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

07-08-2007 20:38 UTC-8

Brian Nadell Eliminated by Amnon Filippi

Most players would welcome pocket kings with open arms while playing in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker, but Brian Nadell had one of those days in which this hand caused him nothing but trouble.

Not long before his elimination hand (below), Nadell picked up pocket kings in the big blind, only to run into the pocket aces of an opponent in the small blind! That hand left Nadell short-stacked and the following hand finished him off.

Once again, Nadell held pocket kings and went over the top of Amnon Filippi's preflop raise, making it 4,000 to go; Amnon called. The flop came {3-Clubs}

and Nadell moved all in, but cringed when Amnon called almost immediately and revealed {9-Spades}

, for top set.

Nadell was unable to catch a third king and was eliminated from the tournament. The elimination brought Filippi up to 50,000 in chips.

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07-08-2007 20:42 UTC-8

Burt Boutin Goes Card Dead

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"I haven't had a hand worth playing in the last two levels," Burt said. "My best hand was pocket twos, but I lost with it."

Despite his misfortune, Burt still has more than he started with, at 23,000 in chips.

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07-08-2007 20:44 UTC-8

Opponent Shakes Down Moneymaker

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Board:

Under the gun and preflop, Chris Moneymaker raises to 1,250 and his opponent in middle position calls. They check the flop. On the turn, Moneymaker bets 1,800 and is called. On the river, Moneymaker checks. The opponent bets 2,000 and Moneymaker folds. He's down to 27,000.

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07-08-2007 20:47 UTC-8

Table 66 Gets Goofy

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At Ishak Noyan's and Chris Ferguson's table, the dealer misdeals and Noyan only has a single king. Before they can return the cards and redeal, the table gets a little goofy. They decide to trade cards to improve their hands. Ferguson gives Noyan another king, giving him pocket kings. Somehow, we don't think that's in the TDA rules.

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07-08-2007 20:50 UTC-8

Cloutier Storms Back

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After being as low as 5,000, T.J. Cloutier has climbed back to 22,000 with queens versus A-K. Cloutier is above the starting chips and isn't going anywhere for awhile.

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07-08-2007 20:52 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Nick "The Takeover" Schulman and Erik Cajelais have both been recently eliminated.

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07-08-2007 20:54 UTC-8

Rafe Furst Climbing Up

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One player bet, Rafe Furst raised all in with his last 3,000 and his opponent called. Furst had A-K against A-J. The board came 5-2-3-3-9 and Furst raked in the pot.

On the very next hand, Furst raised 1,700 from under the gun, took down the blinds and antes, and is back up to 7,500.

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07-08-2007 21:04 UTC-8

Chad Brown On The Move

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Chad has continued his steady rise up the leader board since the dinner break and has currently amassed nearly 110,000 in chips. Despite the fact that he just took a small hit in the following hand. Here's how it went down:

On a {3-Diamonds}