2007 World Series of Poker

Event 27 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$603,069
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,159,975
Entries
2,315

Thorson Runs into a Set

On a flop of {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, William Thorson pushed all in after his opponent checked in front of him. Thorson's opponent insta-called, tabling {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for bottom set. Thorson held {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for top pair. The turn was the {7-Clubs}, the river was the {2-Diamonds}, and the set of eights took the pot.

Throson was down to 15,500 after the hand.

Tags: William Thorson

Williams Flops a Set

David Williams raised to 2,500 from the cutoff, the button re-raised all in to 7,400, the small blind called, and Williams called. The flop was {8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. The small blind checked, Williams bet 3,000, and the small blind called. The turn was the {J-Diamonds}. The small blind checked, Williams bet 8,000, and the small blind called. The river was the {A-Clubs}. The small blind checked, Williams moved all in, and the small blind called.

Williams showed {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for a set, the small blind showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} for top pair and a busted flush draw, and the button, who was all in before the flop, showed A-K and was eliminated on the hand.

Williams stack is up to 85,000.

Tags: David Williams

Ladies Holding Their Own

Of the 270 players remaining in the field, only 5 of them are women, but make no mistake about it, they're playing some solid poker.

Take Noelle Huard, for example. Facing a 3,000 bet on board showing {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{A-Spades}, Noelle looked her opponent squarely in the eye, looking for any information he was willing to give away.

After some thought, she made the call. Her opponent flipped over {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, for aces and queens with a king kicker. Relieved that her read was dead on, she turned over pocket Kings and took down the pot.

Tags: Noelle Huard

Top Pair No Good for Spee

A middle position player raised to 2,400 and Arnold Spee called from the cutoff. The flop was {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. The MP player checked, Spee put him all in for his last 9,000, and he immediately called, tabling J-J for middle set while Spee turned over A-Q. The turn was a 7 and the river was a 6 and Spee's opponent doubled up.

Spee was down to 29,300 after the hand.

Tags: Arnold Spee

J.C. Tran Ousted by Quads

Facing a 2,200 preflop UTG raise, J.C. Tran called from the cutoff, and the action was heads-up going into the flop.

The dealer laid out the {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and the original raiser made it 4,500 to go. Holding pocket nines, J.C. liked the board and moved all-in. He was called instantly by his opponent who had hit a set of fives on the flop.

The turn brought the {5-Diamonds} for insurance purposes, and J.C. was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: J.C. Tran

John White Takes Out Three

Alex Jacob raised to 5,000 from middle position, the button moved all in, John White moved all in from the small blind, the big blind moved all in, and Jacob called all in.

Yes, you read that correctly.

With all four players all in, their cards were flipped up. Jacob held the {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, the button had {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, White showed {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and the big blind flipped over {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}. The flop was {J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, the turn was the {J-Spades} and the river was the {4-Spades}. White's kings held up and he eliminated all three players on the hand.

White's stack was up to 64,000 after the triple-elimination.

Tags: Alex JacobJohn White

Alaskan Curt Samples Vegas

Curt Buettner of Wasilla, Alaska is one of 270 players still alive in today's field. Playing in his first ever World Series of Poker event, Curt has already outlasted almost 90% of the field.

Unfortunately, the cold of Alaska has followed him all the way to Las Vegas and has affixed itself to his cards. "They're ice cold," he told us, adding that he's won just one big pot all day long.

Curt is closing in on the money and currently has 21,600 chips, which is only 4,000 below average.

The top 198 finishers will make the money tonight, and we'll be sure to let you know if Curt makes the cut.

Tags: Curt Buettner

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100