Event 47 - $2,000 No Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-30-2007 00:01 UTC-7

Tough Table

[user38449]

Jordan Morgan was just moved to table 15, where Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Jennifer Tilly have been sitting for quite some time, making life difficult for their opponents.

Tags: Jordan Morgan

06-30-2007 00:05 UTC-7

David Redlin's Steady Climb

[user22113]

David Redlin has just eliminated another opponent and moved his stack up to over 160K.

06-30-2007 00:17 UTC-7

An unknown player at Rafe Furst's table made a preflop raise, after which Rafe re-popped it enough to put his opponent all in. After some considerable thought, his opponent mucked his hand face-up, revealing pocket KINGS!

"I know he's got aces," his opponent said. It's hard not to speculate in this situation, but there are only 205 players left -- just seven away from the money, a fact that may have influenced his decision.

Rafe's opponent had approximately 15,000 chips after making the monster laydown.

Tags: Rafe Furst

06-30-2007 00:20 UTC-7

Hand-for-Hand Play has Begun

[user38449]

The tournament director has paused the action until all hands at all tables are complete.

06-30-2007 00:21 UTC-7

One For the Money

[user38449]

The field now stands at 199 players, just one elimination from the money.

06-30-2007 00:24 UTC-7

Kirk Morrison Doubles Up

[user22113]

Kirk moved all in from the cutoff for around 30K on a flop of {J-Hearts}

. There had been action four ways preflop and with the pot at about 80K, the button went into the tank. He eventually called and showed {6-Hearts}

for the nut flush draw, while Kirk had {A-Diamonds}

. The turn {3-Clubs}

and river

saw Kirk's stack climb to ovet 140K.

06-30-2007 00:33 UTC-7

Still Hand-for-Hand

[user22113]

Coordinating so many tables is proving difficult. So far we have had only two hands in the last 15 minutes.

06-30-2007 00:36 UTC-7

Almost

[user22113]

One fortunate player dodged the bubble with a lucky river card. Facing a raise, he moved all in from the cutoff with A-K and was called by A-10. The flop came J-10-5 but a queen on the river made his Broadway straight and ensured his survival.

06-30-2007 00:38 UTC-7

Bubble has Burst

[user22113]

We have lost the 199th player and are in the money.

06-30-2007 00:45 UTC-7

Dropping Like Flies

[user22113]

Now we are in the money players are dropping thick and fast, and with the next 30 players all getting paid $4,080 it seems a lot of the shorter stacks are willing to gamble.