Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Holdem Shootout | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-05-2007 00:54 UTC-8

Hand #187 - Ishak Noyan

Hand #187 - Ishak Noyan has the button in seat 3, Ram Vaswani raises to 30,000, Noyan reraises to 45,000, and Vaswani calls. The flop comes {J-Clubs}

, Noyan bets 15,000, and Vaswani folds. Noyan shows {J-Hearts}

for top set as he collects the pot, bemoaning the fact that the ever-aggressive Vaswani got away from his hand so easily.

07-05-2007 00:46 UTC-8

Hand #186 - Sondre Sagstuen has the button in seat 1, Ward raises to 30,000, Noyan reraises from the small blind to 45,000, Ward reraises to 60,000, Noyan reraises to 75,000, and Ward calls. The flop comes {5-Clubs}

, Noyan bets 15,000, and Ward calls. The turn card is the {10-Clubs}

, Noyan bets 30,000, and Ward calls. The river card pairs the board with the {10-Spades}

, and both players check. Noyan shows {A-Diamonds}

, and Ward shows {A-Hearts}

-- both players have ace-king high, and they chop the pot.

07-05-2007 00:43 UTC-8

Hand #185 - Andrew Ward

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Hand #185 - Ram Vaswani has the button in seat 8, Ward raises to 30,000, and Noyan calls from the big blind. The flop comes {10-Diamonds}

, Noyan checks, Ward bets 15,000, and Noyan calls. The turn card is the {8-Hearts}

, and both players check. The river card is the {3-Diamonds}

, and they check again. Ward shows {A-Clubs}

to win the pot with ace high, and Noyan mucks.

07-05-2007 00:36 UTC-8

Approximate Chip Counts

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Seat 1 - Sondre Sagstuen - 165,000
Seat 3 - Ishak Noyan - 205,000
Seat 4 - Anh Van Nguyen - 380,000
Seat 6 - Andrew Ward - 710,000
Seat 7 - David Mosca - 460,000
Seat 8 - Ram Vaswani - 400,000

07-05-2007 00:33 UTC-8

Hand #182 - Andrew Ward

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Hand #182 - Anh Van Nguyen has the button in seat 4, Ward raises from the small blind to 30,000, and Mosca calls from the big blind. The flop comes {7-Hearts}

, Ward bets 15,000, Mosca raises to 30,000 Ward reraises to 45,000, and Mosca calls. The turn card is the {2-Hearts}

, Ward bets 30,000, and Mosca calls. The river card is a K, Ward checks, Mosca bets 30,000, and Ward calls with {10-Diamonds}

for a pair of sevens. Mosca mucks, and Andrew Ward wins the pot.

07-05-2007 00:28 UTC-8

Hand #178 - Andrew Ward

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Hand #178 - David Mosca has the button in seat 7, Van Nguyen raises to 30,000, Ward reraises to 45,000, and Van Nguyen calls. The flop comes {9-Hearts}

, Van Nguyen checks, Ward bets 15,000, and Van Nguyen calls. The turn card is the {K-Hearts}

, and both players check. The river card is the {J-Clubs}

, and they check again. Ward shows {A-Clubs}

, and Van Nguyen mucks. Andrew Ward wins the pot.

07-05-2007 00:22 UTC-8

Sondre Sagstuen in Jeopardy

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Sondre Sagstuen has dropped down to about 110,000, leaving him with enough chips to take one hand all the way to the river.

07-05-2007 00:20 UTC-8

Hand #175 - Andrew Ward

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Hand #175 - Ishak Noyan has the button in seat 3, Sagstuen raises from the cutoff to 30,000, Ward reraises from the big blind to 45,000, and Sagstuen calls. The flop comes {Q-Spades}