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

07-08-2007 23:34 UTC-7

J.C. Tran Gets Rivered

[user22113]

J.C. Tran made a raise from late position only to have the button move over the top for 9,000 all in. J.C. made the call and showed {A-Diamonds}

while the button held {J-Clubs}

.

The flop was great for J.C., {A-Hearts}

, as was the {4-Clubs}

turn.

The river however was not so kind, the {J-Hearts}

fell, one of the button's two outs. He survives, J.C. takes a small hit but he is still in good shape with nearly 100,000.

07-08-2007 23:33 UTC-7

David Filippi Hits the Slot Machine

[user40108]

David Filippi just took a wired pair of sevens up against the J-J of his opponent. Filippi was not behind for long though as he flopped three sevens to take the lead. Filippi's set earned him the pot and he now sits on 94,000 in chips.

Tags: David Filippi

07-08-2007 23:15 UTC-7

Players Remaining

[user22113]

The tournament clock says there are 1090 players remaining which puts the average stack at just under 32,000. As always, the break seems to have energized the field and we are hearing cries of "All in and call," throughout the room.

07-08-2007 23:13 UTC-7

Moneymaker Mixes it Up

[user40108]

After a middle-position player limped in, Chris Moneymaker raised to 3,000 from late position. The limper called and the two saw a flop heads-up: {4-Clubs}

. Both players checked and out came the turn, {7-Clubs}

. The middle-position player bet 2,500 and Moneymaker moved all in for 6,000 total. Moneymaker's opponent made the call and turned over {A-Diamonds}

. His hand would need help to catch up to the {A-Clubs}

of Moneymaker. The river came the {5-Hearts}

and the 2003 World Champ is now sitting on 25,000 in chips.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

07-08-2007 23:01 UTC-7

Cards Are in the Air

[user22113]

We're back. Players have returned and we are underway.

07-08-2007 22:49 UTC-7

Optical Illusion

[user38449]

Many of you may remember a player by the name of Bernard Lee from ESPN's coverage of the 2005 WSOP. Lee finished 13th that year, but much of his publicity was dedicated to the fact that he kept photos of family members on the table next to his chips, kissing them each time he moved all in.

Bernard is back again this year, and just experienced a situation that I'm sure all poker players can relate to.

Facing a 1,500 preflop raise from an opponent in early position, Bernard Lee squeezed his holecards and started to grin. After he got a complete view of his hand, he folded it face-up on the table, revealing {A-Clubs}

.

"I saw the hand and got all excited until I realized the four was just a four," Lee said. The table got a pretty good laugh out of the situation.

Lee, the family man that he is, also wanted to say "Hi" to Katie, Noah, and Myah, as well as all of the members of his home game who are all watching his progress from home. Don't worry kids -- Dad's doing pretty well so far. He's got right around 60,000 in chips.

Tags: Bernard Lee

07-08-2007 22:41 UTC-7

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

[user10554]

07-08-2007 22:41 UTC-7

The "Green" Chip Leader: Todd Rebello

[user10554]

Steve Dannenmann has brought it to our attention that Todd Rebello (Table 5, Seat 5) may not be the chip leader with only 12,000 in chips, but he is likely the *green* chip leader.

The green chips are only worth 25 each, and are still in play solely to cover the antes. Rebello has about 60 of these chips, making his relatively small 12,000 physically look like a big stack.

While Dannenmann's table is having some fun with Rebello, many players consider a stack like that a sign of a good, aggressive player. Phil Ivey is known for accumulating a lot of small-denomination chips, because he steals a lot of pots and likes to have an intimidating stack. And any time you're being compared to Phil Ivey in poker, it's probably a good thing.

Unfortunately, whether he survives the day or not, Rebello's status as the green chip leader is doomed to come to an end in about two and a half hours. That's when the tournament staff will be coloring up all the green chips.

Tags: Steve Dannenmann Todd Rebello