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
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$8,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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Andrew Black Tops 100k

Black made it 1200 to go from late position and was called by both blinds. The flop came {J-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and the action was checked around to Black who led out with a 4,000 bet.

Black's opponent in the small blind check-raised, making it 10,000 to go. The big blind folded and Black countered with a reraise of his own, opting to put his opponent all-in. Black's bet persuaded the small blind to fold and he flashed A-J before tossing his cards into the muck.

The hand brought Black past the 100k mark on the day, and he is currently sitting on 108,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew Black

Abe Mosseri takes a hit

Abe Mosseri
Abe Mosseri
Holding {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts} on a flop of {10-Spades}{5-Spades}{8-Hearts}, Abe Mosseri was happy to have his opponent all in. He was not so happy when his opponent rolled over{10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. Neither the turn {2-Hearts} nor the river {4-Diamonds} brought the case five Mosseri was looking for. He has now dropped to 26,000 in chips.

Tags: Abe Mosseri

Farzad Bonyadi Counterfeits Opponent

Board: {6-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{6-Hearts}

Preflop, Farzad Bonyadi and another player limp in. The big blind checks the option. On the flop, it's checked to Bonyadi who bets 1,500. Only the small blind calls. On the turn, the opponent bets 20,000 and Bonyadi is all in for his last 9,000. The river pairs the board, rendering the opponent's {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} no good and making Bonyadi's {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} the winner. He's at 22,500.

Tags: Farzad Bonyadi

It's All About the Sharing

Huck Seed brought everyone at his table chocolate truffles to enjoy after the dinner break. "Not the cheap (stuff) either," he said. They were Bija Omega truffles and Seed estimated he bought about $50 worth. Which should make his opponents less bitter about having to sit at the same table as a former World Champion.

Tags: Huck Seed

Not-So-Average Joes

Joe Awada raised to 1,800 from early position and Joe Tehan made the call. They saw a flop of {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{8-Spades} and Awada check-called Tehan's 2,300 bet. Both players checked the turn. When the {Q-Clubs} fell on the river, Awada fired out 3,000 and Tehan folded. Awada flipped over {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and Tehan said that he folded pocket Jacks. That pot pushed Awada up to 59,000 while Tehan has slipped to 25K.

Tags: Joe AwadaJoe Tehan

100 Per Hour

Once we returned from the dinner break and players were in their seats, the tournament staff announced that we started the day with 1,287 people and were down to 900.

The tournament staff just announced, an hour after their last announcement, that we are already down to 800 players. Simple math puts that at losing one hundred players per hour.

"This is a nine-day event," the tournament staff joked over the mic.

Brandon Adams Doubles Up

Things were not looking good for Brandon Adams, who got all of his money in before the flop holding pocket Kings against an opponent's pocket Aces.

His hopes grew even thinner as the flop came {Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Spades}, but a miracle {K-Hearts} fell on the turn and it was Adams' opponent who needed to get lucky.

The {J-Diamonds} was the last card off the deck and Adams' opponent would have no such luck. The double-up increased Adams' chip stack to just over 50,000.

Tags: Brandon Adams

Opponent Hates Raymond

Board: {Q-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{5-Spades}

Ray Romano limps in the cutoff. The small blind calls and the big blind checks the option. On the flop, the blinds check and Romano bets. The SB calls. On the turn, the SB checks. Romano bets and is called. On the river, the SB checks. Romano goes all in for 15,000.

"Will you show me if I fold?" the SB asks. "Yeah, I'll show you," Romano says. "You're not gonna like me, though."

The SB folds his {K-Clubs} face up. Romano shows {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for the bluff. He's now at 21,000.

Tags: Ray Romano