Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 1a | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-07-2007 01:27 UTC-7

Players Are On a Break

[user38334]

Start banks from the beginning of the day

The floor staff are coloring up the green 25 chips, so this will be a slightly extended break.

07-07-2007 01:26 UTC-7

Liz Lieu Eliminated

[user38368]

Board:

On the flop, Liz Lieu in the big blind makes it 2,200. The cutoff raises to 7,200 and Lieu pushes all in. Her opponent calls and shows {6-Clubs}

for a flopped set. Lieu has {9-Spades}

. She is out.

Tags: Liz Lieu

07-07-2007 01:23 UTC-7

Andy Black makes it 6,500 on the turn and his opponent goes all in for 37,000 total. Black thinks about it for a long time and eventually calls. Black shows Q-10, while his opponent has A-Q for top pair, better kicker. The ace on the river doesn't help matters for Black, and he is down to 68,000.

Tags: Andy Black

07-07-2007 01:10 UTC-7

Support Needed

[user22113]

As mentioned earlier, there are players with their own cheering squads on the rails all around the room. One such group is here to support Miles Dooley. They have brought banners and signs to make sure that their support is noticed. However, sitting immediately to Dooley's left is a guy by the name of Barry Greenstein. Miles needs all the support he can get.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Miles Dooley

07-07-2007 01:08 UTC-7

No Laughing Matter

[user38449]

Jeff Madsen, who is dressed up as a Jester today as a result of a prop bet he made with Gavin Smith and Joe Sebok, wasn't smiling after a hand in which he mucked his cards at the showdown.

On a board showing {J-Diamonds}

, Madsen bet 6,000 and his opponent called. The {Q-Clubs}

fell on the river and both players checked. Madsen's opponent showed {J-Spades}

for a Queen-high straight and Madsen mucked, saying "I had a lot of outs."

The hand left Madsen with 55,200 chips.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

07-07-2007 00:58 UTC-7

Neverwin Down to Dregs

[user38368]

Board:

Preflop, Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf bets 3,000 in the cutoff, the big blind raises 3,600 more, and Neverwin calls. On the flop, both check. On the turn, the big blind bets 7,000 and Neverwin calls. On the river, the BB checks, Neverwin bets 5,200, and the BB check-raises an additional 9,800 on top. Neverwin folds A-K face up and his opponent rakes in a huge pot. Neverwin is left with 11,500.

Tags: Dustin Woolf

07-07-2007 00:57 UTC-7

Hard to Read

[user22113]

After limping, Joe Awada calls the small blind's raise of 2,400. The flop was {K-Hearts}

. The small blind checked, Awada bet out 3,500, and the small blind called. The turn was the {3-Spades}

. The SB checked, Awada bet 7,400, and the SB check-raised all in for 37,000. As soon as he moved his chips in, the small blind player covered his head and put his face down on the table so Awada would be unable to get a read on him. Awada grinned at him for some time. Finally, after another player called the clock on him, Awada released his hand.

Tags: Joe Awada

07-07-2007 00:52 UTC-7

Tony Ma Eliminated

[user38449]

Tony Ma's pocket 5's were unable to catch up to an opponent's pocket Kings as the board filled out {J-Hearts}

, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Tony Ma

07-07-2007 00:51 UTC-7

Cousineau Wins a Race

[user40108]

Tony Cousineau called his opponent's all-in reraise preflop holding {9-Diamonds}

. His opponent had him in a coin-flip situation as he showed {A-Clubs}

. The board came {8-Clubs}

and Cousineau's pair of nines was best. Tony is now sitting on 52,000.

Tags: Tony Cousineau

07-07-2007 00:47 UTC-7

Tom Schneider On the Move

[user22113]

A middle position player raised to 1,200 and was reraised to 12,000 by the cutoff. From the big blind, Tom Schneider then moved all in over the top for 25,000. The initial raiser folded and the cutoff made the call. Tom showed {K-Hearts}

and his opponent held {A-Spades}

. The kings held up when the board ran out {7-Hearts}

, and Schneider has moved his stack to nearly 60,000.

Tags: Tom Schneider