2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1b
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣8♦
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
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Joe Hachem Makes an Entrance

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Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem
Located in the middle of the room, table 35 was not set up at the start of play, as it was moved to the ESPN feature table. The players happily made the trek to the TV table, but there was one seat that remained conspicously empty and players were left guessing why it was they had been relocated.

That seat has just been filled by 2005 Champion Joe Hachem.

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John Juanda Taking His Time

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John Juanda raised it up 75 from under the gun and two players called. The flop came {J-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. 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.

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Roland De Wolfe Bluffed Out of a Big Pot

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The under-the-gun player limps for 100, a middle position player raises to 350, Roland De Wolfe calls, and the under-the-gun player calls. The flop comes {Q-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, 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 {5-Diamonds}, 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 {2-Spades}, 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 {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} 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.

Tags: Roland De Wolfe

Pocket Kings Not Good to John Phan

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John Phan found himself looking down at pocket kings and probably felt pretty good. Unfortunately, his pocket kings didn't hold up. He only invested 350, so it could have been worse. Based on some of the early eliminations, you can tell the difference between the pros and the amateurs. Phan lost the minimum with pocket kings when other players are busting out with K-J.

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The Second Bust Out of Day 1b

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One player raises, and gets four callers. Five players see a flop of K-Q-4 with two spades. The original raiser bets 1,000, another player raises to 3,500, and the raiser calls. (The other three players fold.)

The turn card is the {9-Spades}, 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.

Pros Playing Day 1B

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So far we've spotted 8-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel, Charlie Shoten, Tony G, Kirk Morrison, "Action" Bob Hwang, EPT London winner Vicky Coren, Scott Fischman, Juha Helppi, Marc Karam, Jeffrey Lisandro, Barny Boatman, Isabelle Mercier, Hoyt Corkins, Matt Matros, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Wendeen Eolis, Noah Boeken, Sam Grizzle, Evelyn Ng, Shirley Williams, Davidson Matthew and Scott Clements.

Clements, Corkins, and Lisandro also won bracelets at the 2007 WSOP.

The First Bust Out of Day 1b

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One player raises to 300, another player reraises from a blind position to 1,600, and the first player calls. The flop comes 8-4-2, and the player in the blind position bets 3,000. His opponent min-raises to 6,000, and the first player moves all in. His opponent calls with 4-4 for middle set, and the first player shows J-J for an overpair. The next two cards are blanks, and the guy with pocket jacks (who was in the blind position) goes home as the first bustout of Day 1b.

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.
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