Only Nine Eliminations Left Until We Reach The Cash
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2007 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,282,520
Entries
827
Level
22
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Back from Break
The tournament staff just announced that if we haven't reached the money by 2:00 a.m., play will continue until the field reaches 81 players.
15-Minute Break
Perry's on a Roll
, an opponent moved all in against Perry Friedman for 38,400.Perry provided some insightful commentary while considering his play:
"Pass or don't pass..."
"I think I might be ahead..."
"This is sick!"
"I call."
Perry's read was dead-on. His opponent turned over the
, for top pair with a ten kicker and Perry pumped his fist realizing he was ahead, showing 
, for top pair, queen kicker, with the second-nut flush draw.The
on the turn put the icing on the cake for Perry, who brought his stack past the 100K mark on the hand.
Phil Laak Doubles Up
Hellmuth Adds to His Stack
Flop:
After the big blind checks the flop, Phil bets out 5,000 and only the big blind calls.
The turn is the
and Phil bets 9,000 into his opponent. While his opponent thinks over the call Phil tells him, "I'll take this one, you take the next one." The tactic works, his opponent mucks, and Phil announces, "The only thing I was worried about was if he had a set of sevens."
Friedman Rivers a Six; Knocks Out Opponent
If it was a race, then Perry's opponent got a huge head start, turning over pocket queens to Perry's sixes.
Perry would catch up in the end, though, hitting a miracle six on the river. The hand brought Perry's chip count up to 72,000.
Jamie Gold Eliminated
and Gold showed . Flop:
The turn brought Gold a flush draw with the
but the 
on the river sent Gold to the exit.
John Phan Eliminated
and connected on a flop of 
. With all the money in on the flop, Phan's opponent showed 
. Phan didn't improve and has been eliminated.
Stacked Table