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2007 World Series of Poker
Event 43 - $2,000 Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$859,040
Total Entries
472
Level
20
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 472
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Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
, all Men "The Master" Nguyen could do was watch, as two other players at his table exchanged bets; Men was already all-in.The turn and river came
and 
, and the winning hand belonged to one of Men's opponents, who tabled pocket Queens for a set. Men mucked his cards and wished the table luck. The winner of the hand stopped him before he left, saying, "Men -- thank you . . . . You are a gentleman and a scholar."
In a battle of the blinds (Joe Sebok in the big), the small blind completed the bet and Sebok knuckled the table, opting for a cheap flop.
The first three cards off the deck were
. The small blind bet, Sebok raised, and the small blind called. The turn brought a King and both players checked.A seven fell on the river and the small blind took one last stab at the pot. Sebok made the call and flipped over 8-2 for nothing but bottom pair with an 8 kicker, which was good enough to take down the pot.
Joe happens to be sitting a few feet away from the PokerNews workstation and overheard me going over the hand with one of our reporters. "He won with 8-2? That's it?" I asked. Joe turned around and said, "I'm that good . . . what more do you want?" -- with a smile, of course.
After the hand, Joe's chip count stood at 36,000.
The flop came
and the big blind passed to Ferguson who led out with a bet. The big blind then check-raised, prompting Ferguson to three-bet the pot, which put his opponent all-in. The big blind made the call and turned over 
for bottom pair; Ferguson showed 
for top pair, top kicker.The turn brought the
, giving the big blind an open-ended straight draw, but the 
on the river ended his hopes of outdrawing Chris.The hand brought "Jesus" up to 18,000 on the day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
