Event 7 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha w/ rebuys Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-04-2007 21:52 UTC-7

Event #7 $5,000 PLO with Rebuys Changed to Three Days

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TD Jack Effel announced that this event will now become a three-day event instead of two. Action will stop at 3 a.m. On Tuesday, they will play down to nine. On Wednesday, ESPN will televise the final table in this star-studded event featuring over a hundred of the world's top pros.

Tags: Jack Effel

06-04-2007 21:54 UTC-7

Jen Harman Eliminated

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06-04-2007 21:57 UTC-7

Greg Raymer Eliminated

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Greg Raymer raised 11K pre-flop and Daniel Negreanu called. Raymer moved all in blind before the flop came down {Q-Hearts}

. Negreanu called and flipped over {A-Diamonds}

for a King-high flush. Raymer tabled {Q-Diamonds}

for a set. The turn was the {7-Hearts}

and the river was the {5-Spades}

. Fossilman headed to the rail as Negreanu increased his stack to 61K.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Greg Raymer

06-04-2007 21:59 UTC-7

124 Players Remaining

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We are still awaiting official numbers of entrants and prize pool.

06-04-2007 22:10 UTC-7

Barry Greenstein Eliminated by Ram Vaswani

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Barry Greenstein busted and Ram Vaswani collected his bounty, an autogrpahed copy of Greenstein's book "Ace on the River."

Tags: barry Greenstein Ram Vaswani

06-04-2007 22:14 UTC-7

100K Stacks

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Robert Williamson III, Howard Lederer, and Layne Flack all have stacks over 100K.

Tags: and Layne Flack Howard Lederer Robert Williamson III

06-04-2007 22:19 UTC-7

145 Players and 450 Rebuys

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There are 145 players in today's event. They are currently counting the rebuys, but I have heard that there were about 450.

06-04-2007 22:27 UTC-7

Johhny Chan = 80K

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Johnny Chan busted a player and is now up to 80K. Chan had {6-Clubs}

. He picked up a wrap-around straight draw on the flop. On the turn he additionally picked up a flush redraw and got there on the river. His opponent's flopped set did not improve as Chan took all his chips.

Tags: Johnny Chan

06-04-2007 22:31 UTC-7

Official Numbers

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The official numbers for Event #7 ($5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys) are in. With 145 entrants, there were 450 rebuys, creating a total prizepool of $2,891,000. The top 18 players will finish in the money, earning at least $31,801. The full payout structure can be seen by clicking on the "Prizepool and Payouts" link on the right.

First prize is worth a whopping $868,745.

06-04-2007 22:38 UTC-7

Tough Tables

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Since this is a pro-heavy event, there are some of the toughest tables in recent memory of the WSOP. Check out these tablemates:

-- Huck Seed, Minh Ly, Jeffrey Lisandro, Allen Cunningham

-- Johnny Chan, Gus Hansen, Dewey Tomko, Mike Sexton, Jesse Jones

-- Chip Reese, Phil Ivey, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott

-- Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, Patrick Antonius, John D'Agostino

-- Doyle Brunson, Layne Flack

-- Freddy Deeb, David Williams

-- Vanessa Rousso, Sammy Farha, Chau Giang, Erick Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Gabe Thaler