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

07-07-2007 20:43 UTC-8

A Miracle for David Flusfeleu

Flusfeleu got his chips in the middle with A-K on a flop of K-10-2. This looked good for him... until his opponet turned over pocket deuces. Flusfeleu needed a miracle and he got it -- a ten on the turn and another ten on the river.

He's up to 53,000 after the hand.

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07-07-2007 20:45 UTC-8

There's Something About the Dinner Break

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For whatever reason, be it the increase in blinds/antes, the hour of the day, or maybe something to do with dinner, the rate at which players are eliminated after dinner is somewhat remarkable. Last night, in the 60 minutes following dinner break, 100 players were eliminated. Tonight's numbers aren't in just yet, but the echoes of "Seat open!" and "All in and a call!" are becoming increasingly frequent.

07-07-2007 20:45 UTC-8

Gary Avery Busts a Player

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Board:

-10-3

Gary Avery of Team PokerNews gets it all in with an opponent. Avery has 10-10 and the opponent has A-Q. Avery busts his opponent and is up to 42,800.

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07-07-2007 20:49 UTC-8

Tough Table?

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Spare a thought for the players on table eight who have been battling all day with pros Dan Harrington and Bruno Fitoussi. They just had a seat open up and David Singer has occupied it.

07-07-2007 20:50 UTC-8

Tony G's Powah

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Tony G is wearing a poker polo that says "Tony G / Feel My Powah". He's just been moved to the same table as Dion Fotopolous of Team PokerNews. Tony G's at 28,000.

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07-07-2007 20:50 UTC-8

Joe Sebok Survives Without a Showdown

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Action folded to Joe Sebok in the cutoff seat who limped. The player in the big blind raised to 3,000 and Sebok moved all in for 7,925 total. The big blind passed and Sebok took down the pot.

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07-07-2007 20:53 UTC-8

Day 1b Eliminations

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In case you are tuning in late, here's a list of some of today's eliminations:

Isabelle Mercier
Marc Karam
Kathy Liebert
Scott Fischman
Norm Macdonald
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
Jennifer Harman
Jeff Lisandro
David Bach
Justin Bonomo
Dan Nassif
David "Chino" Rheem
Raja Kattamuri
Dan Shak
Paul Sexton
Annie Duke
Simon "Aces" Trumper
Howard Lederer
Scott Clements
Robert Cheung
David Williams
Steve Wong
Bob Bright
Jason Holbrook
Sam Farha
Davidson Matthew
Aaron Kanter
Patrick Bruel
Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul
Barny Boatman
Sam Grizzle
Mads Wissing Andersen
Mike Wattel
John Juanda
Brett Richey
Vanessa Selbst

07-07-2007 20:53 UTC-8

Johnny World Takes One Down

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John Hennigan made it 2,000 to go from the cutoff and was called by a single opponent who had limped in from middle position.

The flop came {10-Clubs}

and first action was passed to Hennigan who led out with a 2,000 bet; his opponent called.

The turn brought the {K-Spades}

and both players checked.

The last card off the deck was the {4-Hearts}

and Hennigan's opponent bet 4,000; Hennigan just called. Johnny World's opponent showed {A-Diamonds}

for two pair (tens and nines) with an ace kicker, but mucked when John flipped over the {A-Spades}

, good for trip tens with the top kicker.

The hand brought Hennigan up to 52,500 in chips.

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07-07-2007 20:55 UTC-8

Mary Jones Makes the Nuts

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We caught up to this hand on the flop. The board reads {A-Clubs}

and there are three players in the hand. The small blind bets 1,500 and Mary Jones calls from middle position as does the player in the cutoff. The turn comes the {3-Diamonds}