Table Talk
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"I worked on a farm."
"Are you serious? Doing what?"
"Artificially inseminating cows!"
"Does anyone have an I-pod I can borrow?"
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 43 - $2,000 Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$859,040
Entries
472
Level
20
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
"I worked on a farm."
"Are you serious? Doing what?"
"Artificially inseminating cows!"
"Does anyone have an I-pod I can borrow?"
"The Master" Wins With Any Two Cards
, Men "The Master" Nguyen made a bet on the river that was called by a single opponent.Men showed
for two pair and his opponent mucked.The hand brought Men's total chip count up to 15,200.
Barbieri Lands At Another Tough Table
Today is no exception. Al is sitting to the right of Clonie Gowen and across from Men "the Master" Nguyen.
Before you start sending your sympathies Al's way, however, don't let the name "Sugar Bear" fool you; he's got the bite of a hungry black bear. Barbieri made plenty of trips to the final table throughout '06 and his best finish in 2007 thus far was back in February, where he finished 2nd at the L.A. Poker Classic scoring a $57,135 payday.
Keep an eye on "Sugar Bear" throughout the World Series; he's sure to be clawing his way to a final table before the last cards are dealt this July.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Long Takes the Lead
Jared Hamby Eliminated
Boeken Hits Running 10's, Steals One from Sebok
; Noah Boeken made the call. Both players checked when the 
came on the turn. The last card to fall off the deck was the 
, upon which Boeken led out and Sebok called.At the showdown, Noah showed Q-10 for trip 10's and Sebok mucked his hand.
Boeken's chip count stood at 18,000 after the hand.
Barbieri Triples Up
were the first three cards off the deck and Clonie bet 600; Men called.The turn brought the
and the action stayed the same; Clonie bet and Men called.The
fell on the river and Clonie fired one last time; Men just called.At the showdown, three very big hands were revealed:
Barbieri:
Gowen:
Nguyen:
Men had flopped a flush and Clonie top set, but it was Barbieri who would emerge victorious, making a King-high flush on the river. Men Nguyen won the side pot with a smaller flush.
After the hand, Barbieri's chip stack jumped to 7,000.
135 Players Remaining
Jumping Jacks in the Aisle
One of them is believed to be "Crazy Mike" Thorpe, who apologized to a neighboring table for his antics, saying "sorry about that guys, I'm all over the place."
Earlier the in the day one of the tournament directors approached Crazy Mike with a warning and informed him that he'd be penalized the next time they had to speak with him. We haven't heard any of his coyote-like howls since then, but he told us he might bring it out later in the tournament. We'll see . . . .