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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Rafe Furst Eliminated

Rafe Furst Eliminated
Rafe Furst Eliminated
Tiltboy Rafe Furst lost a battle of the blinds. After the action was folded to Furst in the small blind, he moved all in for his last 9,000. The big blind called. Furst showed J-2. His opponent flipped over 6-6. The flop was J-6-2. Although Furst flopped two pair, his opponent led with a set. Furst could not improve his hand and he headed to the rail.

Tags: Rafe Furst

Carl Olson's Rockets Fire

Carl's impressive start to this tournament continues, he just picked up another 30,000 and moved to nearly 100,000.

We picked up the action on the turn of this pot and there was already over 20,000 in the pot with just the small blind and Carl involved.

The small blind bet 10,000 on the turn {8-Hearts} after a flop of {3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Carl made the call.

The river was the {3-Spades}, the small blind checked and Carl bet 12,000, a bet that was called. Carl showed {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} and his opponent mucked.

The VIP treatment

We stepped into the Party Poker VIP player lounge on the break to see what's up. Party Poker may not have sent as many players to the WSOP this year as they have done in the past, but they are going out of their way to make sure the players they have sent are enjoying their experience. ALL of their qualifiers have access to the lounge, which has a buffet of ice-cold drinks, hot food and sandwiches, as well as two luxury lounge areas where players can relax on breaks or on their days off. Oh, and while we were there it was a Scorsese-fest -- "Goodfellas" on one plasma screen, "Casino" on the other!

J.C. Tran Doubles

We missed the action but it's not hard to figure out what happened when J.C. has the {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds} face-up in front of him.

A board showing {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} in the middle of the table...

...and a cardless opponent pushing a massive pile of chips J.C.'s way.

T.J. Cloutier Doubles Up With a Lucky River

T.J. Cloutier
T.J. Cloutier
After a flop of {J-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, T.J. Cloutier got his last 13,500 all in against a lone opponent. Cloutier had top pair, holding {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, but was in bad shape against the Q-Q of his opponent. Cloutier got no help from the turn card as it came {A-Spades}, but the river {J-Spades} was one of the few cards left to keep him alive. Cloutier is now working with 37,000 in chips.

Tags: T.J. Cloutier

Headphone Problems

During this year's WSOP we have heard of numerous situations where players' use of headphone's, especially the noise-cancelling ones, are causing problems.

Well a player on table 40 just found out how detrimental they can be.

In the big blind in seat one he saw a series of players limp, but missed the small blind, in seat 10, raise to 3,000. The dealer clearly announced the raise but the big blind could not hear him because of his headphones.

He moved all his chips in with A-10 and was called by the small blind who was holding queens.

He didn't improve, and after the hand admitted he didn't even know the small blind was in the hand.