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
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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Phil Gordon's Aces Beat a Buffet Bet

Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon
What's a buffet bet? That'll come toward the end of the post.

Phil Gordon raises from the cutoff to 1,200, and one player calls from a blind position. The flop comes {10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}, his opponent checks, Gordon bets 2,600, and his opponent calls. The turn card pairs the board with the {3-Clubs}, his opponent checks, Gordon bets 4,500, and his opponent calls. The river card is the {7-Spades}, and this is where the buffet bet comes into play.

The player in the blind position decides to bet, picking up a few chips from each of the different denominations. This is a buffet bet -- a little of this, a few of these, and a couple of those. Altogether, it adds up to about 7,000.

The actual amount doesn't matter to Gordon, who quickly calls showing {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}. The buffet-style bettor mucks his card and loses a variety of his chips.

Phil Gordon is up to about 44,000.

Tags: Phil Gordon

Chop Chop

Amnon Filippi called a 1,600 raise from a player in middle position. The action then folded around to Brian Nadell on the button, who moved all in for a total of 6,100. The original raiser then pushed in his last 5,150 chips, prompting Amnon to fold his cards, {9-Spades}{8-Spades}, face-up on the table.

When it was time to turn 'em over, both Nadell and his remaining opponent showed pocket tens. "Ah, I want my cards back!!" Filippi said after seeing the others' hands.

The board filled out {Q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{A-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Nadell and his opponent chopped the pot. In the end, Amnon was pleased with his preflop fold.

The hand left Brian Nadell stuck at 9,000 in chips.

Tags: Amnon FilippiBrian Nadell

Moneymaker Picks Up a Few Pots

With the board reading {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, Chris Moneymaker took down a decent pot when he flipped up {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. His opponent mucked and Moneymaker took down the pot. A few hands later, the 2003 World Champion got maximum value from his 5-4 when he flopped a wheel and had his opponents calling to the river. Moneymaker won that hand as well and is now working with 40,000 in chips.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Dead, But Getting Better

A player on table 78 stood up to leave, his Main Event hopes dashed. He thought he had bet away the last of his chips. He took another look at them and realized that, in fact, he had 3,000 left. Still alive!

Clonie Gowen Eliminated

Clonie Gowen
Clonie Gowen
Clonie moved all in from middle position for approximately 4,000 and was called by a single opponent in the big blind.

Clonie turned over {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, while her opponent had her in a tough spot with {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}. The board brought no help to Clonie and she was eliminated from the tournament.

Clonie shook hands with her tablemates and said, "Nice playing with y'all," before exiting the tournament area.

Once she was out of sight, one of the players still at the table noticed that Clonie left behind a pack of chewing gum. "Anyone want her gum?" he asked. "I'll take it," another player answered, suggesting that he might try to sell it on e-Bay.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

Rafe Furst is Down, But Not Out

Tiltboy Rafe Furst
Tiltboy Rafe Furst
Rafe Furst moves all in preflop for about 3,500, and the player in the cutoff thinks for about two minutes and says, "Harrington says I'm supposed to call." He decides to fold, saying there are too many people behind him. The button and the blinds fold, giving the blinds and antes to Furst.

It's a small pot, but Furst increased his stack to 4,500 on that hand. When you're that low, every little bit helps.

Tags: Rafe Furst

Trash Into Treasure

Board:
{K-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{4-Hearts}

Preflop, a middle-position player limps in, David Filippi on the button calls, the small blind calls, and the big blind raises all in to 6,500. The MP folds. Filippi calls. The SB folds.

Filippi shows the {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and his opponent has {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}. Unbelievably, Filippi flops a flush and it holds up. He's at 75,000 and the player with the jacks is busted.

Tags: David Filippi

Chris Ferguson Goes Into Agressive Mode

Chris Ferguson
Chris Ferguson
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson has been playing quite aggressively, often raising and reraising pots. Recently Robert Varkonyi opened with a raise of 1,200. Action folded to Ferguson who reraised to 4,000. Varkonyi pondered for about five minutes before finally folding. Ferguson, calculated as always, remained expressionless as he stacked the pot.

Tags: Chris Ferguson

Amir Vahedi Doubles Up

Vahedi moved all in for his last 3,350 holding {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts} on a board of {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{J-Clubs}; his opponent called with {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

The river brought no help to either player and Amir's aces held up, driving his chip count just past his original 20,000 starting stack.

Tags: Amir Vahedi

Rick Tocchet Doubles Up, And He Only Won Half The Pot!

This was a crazy pot. We saw three players limp in from from early position and a late-position player raise to 3,000.

The small blind missed the raise and announced "call," thinking that he was just calling the big blind. He was made to call the 3,000 and apparently that priced in all the limpers as well as the big blind, so six players saw a flop.

Flop {J-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}.

The action was checked to Rick who moved all in for 5,500, a bet that was called by the player next to act. The original raiser then moved all in for 20,000 and that bet was also called by the player in the middle.

The cards were Rick,{8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} , middle player {6-Clubs}{8-Hearts}, original raiser {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}.

The turn was the {9-Spades} and the river {6-Spades} made a straight for two of the players.