2007 World Series of Poker

Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$527,829
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,282,520
Entries
827
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Hand #78

Hand #78 - Beth Shak has the button in seat 10, Hellmuth limps for 40,000, Fineman raises to 265,000, and Hellmuth folds. Fineman takes the pot.

Phil Hellmuth Vents to Morgan Machina

In the middle of Hand #77, Phil Hellmuth gets out of his chair to talk to his friend Morgan Machina on the rail.

Hellmuth: "Morgan, it's ridiculous. How hard is it? I wait for a hand, and they come over the top of me!"

Machina: "You'll get there."

Hellmuth: "They play too many hands, they come over the top too much. They steal my blind. I'm shortstacked. It's impossible!"

Hand #77

Hand #77 - Shankar Pillai has the button in seat 8, Holmes raises to 110,000, and Shak calls from the small blind. The flop comes {K-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades}, Shak checks, Holmes bets, Shak moves all in, and Holmes folds. Shak takes the pot.

Hand #76

Hand #76 - Jason Song has the button in seat 5, and Holmes raises from the cutoff to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #75

Hand #75 - Dustin Holmes has the button in seat 4, Hellmuth raises to 120,000, Fineman reraises to 300,000, and Hellmuth thinks for more than a minute before he folds. Fineman takes the pot.

Hands #72-74

Hand #72 - Beth Shak has the button in seat 10, and everyone folds to Fineman, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Hand #73 - Phil Hellmuth has the button in seat 1, and Pillai raises to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #74 - Ben Fineman has the button in seat 3, and Shak raises to 150,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #71 - Jason Song Doubles Through Dustin Holmes

Hand #71 - Shankar Pillai has the button in seat 8, Holmes raises to 110,000, Song moves all in from the cutoff for 280,000, and Holmes calls with {K-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Song shows {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, and he'll need his hand to hold up to stay alive.

The board comes {A-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{7-Spades}, and Song wins the pot with a pair of queens on the turn to double up in chips.

Hand #70

Hand #70 - Jason Song has the button in seat 5, Holmes raises from the cutoff to 110,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #69

Hand #69 - Dustin Holmes has the button in seat 4, and everyone folds to Pillai, giving him a walk in the big blind. Pillai shows {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} as he collects the blinds and antes.