Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
Day 3 Completed
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,301,115
Entries
3,151
Level
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 3151
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and Billavara called with 
. We'd seen so many players come from behind to win that it felt like a queen would spike on the flop, but when the dealer spread the cards we saw the
. And whatever drama was left ended when the 
hit on the turn, leaving Douglas drawing dead and Billavara our champion. Chandrasekhar Billavara came to this final table as the shortest stack, but he picked up aces on the first hand and played fast and aggressive on the way to the bracelet and the $722,914 first prize. Taylor Douglas was the chip leader coming in and throughout most of the day, but after losing some tough hands he battled back to finish as our runner-up, winning $467,101.
Chandrasekhar Billavara: 5,465,000
Taylor Douglas: 4,000,000.
Hunt pushed with
, and Chandrasekhar Billavara called with the 
. That wasn't a good sign for Hunt in the last hand, and it wasn't a good one here. The flop came 
to give Billavara the lead, and when the 
fell on the turn and the 
on the river it gave the hand to Billavara and sent Hunt out in third place. He lost two consecutive hands when he went in as the favorite, but John Hunt will take home $292,476 as a consolation prize.
, and John Hunt reraised with 
. Chandrasekhar Billavara held K-Q and thought awhile about calling before mucking his hand. Hunt had Douglas dominated...until the flop came
. That jack put Douglas in the lead, and when the board ran out 
and 
he survived and doubled up at Hunt's expense.
, but ran into Chandrasekhar Billavara's 
. The board ran out 
and Leandro "Brasa" Pimentel, whose enthusiastic friends and supporters cheered him all the way to the final table, was eliminated in fourth place, winning $189,249.
and Hunt held pocket fives. The 
flop gave Hunt a set and though the on the turn gave Billarava a wheel draw, the on the river gave Hunt a full house and the pot.
and had Douglas come over the top with 
. Pimentel jumped out of his seat and slapped his cowboys down on the felt, though the flop of 
and 
on the turn gave Douglas a flush draw. But the river was the 
and just like that, Douglas doubled up two players and surrendered his chip lead.
. Billavara came over the top for all his chips holding and Douglas quickly called.And then all that aggressive play came for naught when the
flopped. Douglas picked up a straight and flush draw when the turned, but the river brought the 
and Billavara doubled up.
