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Poker pro Phil Ivey is currently in second place with 32 players left in the field. (Bodog Beat Image)

Well, we have some good news and some bad news from late in Day 7 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event. Which would you like first. Ok, since we're obviously not going to wait for a response, you are getting the bad news first.

Joe Sebok is out. So is Dennis Phillips. There we said it, now you can go about dealing with this news. Sebok went earlier this morning in 56th place for $108,047 and Phillips a couple of hours ago in 45th place for $178,857. This was an impressive run for both of them. For Sebok because he was short-stacked for much of the previous three days and played impressively patient poker to make it to where he did, and for Phillips because it's just not easy to run deep in the Main Event two years in a row with the amount of variance and sheer luck involved.

On the flip side, the good news is that Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari are still in and both looking strong. Both players would make great storylines if they reach the final table. Ivey from a pure poker dominance standpoint and Esfandiari as a well-liked charismatic player, looking for validation with a pinch of comeback.

Ivey is currently second in chips, behind chip leader Billy Kopp. Other notables remaining include Jeff Shulman, James Akenhead, Ludovic Lacay and last woman standing Leo Margets.

Stay tuned for more 2009 WSOP Main Event live updates as we creep up on the November Nine.