Event 37 - $2,000 Pot Limit Holdem
Day 3 Completed
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 37 - $2,000 Pot Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$1,090,180
Entries
599
Level
17
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 599
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and he raised the pot, and Greg Hopkins looked down at the 
. He reraised, and although he'd made some big laydowns earlier in the day Newburger wasn't about to give up his hand now. He moved all in for the last of his chips and Hopkins called.The
gave Newburger a gutshot draw and two additional outs. The 
didn't help, and needing paint on the last card, the 
arrived on the river to give the pot to Hopkins. The chip counts were so close that it wasn't immediately clear the match was over, but Hopkins seemed to know as he raced over and hugged some supporters in the audience who just watched him win his first bracelet. Jason Newburger turned the tide of the match over the last hour or so, but after fighting back from next-to-nothing, he had to settle for being our runner-up and $165,707 in prize money. And in addition to the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet, Greg Hopkins won $269,707.
and Hopkins 
, but neither player got a piece of the board and the hand was checked down. The chip count now looks like this:1,220,000 for Hopkins
1,180,000 for Newberger
Even steven.
flop. Newberger came over the top with an all-in bet, and after giving the situation considerable thought (despite having no hand or draw), Hopkins mucked.
and Hopkins called with 
. With his flush outs removed from the equation, Newburger's best hope was to hit a pair...and that's just what he did on the 
flop. Hopkins picked up some additional outs when the turned, but he didn't get the picture card he needed on the river. Newhouse has now closed the gap to 1.6 million to 800,000.
Newburger flopped a pair on the 
board, but Hopkins flopped top pair with 
. Hopkins bet the pot, and after thinking about it Newburger called.The
fell on the turn and again Hopkins bet the pot. Again Newburger thought a long time before just calling. That left him with only about 275,000 behind and when the fell on the river Hopkins moved all in. With just bottom pair, Newburger thought for several minutes about what he should do. That also filled every possible draw on the board, but there was so much money in the pot that Newburger seemed unwilling to surrender his hand. It took him several minutes of stacking and re-stacking his chips before he conceded defeat and mucked his cards, giving Hopkins a massive chip lead.
Greg Hopkins: 1,660,000
Jason Newburger: 740,000
