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

07-04-2007 16:50 UTC-8

Table 1: Sondre Sagstuen Cripples Todd Keikoan

Sondre Sagstuen and Todd Keikoan play a large pot for about 70,000. The board reads 9-7-4-9-5, and Sagstuen shows {6-Spades}

for a rivered seven-high straight. Keikoan shows 9-x for trip nines, and Sagstuen wins the pot.

Keikoan is crippled, and has some serious doubling-up to do in order to come back.

Seat 5 - Sondre Sagstuen - 260,000
Seat 8 - Todd Keikoan - 10,000

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07-04-2007 16:56 UTC-8

Table 1: Sondre Sagstuen Advances to the Final Table

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Todd Keikoan managed to double up once before falling to the will of the cards. After a flop of {Q-Spades}

, Keikoan moved all in with his last chips, and Sondre Sagstuen called with {J-Clubs}

for a pair and an open-eneded straight draw. Keikoan showed {K-Diamonds}

for a higher open-ended straight draw, and he'd need to improve to survive.

The turn card was the {K-Clubs}

, and Keikoan made a pair that he didn't want to make -- it gave Sagstuen a king-high straight. Keikoan needed an ace or a nine on the river (but not the ace of clubs) to chop the pot with identical straights.

The river card was the {2-Clubs}

, and Sagstuen won the pot -- and the table -- with a jack-high flush.

Todd Keikoan was eliminated in 15th place, earning $6,634.

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

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07-04-2007 16:57 UTC-8

Table 7: Heads-Up Play Begins

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With Danny Noam's elimination, Table 7 is now heads up. Here's where they stand:

Seat 2 - Gerald Rhoads - 85,000
Seat 8 - Raye Puckett - 185,000

Puckett is the last female in the field.

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07-04-2007 17:02 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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TABLE 1
Winner: Sondre Sagstuen

TABLE 2
Winner: David Mosca

TABLE 3
Seat 4 - Brian Haveson - 150,000
Seat 6 - Anh Nguyen - 120,000

TABLE 4
Winner: David Baker

TABLE 5
Seat 3 - Thomas Tysziewicz - 31,000
Seat 5 - Andy Ward - 145,000
Seat 9 - Bryan Spadaro - 90,000

TABLE 6
Winner: Ram Vaswani

TABLE 7
Seat 2 - Gerald Rhoads - 120,000
Seat 8 - Raye Puckett - 150,000

TABLE 8
Seat 2 - Ishak Noyan - 170,000
Seat 3 - Victor Ramdin - 100,000

07-04-2007 17:07 UTC-8

Table 5: Thomas Tysziewicz Eliminated in 13th Place ($6,634)

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Thomas Tysziewicz is shortstacked and all in after a jack-high flop with K-10, and he's up against Andy Ward's K-Q. Neither player improves, and Ward wins the pot with his queen kicker.

Thomas Tysziewicz is eliminated in 13th place, earning $6,634.

Table 5 is now heads up between Andy Ward and Bryan Spadaro. All four tables that are still in play are heads up.

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07-04-2007 17:09 UTC-8

15-Minute Break

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The final four tables that are still in action (with eight players) take a 15-minute break before the blinds increase.

07-04-2007 17:15 UTC-8

Official Chip Counts

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Here are the official chip counts (or table winners) from the break:

TABLE 1
Winner: Sondre Sagstuen

TABLE 2
Winner: David Mosca

TABLE 3
Brian Haveson - 198,000
Anh Nguyen - 72,000

TABLE 4
Winner: David Baker

TABLE 5
Andy Ward - 208,000
Bryan Spadaro - 62,000

TABLE 6
Winner: Ram Vaswani

TABLE 7
Gerald Rhoads - 91,000
Raye Puckett - 179,000

TABLE 8
Ishak Noyan - 186,000
Victor Ramdin - 84,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

07-04-2007 17:22 UTC-8

Blinds Increase

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The players return from their break to increased blinds of 3,000-6,000, with limits of 6,000-12,000. There are four tables still in action, and the final table is currently scheduled for 8:00 pm PDT tonight.

Shuffle up and deal!

07-04-2007 17:24 UTC-8