Event 22 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem Day 2 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-14-2007 14:56 UTC-7

Fast Then Slow

We lost a number of short stacks early on and we're down to 71 players.

Play has noticeably tightened up in the last ten minutes, even though we're still eight players from the money.

06-14-2007 14:47 UTC-7

Laak Looking to Double Up

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Phil Laak has pushed all his chips in on two occasions, and no one wants to pay him off.

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06-14-2007 14:36 UTC-7

Mike Sexton Starts the Day with a Huge Pot

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Preflop, Michael Binger raises to 9K from mid-position. Another player boosts it 20K more. Mike Sexton pushes all in...followed by yet another player who pushes all in. Michael Binger folds, leaving three to play the hand. Mike Sexton shows pocket aces. The two other players have pocket tens and pocket jacks. Sexton spikes an ace on the flop for good measure.

Mike Sexton is now up to 100,000 chips.

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06-14-2007 14:25 UTC-7

About Event #22

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We started the $5000 No Limit Hold'em Championship event yesterday with 640 players. By the end of the night, only 85 remained. The payouts start at 63rd place, with first place paying $730,740.

A number of notables are starting in good chip position today, including Tex Barch, Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf, Kathy Liebert, Nick Shulman, T.J. Cloutier, and Michael Binger -- with many more in contention.

06-14-2007 14:16 UTC-7

Dirksen Stacking More Chips

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Before the start of Day Two today, chip leader Dustin Dirksen confessed he was a bad chip stacker. But just a few minutes into the day he is stackiing more chips as he sends the first player to the rail.

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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

06-14-2007 14:05 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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06-14-2007 09:53 UTC-7

Day Two of This Event Starts at 2pm

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Be sure and join us - right back here at 2pm PDT as we bring you all the action from day two of the $5k No Limit event (#22). The top of the leaderboard reads like a "Who's Who" of Internet poker, as Dustin Dirksen, Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf, and Nick "The Takeover" Schulman are all in the top seven in chip counts.