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The board read A-9-8-3 when all the money went in; Van Alstyne flipped over A-K and Devo showed A-6. The case ace fell on the river, but Van Alstyne's king played, and sent Devonshire to the rail.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 40 - $1,500 Mixed Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$844,935
Total Entries
619
Players Left 1 / 619
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The board read A-9-8-3 when all the money went in; Van Alstyne flipped over A-K and Devo showed A-6. The case ace fell on the river, but Van Alstyne's king played, and sent Devonshire to the rail.
, John Racener checked to Rafe Furst who bet 375; Racener called.The turn brought the
and again, Racener checked, Furst bet 600 and Racener called.The
fell on the river, prompting Racener to bet out 900, which made Furst muck his hand.Racener is now sitting on 5,500 chips.
and his opponent held 
. A 3rd club hit the river giving Friedberg the winning flush and twice the chips he started the hand with.
3/4's of the year, the weather is absolutely perfect. The other 1/4 accounts for the months of June, July and August, when the temperatures reach unbearable heights. Sure, it's a dry heat - but let me be the first to tell you, 115 degrees still feels like 115 degrees, dry, humid or however else you want to classify it.
The only other issue we have with weather is the wind. Approximately 1 out of every 7 days we experience gusts of wind in the 30-40 mph range; unfortunately for those playing poker here in the Player's Pavilion this afternoon, it's one of those days.
The wind has been wreaking havoc on the rafters and plastic air conditioning tubes that are suspended above the players' heads, sending an uneasy feeling across the room.
The last time we experienced similar conditions, the tournament staff moved everyone into the main poker room as soon as there was enough room to accommodate everyone inside; we'll let you know if they decide to move us again today.
The flop came
; the small blind checked to Tran in the big blind who knuckled the table right behind him. A player who limped in preflop from under the gun (UTG) led out with a 50 bet. The small blind called, J.C. raised to 100, the UTG player called and the small blind folded. Heads-up going into the turn, Tran checked when the
fell off the deck. His opponent bet 100 and J.C. check-raised, making it 200 to go; the UTG player called.The river brought the
, and the action began the same way - J.C. checked, his opponent bet, and J.C. check-raised. Instead of calling, however, his opponent three-bet the pot, which allowed J.C. to cap the action at 400; his opponent called.J.C. turned over the
for 9's full of Aces and his opponent showed 
for trip 9's before mucking his cards.After the hand, J.C. increased his chip stack to 3,500.
