WHIPPERSNAPPERS

Two young movie stars appear today, as rumored, to play in the press tournament and the Super Satellite. It was like the World Series of Poker had just been discovered by Hollywood.

Meanwhile, we have a Final Table to conclude.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

Berry Johnston didn't show his hand when Sam Grizzle turned over Aces. Berry was last heard saying something about drawing dead. Johnston left in 21st place.

Mario Esquerra lost almost all of his chips, when his Jacks were losers to Grizzle's Queens. Now all-in with A J, it was his nemesis Grizzle who caught a flush with the Q 5 of Diamonds to crack Mario's Aces and Jacks.

Erik Seidel has made a fortune playing poker. He's now 10th on the all-time money list. He's more concerned with getting chips than with making it into the money in a tournament.

Surinder Sunar, Dan Alspach and Nhut Tran like that about Erik Seidel. They were all short stacked and facing elimination.

Seidel went all-in with a pair of 7's. David Grey called him with K Q. A King came on the river to save the endangered stacks and send Erik Seidel out in 19th. One out of the money.

CLOSE-UPS

Dan Heimiller couldn't get a hand for the last hour. He mucked his last one when John Cernuto showed an A Q which was duplicated on the board. Heimiller was 12th.

David Tavernier went all-in with 8's. Again it was John Cernuto who did the honors. Cernuto's Kings stood up and Tavernier stood down in 11th.

Joe Macchiaverna had every reason to be hopeful when he went all-in with A K. Dan Alspach had A Q. Sadly for Joe, Alspach had the Queen of Clubs. When the dealer put the fourth club on the river, Joe Macchiaverna had some sarcastic things to say to her on his way out in 10th.

THE STAGE IS SET

All the world's a stage and we are but players on it:

Seat 1	Bob Redman	$77,000	Liberty MO
Seat 2	Kevin McBride	68,000	Boca Raton FL
Seat 3	John Bonetti	32,500	Houston TX
Seat 4	Anthony Tran	28,000	Monterey Park CA
Seat 5	John Cernuto	124,000	Las Vegas
Seat 6	Sam Grizzle	85,000	Garden Grove CA
Seat 7	Patrick Bruel	54,000	Paris FRANCE
Seat 8	Men Nguyen	49,000	Bell Gardens CA
Seat 9	Dan Alspach	42,500	La Jolla CA

Prize Money

1st	$224,000
2nd	112,000
3rd	56,000
4th	33,600
5th	25,200
6th	19,600
7th	14,000
8th	11,200
9th	8,960

Dan Alspach is the only player present that has a tournament named after him. That doesn't impress Anthony Tran. When Dan has to go all-in with the K Q of Spades, Tran calls with pocket 5's. Alspach gets the nut flush on the river, but only after Anthony Tran makes 5's full of 7's. Dan Alspach still has a tournament named after him but is 9th.

John Bonetti never had enough chips to play his power game. When Bonetti goes all-in with J 10 of Diamonds, Men Nguyen is not intimidated. He calls with A 9. Two diamonds come on the flop but no more appear. Ace high Nguyens. Bonetti is 8th.

Anthony Tran didn't make enough from knocking Dan Alspach out to last long. He raises all-in with Q 10 of hearts. He flops up and down, but John Cernuto has Kings. One of Cernuto's Kings is a spade. Four spades arrive to take the A Tran out of town in 7th.

Sam Grizzle is as tough as his name. But he can't seem to scare the cards into his hand. Going all-in with A Q, he's called by Bob Redman with K J. A Jack flops to tenderize Sam in 6th.

Kevin McBride is the bridesmaid when his A 10 is met by Bob Redman's Queens. Kevin is wedded to 4th place.

The four remaining players negotiate a save and play on.

Men Nguyen was steaming yesterday, because of the beats he took. Try as he might, he wasn't able to dissippate the steam today, at the Final Table. He felt players were playing bad cards against him and catching. In his unique fashion, Men wasn't shy about telling these players what they'd done wrong and how lucky they'd been to beat "the Master." Men often refers to himself in the third person.

In his all-in hand, Men had an A 7 of Diamonds. John Cernuto had Q 10. To put a fitting ending to this event, for the Master, he flopped the nut flush draw. John hit two pair with Queens and 10's. Someone was going to get there and it wouldn't be Nguyen. His diamond never came and a 10 on the river filled Cernuto up.

Filled up with frustration was Men Nguyen in 4th place.

John Cernuto should be nicknamed "Miami Heat" he'd been running so good. But he finally cools off enough to have to go all-in with K 8. Patrick Bruel calls with A 9. John flips his cards back over on the flop, he's drawing dead. When did Patrick like his hand? When the flop came A A 9.

At the start of heads up play, Bob Redman has $350,000, Patrick Bruel has $210,000.

Heads up, the victor is usually the aggressor. Today that was Patrick Bruel, the French movie star. With two players, the blinds are continuous. They will eat up the largest stacks.

Bob Redman had been table chief all day. He'd been smoking. Patrick Bruel took over that role with no reservations. Raising nearly every hand, Bruel acted as if he had good cards, whether he did or not.

In the climax of the scene, Redman is all-in with 8 7. Bruel has 9 7. Could the nine actually play to give Bruel the title? Yeah, it could and did. The last board was Q 5 3 6 10.

With all the fuss being made in the other room over the hot young American movie stars, Patrick Bruel picked up the bracelet and said "Pretty."

What he really was saying was, "You can't upstage me, boys. I'm the movie star who can play poker."

$5,000 Limit Holdem
112 Entries - $560,000 Prize Pool

1.	Patrick Bruel	Paris FRANCE	$224,000
2.	Bob Redman	Liberty MO	112,000
3.	Miami John Cernuto	Las Vegas	56,000
4.	Men "Master" Nguyen	Bell Gardens CA	33,600
5.	Kevin McBride	Boca Raton FL	25,200
6.	Sam Grizzle	Garden Grove CA	19,600
7.	Anthony Tran	Monterey Park CA	14,000
8.	John Bonetti	Houston TX	11,200
9.	Dan Alspach	La Jolla CA	8,960
10.	Joe Macchiaverna	Las Vegas	6,720
11.	Dr. David Tavernier	Paris FRANCE	6,720
12.	Dan Heimiller	Las Vegas	6,720
13.	Alan Goehring	Southport CT	6,160
14.	Nhut Tran	Norwalk CT	6,160
15.	Gorden L. Hall	Las Vegas	6,160
16.	David Grey	Henderson NV	5,600
17.	Ali Farsai	Beverly Hills CA	5,600
18.	Surinder Sunar	Wolverhampton ENG	5,600

(Patty Hughes and Rudy Lotief)

The No-Limit Super Satellites start each evening at 8:40 PM in the Satellite area. The Entry Fee is $220 for $200 in Tournament chips and there are unlimited $200 re-buys during the first hour, if you have less than $200 in Tournament chips. You may also make a single or double add-on at the end of the re-buy period. Blinds start at $5/$10 and increase every 20 minutes. Available monies will be converted into non-negotiable, non-transferable, non-refundable seats in the $10,000 World Championship event, with at least $5,000 in cash and $500 Lammers being divided among the final table players.

WSOP SUPER SATELLITE #24 Sunday 10 May 1998

DRAMA ANYONE?

Tonight's was the last Super Satellite. There was no tomorrow. Well, there is a tomorrow, but tomorrow costs $10,000. This was the last chance to dance on the cheap.

Tonight, 275 players bought 374 re-buys bringing the prize pool to, $129,800.

The following were the rewards for making the final table:

1st	A $10,000 Seat and $300	$10,300
2nd	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
3rd	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
4th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
5th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
6th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
7th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
8th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
9th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
10th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
11th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
12th	A $10,000 Seat and $300	10,300
13th	12 Lammers and $200	6,200

Some of the "names" who competed were:

Matt Damon
Edward Norton
Hal Kant
Mickey Finn
Steve Kopp
Bruce Van Horn
Brent Carter
Mallie Hoyer
Mel Judah
John Esposito
Mario Esquerra
Jesse Jones
An Tran
Peter Alson
Aiden Bennett
Men Nguyen
O'Neil Longson
Thor Hansen
Mike Laing
David Rabbi
Mike Sexton
Catherine Brown
Louis Asmo
Tahoe Andrew
Roy Dudley
JC Pearson
Danny Dang
Jeff Sparks
Dan Heimiller
Vasilis Lazarou
Tony Ma
Kathy Liebert
Brad Daugherty
Alex Brenes
Blair Rodman

None of these esteemed players and movie stars made the final table.

With 12 Championship seats being given away, the action is at the last two tables.

Two players are knocked out in the last hand of three tables setting up:

The Final Two Tables:

Table 1

Seat 1	Jim Payton	$8,500	Canby IN
Seat 2	Gus Echeverri	5,500	Miami FL
Seat 3	Bob Loar	7,500	Rowlett TX
Seat 4	Jim Walterburg	3,000	Rochester WA
Seat 5	Roy Flowerday	16,000	Boksberg S AFRICA
Seat 6	Glenn Cozen	4,000	Las Vegas
Seat 7	Fariborz Azima	5,500	Kansas City MO
Seat 8	Vic Kramer	10,500	Sydney AUSTRALIA
Seat 9	Phat Lam	14,500	San Jose CA

Table 2

Seat 1	Steve Melton	$18,000	Noble OK
Seat 2	Bruce Atkinson	9,500	London ENG
Seat 3	Jeff Norman	14,500	Nyack NY
Seat 4	Taz Kampf	5,000	Yucaipa Ca
Seat 5	Harry Thomas	13,500	Ft Lauderdale FL
Seat 6	Kevin McBride	10,000	Boca Raton FL
Seat 7	Dewey Weum	4,000	Monona WI
Seat 8	Anne Spinetti	6,500	Las Vegas
Seat 9	(empty)

The countdown begins.

FIVE to go.

18th. John Bradley is all-in with A 2. He misses on a flush draw and loses to Steve Melton's A 10.

FOUR to go

17th. This is painful to watch. Fariborz Azima raises all-in with J J. Roy Flowerday calls with A Q. The flop comes Q 8 8, the turn a Jack. Azima has a full house. The river is a Queen. Flowerday has a bigger full house. Four lead changes in one hand.

THREE to go.

16th. Taz Kampf is running low, he raises all-in with pocket 9's. His raise isn't enough to stop Bruce Atkinson from calling from his big blind with A 7. An Ace flops.

TWO to go, no one can breathe.

15th. Glenn Cozen is all-in with A Q. Phat Lam calls with Q J. The turn comes a Jack.

ONE to go.

Jeff Norman says "The tournament will be easy after this."

14th. Anne Spinetti has six chips left. Four are taken by the big blind. Kevin McBride is also short. The loser of this hand will likely be out. Kevin raises from the button, all-in, with 7 chips.

Anne thinks for awhile then throws her last two chips in. Kevin turns over a 9 7. Anne has a J 8. The flop comes K 7 6, the turn an 8. Anne has 8's, Kevin has 7's and is up and down. The river is a 5. Kevin has a straight.

The ever gracious Anne Spinetti is the last one out of the money. She says "Good luck, guys." as she leaves.

Now all there is to decide, is who will get the seats and who is left with only the cash.

Trust me, the tension is so thick you couldn't cut it with a knife.

First Jim Walterburg has to raise all-in in front of the blinds. This is a perfect setup for Jim to fail for the fifth time to get a seat. Walterburg has A 3. Bob Loar has Jacks in the big blind. Jim's girl friend screams as an Ace flops.

Next Gus Echeverri has to raise all-in. He, too, doesn't have enough chips to get through the blinds. Gus has A 10. Jim Payton calls with pocket 7's. The entire Echeverri fan club screams as an Ace flops.

How much longer can this go on?

No longer.

Dewey Weum is all-in for the big blind. He has K 4. Steve Melton has K Q. No four comes. Queen plays, Dewey pays.

The winners for Super Satellite #24 were:

Vic Kramer
Phat Lam
Steve Melton
Bruce Atkinson
Jeff "Scooter" Norman
Harry Thomas Jr
Kevin McBride
Jim Payton for the second time
Bob Loar for the second time
Gus Echeverri for the second time
Roy Flowerday for the second time
And Jim Walterburg, after five Final Tables, gets into the Big Dance.

(Becky Kerber, Barbara Lotief and Terry Vanderlip)

Single Table Satellites are run continuously 21 hours every day (8:00 AM until 5:00 AM) and usually last around 90 minutes. There are featured Satellites each day for the next day's event, as well as other Satellites depending on demand. Single Table Satellites for the $10,000 Main event and for the next no-limit Holdem event are spread frequently. Binion's charges $10 per player in a Satellite.

For the $1,010 buy-in Single Table $10,000 Satellites, ten players start with $4,000 each in chips. The blinds start at $25/50 and increase every 20 minutes. The winner gets a non-transferrable seat in the Championship Event.

The Temperature sign atop Binion's Horseshoe read 75 degrees at 3:00 PM on Sunday afternoon. The sky was partly cloudy, sunny, blue and hazy. The wind was out of the SW at 10 to 20mph most of the day.

ESPN will be doing TV coverage of the Final Table of the $10,000 Championship event, and it is scheduled to be aired on 12 July.

The Final Table will be held in the Special Events room (which has been the location of the 20 table Poker room during the 1998 WSOP) and Vince Van Patten will be the Celebrity Host for the telecast. Bleachers will surround the Final Table in the Special Events room, and a large screen TV will be set up in the Tournament Pavilion.

Jim Albrecht says "We expect to exceed the record 312 entries of last year."

Won't happen this year. Last year's attempted live internet coverage didn't work out too well, and Jim Albrecht says "We'll have to wait until the technology catches up, before we try it again."

Things are starting to wind down a bit at the 1998 WSOP, which is the normal pattern of the past. Many players have come, lost their stakes, and are now on the rail, or have gone back home. The long lists for games that were prevalent a week ago are much shorter now, and there actually was an empty table in the main Poker room around 6:00 PM today.

Jim Albrecht said that overall, the 1998 WSOP is about "flat" from last year. The Tournament Prize Pool is down, but has been picking up the last couple of days.

Supervisor John "Scoff" Sheffield said that the high-limit side action is down from last year, and Jimmy Stefan said things were about the same as last year in the main Poker room. Super Satellites are up, and Single Table Satellites are about the same.

A Survey of 26 players in the high-limit side action games, showed six believing that the side action area was busier this year, eight feeling that it was slower, and twelve who thought it was about the same.

Phil Hellmuth Jr. was a one man cheering section for John Bonetti at the Final Table, as he had been for many hours the previous day. Phil clapped loudly every time anything good happened to John. When John made a successful steal, it earned applause, or when John was the big blind and everyone folded, etc..

Sam Grizzle reacted to this by applauding for himself, when he did good, and trading quips with John and Phil.

When John was down to his last chips, Sam said "John, I believe you would do better without Phil. I'd send him to the showers." John allowed as how Sam might be right.

Anthony Tran (not to be confused with An Tran), requested a big scramble from the dealer. Didn't help much, because he busted out a few hands later.

Men Nguyen and Kevin McBride had to wait until one player was eliminated (and there was more room at the table) before Jack McClelland would allow them to reverse their chairs and sit in them backwards.

When they were down to four players, Men "Master" Nguyen was taking a lot of time on a hand, and Miami John, who was not in the hand, called time on Men. Men did not appear to appreciate John's action, and took his full one minute countdown before folding.

On the next hand, Men obstinately delays, when it is his turn to call the blind or fold. Miami John calls time again, and Men folds before his count down is over.

Shortly thereafter, Miami and Master play two hands heads up. Men check raises the flop on both hands, and John re-raises each time. The second hand is Men's last, when his flush draw doesn't get there, and John's two pair fill on the river.

They broke out the red $10,000 chips for the first time at today's $5000 Limit Holdem Final Table.

165.	Matt Damon
166.	Edward Norton

These entries on the big grease board today, made it official. The stars of the poker movie, ROUNDERS, will play in the $10,000 Championship Event. They both participated in today's Press Tournament and the final Super Satellite also.

Someone in today's audience observed that Matt Damon probably stood a better chance of winning the $10,000 No Limit Championship than Bob Stupak. Jack quipped "Jack Strauss has a better chance than either one of them." Jack said, "Tomorrow's $10,000 Event will start at 12:00 noon, MY TIME."

An Tran was in the stands watching Anthony Tran, and Jack said "Anthony Tran is the new Tran. The old Tran is on the rail."

	1998	1997	CUM DIFF
Event #1	$2000 Holdem	5:32	2:36	+ 2:56
Event #2	$1500 Razz	4:37	4:02	3:31
Event #3	$1500 Omaha	3:00	3:59	2:32
Event #4	$1500 Stud	2:39	3:58	1:13
Event #5	$1500 PL Omaha	5:06	3:41	2:38
Event #6	$1500 Stud Hi/Lo 8	3:51	3:08	3:21
Event #7	$2000 NL Holdem	1:59	3:22	1:58
Event #8	$2000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8	3:49	3:28	2:19
Event #9	$2000 PL Holdem	4:12	3:11	3:20
Event #10	$2500 Stud	4:10	3:12	4:18
Event #11	$2500 PL Omaha	3:21	3:45	3:54
Event #12	$2500 Stud Hi/Lo 8	5:31	4:12	5:13
Event #13	$3000 Holdem	5:08	4:26	5:55
Event #14	$3000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8	3:08	4:26	4:37
Event #15	$3000 PL Holdem	3:56	2:23	6:10
Event #16	$5000 NL 2 to 7	3:18	2:41	6:47
Event #17	$5000 NL Holdem	2:54	3:38	6:03
Event #18	$5000 7 Stud	2:24	3:48	4:39
Event #98	$5000 Holdem	4:38	3:12	6:05
Event #20	$1000 Ladies 7 Stud	2:14	?	-
Event #21	$10000 NL Holdem	3:47

First 19 Events: $8,882,000 (1998) vs $9,044,000 (1997)

It is likely that a Deal was made when they got down to four players at today's $5000 Limit Holdem Final Table.

Event #1 $2000 Holdem	Deal Unlikely
Event #2 $1500 Razz	Deal Unlikely
Event #3 $1500 Omaha	Deal Probable
Event #4 $1500 7 Stud	Deal Probable
Event #5 $1500 PL Omaha	Deal Probable
Event #6 $1500 Stud Hi/LO 8	Deal Probable
Event #7 $2000 NL Holdem	Deal Unlikely
Event #8 $2000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8	Deal Probable
Event #9 $2000 PL Holdem	Deal Unlikely
Event #10 $2500 7 Stud	Deal Probable
Event #11 $2500 PL Omaha	Deal Unlikely
Event #12 $2500 Stud Hi/Lo 8	Deal Probable
Event #13 $3000 Limit Holdem	Deal Unlikely
Event #14 $3000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8	Deal Probable
Event #15 $3000 PL Holdem	Deal Unlikely
Event #16 $5000 NL Deuce to Seven	Deal Unlikely
Event #17 $3000 NL Holdem	Deal Probable
Event #18 $5000 7 Stud	Deal Probable
Event #19 $5000 Holdem	Deal Probable
Event #20	$1000 Ladies 7 Stud
Event #21	$10000 NL Holdem

Formal, official Deals at the WSOP are done in private, under the supervision and guidance of Jack McClelland, WSOP Tournament Co-ordinator. Deals represent a reallocation, or split of the announced remaining prize pool, that is agreeable to all remaining players. All remaining players do not have to participate in an official Deal, as long as all remaining players give their consent.

All pay outs by Binion's, and the tax reporting will reflect the Deal allocation, but press releases and official WSOP earnings reflect the scheduled, announced pay outs.

Jack McClelland tries to immediately squelch any "Deal talking" in the Final Table area, and will stop the playing clock and allow a "Deal break" at any time.

A normal Deal will probably allocate the bulk of the remaining prize pool equally (or unequally, relative to chip count, perceived ability, bargaining skills etc.) between the remaining participants, with a small portion (perhaps 10 % or so) and the Title going to the eventual winner. Some deals may earmark some of the un allocated portion to the eventual second or third place finisher, in addition to the allocation for the first place money.

Binion's attempts to prevent private Deals, which are unenforceable and may present tax complications, by the participants. Binion's probably would prefer a Deal free environment all together, but recognizes that a top heavy pay out structure is conducive to Deals, and has arrived at the current procedure as the best solution.

Any player abusing employees or other players, either verbally or physically (swearing, throwing cards, etc.) or disrupting the tournament will be penalized. The following will be the MINIMUM penalty imposed:

FIRST OFFENSE - 20 minutes away from the table. (Blinds and/or antes to be forfeited)
SECOND OFFENSE - 40 minutes away from the table.
THIRD OFFENSE - Disqualification

The WSOP Floorpeople will be strictly enforcing the rules, with zero tolerance. Every player starts each Event with a clean slate as far as penalties are concerned.

SCOREBOARD

Unknown	20 Minutes
Barry Shulman	20 Minutes
Ray Dehkharghani	20 Minutes
Unknown	20 Minutes
Unknown	20 Minutes
Unknown	20 Minutes
Phil Tanner	20 Minutes
Unknown	20 Minutes
Thi Thi Tran	20 Minutes
Phil Tanner	20 Minutes
Paul Kroh	20 Minutes
Joe Macchiaverna	20 Minutes
Joe Gualtieri	20 Minutes

Jack McClelland is assisted by Steve Morrow and Jeff Vanderlip as Assistant Tournament Coordinators.

The 1998 WSOP continues the two-day format that was inaugurated last year, for most of the tournaments. Also, all two-day events start one level lower than in past years, and each level at the Final Table has been lengthened from 60 minutes to 80 minutes. Limit Holdem and Omaha events have two new levels of betting. First day play continues until the field is reduced to the Final Table, and Final Table play begins at 4:00 PM on the second day.

In addition to the money and a gold bracelet, each winner of a 1998 WSOP Event will get free rooms at next year's WSOP. If you win more than one Event, you can roll subsequent hotel accommodations over to later years.

The extra betting levels added to this year's WSOP Events, and the longer duration of levels at the Final Table, "promised increased playability and a higher expected return for the skilled player."

If "skilled player" equates to well known "world class player", then the the higher expected return for the skilled player has not been happening.

Except for a few scattered exceptions, the 1998 WSOP has been dominated by lesser lights and relatively unknown players.

Shift Supervisors Jimmy Stefan, John Buchanan, Tony Shelton and Cathy Wood run the Poker room where the lower limit games are played.

Games being spread on 30 April:

2 - 1/4/8 Holdem	2 - 10/20 Omaha 8
2 - 4/8 Holdem	2 - 15/30 Holdem
1 - 4/8 Omaha Hi	2 - 20/40 Holdem
1 - 1/5 7Stud	1 - 20/40 Omaha 8
1 - 4/8 Omaha 8	2 - 30/60 Holdem
2 - 10/20 Holdem	1 - 20/40 ROE
1 - 10/20 Omaha Hi

Shift Supervisors John "Scoff" Sheffield, Kathy Hudson and Marshall Kassoff run the higher limit games on the south end of the Tournament Pavilion.

Games being spread on 30 April:

1 - 5/5/10 PL Omaha/PL Holdem	2 - 50/100 7Stud 8
3 - 5/5/10 PL Holdem	1 - 10/25 PL OmahaPL
1 - 25/25 PL Holdem	1 - 75/150 Holdem
1 - 25/50 PL Holdem	1 - 75/150 7Stud 8
1 - 25/50 PL Omaha	1 - 50/100 Razz
1 - 50/100 7Stud	1 - 200/400 HORSE
1 - 50/100 Holdem	1 - 100/200/400 2 to 7
1 - 100/200 Omaha	1 - 150/300
2 - 50/100 Omaha 8	1 - 150/300 ROE
1 - 10/10 NL Holdem	1 - 600/1200 HOE

Updated Through 8:00 PM Sunday 10 MAY 1998

1.	Brent Carter
2.	Randy Holland
3.	Gary Lent
4.	Hieu Ma
5.	Milt Meyers
6.	Marsha Waggoner
7.	Michael Pancer
8.	Bob Walker
9.	David Tagg
10.	Steve Kaufman
11.	Barbara Enright
12.	Steve Rydel
13.	Joe Baumgartner
14.	R. London
15.	Paul Hoenke
16.	Allen Cunningham
17.	John Bonetti
18.	Frank Hernandez
19.	R.W. Miller
20.	Men "The Master" Nguyen
21.	Casey Kastle
22.	J.C. Pearson
23.	John Morgan
24.	Jim Bechtel
25.	Peter Vilandos
26.	Bill Lester
27.	Cliff Davis
28.	Debbie Burkhead
29.	James Brown
30.	Jack Green
31.	Peter Brehm
32.	Don Barton
33.	John Richman
34.	Luis Santoni
35.	Jack Fox
36.	Flan "Irish Mike" Pilkington
37.	Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
38.	O'Neil Longson
39.	Thor Hansen
40.	Frank Landen
41.	Greg Turk
42.	John Gledhill
43.	Ralph Hoots
44.	David Rubin
45.	Justin Westmoreland
46.	John Juanda
47.	"Super" Mario Esquerra
48.	Jim Bayton
49.	Doug Segers
50.	John Spadaveccia
51.	Greg Alston
52.	Jan Lundberg
53.	"Miami" John Cernuto
54.	John Heaney
55.	Don Holt
56.	John Gordon
57.	Kent Hori
58.	Fariborz Azima
59.	Hans "Tuna" Lund
60.	Bob Karp
61.	Erik Seidel
62.	David Welch
63.	Rick Young
64.	Asher Derei
65.	Charles Watkins
66.	Paul Honas
67.	Paul Ladanyi
68.	Blair Rodman
69.	Huck Seed
70.	LA Hung
71.	Frank Wong
72.	Bill Gazes
73.	Tony Lantz
74.	Brian Kruger
75.	Bob Loar
76.	Jim Karambinis
77.	Howard Lederer
78.	Robert Perry
79.	Larry Satterwhite
80.	Andy Lin
81.	Chris Tsiprailidis
82.	Louis Asmo
83.	Lucy Rokach
84.	Scott Gray
85.	Kevin Song
86.	Nhut Tran
87.	Lee Watkinson
88.	Roy Flowerday
89.	"Amazon" Erik Alps
90.	William Strother
91.	H.R. Smith
92.	Mark Rose
93.	Mark Napolitano
94.	Amarillo "Slim" Preston
95.	"Q" Knopow
96.	Richard Harroch
97.	Gary Haubelt
98.	Bruce Yamron
99.	Gus Echeverri
100.	Andrew Black
101.	Junior Sample
102.	Tom Jacobs
103.	Matt Lefkowitz
104.	Michael Konik
105.	Susie Isaacs
106.	Dana Ronald
107.	Pete Haugan
108.	John Franjesh
109.	Fred Sigur
110.	Paul Martin
111.	Richard Tatalovich
112.	Earl Key
113.	David Roepke
114.	Randall Skaggs
115.	Robert Kojfer
116.	Max Stern
117.	David "Devil Fish" Ulliott
118.	Paul Rowe
119.	John Aglialoro
120.	Jim Ward
121.	An Tran
122.	Al Stonum
123.	John Galbraith
124.	Jack Culp
125.	Ralph Perivoskin
126.	Phil Hellmuth Jr.
127	Gorden L. Hall
128.	William Lamkin
129.	Alan Goehring
130.	Don Thompson
131.	Vasilios Lazarou
132.	Mike Laing
133.	Pat Fleming
134.	Ron Weaver
135.	Sven Arntzen
136.	David Tavernier
137.	Steve Lott
138.	Hershey Entin
139.	Ken Lenaard
140.	Barry Shulman
141.	Berry Johnston
142.	Ron Stanley
143.	Kathy Kolberg
144.	Todd Brunson
145.	Oklahoma Johnny Hale
146.	Mike Caro
147.	Doyle Brunson
148.	Crews Johnston
149.	Mike Magee
150.	Bruno Fitoussi
151.	Martin Canavan
152.	John Goodfellow
153.	J.P. Massar
154.	John Strzemp
155.	Judge Thumand
156.	Ronnie Williams
157.	David Momico
158.	Xanthos Charalambos
159.	Jim Maschler
160.	Tony Chaskelson
161.	Andy Bloch
162.	Jimmy Cha
163.	Tam Van Nguyen
164.	Jeff Rothstein
165.	Matt Damon
166.	Edward Norton
167.	T.J. Cloutier

Alphabetized:

John Aglialoro
"Amazon" Erik Alps
Greg Alston
Sven Arntzen
Derei Asher
Louis Asmo
Fariborz Azima
Don Barton
Joe Baumgartner
Jim Bayton
Jim Bechtel
Andrew Black
Andy Bloch
John Bonetti
Peter Brehm
Jim Brown
Doyle Brunson
Todd Brunson
Debbie Burkhead
Martin Canavan
Mike Caro
Brent Carter
"Miami" John Cernuto
Jimmy Cha
Xanthos Charalambos
Tony Chaskelson
T.J. Cloutier
Jack Culp
Allen Cunningham
Matt Damon
Cliff Davis
Gus Echeverri
Barbara Enright
Hershey Entin
Super Mario Esquerra
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
Bruno Fitoussi
Pat Fleming
Roy Flowerday
Jack Fox
John Franjesh
John Galbraith
Bill Gazes
John Gledhill
Alan Goehring
John Goodfellow
John Gordon
Scott Gray
Jack Green
Oklahoma Johnny Hale
Gorden L. Hall
Thor Hansen
Richard Harroch
Gary Haubelt
Pete Haugan
John Heaney
Phil Hellmuth Jr.
Frank Hernandez
Paul Hoenke
Randy Holland
Don Holt
Paul Honas
Ralph Hoots
Kent Hori
LA Hung
Susie Isaacs
Tom Jacobs
Berry Johnston
Crews Johnston
Casey Kastle
Steve Kaufman
"Q" Knopow
John Juanda
Jim Karambinis
Bob Karp
Earl Key
Robert Kojfer
Kathy Kolberg
Michael Konik
Brian Kruger
Paul Ladanyi
Mike Laing
William Lamkin
Frank Landen
Tony Lantz
Vasilios Lazarou
Howard Lederer
Matt Lefkowitz
Ken Lenaard
Gary Lent
Bill Lester
Andy Lin
Bob Loar
R. London
O'Neil Longson
Steve Lott
Hans "Tuna" Lund
Jan Lundberg
Hieu Ma
Mike Magee
Paul Martin
Jim Masclher
J.P. Massar
Milt Meyers
R.W. Miller
David Momico
John Morgan
Mark Napolitano
Edward Norton
Men Nguyen
Tam Van Nguyen
Michael Pancer
J.C. Pearson
Robert Perry
Ralph Perivoskin
Flan "Irish Mike" Pilkington
Amarillo "Slim" Preston
John Richman
Blair Rodman
David Roepke
Lucy Rokach
Dana Ronald
Mark Rose
Jeff Rothstein
Paul Rowe
David Rubin
Steve Rydel
Junior Sample
Luis Santoni
Larry Satterwhite
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel
Doug Segers
Barry Shulman
Fred Sigur
Randall Skaggs
H.R. Smith
Kevin Song
Max Stern
John Spadaveccia
Ron Stanley
Al Stonum
William Strother
John Strzemp
David Tagg
Richard Tatalovich
David Tavernier
Don Thompson
Judge Thumand
An Tran
Nhut Tran
Chris Tsiprailidis
Greg Turk
David "Devil Fish" Ulliott
Peter Vilandos
Marsha Waggoner
Bob Walker
Jim Ward
Charles Watkins
Lee Watkinson
Ron Weaver
David Welch
Justin Westmoreland
Ronnie Williams
Frank Wong
Bruce Yamron
Rick Young

French movie actor, "pop-rock" singer, chess expert and poker lover Patrick Bruel rode a rush of pot-winning hands to victory in the world's Limit Hold'em Championship, capturing his first gold winner's bracelet. It was the third money finish this year for the 35 year-old Bruel who has his own publishing and record company in Paris.

"I'm very happy," he said. "I'm not a limit player - I normally play pot limit and no limit. I entered this tournament because I won a satellite. The bracelet is more important than the money. I don't play poker for money but for fun, for the competition which I love."

Reflecting on his dizzying string of good hands, Bruel said, "You have to respect luck in poker. Last year I went out 47th in the World Championship with pocket kings against pocket tens when a ten fell on the river. I said to myself, 'if you don't want this, go back to chess.'" The amiable Frenchman noted, "It was my pleasure to meet some real gentlemen at the tables, and one was my last opponent, Bob Redman."

The chip lead changed several times during their 90-minute heads-up play but after winning a big pot early with a gutshot top straight, Bruel was never in serious trouble. For the last hour, Redman had almost no playable hands, and, he said, "when I could play something, Patrick had something better." In an anti-climactic final hand, Redman was all-in with 8-7 of diamonds against Bruel's 9-7 offsuit which won with a board of Q-J-3/6-10.

Redman, 5l, a nursing home operator and "strictly a recreational player," said, "I feel wonderful" about finishing second in his first WSOP tournament. "Sitting at the table with fellows you've read about didn't intimidate me but I felt awfully lucky to be there." He never went all-in in the tournament until the end.

Tournament titan and former air traffic controller John Cernuto vectored into his third final table this year and took third, losing his initial chip lead because, he reported, "I only had two premium pairs." Cernuto, 54, has two bracelets among 17 cashes and 12 final tables since 1989. With total earnings of $705,612, he moved into 35th on the Top Money Winners list. To send him home in third, Bruel with A-9 flopped aces full.

Another stellar tournament performer, Vietnamese-born Men Nguyen, finished fourth, his 21st final table in 24 cashes since 1988. He has two WSOP titles and earnings of $1,064,297, remaining 18th on the Top Money Winners list. "I feel so bad but I'm happy to come this far," he said. Having been crippled in a big pot with Bruel, Nguyen was knocked out with A-7 of diamonds, flopping a nut flush draw but running into Cernuto's top two pair which became a full house on the river.

Newcomer Kevin McBride, 43, owner of a management consultant business making his first trip to the WSOP, took fifth and said, "I'm ecstatic to do as well as I did. I'm a recreational player. It's a combination of skill and luck, and sometimes people of average skill like me get some luck." He was knocked out with A-10 by Redman's pocket queens.

Sixth place went to 17-year poker pro Sam Grizzle, 45, his sixth WSOP money finish. All-in with A-Q, he lost to Redman's K-J with a board of J-7-2/7-8.

Vietnamese-born Anthony Tran, 37, making his first trip to the World Series, finished seventh. "I'm having fun," he said. "It was a tough table, all of them good players, some of them the best. I had hoped to do better and I'll certainly try in the future." Tran went all in with Q-10 and flopped an open-ended straight draw, but Cernuto's pocket kings became a flush on the river to win.

Formidable tournament veteran John Bonetti, 69, finished eighth, moving past T.J. Cloutier into 10th on the Top Money Winners list. This was the 12th final table in 20 cashes since 1987 for the battling Bonetti who has three bracelets and two third-place finishes in the Championship Event.

Ninth place went to Dan Alspach, 57, an engineer who has been trying for 12 years to cash at the World Series. He was knocked out in two hands in two minutes, losing with A-K to Bruel's set of fours and with a nut flush to Tran's full house.

The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
1998 WSOP Event #19: $5,000 Limit Holdem
112 Entries, $562,000 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

Seat 1	Bob Redman	77,000	[BR]
Seat 2	Kevin McBride	68,000	[KM]
Seat 3	John Bonetti	32,500	[JB]
Seat 4	Anthony Tran	28,000	[AT]
Seat 5	Miami John Cernuto	124,000	[MJ]
Seat 6	Sam Grizzle	85,000	[SG]
Seat 7	Patrick Bruel	54,000	[PB]
Seat 8	Men Nguyen	49,000	[MN]
Seat 9	Dan Alspach	42,500	[DA]

d = dealer
F: = Flop
T: = Turn
R: = River

First action reported in a betting round, normally means the first player that put money into the pot in that betting round. A check is usually not reported as the first action in a betting round. Folds are not always reported. If there are four players at the beginning of a betting round, and it's reported that one player bets and is called by one other player, then the remaining two players folded.

*** 4:08 PM Sunday 10 May 1998

*** 9 minutes remaining: 1,500/3,000 Blinds - 3,000/6,000 Limits.

1. d SG - SG raises and MN calls. F: 2h 9h 2d. SG bets, MN raises and SG calls. T: 8d. MN bets and SG folds.
2. d PB - JB raises and all fold.
3. d MN - AT raises and BR calls. F: 6s Jc Qh. BR bets and AT folds.
4. d DA - PB raises with 4d 4c, DA re-raises with Ac Kh and is called by KM and PB. F: 2h 4h 9c. KM bets, PB raises and DA calls. T: 3d. PB bets and DA calls. R: Ad. PB bets, BA raises and PB calls. PB wins.
5. d BR - Folded to JB in the big blind.
6. d KM - SG raises, DA calls 5,000 all-in and AT calls. F: 5h As 7h. Both check. T: 7s. Both check. R: 4s. AT bets and SG folds. AT has 5d 5c and DA has Ks Qs. AT wins.

   *** Dan Alspach finishes 9th at 4:18 PM

   $500 chips are raced off and limits increase to 4,000/8,000 with 2,000/4,000 Blinds.

7. d JB - PB and MJ limp. F: Qc 3d Qs. Both check. T: 3s. MJ bets and PB folds.
8. d AT - MN raises and all fold. MN shows As Js.
9. d MJ - SG and PB limp. F: As Qd Js. PB bets and SG calls. T: 3s. SG bets and PB calls. R: 7d. SG bets and PB calls. SG shows Ah 4s and PB mucks.
10. d SG - JB raises and SG calls. F: 2c Ac 3h. JB bets and SG calls. T: 2d. SG bets and JB folds.
11. d PB - PB and MN limp, BR raises and both call. F: 5d Th Ah. BR bets and PB calls. T: Jh. PB bets and BR calls. R: 7c. Both check. PB shows As 4s and BR wins with Ad Ts.
12. d MN - JB raises and all fold.
13. d BR - BR raises and KM calls. F: 8h Ac Jh. KM bets and BR calls. T: 5s. BR bets and KM folds.
14. d KM - SG raises and all fold. SG shows Ah.
15. d JB - MN raises and MJ calls. They check down a Board of Th Td 8c 5c 3s. MJ shows Kc Qs and MN wins with Kh 5h.
16. d AT - AT raises and SG calls. F: Qs 6c As. AT bets and SG folds.
17. d MJ - MJ raises and all fold.
18. d SG - JB raises and MN calls. F: 2c Jd 3h. JB bets and MN folds.
19. d PB - AT raises and all fold.
20. d MN - SG raises and all fold.
21. d BR - BR raises and JB calls. F: 2h 8h Kd. BR bets and JB folds.
22. d KM - PB, JB and AT limp. F: Qc 8h Jh. JB bets, PB raises and JB calls. T: 4c. PB bets and JB calls. R: 2s. PB bets and JB folds. JB shows Ad Td.
23. d JB - MN raises, JB calls 7,000 all-in and MJ calls. MN and MJ check down a Board of Qh 5d 3d 4s Ks. MJ shows Ah 7h, JB mucks and MN wins with Ac 9d.

    *** John Bonetti finishes 8th at 4:48 PM.

24. d AT - MJ raises and SG calls. F: Ah Ks 6h. MJ bets and SG calls. T: As. MJ bets and SG calls. R: Kd. MJ bets and SG calls. MJ shows Ad 2s and SG mucks.
25. d MJ - BR raises and PB calls. F: Js Td Jh. Both check. T: 4c. BR bets and PB folds.
26. d SG - MJ raises and MN calls. They check down a Board of Ac Kh Js 8c Tc. MN shows Ah 5h and MJ mucks.
27. d PB - MJ raises and all fold.
28. d MN - MN raises and all fold.
29. d BR - BR raises and AT calls. F: 2s 8c 8d. BR bets and AT calls. T: Ac. BR bets, AT raises and BR calls. R: Ts. AT bets 8,000 all-in and BR calls. AT shows 8h Jc and BR mucks.
30. d KM - KM raises and MJ calls. F: 8s 3c 4s. KM bets and MJ folds.
31. d AT - MN raises and SG calls. F: 6d 9d 3d. Both check. T: Ah. Both check. R: Qc. SG bets and MN folds. SG shows Js Td.
32. d MJ - MJ raises and all fold.
33. d SG - BR raises with 9c 9h, MJ re-raises with Tc Td and is called by PB with Kd Ks and BR. F: 3h Ad 8h. MJ bets and all call. T: 6h. All check. R: Jh. All check. BR wins.
34. d PB - SG raises and all fold.
35. d MN - SG raises and PB calls. F: Ks 6c 9s. Both check. T: 6s. PB bets and SG folds.
36. d BR - SG raises and all fold.
37. d KM - KM raises and MJ calls. F: 2c Qs 8c. KM bets and MJ calls. T: 6s. KM bets and MJ folds.
38. d AT - PB, MN, MJ and SG limp. F: Ks Ac Jc. MJ bets and is called by SG and MN. T: Ah. MJ bets and all fold.
39. d MJ - KM raises and all fold.
40. d SG - SG raises and MN calls. F: 8d 6d 8c. MN bets and SG calls. T: 4s. MN bets and SG folds.
41. d PB - MN and BR limp and check down a Board of Qh 4s 4h 9c Th. MN shows Kc Ts and BR mucks.
42. d MN - AT raises and all fold. AT shows 6 6. KM shows Ac 3s.
43. d BR - MN raises and all fold.
44. d KM - SG raises and all fold. SG shows Ah.
45. d AT - PB, KM, MJ and SG limp. F: Jd Ad 6h. PB bets and SG calls. T: Tc. Both check. R: 3s. SG bets and PB calls. SG shows Ah 4h and PB mucks.
46. d MJ - Folded to PB in the big blind.
47. d SG - BR raises and all fold.
48. d PB - MN raises and BR folds.
49. d MN - PB limps, MN raises, BR calls, PB re-raises and is called by MN and BR. F: 5s 7c 3c. PB bets and BR calls. T: 7h. PB bets and BR calls. BR bets 1,000 in the dark. R: 8c. PB calls 1,000 all-in. BR shows Ah Kd and PB wins with Ad Ac.
50. d BR - SG raises, BR re-raises and SG calls. F: 9s As Tc. BR bets, SG raises and BR calls. T: Th. SG bets and BR calls. R: 6s. Both check. BR shows Ac Kc and SG mucks.
51. d KM - KM raises and all fold.
52. d AT - MJ limps, SG raises and MJ folds.
53. d MJ - MN raises and all fold.
54. d SG - MJ raises and MN calls. F: Ah 3c 8s. MJ bets and MN folds.
55. d PB - AT raises, MJ re-raises and AT calls. F: 9d Ts 7d. MJ bets and AT calls. T: 8h. MJ bets and AT folds.
56. d MN - MJ raises and KM calls. F: 2s Tc 7s. MJ bets, KM raises, MJ re-raises, KM re-raises and MJ calls. T: 3c. KM bets and MJ calls. R: 5c. KM bets 8,000 all-in and MJ calls. KM shows Ac Ah and MJ mucks.
57. d BR - SG raises and is called by KM and AT. F: 5h Ah 8c. KM bets and all fold.
58. d KM - AT raises with Qh Th, MJ re-raises with Kh Ks, AT re-raises, MJ re-raises and AT calls. F: Jd 6s 9s. MJ bets and AT calls. T: 2s. AT bets, MJ raises and AT calls 5,000 all-in. R: 7s. MJ wins.

    *** Anthony Tran finishes 7th at 5:47 PM. Break until 5:53 PM.

    Limit increase to 6,000/12,000 with 3,000/6,000 Blinds.

59. d KM - MN raises and all fold.
60. d MJ - MJ raises and all fold.
61. d SG - BR raises and AG calls. F: Qd Ks 5c. BR bets and SG calls. T: 6s. BR bets and SG folds.
62. d PB - SG limps, PB raises and SG calls. F: Qd 6s 9s. PB bets and SG calls. T: Ad. PB bets and SG folds.
63. d MN - BR raises and KM calls. F: 9d 6c 2h. BR bets and KM folds.
64. d BR - KM and MJ limp. F: Ah 8c 3d. KM bets and MJ folds.
65. d KM - BR, KM and SG limp. F: 2d 7s Js. BR bets and SG calls 4,000 all-in. BR has Kh Jd and SG has As Qc. T: 7c. R: 8d. BR wins.

    *** Sam Grizzle finishes 6th at 6:02 PM.

66. d MJ - Folded to PB in the big blind.
67. d MJ - MJ raises and MN calls. F: 8h Qd Ks. MJ bets, MN raises and MJ calls. T: Ah. MN bets and MJ calls. R: Qs. MN bets and MJ folds.
68. d PB - MN limps, BR raises and MN folds.
69. d MN - MN raises with As 2c and KM calls with Ac 8s. F: 5h Ts 3d. KM bets, MN raises and KM calls. T: 2d. KM bets and MN calls. R: Qc. Both check. MN wins. MN is drinking Heinekens and feeling no pain.
70. d BR - Folded to MJ in the big blind.
71. d KM - MJ raises and PB folds.
72. d MJ - BR raises and MN calls. F: 3s 5h Tc. MN bets, BR raises and MN folds.
73. d PB - KM raises with Ac Td, BR re-raises with Qc Qd and KM calls. F: 6c 4d 7d. BR bets, KM raises and BR calls. T: Kc. KM bets and BR calls. R: Th. BR bets and KM calls 5,000 all-in. BR wins.

    *** Kevin McBride finishes 5th at 6:15 PM.

74. d MN - Folded to MJ in the big blind.
75. d BR - MJ limps with 4c 5d and PB limps with 7d Td. They check down a Board of 4h Qh Jd Jh 2d. MJ wins.

    *** Deal Break. Deal probable.

    Chip Count

    BR 249,000
    MN 137,000
    MJ 114,000
    PB 60,000

76. d MJ - BR raises and MN calls. F: 2s Ts 7d. BR bets and MN folds.
77. d PB - MJ raises and BR calls. F: 6c Qc Tc. MJ bets, BR raises and MJ folds. MJ shows Js Jd.
78. d MN - PB raises and all fold.
79. d BR - MN raises and PB calls. F: Qc Tc 9h. MN bets and PB calls. T: 5d. MN bets, PB raises and MN calls. R: 3c. PB bets and MN calls. PB shows 5h 5c and MN mucks.

    *** MN is not too happy with the Dealer or life in general.

80. d MJ - BR raises and MN calls. F: 7s 8d Ac. BR bets and MN finally folds, after MJ calls "Time" on MN.
81. d PB - PB raises and all fold.
82. d MN - PB raises, BR re-raises and PB calls. F: 8c 7h Js. BR bets and PB calls. T: Jh. BR bets and PB folds.
83. d BR - BR raises and all fold.
84. d MJ - MJ raises and MN calls. F: 9h 5h 9c. MJ bets, MN raises, MJ re-raises and MN folds.
85. d PB - MJ raises with Qs Tc and MN calls with Ad 7d. F: 3d Qc Td. MJ bets, MN raises, MJ re-raises and MN calls 5,000 all-in. T: 6c. R: Th. MJ wins.

    *** Men Nguyen finishes 4th at 6:47 PM.

86. d PB - PB and MJ limp. F: Jc 5h 5d. PB bets and MJ folds.
87. d BR - MJ limps with Kd 3h and PB limps with Jd 6h. F: Th 3d 6d. PB bets and MJ calls. T: Ad. MJ bets and PB calls. R: 2s. Both check. PB wins.
88. d MJ - PB limps, BR raises and PB folds.
89. d PB - BR limps with 7c 5h and MJ limps with 6d 6h. F: Tc Js 3c. Both check. T: 7h. Both check. R: Td. BR bets and MJ calls. BR wins.
90. d BR - MJ and PB limp. F: 9h 2s 7d. Both check. T: Ts. MJ bets and PB folds.
91. d MJ - MJ raises and all call. F: 7d 8c Ac. MJ bets, PB raises and MJ calls. T: 7s. PB bets and MJ calls. R: 5c. PB bets and MJ calls. MJ has Ad Qd and PB wins with Kc Tc.
92. d PB - BR raises and MJ calls. F: 4c 8d 2s. BR bets and MJ calls. T: 5d. BR bets and MJ calls. R: 6s. Both check. BR shows 6c 6h and MJ mucks.
93. d BR - Folded to PB in the big blind.
94. d MJ - Folded to BR in the big blind.
95. d PB - PB raises with Ah 9s, MJ re-raises 5,000 all-in with Ks 8c and PB calls. Board: 9d As Ac 6d Jc. PB wins.

    *** Miami John Cernuto finishes 3rd at 7:00 PM.

    Chip count

    BR 350,000
    PB 210,000

96. d PB - PB raises and BR calls. F: 3c 8h 9s. Both check. T: 7s. BR bets and PB folds.
97. d BR - BR folds.
98. d PB - PB raises and BR calls. F: Kh Ks 5s. PB bets and BR folds.
99. d BR - BR raises and PB folds.
100. d PB - PB folds.
101. d BR - BR folds.
102. d PB - PB raises, BR re-raises and PB calls. F: Js Jc 9h. BR bets and PB calls. T: 7c. BR bets, PB raises and BR calls. R: Qs. PB bets and BR calls. PB shows Qh Jh and BR mucks.
103. d BR - BR limps, PB raises and BR calls. F: Tc Th 8d. PB bets and BR folds. PB shows Ks Kh.
104. d PB - PB folds.

     *** Break from 7:11 PM until 7:23 PM. Levels increase to 10,000/20,000 with 5,000/10,000 blinds. 10,000 chips are in play for the first time in the 1998 WSOP.

     Approximate Chip count

     BR 300,000
     PB 260,000

105. d BR - BR raises and PB calls. F: Kh Ad 7s. BR bets and PB folds.
106. d PB - PB raises with Ac Th and BR calls with Jd 5s. F: Jc 8c 7h. PB bets, BR raises and PB calls. T: Kh. BR bets and PB calls. R: Qh. PB bets and BR calls. PB wins.
107. d BR - BR raises and PB folds.
108. d PB - PB folds.
109. d BR - BR folds.
110. d PB - PB limps, BR raises and PB calls. F: Qc 3d 4d. BR bets and PB calls. T: 6h. BR bets and PB calls. R: 4c. BR bets and PB calls. BR shows As Qd and PB mucks.
111. d BR - BR folds.
112. d PB - Both limp. F: Th As 5h. Both check. T: 7s. PB bets and BR folds.
113. d BR - BR raises and PB calls. F: Qd Ah 9h. BR bets and PB folds. BR shows Ad 8d.
114. d PB - PB folds.
115. d BR - BR folds.
116. d PB - Both limp. F: As Th 9d. PB bets and BR folds.
117. d BR - BR folds.
118. d PB - Both limp. F: Qs 4h Tc. Both check. T: 4c. PB bets and BR folds. PB shows Qc.
119. d BR - BR folds.
120. d PB - Pb folds.
121. d BR - BR raises and PB calls. F: 4d Js 6c. BR bets and PB calls. T: 3d. BR bets, PB raises and BR calls. R: 6d. Both check. PB shows 4h 3c and BR mucks.
122. d PB - Both limp. F: Jd Kh 9s. PB bets and BR folds.
123. d BR - BR raises and PB calls. F: Th 8h Ad. Both check. T: 5s. PB bets, BR raises and PB calls. R: 4h. BR bets and PB calls. PB shows As 6c and BR mucks.

     *** Approximate Chip count

     PB 320,000
     BR 140,000

124. d PB - PB raises with Kc Qh and BR calls with Ac 5c. F: 2c 7h 6h. PB bets and BR calls. T: Qc. PB bets and BR calls. R: Tc. BR bets and PB calls. BR wins.
125. d BR - Both limp. F: 8d Td Ad. Both check. T: Qc. Both check. R: 4s. BR bets and PB folds.
126. d PB - PB folds.
127. d BR - Both limp. Both limp. F: 6h 7h 8s. PB bets and BR calls. T: 4h. Both check. R: Ks. PB bets and BR calls. PB shows 6c 3h and BR mucks.
128. d PB - PB folds.
129. d BR - BR folds.
130. d PB - PB raises and BR calls. F: Kh Ah Kc. Both check. T: 2c. PB bets and BR folds.
131. d BR - Both limp. F: 3h 5c Td. Both check. T: Jc. PB bets and BR folds.
132. d PB - Both limp. F: Qc 2c 6c. PB bets and BR folds.
133. d BR - BR limps with As JC, PB raises with 8c 8d, BR re-raises and PB calls. F: Qc Ts Ad. Both check. T: Jd. Both check. R: Qs. PB bets and BR calls. BR wins.
134. d PB - PB limps with 6s 7c and BR limps with Ad Ac. F: 7h 8s 3s. PB bets and BR calls. T: 3c. Both check. R: 5d. BR bets and PB calls. BR wins.
135. d BR - Both limp. F: Qh 8h 5d. Both check. T: Th. Both check. R: Kh. PB bets and BR folds. PB shows Jh.
136. d PB - PB limps, BR raises and PB calls. F: 4s 7c Ks. BR bets and PB folds.
137. d BR - Both limp. F: 7d Tc 5h. PB bets and BR folds. PB shows a 7.
138. d PB - Both limp. F: eh Tc 4h. BR bets and PB calls. T: 8c. BR bets and PB calls. R: 5d. BR bets and PB calls. BR shows Jc Th and PB mucks.
139. d BR - BR limps with Ad 4h and PB limps with As 5c. F: Ts Kc Ac. BR bets, PB raises and BR calls. T: Th. BR bets and PB calls. R: Qs. BR bets and PB calls. Split Pot.
140. d PB - Both limp. F: 6s 4s 6h. PB bets and BR calls. T: 9h. Both check. R: As. PB bets and BR folds.
141. d BR - Both limp. F: 9c Th 3c. PB bets and BR folds.
142. d PB - PB folds.
143. d BR - BR folds.
144. d PB - Both limp and check down a Board of Ks Tc 9s Qs 7d. PB shows 7h 6d and BR mucks.
145. d BR - BR folds.
146. d PB - PB folds.
147. d BR - Both limp. F: 4h 3h 3c. Both check. T: Qh. PB bets and BR folds.
148. d PB - PB folds.
149. d BR - BR folds.

     *** Unscheduled 5 minute break at 8:03 PM. Requested by BR.

150. d PB - Both limp. F: 4c 7d 7s. Both check. T: 5c. BR bets and PB folds.
151. d BR - BR limps with 5d Jd, PB raises with Qd Qh and BR calls. F: 9c 5c 4s. PB bets and BR calls. T: 2h. PB bets, BR raises and PB calls. R: 4d. BR bets and PB calls. PB wins.
152. d PB - Both limp. F: 4d 8h 2h. PB bets and BR calls. T: Kc. Both check. R: 8d. BR bets and PB folds. PB shows 2d.
153. d BR - Both limp. F: 9h Qd 6d. BR bets and PB folds. PB shows Kd.
154. d PB - Both limp. F: 2c Ac 6h. Both check. T: 3s. PB bets and BR folds.
155. d BR - Both limp. F: Td 4c 7c. Both check. T; 2c. PB bets and BR calls. R: 9c. BR bets and PB mucks.
156. d PB - PB raises and BR calls. F: 7h 7d Ks. PB bets, BR raises and PB calls. T: Ts. PB bets and BR calls. R: 2h. PB bets and BR folds.

     *** Approximate Chip count

     PB 440,000
     BR 120,000

157. d BR - BR folds.
158. d PB - PB raises with As 6c and BR calls with Js 3h. F: 9h Jc 6s. Both check. T: 4s. BR bets and PB calls. R: Kc. Both check. wins.
159. d BR - BR folds.
160. d PB - PB folds.
161. d BR - BR folds.
162. d PB - Both limp. F: Qs 8c 3d. Both check. T: Kd. PB bets and BR folds.
163. d BR - BR folds.
164. d PB - Both limp. F: Td Qd Ts. PB bets and BR folds. PB shows Kd 6d.
165. d BR - Both limp. F: Qh 6c 2c. Both check. T: Ad. Both check. R: 5d. BR bets and PB folds.
166. d PB - PB folds.
167. d BR - BR limps with 8d 9c and PB limps with 6d 7s. F: 7d 5s 5h. PB bets and BR calls. T: 8c. BR bets and PB calls. R: 4c. PB bets and BR calls. PB wins.

     *** Approximate Chip count

     PB 490,000
     BR 70,000

168. d PB - Both limp. F: Td 4d Ts. BR bets and PB folds.
169. d BR - BR folds.
170. d PB - PB limps with Jc 8c and BR limps with Js 8d. They check down a Board of 5h Qc 3c Kd 3d. Split pot.
171. d BR - Both limp. F: Ac Th 2h. BR bets and PB calls. T: Jd. BR bets and PB folds.

     *** At 8:32 PM Limits increase to 15,000/30,000 with 5,000/15,000 blinds.

172. d PB - PB folds.
173. d BR - BR limps with 6h 9h and PB limps with 8d 2h. They check down a Board of Jc 8s Ad Jd Ac. BR wins.
174. d PB - PB folds.
175. d BR - BR limps, PB raises and BR calls. F: Ah 7d Js. PB bets and BR folds.
176. d PB - Both limp. F: 5c 8c 6d. PB bets and BR calls. T: Kc. PB bets and BR folds.
177. d BR - BR folds.
178. d PB - PB folds.
179. d BR - BR folds.
180. d PB - PB raises and BR calls. F: Qc Jd 7d. PB bets and BR folds.
181. d BR - BR folds.
182. d PB - PB raises and BR folds.
183. d BR - BR folds.
184. d PB - PB raises with 9h 7s and BR calls 15,000 all-in with 8d 7d. Board: Qh Js 3c 6h Tc. PB wins.

     *** Bob Redman finishes second and Patrick Bruel wins the $5,000 Limit Holdem Championship at 8:42 PM.