2007 World Series of Poker

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

Diego Cordovez Eliminated in 67th Place ($130,288)

Tuan Lam raised to 95,000 from the button and Diego Cordovez called from the big blind. The flop was {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Cordovez checked, Lam bet 250,000, Cordovez moved all in for 550,000 and Lam called. Lam turned over {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} while Cordovez showed {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}, the river was the {6-Diamonds} and Cordovez was eliminated.

Diego Cordovez finished in 67th place, earning $130,288.

Tags: Diego CordovezTuan Lam

Welch Quads Up vs. Morrison

Board: {K-Clubs}{4-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts}

Kirk Morrison limps in the small blind and Jason Welch checks the option. On the flop, both check. On the turn, Morrison bets 50,000 and Welch calls. On the river, Morrison bets 100,000 and Welch raises to 300,000. Morrison calls and mucks after Welch shows the {4-Diamonds} for quads. Morrison is down to 750,000 and Welch has 1,900,000.

Tags: Jason WelchKirk Morrison

Mikkel Madsen Doubles Up

Team PokerNews Player Mikkel Madsen just doubled up through John Spadavecchia after moving all-in preflop with {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} for his last 815,000 chips. Spadavecchia made the call with pocket 9's and Madsen struck gold on the {6-Clubs}{A-Spades}{A-Diamonds} flop. The turn and river came {Q-Clubs} and {6-Hearts}, giving Madsen a full house and the checkmark for the hand.

Spadavecchia dropped to 335,000 on the hand, while Madsen improved to 1,700,000 in chips.

Tags: Mikkel Madsen

Ryan Lawrence Eliminated in 66th Place ($130,288)

Ryan Lawrence Eliminated
Ryan Lawrence Eliminated
Dag Martin Mikkelsen raised to 80,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Ryan Lawrence in the big blind who moved all in for a total of 541,000. Mikkelsen made the call and the players showed...

Mikkelsen: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Lawrence: {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

There was little drama as the board ran out {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{A-Hearts}. Ryan Lawrence was eliminated in 66th place earning himself $130,288 in the process.

Tags: Dag Martin MikkelsenRyan Lawrence

Harris Takes Some from Yeh

Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Board: {3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

Preflop, Philip Yeh raises to 102,000 and Richard Harris calls. On the flop, Harris checks. Yeh bets 90,000 and Harris calls. On the turn, Harris leads out for 150,000 and Yeh calls. On the river, both check. Harris has {K-Spades}{7-Spades} and Yeh mucks. Harris is up to 2,040,000 and Yeh is down to 1,000,000.

Tags: Philip YehRichard Harris

Five...Four...Three...

After viewing a {6-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop, Kenneth Smith bet 105,000 and Dag Martin Mikkelsen raised 200,000 more. Smith then re-raised an additional 300K and Mikkelsen decided to just call.

They both checked the {4-Clubs} on the turn, and when the {2-Hearts} fell on the river and Smith checked, Mikkelsen fired out a 500,000 bet. Smith took so long thinking about his next move that Mikkelsen called the clock, and as it counted down Smith still couldn't decide what he wanted to do. The floor counted down the last ten seconds, and with just three ticks remaining Smith hurriedly announced, "I call, I call." He flipped over {Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, but Mikkelsen had him outkicked with {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} and took the pot.

Tags: Dag Martin MikkelsenKenneth Smith

Table Configuration

The Current Table Configuration is as follows:

2 1 Mikkel Madsen
2 2 Avi Cohen
2 3 Ray Henson
2 4 Scott Freeman
2 5 Jeff Tunkel
2 6 Tom Peterson
2 7 John Spadavecchia
2 8 Markus Gonsalves
2 9 Jon Kalmar


3 1 Jason Welch
3 2 Paulo Loureiro
3 3 Philip Hilm
3 4 Hyon Kim
3 5 William Spadea
3 6
3 7 Julian Gardner
3 8 Christian Togsverd
3 9 Kirk Morrison


4 1
4 2 Kenny Tran
4 3 Rep Porter
4 4 Bjorn-Erik Glenne
4 5 Robin Bergren
4 6 Nicolas Atlan
4 7 Peter Darvill
4 8 Lee Watkinson
4 9 Roy Winston


5 1 Dag Martin Mikkelsen
5 2 Naseem Salem
5 3 David Tran
5 4 Hevad "Rain" Khan
5 5 Adam White
5 6
5 7 Ryan Lawrence
5 8 Reagan Silber
5 9 Ken Smith


6 1
6 2 Steven Garfinkle
6 3 Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart
6 4 Mickey Seagle
6 5 Kevin Farry
6 6 Matt Keikoan
6 7 Senovio Ramirez, III
6 8 Lamar Wilkinson
6 9 Bill Edler


7 1 Ryan Elson
7 2 John Armbrust
7 3 Gus Hansen
7 4 Jason Koshi
7 5 Tuam Lam
7 6 Allan W. King
7 7 Diego Cordovez
7 8
7 9 Stefan Mattsson


8 1 Philip Yeh
8 2 Lee Childs
8 3 Alex Kravchenko
8 4 Maria Ho
8 5 Richard Harris
8 6 Ayaz Mahmood
8 7 Floyd Clark
8 8 Jerry Yang
8 9 Daniel Alaei


9 1 Ron Kluber
9 3 Jeff Bryan
9 2 Raymond Rahyme
9 4 Paul Kershaw
9 5 Kevin Kim
9 6 Stig Tap Rasmussen
9 7 Bob Slezak
9 8 Scotty Nguyen
9 9 Hoa Nguyen

Dennis Perry Eliminated in 68th Place ($130,288)

Four players saw a {9-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop, and after Reagan Silber checked Dag Martin Mikkelsen bet 200K. Adam White moved all in for 794,000 and Dennis Perry called. Mikkelsen folded and White's {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} led Perry's flush draw with {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}.

"Why call 800K with a draw?" White asked.

"Because I want to," was Perry's succinct reply.

But he also probably wanted to see a heart fall instead of the {8-Clubs} on the turn and the {A-Diamonds} on the river that were actually dealt. That missed draw ended Perry's run in the Main Event.

Dennis Perry was eliminated in 68th place, earning $130,288.

Tags: Adam WhiteDennis Perry