If it was a race, then Perry's opponent got a huge head start, turning over pocket queens to Perry's sixes.
Perry would catch up in the end, though, hitting a miracle six on the river. The hand brought Perry's chip count up to 72,000.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $3,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,282,520
Entries
827
Level
22
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 827
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If it was a race, then Perry's opponent got a huge head start, turning over pocket queens to Perry's sixes.
Perry would catch up in the end, though, hitting a miracle six on the river. The hand brought Perry's chip count up to 72,000.
Flop:
After the big blind checks the flop, Phil bets out 5,000 and only the big blind calls.
The turn is the
and Phil bets 9,000 into his opponent. While his opponent thinks over the call Phil tells him, "I'll take this one, you take the next one." The tactic works, his opponent mucks, and Phil announces, "The only thing I was worried about was if he had a set of sevens."
, an opponent moved all in against Perry Friedman for 38,400.Perry provided some insightful commentary while considering his play:
"Pass or don't pass..."
"I think I might be ahead..."
"This is sick!"
"I call."
Perry's read was dead-on. His opponent turned over the
, for top pair with a ten kicker and Perry pumped his fist realizing he was ahead, showing 
, for top pair, queen kicker, with the second-nut flush draw.The
on the turn put the icing on the cake for Perry, who brought his stack past the 100K mark on the hand.
The tournament staff just announced that if we haven't reached the money by 2:00 a.m., play will continue until the field reaches 81 players.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
