Event 11 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-06-2007 07:58 UTC-7

Event #11 Starts Today at 5:00 pm PDT

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Event #11 (World Championship $5,000 Seven Card Stud) starts today at 5:00 pm PDT. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for complete live coverage of this event, sure to draw a field stacked with big names and top pros.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 25

06-06-2007 17:06 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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The announcement is made and we are set to begin the World Championship $5,000 Seven Card Stud event. There are pros studded throughout the tables, who are wasting no time getting right into the action.

06-06-2007 17:13 UTC-7

Already, the Doom Table

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Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson and Jennifer Harman are all at the same table.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Doyle Brunson Jennifer Harman

06-06-2007 17:18 UTC-7

Loaded!

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Other notables in attendance:

Thor Hanson
Maureen Feduniak
Mike Sexton
Chau Chiang
Cyndy Violette
Barry Greenstein
John Henson
Mickey Appleman
Greg Raymer
Gus Hansen
Mike Wattel
David Williams
Mickey Seagle
Huck Seed
Bob Feduniak
Layne Flack
Bill Chen
Jennifer Harman
Chip Reese
Joe Awada
Marco Traniello

06-06-2007 17:35 UTC-7

Welcome Back

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Gabe Kaplan is surrounded by a bunch of players in their early 20s at his table. It's like he's back in the classroom.

Tags: Gabe Kaplan

06-06-2007 17:36 UTC-7

WhoJedi? YouJedi

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Jay "WhoJedi" Newnum, PokerNews reporter, camera personality and Star Wars superfan, is playing in this event.

Tags: Jay Newnum WhoJedi

06-06-2007 17:38 UTC-7

Raise Me Deadly

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Sam Silverman, Isabelle Mercier, Layne Flack and Chris Ferguson are at one table. There are only about 170 players, and the percentage of known faces is high.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Isabelle Mercier Layne Flack Sam Silverman

06-06-2007 17:41 UTC-7

More Important Things

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Mike Sexton and Phil Ivey are discussing an upcoming huge golf match. It's early in the tournament, so it helps to get some business out of the way while you still can.

Tags: Mike Sexton Phil Ivey

06-06-2007 17:53 UTC-7

Seven Card Stud Bracelet Winners Collide

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Mike Sexton, winner of a bracelet in Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo in 1989, is clashing with Jan Sorensen, who won a bracelet in 2005 in Seven Card Stud, the regular variety. Sexton wins an $1,100 pot and doesn't show.
Sexton is up to 12,000 and Sorensen is at 9,500.

Tags: Jan Sorensen Mike Sexton