My final day of work for the Summer would also be the penultimate day, with Day 7 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event kicking in with me at the Feature/TV table again.

Unlike yesterday – since the size of the field had been reduced to 78 – I wouldn’t have to cover the secondary feature table as Heath was located there, while all I had to worry about was my starting eight players.

Seat 1: Duy Le – 4,100,000 (in chips)
Seat 2: Damien Luis – 1,850,000
Seat 3: John Racener – 720,0000
Seat 4: Jeff Banghart – 645,000
Seat 5: Tony Dunst – 1,550,000
Seat 6: Sergey Rybachenko – 1,010,000
Seat 7: Jean-Robert Bellande – 700,000
Seat 8: Matt Harris – 965,000
Seat 9: empty

Jean-Robert Bellande made an oops of a three-bet shove with Q♦ 10♦ and was four-bet by Duy Le with A♥ Q♣. Once the original raiser – Jeff Banghart – folded his Jacks, Bellande was unable to improve and hit the rail in 78th place for a $94,942 payday much to the disappointment of the media and his many fans.

Arguably the best dressed man in poker; Tony ‘Bond18′ Dunst was unable to gather any momentum on his appearance at the final table. At one point he found himself all in holding Queens against Hasan Habib’s Ace-King. A King spiked on the flop, but a Queen on the river saw Dunst double through in a hand that will surely make the ESPN broadcast.

Unfortunately from then onwards, Dunst was unable to pick up any chips, and eventually committed his last 1,075,000 with a Jerry Yang-esque inspired “one mirrion” raise over William Thorson’s usually light open. Thorson made the call holding a dominating A♠ K♥ against Dunst’s A♣ Q♥. A chop draw fell on the turn, but a King on the river would see Dunst eliminated in 50th collecting $168,556 for his efforts.

Although play stalled around dinner time, we still managed to reach the final twenty-seven in reasonable time as Joseph Cheong would take the chip lead into the final day with an amassed 24,490,000 of the 219,570,000 in play as Matt Affleck, John Racener, Scott Clements, David Baker, Michael Mizrachi, Adam Levy, William Thorson, Johnny Lodden and Hasan Habib all remained with a glimmer of hope of making the 2010 November Nine!