2007 World Series of Poker

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

Steve Dannenmann Folds One Card Too Early

Steve Dannenmann and three other players limp to see a flop of A-10-3. The big blind bets 1,600, one player calls, and Dannenmann and the other player folds. The turn card is a six, and Dannenmann gets up from the table to find a nearby reporter. "I would have just hit my set," he says. The reporter offers condolences, only to have Dannenmann reply, "That's okay, I think I'm still behind."

Back at the table, the big blind bets 2,500, and his opponent calls. The river card is a nine, the big blind bets 10,000, and his opponent calls. The two players show down their hands -- it's A-10 vs. A-3, and both players had two pair.

Dannenmann reacts with frustration, as he would have won with his set of sixes, and gotten action from two players with two pair.

Tags: Steve Dannenmann

Scott Lazar Eliminated

Scott Lazar raises to 1,200, a player in middle position calls, and the small blind calls. The flop comes {K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}, and all three players check. The turn card is the {9-Clubs}, the small blind checks, Lazar moves all in for 3,700, the middle-position player folds, and the small blind instantly calls with 9-9 for a set of nines. Lazar shows A-J, and his bluff may have worked better on the flop than on the turn.

Lazar is drawing dead, and the king on the river gives his opponent a full house. Scott Lazar, who finished sixth in the 2005 WSOP Main Event, has been eliminated.

Tags: Scott Lazar

Andy Bloch Has Been Eliminated

Andy Bloch
Andy Bloch
A player in middle position raised to 1,200 and Bloch, holding {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}, raised to 4,000. The other player called and Bloch made a set on the {3-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop. Both players checked, and on the turn came a card that Bloch will probably see in his nightmares, the {J-Diamonds}. His opponent checked, and when Bloch bet out for 5,000 the other player moved in for 7,000 more. Bloch called and found that his opponent held the {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and had indeed made a flush. The {4-Diamonds} on the river didn't pair the board and Bloch's day was brought to an end.

Tags: Andy Bloch

Fabrice Soulier Likes Broadway

On a flop of {A-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts}, Fabrice Soulier called an opponent's all-in for 6,000. Soulier turned up {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} and was behind to his opponent's {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}. The turn was the {K-Hearts}, making his opponent two pair, but the {J-Diamonds} spiked on the river, giving Soulier a Broadway straight.

After the hand, Soulier was up to 65,000.

Tags: Fabrice Soulier

Mike Matusow Has Been Eliminated

The Mouth Waves Goodbye
The Mouth Waves Goodbye
Down to his last 10,000, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow moved all in from the small blind after the player in the cutoff raised to 1,200. The other player called and flipped over pocket jacks, which had Matusow's pocket threes crushed. Despite a desperate cry of "Put a three out there!" from someone in the crowd, the board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{9-Spades}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Matusow's Main Event was at an end.

Tags: Mike "The Mouth" Matusow

Jogi Karamshi Eliminated

After just reporting his short stack hand where he was knocked down with his kings against queens, Karamshi pushed all in with A-K and was called by an opponent with pocket tens. As if things couldn't get worse for Karamshi, his opponent flopped a ten and Karamshi was eliminated.

Tags: Jogi Karamshi

Ted Lawson Up to 40K

Three-way pot. On a flop of {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs}, one player moved all in for 5,100. A second player called, as did Ted Lawson. The turn was the {J-Diamonds} and it was checked by both players. The river was the {4-Clubs}. Lawson bet 2,500 and his opponent called. Lawson showed {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a flush. Lawson won the main pot and the side pot.

Player B mucked his hand. Player A flipped over 8-7. He flopped the straight but busted out when Lawson rivered a flush. Player A stormed off shouting several F-bombs. Lawson increased his stack to 40K.

Tags: Ted Lawson