August 8, 2006—Day 7, Event #39

As Day 7 began, Jamie Gold continued to be chip leader with a count of $13 million. Three days remain, will Jamie continue to be gold?

Richard Wyrick went up against the chip leader and the paid the price. On the preflop Wyrick went All-in with $550,000 and was called by Gold who held a As-Kh to Wyrick's Ah-7d. The board ended up being Kd, Ts, 5d, 8d and 8s, giving Gold two pair and endind Wyrick's run in the 2006 World Series of Poker.

Mark Garner is done for this year and finishes in 25th spot.

Jamie Gold continued to knock people out of the World Series of Poker with Eric Lynch as his latest victim. Lynch was feeling confident as he went All-in with Ah-6s, while Gold held pocket 10s. The board came up 9c, 9s, 8s, Qc, Qh giving Gold the pot. Lynch finishes 24th in the standings.

Allen Cunningham knocked Kevin O'Donnell from this year's World Series. O'Donnell's gamble cost him when he raised $180,000 on the preflop and Cunningham called his bluff and re-raised $450,000. O'Donnell re-raised $1 million and Cunningham went All-in and O'Donnell followed suit. When all the dust had settled Cunningham's pocket Aces trumped O'Donnell's pocket Kings. O'Donnell finished 21st overall.

After a break from the action, the remaining players were drawn for the final two tables. Here's a breakdown.

Table 1: William Thorsson, Paul Wasicka, David Einhorn, Leif Force, Rhett Butler, Jeff Lisandro, Jamie Gold, Allen Cunningham, Luke Chung

Table 2: Richard Lee, Michael Binger, Dan Nassif, John Magill, Doug Kim, Kevin Aaronson, Erik Friberg, Fred Goldberg, Sirous Jamshidi.

Jamie Gold continued his strong play as he forced David Einhorn to fold. After Rhett Butler raised on the preflop, Einhorn and Gold called. When the Dealer flopped a Qd, 6c, 6s, Gold checked and Einhorn bet $500,000, Butler folded and Gold called. After both checking on 10d, Gold put down $800,000 with a 3c river, forcing Einhorn to fold and giving Gold the pot.

After folding and giving Gold a previous pot, Danny Einhorn was determined to try to bring down the chip leader a notch. After Jamie laid down $250,000 on a preflop raise, Danny Einhorn called along with Luke Chung and Allen Cunningham. The flop revealed a 6c, Jd, Qh, and Einhorn dropped $1 million. Cunningham and Chung bailed, but Gold saw the million and raised another $2 million. Not to be outdone, Einhorn went All-in with $5 million. The board finished up with a 3c, 8h and Einhorn revealed a Kh-Qs and Gold a Qd-6d. Gold ended up with a total chip count of $24 million and Einhorn was out of the tournament finishing 18th.

After going All-in with $85,000, Jeffery Lisandro was called by three players—Leif Force, Rhett Butler and William Thorsson. The board came up Jh, 9c, 7h, 9d, 2c, and Lisandro mucked, ending his run in this year's World Series.

After a flop revealed Ah, 5d, 4s, Luke Chung decided to go All-in and Jamie Gold called. Chung had Ac-5c, while Gold held Ad-Jd. But the rest of the board messed up Chungs chances when a Jd, Kh were revealed. Chung finishes 14th overall.

Fred Goldberg, Leif Force and John Magill both bid farewell to this year's tourney finishing 10th, 11th and 12th respectively.

As play finished for the day, nine players remained. Jamie Gold "surprisingly" was at chip leader with $25,650,000 and Allen Cunningham was second with $17,770,000. The final nine have Wednesday off and will reconvene on Thursday for the final table.