2007 World Series of Poker

Event 6 - $1,500 Limit Holdem
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$280,715
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,242,150
Entries
910

More Eliminations

Nearly a third of our Day 2 field busted out in the first hour of play today, but the eliminations are beginning to slow down.

The following players won $3,975:

60. Randall Witt
61. Doug Protz
62. Stephen Gerhardt
63. Doug Morgan

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

Mark Jones Takes One Out

On a flop of {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, a middle-position player bet, Mark Jones raised from the cutoff, the MP player three-bet, and Jones four-bet, putting his opponent all-in. Jones showed the {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} while his opponent held the {Q-Spades}{J-Hearts}. The turn was the {5-Clubs}, the river was the {J-Spades}, and Jones dragged the pot, eliminating his opponent.

Jones was up to 80K after the hand.

Tags: Mark Jones

Recent Eliminations

The following players won $3,292:

64. Robert Goldfarb
65. Derek Wakamiya
66. Joe DeNiro
67. Philip Schier
68. Leo Vergote
69. Michael Lancaster
70. Robert Beueridge
71. Minh Nguyen
72. John Biebel

The Bustouts Keep on Coming...

The following players won $2,795:

73. Phi Nguyen
74. Ira Gibbs
75. Matt Dames
76. Jim Meehan
78. Nick Palmer (tie)
78. Ben Robinson (tie)
80. Marc Durand (tie)
80. Erick Mickelson (tie)
81. Boris Muchnik

Casey Peters Increases His Stack

A middle position player raised all in for his last 3500 and Casey Peters called from the cutoff. Peters showed the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and was in a race situation with his opponent, who tabled the {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. The flop was {Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{K-Hearts}, giving Peters the lead with a set of tens, but his opponent had outs with an open-ended straight draw. Peters' hand held, though when the turn came the {3-Clubs} and the river was the {J-Spades}.

Peters was up to 70K after the hand and is among the chip leaders.

Tags: Casey Peters

Matt Hawrilenko Eliminates an Opponent

An early position player raised and Matt Hawrilenko called from the big blind. The flop was {Q-Spades}{4-Spades}{A-Spades}. Hawrilenko bet, the EP player raised all in and Hawrilenko called. The EP player showed {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} while Hawrilenko tabled the {4-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. The turn was the {8-Spades}, but the river was the {5-Hearts}, giving Hawrilenko two pair and the pot.

He's up to 50K after the hand.

Tags: Matt Hawrilenko

More Eliminations

The following players won $2,360:

82. Thor Hansen
83. Bradley Peeples
84. Matthew Woodward
85. Allen Sorensen
86. Thomas Werthmann
87. David Tobin
88. David Gorman

We've reached our first prize money jump. The next nine players eliminated will win $2,795.