2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1b
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That seat has just been filled by 2005 Champion Joe Hachem.


. Juanda bet out 600. One of his opponents raised it 1,500 more and that was good enough to take down the pot. Juanda and the player in the big blind both folded.


, it's checked to De Wolfe, who bets 600. The under-the-gun player folds, and the original raiser calls. The turn card is the
, his opponent checks, De Wolfe bets 2,000, his opponent raises to 6,000, and De Wolfe calls. The river card pairs the board with the
, and De Wolfe's opponent bets 7,000. De Wolfe folds, giving the pot (worth over 14,000) to the other player. De Wolfe's opponent shows

as he collects the pot, apparently proud of his bluff. If it hasn't been obvious so far, there are a lot of minefields to avoid out there in the early levels of Day One.
The turn card is the
, putting three spades on the board. Unfortunately, we don't know how the action went on the turn. The river card pairs the board with another Q, so the board is K-Q-4-9-Q with three spades. There's a lot of potential on that board.
On the river, both players get all their money in the pot. The original raiser excitedly says, "Top pair" and shows K-J offsuit. He has two pair, kings and queens, with a jack kicker. The other player says, "Full house," and shows 4-4 for fours full of queens.
The player with K-J missed being the first bustout by about a minute.
Clements, Corkins, and Lisandro also won bracelets at the 2007 WSOP.
Yes, he went broke in the first ten minutes with pocket jacks, no set, no draw.
According to the opening seating chart, the player eliminated was Timo Maymann. But we haven't been able to confirm that.