2007 World Series of Poker
Event 1 - $5,000 Mixed Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
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$5,000
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Now, in the first few hands, we know what has changed. And the criticisms from the players are harsh.
Mike Matusow was frothing at the mouth, and yelled, "Did you see these cards? You can't see the cards! Where's Jeffrey Pollack?"
Doyle Brunson took his seat next to Layne Flack, ready to play his first hand of the 2007 World Series of Poker. But when he checked his cards, he had to do a double take. "What the hell are these?"
It gets worse. Two players have already asked for a refund. Johnny Chan has complained and threatened to refuse to play. Daniel Negreanu called them the worst cards he's ever played with.
Before the tournament began, Chad Layne said he had been playing some satellites, and watched as players misread their hands -- in some cases, even the dealers. Layne got some practice in, and feels ready to deal with the cards now that there are bracelets at stake.
What's the problem? The six and the nine are particularly problematic, and easily confused with each other. The "pips" in the center of the card are much smaller than normal, and contained in a box. Instead of having large numbers in the top left and bottom right corners, they are sort of in the lower left and top right -- and that's what makes the sixes and the nines confusing, because the six is in the general area where an upside-down nine would normally appear.
There are still numbers in the upper left corner, but they are extremely small and at an angle, and they're easy to overlook.
T.J. Cloutier, who is on the Player's Advisory Committee, claims that these are *not* the cards that the players approved. (He's also asked to speak to Jeffrey Pollack.) That's an interesting wrinkle -- perhaps there are better cards somewhere, waiting in the wings?
The big question for now is this -- How quickly can Harrah's fix the problem? Or, is it possible for the players to adapt?
flop the action was checked around, and when the 
turned Ivey called a 200 bet from the player in the big blind. The big blind checked the 
on the river and elected to call Ivey's 600 bet. Ivey turned over the 
for the backdoor flush and took down his first pot of the World Series.
Seat 2: Brandon Schaefer
Seat 3: John Juanda
Seat 4: Jason "Strassa2" Strasser
Seat 6: Robert Mizrachi
Seat 2: John "Pearljammer" Turner
Seat 3: Chris Moneymaker
Seat 4: Humberto Brenes
Seat 7: Jean-Robert Bellande
Seat 8: CK Hua
Cunningham and the player in the cutoff checked. After the 
appeared on the turn the other player bet 1,000 and Cunningham came over the top for all his chips. The other player called and turned over the 
for a flush and gutshot draw, but Cunningham held the 
for a bigger flush draw. And then, on the river, the hit to cruelly end Cunningham's day.
Seat 2: Johnny Chan
Seat 4: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 7: Melissa Hayden
Seat 2: Joe Sebok
Seat 5: Andy Black
Seat 7: Doug Lee
Seat 8: Greg Raymer
Level 1 will start with No Limit.
#1. If you are not at your seat when the cards are dealt, you have a dead hand.
#2. If you on a cellphone or text messaging when the cards are dealt, then your hand will be ruled dead.
#3. This is a non-smoking facility.
After he mentioned the rules, Effel handed the microphone over to last year's WSOP main event champion Jamie Gold. A few boobirds in the back then rained down a short chorus of boos.
Gold kicked off the 2007 WSOP by saying the magical words... "Shuffle up and deal!"
