2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1d
Dutch Boyd Loses to Sevens
A player in middle position raises to 1,200 and Dutch Boyd re-raises to 3,600 in late position. The MP player calls. On the flop, MP checks and Boyd bets 3,600. The MP calls. They check it the rest of the way down and the MP has . Boyd mucks and is down to 18,800.
Bryan "The Icon" Micon Busts
The A-K didn't find a pair, but a flush beats a pair every day, and today that's how Micon's tournament ends.
Vinnie Vinh Pulls a Vinnie Vinh
Who's Worried About Daniel?
Five players saw a flop of . The action was checked to the button who bet 4,000. Two players called before it got back to Negreanu, who then made it 10,000, saying "I'm not worried about you (pointing at one of the players), I'm worried about him." The button folded and the player in seat one made the call.
The action was then on the player Negreanu was "worried" about. "I'm not worried about you, Daniel, I'm worried about him!" he said, indicating the player who had called Daniel's raise. He then flashed pocket aces to the crowd behind him before mucking them.
The turn card was the . Negreanu's opponent checked, Negreanu moved all in, and his opponent mucked.
Someone said "show the bluff," to which Negreanu replied "Bluff? Do you think I'm gonna check-raise 19 people for my tournament life? I could beat three 3's. You're smart . . . you figure it out."
Negreanu is now up to 52,000. I think a lot of people are worried.
2006 WSOP World Champion Jamie Gold Eliminated
There will not be back-to-back champions this year. The last player to win consecutive titles was Johnny Chan back in 1987 and 1988. Chan was close to being a three-peat. Chan lost to Phil Hellmuth heads-up at the 1989 main event.
Paul Darden Eliminated
William Thorson Has Been Eliminated
Queens Are Nice for Adler
Steve Zolotow Eliminated
Steve showed while his opponent had .
The board was bad for Steve, coming , so he was looking for running queens or straight cards. The on the turn was neither and the on the river was irrelevant.