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

Liz Lieu Doubles

Board:
{10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{9-Spades}

Preflop, a player on the button raises to 1,600 and Liz Lieu re-raises to 4,000 in the small blind. The button calls. On the flop, Lieu is all in for 6,825 and the button calls again. Lieu has {A-Spades}{K-Spades} and the button has {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. Lieu gets her chips in bad, but doubles up thanks to a king on the turn. She's at 22,500.

Tags: Liz Lieu

Allen Kessler Eliminated

Allen Kessler Eliminated
Allen Kessler Eliminated
Kessler was all in preflop against his opponent holding the best hand in poker {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}. His opponent also had a good starting hand, {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}, which looked a lot better to him when the flop came {J-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{10-Spades}. The turn card {4-Spades} removed some of Kessler's outs and the river card was the cruelest card possible, the {A-Spades}. Kessler had hit top set but was beaten by his opponent's flush.

Tags: Allen Kessler

Does This Guy Ever Quit?

Brad Garrett
Brad Garrett
Actor Brad Garrett is playing the role of table comedian. In a hand or not, chip leader or short-stacked, Garrett is always "on." He is constantly poking fun at his tablemates and/or himself and just trying to have a good time. It almost seems lost on him that he's playing for the richest prize in sports. His tablemates, for the most part, seem to be taking it in stride.

Tags: Brad Garrett

Liz Lieu Gets the Worst Of It

Liz Lieu
Liz Lieu
On a flop of {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{6-Spades}, Liz Lieu bet out 5,000. Her opponent raised all in for 4,300 more and Lieu made the call. The players turned up . . .

Lieu: {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{5-Spades}

The turn was a blank coming the {9-Clubs}, but the river {A-Clubs} was disaster for Lieu as her opponent made a pair of aces. She is now down to about 8,000.

Tags: Liz Lieu

Matt Sterling Doubles

Board: {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Spades}

A player bets 2,500 in the cutoff and Matt "mattster24" Sterling is all in for 8,875 more on the button. The cutoff calls and shows {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for top pair, but Sterling has {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} for a set. Sterling doubles to 26,000.

Tags: Matt Sterling

Table Talk

Mark Vos
Mark Vos
Mark Vos walked over to Dan Harmetz's table and playfully knocked over a portion of his chip stack.

In response, Harmetz said, "Mark, I'm gonna come over there and do the same thing to you, but it's gonna take you all day to pick them up" -- referring to the massive stack Vos has acquired.

Tags: Dan HarmetzMark Vos