2007 World Series of Poker

Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Holdem Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$217,438
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$982,800
Entries
720
Level Info
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Updated Chip Counts

TABLE 3
Brian Haveson - 65,000
Anh Nguyen - 205,000


TABLE 8
Ishak Noyan - 157,000
Victor Ramdin - 113,000


Table 1 Winner: Sondre Sagstuen

Table 2 Winner: David Mosca

Table 4 Winner: David Baker

Table 5 Winner: Andy Ward

Table 6 Winner: Ram Vaswani

Table 7 Winner: Raye Puckett

Table 3: Anh Nguyen is a "Cockroach"

Anh Nguyen just won a nice pot with a flush against Brian Haveson's straight. Haveson slammed his cards down on the table in frustration, while Nguyen just smiled and called himself a "cockroach" -- presumably because he refuses to die. Here are the current chip counts:

Brian Haveson - 160,000
Anh Nguyen - 110,000

Tags: Anh NguyenBrian Haveson

Table 7: Raye Puckett Advances to the Final Table

Raye Puckett raises from the button/small blind to 12,000, and Gerald Rhoads calls. The flop comes {J-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades}, Rhoads checks, Puckett bets 6,000, and Rhoads calls. The turn card is the {10-Hearts}, Puckett checks, Rhoads bets 12,000, Puckett raises to 24,000, Rhoads reraises to 36,000, Puckett reraises to 48,000 ... and soon Rhoads is all in.

Rhoads shows {J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for two pair, jacks and fours, and Puckett shows {4-Hearts}{4-Spades} for a set of fours. Rhoads needs to catch a jack on the river (two outs) to survive with a higher full house.

The river card is the {7-Diamonds}, and Raye Pucket wins the pot -- and the table -- with a set of fours.

Gerald Rhoads is eliminated in 11th place, earning $6,634.

Raye Puckett advances to tonight's final table, scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm PDT.

Tags: Gerald RhoadsRaye Puckett

Table 3 Update: Anh Nguyen Doubles Up Twice

After a flop of {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}, Anh Nguyen is all in with {8-Hearts}{6-Spades} for an open-ended striaght draw against Brian Haveson's {A-Spades}{4-Spades} for a pair of fours.

Brian Haveson - 222,000
Anh Nguyen - 48,000

The next hand, Nguyen raises from the button/small blind to 12,000, Haveson reraises to 18,000, and Nguyen calls. The flop comes {8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, Haveson bets 6,000, and Nguyen calls. The turn card is the {2-Hearts}, Haveson bets 12,000, Nguyen moves all in for 24,000, and Haveson calls with {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}. Nguyen shows {8-Spades}{6-Hearts} for a pair of eights, and he is behind and drawing to two outs on the river to survive.

The river card is -- the {8-Diamonds}! Nguyen rivers a full house, eights full of fours, to survive and double up to 96,000 in chips.

Brian Haveson - 174,000
Anh Nguyen - 96,000

As you can see, Anh Nguyen is right back in this match.

Tags: Anh NguyenBrian Haveson

Table 8 Update

Ishak Noyan just won a nice pot when Victor Ramdin flopped top pair with a 10, but Noyan turned trip sevens. Here's where they stand:

Ishak Noyan - 155,000
Victor Ramdin - 115,000

Updated Chip Counts

Table 1 Winner: Sondre Sagstuen

Table 2 Winner: David Mosca

TABLE 3
Brian Haveson - 215,000
Anh Nguyen - 55,000

Table 4 Winner: David Baker

Table 5 Winner: Andy Ward

Table 6 Winner: Ram Vaswani

TABLE 7
Gerald Rhoads - 80,000
Raye Puckett - 190,000

TABLE 8
Ishak Noyan - 135,000
Victor Ramdin - 135,000

Table 5: Andy Ward Advances to the Final Table

With the board showing {Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs} on the turn, Bryan Spadaro bets 12,000, Andy Ward raises to 24,000, and Spadaro calls all in with {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} for a pair of queens. But Ward shows {J-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for the queen-high straight. Spadaro needs a jack on the river to chop the pot and survive, but the last card is the {3-Hearts}.

Bryan Spadaro is eliminated in 11th place, earning $6,634.

Andy Ward advances to tonight's final table, scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm PDT.

Tags: Andy Ward

Table 5 Update

With the board showing {Q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs} on the turn, Andy Ward checks, Bryan Spadaro bets 12,000, and Ward calls. The river card is the {3-Clubs}, Ward checks, Spadaro bets 12,000, and Ward calls. Spadaro shows {K-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a pair of deuces, and Ward shows {A-Clubs}{7-Spades} for ace high.

Spadaro takes the pot, and he has already bounced back from his post-break low.

Andy Ward - 178,000
Bryan Spadaro - 92,000