Event 52 - $1,000 No Limit Holdem w/ rebuys Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-03-2007 01:35 UTC-7

Break Here and Gone

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A break has come and gone and the levels have gone up.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

07-03-2007 01:19 UTC-7

There are 126 players remaining with just a few minutes left in the level. There's a break after this level and then about 20 minutes of action. It's difficult to tell if we will hit 99 and the money before we end for the night at 2 a.m. PDT.

07-03-2007 01:18 UTC-7

Erick Lindgren Has Been Eliminated

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Board:

Preflop, Lindgren is all in for 13,000 in late position. The big blind, Carolyn Gardner, calls.

Lindgren has {A-Clubs}

and Gardner has {K-Hearts}

. Lindgren is out and Gardner has 75,000.

Tags: Carolyn Gardner Erick Lindgren

07-03-2007 01:13 UTC-7

J.C. Tran Crippled

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Board:

It's an 80,000 pot as we pick it up on the turn. A player under the gun bets 36,000 and Tran folds in middle position. Tran is down to 45,000.

Tags: J.C. Tran

07-03-2007 01:12 UTC-7

Runners For Lilholdem

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Chad "Lilholdem" Batista just had a nice run. After being high on the leader board for most of the day, Batista called an all-in preflop. Batista turned over A-K and his opponent showed pocket aces.

After flopping a jack, Batista caught runners for the queen and ten to make the straight by the river. After the hand, Batista is up to 125,000.

07-03-2007 01:11 UTC-7

Lee Watkinson Cripples Erick Lindgren

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Board:

Lee Watkinson calls in the cutoff and seat 7 raises to 4,400 on the button. Lindgren calls in the big blind. Watkinson calls. On the flop, all check. On the turn, all check. On the river, Lindgren checks. Watkinson bets 9,000 and seat 7 folds. Lindgren goes into the tank for a minute and calls. Watkinson shows {Q-Hearts}

for the full house and Lindgren folds. Watkinson has 88,000 and Lindgren is down to 19,000.

Tags: Erick Lindgren Lee Watkinson

07-03-2007 01:06 UTC-7

Matusow Beaten By Jacks

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Moving all in preflop in late position, Mike Matusow was called by an opponent in the big blind. Matusow had the opponent covered by 1,300. Matusow showed K-J while his opponent showed pocket kings. Although Matusow hit a jack on the flop, he failed to improve and was left with 1,300.

Three hands later, Matusow moved all in again preflop and was called. Matusow showed {A-Spades}

while his opponent showed K-J. His opponent hit a jack and Matusow was eliminated after failing to improve.

Tags: Mike Matusow

07-03-2007 01:00 UTC-7

Chip Counts Updated

[user38368]

Paul McCaffrey is the new chip leader, followed by Steve "Mr Smokey" Billirakis, J.C. Tran and David Williams.

07-03-2007 00:59 UTC-7

Double Up For Boatman

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With all the action preflop, Barny Boatman was all in with a pair of jacks versus an opponenet's pair of fives. Boatman hit a jack on the flop and even though his opponent hit a five on the river, the set of jacks held up and Boatman is now up to 73,000.

Tags: Barny Boatman