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

WSOP Champions Playing Today

1996 WSOP Champion - Huckleberry Seed
1996 WSOP Champion - Huckleberry Seed
1996 WSOP Champion Huckleberry Seed is also in the mix today.

One of my favorite Huckleberry Seed stories is how he had to jump out of a cab speeding at 50 mph. Phil Hellmuth claims to dodge bullets, but Seed can jump out of speeding cars.

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Janet Jones, Wife of "The Great One" Playing Today

Janet Jones
Janet Jones
Janet Jones, best known as an actress, dancer, and hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky's wife, is playing today. After getting into the movie business by dancing in film musicals such as "Annie" and "Staying Alive" her big break came when she starred in 1984's "The Flamingo Kid." Jones and Gretzky married in 1988 and have four children together.

Dressed in a tight white tee, light-wash jeans and carrying an enormous quilted silver lame purse, Jones looks relaxed and focused in her seat at Table 157, her opponents likely oblivious to her fame and notoriety.

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A sea of tables

Inside the Amazon Room
Inside the Amazon Room
The entire room is full, aside from 3 empty tables. There are about 10 cash games running, but the rest of the tables are all for the big dance. You can literally feel the tension starting to ease as players start to find their rhythm.

A Little Light Reading

Terrence Chan, who finished runner-up to Hoyt Corkins in the $2,500 No-Limit Shootout event, is reading a book during play today. The book he's reading is titled "Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Which seems an especially apt choice considering the circumstances. It's available for $10.17 at Amazon, if you're interested.

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Early Departure for Chris Reslock

On a board of {Q-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} Chris Reslock checked under the gun, the player on the button pushed all-in for 8,300 and Reslock called. Reslock was on a diamond draw with {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} against {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} for two pair. But there was no diamond for Reslock when the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} came. Reslock will have to wait another year for his chance at the World Champion gold bracelet.

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Old School, New School

Three  Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - Dewey Tomko
Three Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - Dewey Tomko
Dewey Tomko is seated next to Alex Jacob. Tomko has been slugging it out with the big boys before Jacob was even born in 1984. Tomko took second place in the 1982 WSOP Main Event after losing heads up to Jack Straus.

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Read Faster

We just mentioned that Terrence Chan is reading a book called "Fooled By Randomness," and a bit of randomness might've just cost him a big chunk of his stack. After seeing a {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} flop Chan bet 600 and the player in the big blind called. The {9-Diamonds} fell on the turn and when Chan bet 1,200 the big blind check-raised to 5K. Chan called, and then both players checked the {4-Spades} on the river. The big blind showed {A-Spades}{9-Hearts} for two pair and Chan mucked his cards.

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