antonius pushed in over the top as well. Van Alstyne folded and the players turned up:

Mike Gracz K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Darrell Dicken A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Patrik Antonius A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

The flop came K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] putting Gracz in the lead with top two pair. The turn came J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] with no change, but the 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] on the river gave Dicken the nut flush to take the pot.

After the hand Darrell Dicken was up to 1.5M (!!!) and Patrik Antonius was at 1.7M.

Giga must have been sick when he saw the flop, but he's right back in the mix now. That also wraps up the Card Player POY Award for Men Nguyen.
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14. Ron Kirk (by Joe Cassidy) - $80,500

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And what is it with this "Duke Sucks" disease?

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i'll give you a couple of hints:
a) 1992 NCAAs
b) Christian Laettner's foot
c) Aminu Timberlake's chest (Kentucky forward)

any questions?

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Yes, actually. Who, pray tell, won that game?

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Re: 73, why not just open push there as opposed to raise/call?

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The only reason it could possibly be is that he thought a non-all-in raise appeared stronger, right?

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but given Antonius's stack (over 2 million chips) it's hard to see how he woultn't at least call a mere 50k raise with most marginal hands when he's getting nearly 2.5-to-1.

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Gigabet tripled up. *Edit - more than tripled up to 1.5 million

DD - AA
Antonius - AK
Gracz - K9s

Action goes raise by Van Alstyne, Gracz push, Dicken push, Antonius overpush

Gracz makes two pair on monotone flop, Dicken holding the only diamond on a K9x diamond flop, and the 4th diamond comes on the river

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Whoah, looks like he tripled up too [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

*edit* yeah what he said ^^

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And what is it with this "Duke Sucks" disease?

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i'll give you a couple of hints:
a) 1992 NCAAs
b) Christian Laettner's foot
c) Aminu Timberlake's chest (Kentucky forward)

any questions?

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Yes, actually. Who, pray tell, won that game?

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we all know who won that game. that's not the issue. the issue is the unbelievably poor sportsmanship displayed by Laettner and the tacit support for that behavior given by Coach K and all Duke fans.

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http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3...fingers0va.jpg

Chau is clearly a wake forest fan. He agrees re: duke!

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BIMO

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Awesomeness. Everything seems to be going right for Gigabet now... perhaps this is his tourny to win!

EDIT: It's too bad that the WPT only shows the final table. Would be fun to see Gigabet's up and downs throughout the tourney, especially these last 2 days.

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nm. someone told me what it meant.

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Awesomeness. Everything seems to be going right for Gigabet now... perhaps this is his tourny to win!

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Hardly, stacks are pretty deep right now, the relative field is pretty tough and this day should last a longgggg time. They are playing down to 6, no?

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Hey.. just trying to stay positive for a fellow 2+2er =)

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nm. someone told me what it meant.

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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...iantimo9cn.jpg

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http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3...fingers0va.jpg

Chau is clearly a wake forest fan. He agrees re: duke!

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I wonder if Chau could identify Dale Davis and Elden Campbell from a lineup. I somehow suspect not.

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I wonder how much Gracz had going in? IE - was most of the money in the side pot? Either way, Gigabet has been seeing some sick action today.

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I wonder if Chau could identify Dale Davis and Elden Campbell from a lineup. I somehow suspect not.

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Man.. don't hate on the lazy eye! It adds character!

-kyo

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I wonder how much Gracz had going in? IE - was most of the money in the side pot? Either way, Gigabet has been seeing some sick action today.

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Gracz and Gig both had approx 400k, and Antonius had more then 2 mil. I think Gig had Gracz covered, but very barely.

A lagre majority of the chips in the hand were in the main pot, given that info.

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Updated Chip Count
1 Doyle Brunson $ 2,400,000
2 Joanne 'J.J.' Liu $ 2,300,000
3 Rehne Pedersen $ 1,850,000
4 Bengt Sonnert $ 1,440,000
5 Darrell Dicken $ 1,350,000
6 Patrik Antonius $ 1,300,000
7 Phil Laak $ 1,300,000
8 James Van Alstyne $ 945,000
9 Jeff Rine $ 890,000
10 Peter Costa $ 720,000
11 David Levi $ 670,000
12 Joe Cassidy $ 665,000
13 Jeff Littlefield $ 500,000

And FYI, I'm heading out, so if someone wants to assume the position of "head updater" [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img], feel free.