Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 5 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-14-2007 12:51 UTC-7

Travis Belles Eliminated by Hyon Kim

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Hyon Kim opened the pot for 60,000, Travis Belles re-rased all in for 218,000 and Kim called. Belles turned over {4-Diamonds}

while Kim showed {A-Clubs}

. The flop was {Q-Hearts}

, pairing Kim's queen. The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

, the river was the {2-Spades}

, and Belles was eliminated.

After the hand, Kim was up to 1.35 million in chips.

Tags: Hyon Kim Travis Belles

07-14-2007 12:50 UTC-7

Jimmy Blevins eliminated by David Tran

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Jimmy Blevins has just been moved tables and immediately decided to move all in for his last 350,000 with {A-Clubs}

. Unfortunately for him, he runs into David Tran with {10-Spades}

The board

and Blevins is eliminated.

07-14-2007 12:49 UTC-7

Player Profiles: Huckleberry Seed

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Huckleberry Seed is one of the more enigmatic players in poker. There is very little information known about him, aside from plenty of prop bet stories that most people shake their heads in disbelief when they hear them. Seed grew up in Montana and attended Cal Tech for electrical engineering before he dropped out in 1989 to focus on poker full time. Seed was an athlete in high school and played on the Montana state championship basketball team. He also played hoops in college. At six-foot seven inches tall, Seed is not hard to miss. He's usually the tallest player at his table and often the most quiet.

Before Seed won the 1996 World Series of Poker main event, he already had an impressive resume for a young player. He made seven final tables at the WSOP including winning a bracelet in 1994 for $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha. During the early 1990s, Seed had two second place finishes in Deuce to Seven Draw events and missed winning a bracelet by one spot. Seed also won two bracelets in Razz. He beat Phil Ivey heads up in 2002 for the title. Over his career Seed won $3.4 million in tournaments.

While not too much is known about Huckleberry Seed's personal life, most of the stories about Huck have him involved in outrageous prop bets.

Seed lost a beard bet once. He had to not shave for an entire year in order to win. He lost when he had to attend a family funeral and had to shave before going home.

Seed won one of the most amazing golf bets of all time. His feat was recently replicated by Erick Lindgren, except Seed's was a little tougher. Seed had to shoot four rounds of golf in under 100 using just three clubs... 5-iron, a sand wedge and a putter. Depending on who you talk to, it took Seed five or six attempts to shoot under 100 four times. And he had to run between the holes and the guy who set the bet with him picked the hottest day of the year for Seed to do the bet. It was 120 degrees that day.

Seed has also lost the ocean bet to Phil Hellmuth. The Poker Brat bet Seed $50,000 that he could not stand in the ocean for 18 straight hours. Seed also won money from Howard Lederer when he did a standing back flip. Lederer also bet Seed that he could run a 50-yard dash faster then him... hopping on one foot. When Lederer did a test run, Seed saw that he'd lose and handed over $5,000.

Aside from those wacky prop bets that are a part of Las Vegas lore, Seed can actually play poker. He's trying to win his fifth WSOP bracelet and his second world championship. Not too many players can boast that they have won multiple events. And Seed is trying to make that list that includes Johnny Moss (3), Stu Ungar (3), Johnny Chan (2), and Doyle Brunson (2).

Out of the last 100 players, Seed and Scotty Nguyen are the only two former champions who are remaining in the field.

Tags: Huckleberry Seed

07-14-2007 12:49 UTC-7

Thomas Koo Is Eliminated By Brandon Adams

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Koo moved in with {A-Hearts}

and was called by Brandon Adams with pocket Queens. Koo didn't find an Ace on the board and he was knocked out of the Main Event.

Tags: Brandon Adams Thomas Koo

07-14-2007 12:48 UTC-7

Paul Spitzberg Eliminated by Hyon Kim

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Paul Spitzberg limped in from late position, Paulo Louriero raised to 80,000, Philip Hilm called, and Spitzberg called. The flop was {Q-Hearts}

. Spitzberg checked, Louriero bet 200,000, and Hilm moved all in for 1.25 million.

"All in and a call on 3!" bellowed Spitzberg as he shoved his stack in the middle, making the call. He was about to table his hand before he realized that Louriero still had to act. After a few minutes in the tank, Louriero folded, claiming he mucked A-A.

Hilm turned over {K-Hearts}

for a flush draw while Spitzberg showed {6-Hearts}

for a middle set. The turn, though, was the {5-Hearts}

, making Hilm's flush. Spitzberg would need to pair the board to win the pot. It wasn't to be, though, when the {J-Spades}

fell on the river. Hilm took down the pot and upped his stack to 3.2 million, while Spitzberg was crippled down to only 120,000.

On the next hand, Spitzberg moved all in pre-flop from middle position, Hilm called, Hyon Kim moved all in over the top for 720,000 and Hilm folded. Spitzberg turned up {8-Clubs}

but had run into Kim's {K-Clubs}

. The flop was {K-Hearts}

making a set of kings for Kim, and leaving Spitzberg drawing to running cards. The turn was the {6-Diamonds}

, the river was the {J-Spades}

, and Spitzberg's Main Event run came to a close.

After that hand, Kim was up to 1,100,000.

Tags: Hyon Kim Paul Spitzberg

07-14-2007 12:47 UTC-7

Avi Cohen Wins a Huge Pot against Charis Anastasiou To Take the Chip Lead

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Cohen and Anastasiou traded big bets after {5-Diamonds}

on the flop and the {10-Hearts}

on the turn, and with nearly 1.2 million in the pot Anastasiou moved all-in after the {8-Hearts}

hit on the river. Cohen called and turned over {K-Hearts}

for the runner-runner flush, and after Anastasiou threw his cards in the muck Cohen thrust his arms in the air and let out a loud yell. He's now up to 4.7 million while Anastasiou is down to 300,000.

Tags: Avi Cohen Charis Anastasiou