2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1a
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$8,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000

Nelly Eliminated

Nelly got the rest of his chips in on a {J-Clubs} {9-Spades} {9-Hearts} flop holding {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades} but Jeremy Ausmus held {9-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} for trip nines. No help for Nelly on the {5-Diamonds} turn or the {8-Hearts} river and he hit the rail.

Ausmus is up to 53,000.

Complete Day 1a Chip Counts

Complete chip counts for the 445 players who survived Day 1a:

Tinten Olivier 270,500
John Dutchak 209,600
Stephen Austin 205,000
Michael Tureniec 203,900
Aurelio Arcano 166,000
Kitai Davidi 164,700
Scott Yeates 163,200
Dane Lomas 161,800
Andrius Tapinas 159,100
Alex Michaels 155,500
Adam Weiss 151,400
Cyrus Farzad 150,000
Adam "Admo" Richardson 149,700
Tuan Lam 148,400
Andras Kovacs 145,900
Matt Shepsky 145,400
Alexander Dietrich 142,400
Jeff Weiss 142,000
Casey Chldress 142,000
Francis Cagney 133,100
Ronald Crosswell 130,100
Ray Henson 128,000
Lars Bonding 128,000
Kevin han 127,000
Justin Rollo 125,500
Mark Cole 125,100
Steven Jacobs 124,700
Ricky Rodriguez 124,300
Joseph Fallows 123,700
Daniel Tarnopol 121,800
Julian Gardner 120,900
Brandon Adams 120,400
James Williams 120,000
Jason Peed 119,600
Tom Lanham 118,900
Alan Schein 117,500
Ismail Yilmaz 116,300
Edgar Montero 116,000
Ken Evanowski 115,400
Randall Amiel 113,900
Kenny Rundh 113,700
Scott Watkins 113,200
Brock Parker 110,500
Deborah Hinton 110,100
Kevan Casey 109,400
Todd Lundwall 109,200
Conor Tate 109,000
Matthew Stout 108,400
Marty Wolf 107,100
Allan King 107,000
Rick Barabino 106,800
Cohen Claude 106,000
John Reed 105,200
Cory Carroll 105,100
Deb Blair 104,400
Luis Velador 104,100
Dirk Schweigofer 103,700
Christian Togsverd 103,700
Yakov Hirsch 102,300
Steve Miranda 102,300
Michael Homony 100,400
Billy Baxter 99,400
Robert Hovah 98,200
Ted Leva 97,600
Joe Beever 97,400
James Lewis 97,200
Sebag Georges 96,600
Gabriel Alarie 95,900
Kristof Harris 95,300
Steven Prentky 94,700
Jim Kasputis, Jr. 94,400
Keith Ogren 93,800
Barry Greenstein 93,600
Pierre Guenette 93,100
Farzad Bonyadi 92,900
Ian McDonald 92,700
John Svorick 92,700
Dwayne Moyers 92,300
Michael Bakke 90,800
Daniel Elizondo 90,700
Alvin Zeidenfeld 90,400
Michael Watson 90,000
Yuri Bokkel 89,700
Viet Nguyen 87,400
Marc Fratter 87,200
Armand Kurth 86,300
Mickey Seagle 84,700
Richard Crowell 84,100
Andre Boyer 83,500
Brian Senie 82,300
Mike Giordano 81900
David Names 81,100
John Smith 81,000
Fritz Bogausch 80,900
Mark Bryan 80,700
Ivan Gannitski 80,100
Jim Feist 79,800
Russell Kamer 79,500
Guy Edri 79,500
Richard Fong 79,200
Don Dizon 79,000
John Magill 78,400
Stephen Weir 77,900
Hilbert Shirey 77,700
Jeff Madsen 76,100
Neil Chriss 76,100
Bennahmias Grancois 75,600
Anthony Newman 75,300
Scott Epstein 75,000
Amir Lehavot 75,000
Phillip Castrvita 74,300
Henning Granstad 74,100
James Davis 73,700
Doug Carreri 72,900
Mark Teltscher 72,700
Smauel Bekerian 72,500
Robert Ford 71,900
Jason Heidema 71,900
Paul Hersleth 71,700
Scott O'Reilly 71,400
Don Mullis 70,900
Dan Owen 70,400
Jac Arama 70,200
David Farber 69,800
Brad Garrett 69,400
Aaron Potter 68,900
Jonathan Fhal 68,900
Penh Lo 68,800
Antonio Cauczza 68,800
Karga Holt 68,600
Huck Seed 67,500
Raymond Rahme 67,400
Adam Kliebert 67,300
Minh Ly 67,000
James Gorham 66,700
Don Gala 66,700
Paul Lindsey 66,600
Tom Gity 66,500
Daniel Snowden 66,000
Liukku Kimmo 65,900
Joseph Gotlieb 65,600
Keith Gipson 65,100
Dennis Frederick 64,900
Steven Lynch 64,700
Alberto Romero 64,500
Jeffrey Nairin 64,100
Johnny Lodden 64,000
Loi Tran 63,500
Terry Jacobs 63,500
Steven Thornton 63,300
Glen Chorny 63,100
David Wesson 62,600
Ang Pang Leng 62,600
Lamar Wilkinson 62,300
Gary Deardorff 62,300
Robert Kovar 61,900
Michael Leahy 60,900
Raymond Davis 60,300
Andor Daroczi 60,200
Lou Merlola 60,200
Oliver Rowe 60,200
Matthew Hilger 60,000
Genci Hehu 59,700
Holly Bogausch 59,600
Mars Lilia 59,600
Peter Willers Jepsen 59,600
Jonathan Iacovelli 59,500
Andrew Cohen 59,300
Cancer Outlaw 59,200
Robert Beck 58,600
Justin Kyriakides 58,300
Saleem Tawil 57,900
Ken Dickenson 57,900
Jeremie Carr 57,800
Scott C Ehlermann 57,700
Phil Lifschitz 57,700
Miles Dooley 57,300
Dave Golder 57,000
Javier Mendoza 56,900
Duane Harrell 56,900
Lee Markholt 56,800
Christopher Becker 56200
Frank List 56,100
Aaron Goulthard 56,000
Radhames Vargas 55,900
Chris Crilly 55,800
John Kroshus 55,800
Scott Mayfield 55,100
Daniel Germano 54,700
Matt Sterling 54,700
Bob Laoria 54,700
Jeff Rogers 54,300
Jerry Schlicting 53,500
Suleiman Abueid 53,200
Jimmy Tran 53,200
Irving Lorenzo 53,200
Willie Than 53,000
Aurelien Guiglini 52,900
Raudy Holland 52,900
Henrik Bodholdt 52,500
Damian Perry 52,300
Peter Hill 52,200
Roy Winston 52,000
Gary Ringhofer 52,000
Dan Yaffe 52,000
Jack Flanigan 51,900
Can Hua 51,700
Patrick Jackson 51,200
Samir Zoudo 51,200
Bill Babecy 51,100
Paulo Carrillo 51,000
Zanitti Beat 51,000
Kia Hamadani 50,900
Jeff Burdeen 50,900
George Dolofan 50,900
Martin Olusegun 50,300
John Spadavecchia 50,100
Eric Strong 49,700
Travis Nelson 49,700
Per Hildebrand 49,600
Paul Chakbazoi 49,600
Brian Spradun 49,200
Yoon Kim 49,100
Larry Dragon 48,800
Chris Cobb 48,800
David Cheitel 48,800
Michael Whitton 48,300
Lowell Sharron 48,000
Daniel Burke 47,800
Metin Aantar 47,800
Aaron Eckhart 47,500
Marcos Simon 47,400
Kailing Li 47,400
Kenny Holzer 47,200
Dmitry Temkin 46,800
Steven Seidman 46,700
Christoper Taylor 46,500
Sam Bernstein 46,000
Salomon Cohen 45,700
Pablo Zarnicki 45,600
Daniel Harmetz 45,400
Jorge Walker 45,400
Kurt Fraser 45,400
Haeberlin Julien 45,000
Seng Saephan 45,000
Brian Hearn 45,000
Brandon Greenhaw 44,800
Adam Minnella 44,700
Aditya Agarwal 44,600
Boynjor Valdimatsson 44,500
Barry Dubose 44,400
Rob Moore 44,300
Lasse Aspen Melby 43,900
Phi Tran 43,900
Bill Campbell 43,600
Samuel Ling 43,600
Roger Lu 43,500
Vincent Crooks 43,400
Fernandez Leonardo 43,400
David Goldberg 43,300
Adam King 43,200
Paul Zarcadoolas 43,200
Robert Thompson, Jr. 43,100
George Kopp 43,000
Kenny Tran 42,800
Ryan Brown 42,700
Jeffrey Lowenhar 42,300
Billy Ragatz 42,200
Brian Hollywood 42,100
Nathan Lewis 42,100
David Kim 41,900
Ron Bressinger 41,400
Mike Lovelace 41,300
Richard Burns 41,100
Josh Templeton 41,000
Yuval Bronshtein 41,000
Badih Bounahra 40,700
Jeff Littlefield 40,700
Chris Bjorin 40,700
Brian Cospolich 40,100
Robert Stoll 40,000
Greg Nunley 39,900
Tony Lee 39,500
Russell Solomon 39,500
Edward Nassif 39,500
Paul Goldberg 39,000
David Hasson 39,000
Roger Jensen 38,600
Petter Andersson 38,500
Roger Tichenor 38,300
Bradley Libson 38,200
Keith Sexton 38,200
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf 38,100
Chris Lovelace 38,100
Ed Hansen 37,900
Joan Sorkjsjan 37,800
Craig Duffy 37,600
Hal Sutlieff 37,600
Holger Vanisch 37,500
Mathew Graham 37,400
Doug Silverman 37,200
David Cowan 37,100
Max Miyamoto 37,000
Andrew Greenberg 37,000
Ronald Hertel 36,800
William Pilossoph 36,600
Karim Vegas 36,500
Ed Jordan 36,300
Will Leffingwell 36,100
Al Adler 35,300
Alan Hart 35,100
Mark Vronskiy 35,100
Jesse Kirchner 34,900
Randal McLoughlin 34,100
David Cai 34,000
Anton Nikaj 34,000
Steven Cowley 33,900
Peter Christensen 33,700
Gary Friedlander 33,500
James Griffith 33,400
Randy Clanton 33,300
Randall Brueckner 33,100
Jeremy Brown 33,000
John Arden 32,800
Leo Bernick 32,800
Vachagan Zakarian 32,700
Richard Wild 32,500
Robert Zack 32,400
Ewan Morgan 32300
Demitriy Shilnikov 32,200
Travis Quinlan 32,000
Georges Yazbeck 31,700
Shane Douglas 31,600
Andrew Brokos 31,100
Jorge Arias 30,800
Joe Simmons 30,700
Kiaran McLaughlin 30,200
Pete De Best 30,100
William Arnold 30,100
Buddy Lavassani 29,900
Ronald Lee 29,900
Eric Lida 29,700
Michael Leah 29,500
Tim Holt 29,400
Alan Hance 29,300
James Kirvin 29,300
Max Killingsworth 29,200
Andy Slater 29,100
Gary Burchfield 29,100
Clyde Rice 28,800
Joanne Monteavaro 28,600
Jason Myers 28,500
Charlie Ng 28,500
Tom Schneider 27,900
Tom Pacelli 27,300
G. Frank Ramsey 26,500
Gavin Priestley 26,400
Wayne Smith 26,100
Mikkel Askjaerfriis 26,000
DJ Whorlay 26,000
Michael Pfeiffer 26,000
Stuart Breakstone 25,900
Jose Rosenkrantz 25,800
Juan Stinson 25,800
Kader Belbina 25,800
Jeff Odom 25,600
Matthew Molinari 25,600
Michael Kennedy 25,600
Kevin Maschino 25,400
Tomislav Gusic 25,300
Christopher McGlincher 24,700
Jerry Atkins 24,600
Sarkis Marashlian 24,400
Willy Weber 24,400
Isaac Galazan 24,300
Chris Pietrarosso 24,300
Dennis Waterman 24,300
Tobey Maguire 24,200
Gunther Sissi 24,200
David Lambard 24,200
Thang Tran 24,100
Steve Kuhn 24,000
Brian Tracy 23,800
Jim Hanna 23,500
Irwin Berlat 23,400
Thang Duc Nguyen 22,900
Roger Brooks 22,700
Gary Litterest 22,700
Morgan Machina 22,600
Jeremy Schwartz 22,500
Markus Ross 22,500
Stanley Statkiewicz 22,400
Christopher Lindholm 22,200
Michael Shammas 21,800
Gerhard Mayer 21,700
Alejandro Morales 21,100
Thomas Pettersson 21,000
Brian Gray 20,900
Bertrand Grospellier 20,900
Mario Filho 20,500
Aytac Apaydin 20,500
Judi Glidewell 20,300
Donald Crabtree 20,100
Brett Worton 19,900
[Removed:326] 19,900
Tim Morgan 19,900
Veronica Dabol 19,700
Charles Mohler 19,300
Reuben Peters 18,800
Randall L Myers 18700
Anthony Orr 18,300
Clint Brotherton 18,300
Joe Tehan 18,300
Micah Cade 18,200
Ryan Curry 17,500
Magnus Karlsson 17,500
Adrian Hanauer 17,400
Thomas Kelley 17,300
Bobby Baldwin 16,800
Kourken Matossian 16,500
Allan Newland 16,000
Johnny Sanchez 16,000
Steve Flacco 15,800
Bruce Carter 15,700
John Horon 15700
Joe Gualtieri 15,600
Tony Cousineau 15,000
Massimo DiMarco 14,800
Chan Ping San Peter 14,800
Bruce Gerstein 14,700
Edward Roberts 13,100
Roy Tselentis 12,800
Ron Stanley 12,700
Des Wilson 12,200
Ethan Steinberg 12,100
Corey Zeidman 11,400
Qinghai Pan 11,000
Debbie Burkhead 10,800
Stephen McCann 9,000
John Stolzmann 9,000
Jonas Gram 8,900
Bill Lam 5,500
Shane Smith 4,500
Beqir Salihu 3,500
Oberbauer 2,700

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem

Day 1a Completed

Joe Tehan In Trouble

Joe Tehan has only 10,000 left after tangling with Huck Seed. Tehan raised to 2,200 from the button and Seed called. The flop came down {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Seed check-called Tehan's 3,000 bet. When the turn came {10-Diamonds}, Seed check-called, this time for 5,000. The river was the {5-Spades} and both players checked. Seed showed {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, and Tehan mucked.

Tags: Huck SeedJoe Tehan

Andy Black Eliminated

In two hands and in quick succession, Andy Black is out.

First hand:

A player limps, Black raises to 2,400 on the button, and his opponent calls. The flop comes J-10-6 with two hearts and both players check. The turn is the {8-Diamonds}. Black's opponent checks, he bets 8,000 and is called. The river is the {3-Hearts}. Black bets 15,000 and his opponent calls. Black announces he has nothing. His opponent has 7-7 and takes it.

Second hand:

Soon after, Black is busted when on a 3-4-3-7 board, Black bets, another player goes all in, and Black calls with 4-5. His opponent has A-A, the river is a jack, and Black is out and leaves in a hurry.

Black was the chip leader for a good part of the day, but it did not last.

Tags: Andy Black

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Doubles Up

Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier
The action was folded to the button who limped in and the small blind called. Bertrand Grospellier moved all in for his last 9,500 from the big blind. The player on the button made the call and the small blind got out of the way. Grospellier rolled over {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} while the button had {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}.

The board came {K-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. As Grospellier chipped up his pot he tossed the dealer his Aces, saying "I've been waiting for these alllll day."

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Dan Harmetz Takes One Down

Dan Harmetz
Dan Harmetz
Facing a 3,000 preflop raise from a player under the gun, Dan Harmetz called from the button and the action was heads-up going into the flop.

The first three cards off the deck were {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades}. The UTG player made it 5,000 to go and Harmetz raised it up to 12,000. After a solid minute in the tank, Harmetz' opponent folded his hand.

Before raking the pot, Harmetz tabled {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}. He's currently sitting on 33,200 chips.

Tags: Dan Harmetz

Battle of the Big Stacks

Board: {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

Julian Gardner, seventh in chips, and Randall Amiel, eleventh in chips, clash in this hand. Amiel limps in middle position, the small blind calls, and Gardner in the big blind checks the option. On the flop, the small blind checks to Gardner, who bets 1,400 and Amiel calls. On the turn, Gardner bets 2,400 and is again called. On the river, Gardner checks. Amiel bets 2,000, and Gardner calls. Amiel shows {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the rivered straight and Gardner mucks. Amiel is at 125,300.

Tags: Julian GardnerRandall Amiel