The turn card is a 2, and Smith takes the lead with a five-high straight. His opponent needs an ace or a six on the river to chop.
The last card is a 9, and Gavin wins the pot to double up to 25,000 in chips.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1d
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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The turn card is a 2, and Smith takes the lead with a five-high straight. His opponent needs an ace or a six on the river to chop.
The last card is a 9, and Gavin wins the pot to double up to 25,000 in chips.
. Chiu called the all in and showed 
while his opponent tabled 7-7. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
, and Chiu doubled up to 8,300. "You're gonna go from a chip and a chair to chip leader!" quipped one of his tablemates.
"Don't be surprised, I've done it before," replied Chiu.
down. Goldberg showed 
, Smith turned over 
, the big blind mucked, Smith's kicker played to win the pot and Goldberg was eliminated. Smith is at 10,000
Santiege was involved in a three-way all-in. Santiege flopped a set of fours, another player flopped a set of twos, and another player was on a flush draw. The set of fours held up and Santiege is yet another of the few players of the day to break 100,000. You'll have to keep tuning in to see if he can maintain the lead and manage to avoid the 100k Day 1 curse (see Phil Ivey, Andy Black, etc).
, Jon Turner check-raised his opponent to put him all in. He called with two pair. Turner flipped over 
for a set. His hand held up and increased his stack to 40K.
6,358 players entered the 2007 WSOP Main Event, creating a prizepool of $59,784,954. 621 places will be paid, and each player who cashes will be guaranteed at least $20,320. First place will win $8,250,000.
2,415 fewer players entered the Main Event in 2007 than in 2006, but this year's number is 739 higher than when Joe Hachem won it all in 2005.
and when Phan led out for 1,000 the small blind raised to 2,600. Phan re-popped it to 5K and the other player called. "You got me, kid," Phan said and checked in the dark. The other player also chose to check the on the turn and they also checked the 
on the river. "You either have A-9 or A-J," Phan predicted...and his opponent turned over A-9. Phan mucked and he currently sits with 35,500.
Erna scrolls to the G's, and says, "This is crap. There's no Godsmack."
Someone then asks Erna if there is any Godsmack on *his* iPod. Erna says that there is, but he calls it "business related," and he only listens to it when he has to -- Erna, who is the primary songwriter for the band, says he doesn't want to forget the lyrics.
. The flop was . The 
on the turn paired Hellmuth up, but his opponent now had a club flush draw with the in his hand. The river was the , making his opponent's flush and eliminating Hellmuth from the Main Event. We're sure to be hearing about that runner-runner flush for years to come on ESPN's broadcasts.
After his elimination, a barrage of cameras followed the Poker Brat out of the Amazon Room and into the hallway. As Nolan Dalla announced to the room that Hellmuth had been eliminated the entire room clapped and cheered... that he was gone.
