2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 2a
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
Players Info - Day 2a

Huck Seed Doubles Up

1996 WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed
1996 WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed
Four players, including Huck Seed, saw a flop of {7-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. One player bet, and when the action got to Huck Seed, he moved all in. Two players folded and the initial bettor made the call. The players showed . . .

Seed: {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {8-Spades}{7-Spades}

The turn blanked but the river was the {Q-Hearts}. Seed shyly stacked the pot and said "It's a gamble." The 1996 World Champion now has 265,000 chips.

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Table Talk

ESPN Commentator Norman Chad
ESPN Commentator Norman Chad
One of the players on table 63 noticed ESPN commentator Norman Chad wandering around the tournament area and said, "Hey Norman, you're looking kind of tired."

Chad replied, "I'm not sitting on my backside all day with chips in front of me . . . I've gotta walk around!"

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Olivier Maingay Turned

All in preflop, Team PokerNews player Olivier Maingay had his opponent dominated, holding {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} against {A-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

The flop was fine for Olivier: {10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}. However, the {6-Spades} on the turn was a blow and the {8-Clubs} was no help. Olivier was down to 6,500.

Next hand, however, he doubled up with {A-Spades}{J-Spades} and is sitting on 15,000.

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Everybody's a Comedian

An exchange overheard between a floorperson and a short-stacked player while breaking a table:

Player: "Yeah . . . I need about eight racks."
Floorperson: "Eight racks?"
Player: "Yeah . . . one for each chip."

Minh Ly Collects Chips

Minh Ly
Minh Ly
Board: {3-Clubs}{9-Spades}{K-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}

On the turn, Minh Ly bets 42,000 in early position and an opponent in the big blind re-raises all in for 32,400 more. Ly calls and shows {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs} to the opponent's {K-Hearts}{7-Spades}. Ly has 236,000.

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Joe Sebok Eliminated

Joe Sebok Eliminated
Joe Sebok Eliminated
Will Wilkinson made a standard opening raise. Action folded around to Joe Sebok who moved all in for 34,200. Wilkinson made the call and the players turned over their hands . . .

Sebok: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Wilkinson: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

Sebok failed to improved and was eliminated. Wilkinson is now in the mix with 216,000.

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Bruno Fitoussi Runs Into Tens

Bruno Fitoussi
Bruno Fitoussi
Holding 7-7, Bruno Fitoussi got all in preflop. His opponent had him in bad shape, however, holding T-T.

The flop was a disaster for Bruno, coming {10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. The turn brought the {3-Diamonds}, giving Fitoussi a gutshot straight draw. But the river {6-Clubs} was not the card he needed, and Fitoussi is now down to 100,000.

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