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2007 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,587,220
Total Entries
2,628
Level
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 2,628
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. The 
came on the turn, Mark Gregorich bet out 3,000 and one player called. The 
came on the river, Gregorich checked, his opponent bet 5,000, Gregorich folded and his opponent took the pot.
Phil put both hands behind his stack and sent a tidal wave of green, black and blue chips cascading into the center of the pot. That got everyone's attention. Soon there were spectators craning their necks to get a look while Phil stood up and talked up his play to the crowd. "Wait, where are my cards?" Hellmuth joked, knowing they were buried under his spilled stack.
The floor unearthed Phil's cards and re-stacked his chips, and the player in the big blind had to decide whether to call about an additional 5,000. He and Hellmuth bantered back and forth a bit, the big blind thought about it, thought about it...and called.
Phil turned over
, the big blind had 
, and the original all-in bettor had 
. It would've been impolite to mention that Phil had his kings cracked by jacks in an earlier tournament, and in the end it also would've been irrelevent--the board brought no help to any of the players and Phil's cowboys held up, boosting his stack to 44,000.
He and his brother Aaron played again today, and both are still alive in the tournament. Let's see if they can make it two for two.
against his opponents' 
and Q-Q. An ace came on the flop and gave Soulier a pair of aces. The rest of the board was no help and both opponents were eliminated. After the hand Soulier was up to about 115,000 in chips.
and his opponent showed 
. The board came 
, Bartholdi took the pot and eliminated his opponent. After the hand Bartholdi had 42,500 in chips.
and the other player had 
. Phil flopped a king to take the lead...but the short stack spiked a jack on the river to stay alive. She let out a little whoop to celebrate, and Phil just shook her hand and went back to work. He's at around 30,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
