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

07-07-2007 22:59 UTC-7

Gary Avery Busts ANOTHER Player

[user38368]

Gary Avery of Team PokerNews has taken out another player. He's stacking quite a few chips -- and is now up to 56,000.

Tags: Gary Avery

07-07-2007 22:55 UTC-7

Fast Pace -- But Not That Fast

[user38368]

There were 198 busted in the last level -- or 1.5 players per minute. It's not quite as fast as yesterday.

07-07-2007 22:53 UTC-7

Players Return from Break

[user25067]

There are 936 players remaining. The average stack is 33,012.

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

07-07-2007 22:44 UTC-7

de Wolfe Makes a Big Laydown Before the Break

[user38449]

On a board showing {5-Diamonds}

, with approximately 20,000 already in the pot, Roland de Wolfe's opponent in the small blind made it 5,000 to go; de Wolfe called instantly. Going into the river, de Wolfe had about 35,000 behind, while his opponent sat with just 6,300.

The last card off the deck was the {J-Diamonds}

and the small blind immediately moved all in for his last 6,300.

At this point, Roland paused and asked his opponent, "What do you think I have?" His opponent stayed quiet and shortly after, Roland folded pocket fives face-up on the table, revealing that he'd made top set on the flop.

After the hand was over, Roland politely interrogated his opponent for any information he could get as to whether or not he'd made the correct laydown, but his opponent wouldn't budge.

"The whole hand didn't really seem right," Roland told me after the hand. "6,000 was a lot of my stack and I was looking for a better spot."

Note: Roland busted the same opponent not even a half an hour after this hand took place, getting the better end of a coinflip situation.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe

07-07-2007 22:42 UTC-7

Superhero

[user22113]

Superheroes can stop bullets right? Well "Johnny World" Hennigan has proved that he has more than just a superhero name when he cracked his opponent's aces just prior to the break. All in preflop, Hennigan held {Q-Spades}

while his opponent held {A-Hearts}

.

The

flop was no help, nor was the turn {J-Hearts}

.

However, in the nick of time, on the river, the superhero caught the {Q-Clubs}

to eliminate his opponent.

07-07-2007 22:31 UTC-7

Ruth Benmelech -- A Different Sort of Bracelet Winner

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Ruth Benmelech is sporting a diamond bracelet in this tournament. It's not from a WSOP event -- she won the VIP Poker Tournament at the Crystal Palace Casino in Florida, back on May 18. The win got her $5,000 in cash, the diamond bracelet, some slot play, and the big prize -- a buy-in to the WSOP Main Event. She's at 61,000 in chips right now.

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