World Series of Poker Update 9:30 pm PSTLee Childs, a 35-year-old software engineer who quit his job a month ago to play in the World Series of Poker, vaulted into the chip lead with 16 million when his ace of clubs and queen of spades hit a miracle four clubs for a flush against a player with an ace and king of spades.
"I made the wrong read, but we got there," Childs said later.
Heading into the very late Sunday night hours in Vegas, Childs held onto his chip lead at just over 16 million and a very positive trend upwards. Jon Kalmar, however, took the lead just as this was going to press. Kalmer took a nose dive immediately following the publication of this update with Childs back in the lead by 10:30 pm.
Tuan Lam, with a negative trend, followed while poker pro Lee Watkinson maintained the 3rd biggest chip lead.
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Kevin Farry busting around 9:30 pm PST cut the field down to 16 players. Play would continue until 9 individuals remained. Those 9 would compete at the final table on Tuesday (taking a day off to rest on Monday).
Raymond Rahme appeared to have one of the worst trends heading into the 10 pm hour, though he was still midway among chip leaders.
Pro Scotty Nguyen meanwhile had mounted another comeback throughout the evening.
Kenny Tran, who was looking good heading past 9:30 pm, busted as this was going to press. Tran was one of the last remaining pro players.
9:30 pm PST Chip Leaders:
Lee Childs 16,535,000 5,625,000
Tuan Lam 14,945,000 1,055,000
Lee Watkinson 12,975,000 625,000
Ray Henson 10,375,000 590,000
Jon Kalmar 9,680,000 80,000
Kenny Tran 9,130,000 5,000 (busted just before 10 pm)
Philip Hilm 8,590,000 2,090,000
Jerry Yang 8,165,000 135,000
Raymond Rahme 6,115,000 2,535,000
Scotty Nguyen 5,960,000 530,000
Hevad "Rain" Khan 4,730,000 30,000
Steven Garfinkle 4,670,000 20,000
David Tran 4,475,000 975,000
William Spadea 3,725,000 25,000
Bob Slezak 3,560,000 260,000 (busted just before 10 pm)
Alex Kravchenko 2,130,000
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Ace King, Gambling911.com
Originally published July 16, 2007 12:42 am ET
