2007 World Series of Poker

Event 47 - $2,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$707,898
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$3,709,160
Entries
2,038
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Dropping Like Flies

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.

Almost

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.

Kirk Morrison Doubles Up

Kirk moved all in from the cutoff for around 30K on a flop of {J-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. 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}{A-Hearts} for the nut flush draw, while Kirk had {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. The turn {3-Clubs} and river {8-Diamonds} saw Kirk's stack climb to ovet 140K.

Respect for Rafe

Rafe Furst
Rafe Furst
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.

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