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

07-09-2007 01:41 UTC-7

Cunningham Takes a Stroll Through Valuetown

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Allen Cunningham opened for 2,500 and the player on the button called. The two took a flop heads-up...

{2-Clubs}

Cunningham bet 4,000 and his opponent called. The turn came the {7-Spades}

. Both players checked. The river came the {4-Diamonds}

and Cunningham pushed out 1,500. His opponent called and Cunningham showed {5-Spades}

. His opponent mucked and Allen now has 58,000 chips.

Tags: Allen Cunningham

07-09-2007 01:48 UTC-7

Movin' on Up

[user38368]

Eight tables started out in the Poker Tent today, and the most notable player among them was T.J. Cloutier. Immediately upon moving inside, he was placed at the Bluff feature table, where he's been the rest of the day. Quite a change in environment.

Right now, Cloutier is hanging on at 13,000, because just before the last break, he had A-Q versus 8-8 and an eight fell on the flop.

Tags: T.J. Cloutier

07-09-2007 01:52 UTC-7

Ferguson Busts Ishak

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Board:

Preflop, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson bets 2,300 and Ishak Noyan shoves for his last 700. Ferguson has {8-Diamonds}

and Noyan has {A-Diamonds}

and is out.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Ishak Noyan

07-09-2007 01:57 UTC-7

Moneymaker Loses Some

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Board:

On the turn, Moneymaker bets 3,000 and the opponent calls. They check the river and the opponent turns over A-8. Moneymaker mucks and is down to 20,000.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

07-09-2007 01:58 UTC-7

Gotta Love Those Sports Analogies

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After a small misunderstanding in which Bill Gazes corrected a dealer, but later realized he was in error, Gazes said, "I'm sorry...you're right...you're right." The dealer smiled and joked, "I'm always right." Gazes then quipped, "Dealer...you're really dealing above the rim." The table got a good laugh out of this.

Tags: Bill Gazes

07-09-2007 01:59 UTC-7

Chad Brown Flushed Down

[user22113]

Chad has taken a sizable hit.

The flop of {9-Hearts}

looked pretty good to Chad, who was holding {7-Hearts}

. His opponent moved all in and Chad made the call in a heartbeat.
His opponent had {9-Clubs}

and the

on the turn meant Chad was drawing to a {6-Hearts}

or

to make a straight flush.

Unfortunately for him the river was the {4-Spades}

and his stack dropped down to 85,000.

07-09-2007 02:05 UTC-7

T.J. Cloutier Has Been Eliminated

[user40108]

Action folded around to T.J. Cloutier on the button, who raised to 4,000. The small blind called and the players took a flop heads-up...

{K-Diamonds}

The small blind led out for 2,500 and Cloutier pushed all in for 6,500 more. The small blind made the call and showed {J-Spades}

. Cloutier was in trouble with his {A-Spades}

. The turn and river blanked for Cloutier who will have to wait until next year for another chance at a Main Event gold bracelet.

Tags: T.J. Cloutier

07-09-2007 02:14 UTC-7

Home Game Satellite Winner Going Strong

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While the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) may have hindered the number of Internet satellite qualifiers present at this year's Main Event, there are a number of live game satellite winners here at the WSOP, proving that the poker boom hasn't faded out just yet.

Players have come from all over the world representing their local casinos, bars, and home games -- and many of them are thriving; Tim Wright is one of those players.

Hailing from Cocoa Beach, Florida, Tim won his entry into the Main Event via a weekly Wednesday night tournament he plays in with nine of his close friends. The group maintains a point system throughout the course of the year and the winner earns the right to represent the rest of the group in "the big one."

Tim owns 20 percent of himself, while the rest of the group would divvy up the remaining 80 percent, should he make the money. This being Tim's first-ever WSOP event, he's making quite the splash and is amongst our Day 1c leaders, currently sitting with 123,000 in chips. He's got his entourage here for support and looks to make a strong push towards Day 2.

Tags: Tim Wright

07-09-2007 02:15 UTC-7

Moneymaker Wins Some

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Board:

Chris Moneymaker and another player are all in on the flop. Moneymaker has J-J and the opponent has A-9. Moneymaker gets the straight and is back up to 62,000.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

07-09-2007 02:18 UTC-7

Amnon Filippi Makes The Call

[user22113]

On a board of {J-Spades}

, Amnon made a small bet into a 6,300 pot, and was raised all in by his oponent to 24,900.

Amnon thought for a while before announcing, "I think you have ****" and making the call.

Amnon rolled over {10-Clubs}