Bodog Beat

Michael Graves stares at the empty seat of poker legend Phil Hellmuth. (Bodog Beat Image)

Like a dark shadow hanging over the World Series of Poker feature table, Phil Hellmuth's empty seat implies the threat of what's to come. Hellmuth is known for never arriving on time. Normally he lets the minimal starting blinds take a chunk out of his stack so that he can play for a shorter period of time and stay fresher longer. Plus he gets to make a grand entrance and revel in being a spectacle.

There has been some specualtion that Hellmuth was injured in a car accident. While it's true that he crashed his car, any claims that he's anything but 100% healthy are wrong.

Team Bodog's Michael Graves might be young at 23-years-old but he's already proven that he can be match for even the likes of Hellmuth.

Graves recently won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 NL with rebuys prelim event earning $742,121.

We'll keep our eyes on this exciting table and fill you in on all the action from Day 1D at the 2007 World Series of Poker.