2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1a
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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. Jacob bet 2,500 and the small blind looked him up. It was heads up to the turn, the 
. The small blind bet out 3,000 and Jacob raised to 7,500 and was quickly called. The river brought the 
and the small blind fired again. Jacob folded is now down to about 10,000.
The flop comes
, the big blind checks, the early raiser bets 1,200, the middle position player folds, Chan calls all in for 600, the big blind raises to 3,000, and the early raiser folds. Chan shows
, and his opponent shows 
for a pair of tens. Chan is dominated, and needs to catch an ace or something runner-runner to survive. The turn card is the
, and Chan picks up a flush draw to go with his ace. But the river card is the
, giving his opponent trip tens to win the pot, and a story to bore his family and friends with for years, as he busts 10-bracelet winner, two-time WSOP Champion Johnny Chan.
If you forget, don't worry; he's likely to remind us many times over the next year.
When asked last week about his poker skills Talbot modestly said, "Actually, I'm pretty bad." But so far things have gone all right for Max. He built his stack up to around 37,000 before slipping back to around 16,000 at the dinner break. And if there's one skill that translates well from hockey to poker, it's grinding out a result.
Click here to check out the interview with Andy, along with all the other videos from this event.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
