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

07-04-2007 00:13 UTC-7

Herleth Shows Seven

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Flop:

Pat Herleth and Annand Ramdin were heads-up on the flop. Herleth bet both the turn {4-Spades}

and the river {A-Diamonds}

. Ramdin got away from the hand on the river and Herleth showed the {7-Spades}

. His other card was left up to our imaginations.

Tags: Annand Ramdin Pat Herleth

Level: 13

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

07-04-2007 00:15 UTC-7

Odette Tramblay Eliminated

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Odette Tramblay, one half of the married couple, has been eliminated.

Tags: Odette Tramblay

07-04-2007 00:21 UTC-7

Nguyen Survives All-In

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After being short-stacked, Anh Van Nguyen found help on the river.

Flop: {J-Clubs}

There were three players in the hand and when the turn brought the {5-Spades}

Nguyen led out with a bet. Mike Mizrachi raised and everyone called. The river was the {6-Diamonds}

and Nguyen was all-in. Nguyen turned over the {7-Diamonds}

and won with sixes full.

Tags: Anh Van Nguyen

07-04-2007 00:29 UTC-7

Boyer Has Outs

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After facing a bet from Steven Mitchell preflop, Boyer saw a flop of {8-Hearts}

. Boyer led out and was raised by Mitchell. The turn brought the {7-Clubs}

, and Boyer check-raised Mitchell. The {Q-Spades}

fell on the river and Boyer led out again, was raised, then reraised, then called. Mitchell turned over {Q-Hearts}

for a set and Boyer turned over {10-Hearts}

. Boyer had flopped the flush draw and straight draw, hitting the straight on the turn. Boyer is up to 48,300 after the hand.

Tags: Andre Boyer Steven Mitchell

07-04-2007 00:35 UTC-7

Herleth Wins Again

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Pat Herleth and David Kerrigan were in a raising match preflop.

Flop: {J-Hearts}

The

fell on the turn, Pat bet, and David called. The river brought the {A-Clubs}

and Pat let out again and was called. Pat showed {A-Hearts}

and David mucked. Pat was up 51,000 after the hand.

Tags: David Kerrigan Pat Herleth

07-04-2007 00:47 UTC-7

Ward Eliminates Matros

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Short-stacked, Matt Matros was all-in preflop versus Andy Ward. Ward had {A-Spades}

and Matros had {K-Diamonds}

. Matros managed to hit a queen on the flop, but Ward spiked an ace on the river and eliminated Matros.

Tags: Andy Ward Matt Matros

07-04-2007 00:58 UTC-7

Marek Kolk is having a rough day. First, he was only given a five-minute dinner break due to the mandatory start of Round 2, and now he's short-stacked in the event. But after a double up, things are looking better. Kolk was all-in with A-6 against Sondre Sagstven's K-Q. Although Sagstven flopped a king, Kolk hit an ace on the turn and won the hand. Kolk is up to 8,000.

Tags: Marek Kolk Sondre Sagstven

07-04-2007 01:16 UTC-7

Too Many Players, Too Little Time

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Harrah's tournament staff have just announced that they will be bagging up the chips at 2 a.m. and calling it a night. Play was supposed to continue until a final table was reached, but there have only been 13 eliminations in four hours, leaving the majority of the field in play. Tournament staff is unsure whether the final table will still take place tomorrow, or if it will get postponed.

07-04-2007 01:23 UTC-7

Players Start to Move Quickly

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The players still left in the shootout had seemed very dreary for the last four hours. No one looked very excited to be here; no one seemed thrilled to be playing poker. Instead, everyone seemed exhausted. One can't blame them, seeing as how some of them have been playing for thirteen hours without a break.

But as soon as the announcement was made about calling it a night at 2 a.m., everyone cheered loudly. Players are thrilled to be done for the day and not to be here all night. Everyone is all smiles, attitudes have completely changed, and everyone seems excited again.