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

07-03-2007 21:20 UTC-7

In a Field of 720, Married Couple Advance

[user38971]

Odette Tramblay and Andre Boyer are married and have both managed to win their tables and advance to Round 2. Although there are only eight tables, they are each seated at different ones.

Tags: Andre Boyer Odette Tramblay

07-03-2007 21:27 UTC-7

Tehan Takes a Pot With No Showdown

[user22113]

Joe Tehan raised from the cutoff seat. The button and big blind called and the three saw a flop of {J-Spades}

. Action checked to Tehan who bet, and again both players called. The turn came the {7-Spades}

. The big blind checked, Tehan bet, the button folded, and the big blind made the call. The river came a {10-Hearts}

. Tehan fired again but was not called. He took down the pot without showing and is now sitting on 31,500 chips.

Tags: Joe Tehan

07-03-2007 21:52 UTC-7

Things are Slow

[user22113]

With the structure of the event, and the blinds back down to 200/400, there isn't much action yet.

07-03-2007 21:55 UTC-7

Here are some of the notable players seated at the same table.

Table 6: Ram Vaswani, Alan Smurfit
Table 5: Bill Chen, Noah Boeken
Table 4: David Baker, Jason Sagle
Table 3: Tony Cousineau, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi
Table 2: Isabelle Mercier, Joe Tehan

Level: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

07-03-2007 22:09 UTC-7

Andre Boyer Takes Down a Big Pot

[user22113]

Andre Boyer limped in under the gun. Action folded around to the player on the button who raised. Boyer called and the two were heads up for the flop of {K-Clubs}

. Boyer checked, the button bet, and Boyer called. The turn brought the {4-Hearts}

. Boyer checked, the button bet, Boyer raised, and the button called. The river came the {Q-Hearts}

and the players capped the betting. Boyer showed {K-Hearts}

and his opponent mucked while remarking that he had A-K.

Tags: Andre Boyer

07-03-2007 22:12 UTC-7

Mercier and Tehan Tangle

[user22113]

Isabelle Mercier raised from early position, Joe Tehan re-raised from middle position, and action folded to Mercier who called. The flop came down {6-Clubs}