Event 11 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-06-2007 18:23 UTC-8

The Jackson Two?

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Mike Sexton takes a pot from another player on seventh street with {K-Spades}

versus

. Sexton shows {J-Spades}

for two pair.

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06-06-2007 17:56 UTC-8

The Modest King

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Barry Greenstein shows down {9-Spades}

versus

for his opponent. Greenstein turns over K-K and wins a $1,500 pot. He's up to 11,500.

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06-06-2007 17:52 UTC-8

Kessler Picks Up Chips

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Allen Kessler wins a nice pot on seventh street with x-x- {8-Hearts}

-x. His opponent has x-x- {10-Diamonds}

-x. Kessler shows 7-8 for two pair.

Allen Kessler's often confused with Robert Varkonyi, the 2002 WSOP champion. Often he will come up to press row and say, "Someone finally called me Robert Varkonyi. It only took 8 hours."

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06-06-2007 17:44 UTC-8

Gus Escapes Quads

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Gus Hansen folds to a raise on seventh street and the player flips over tens in the hole for quads. Hansen got away from it, but the pot was already pretty significant.

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06-06-2007 17:40 UTC-8

Tied the Knot, Tied in Chips

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Jennifer Harman and her husband Marco Traniello are tied in chips with 14,000 each. Awwwwww.

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Level: 2

Blinds: 25/100

Ante: 25

06-06-2007 17:26 UTC-8

Humberto Brenes Quote

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"Yes, I am lucky! You don't know this?"

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06-06-2007 17:26 UTC-8

"He's the Golden Boy"

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Phil Ivey raises on seventh street versus a player who has a made flush, and the player calls. Ivey turns over 9-9-5 with a 9 and a 5 up for a disguised full house.

"He's the golden boy," another player says. Ivey flashes a rare smile as he rakes in the pot.

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06-06-2007 17:24 UTC-8

Andy Black's Photo Holding Its Own

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Andy Black has taped a large photo of himself on his chair, because he's also playing in the $2,000 NLH event simultaneously. It remains to be seen whether Andy Black's photo can outlast him.

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06-06-2007 17:22 UTC-8

Bracelet Spouses

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There are only two husband and wife pairs who have won WSOP bracelets, and all four are in the building. Two of them, Harry Thomas (1985, 7S); and Jerri Thomas (2000, 7S), are in this event. Max Stern (1995, O8; 1997, 7HL; 1997, NLH) is in another event across the room, and Maria Stern (1997, 7S) is also in the room somewhere.

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