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

07-09-2007 21:21 UTC-7

Mark Wilds Cracks Kings

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Mark Wilds moved all in preflop with A-K. His opponent called with K-K. Wilds flopped an Ace and his hand held up. He increased his stack to 16K.

Tags: Mark Wilds

07-09-2007 21:19 UTC-7

Isaac Haxton Gets Picked Off

[user24788]

On a board of {A-Clubs}

, Isaac Haxton tried to win the pot with a complete bluff holding {4-Hearts}

. His opponent picked him off with {A-Clubs}

. Haxton slipped to 5,700 after that hand.

Tags: Isaac Haxton

07-09-2007 21:19 UTC-7

Paul Darden Quadruples Up

[user40108]

A short-stacked Paul Darden moved all in preflop and got four callers. When it was time for a showdown, the board read {A-Clubs}

. Darden turned up {A-Hearts}

which was best. Darden took down the pot but is still low on chips, now working with about 4,700.

Tags: Paul Darden

07-09-2007 21:19 UTC-7

John "The Razor" Phan's All-In Method

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There's more than one way to declare an all in. For John "The Razor" Phan, his way is to shove his entire stack forward and spill it all over the table. His opponent, possibly intimidated by this brazen chip shove, does not call.

Tags: John Phan

07-09-2007 21:16 UTC-7

"E-Dog" Trusts His Read

[user40108]

Erick Lindgren and an opponent were heads up on a flop of {K-Clubs}

. Erick's opponent pushed all in for about 15,000 and Erick Lindgren insta-called. The players showed . . .

Lindgren: {K-Spades}

Opponent:

The turn came the {5-Hearts}

and the river was the {7-Diamonds}

. Lindgren's opponent failed to improve and "E-Dog" took down the pot. He is now sitting on about 44,000 chips.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

07-09-2007 21:12 UTC-7

Ted Forrest Gets Value From His Quads

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With the board reading T-6-T-J-T, Ted Forrest's lone opponent checked to him. Forrest counted out his bet and pushed 8,000 towards the center. He was quickly called and Ted showed T-9 for four of a kind. His opponent quietly mucked and Forrest added more chips to his stack which is now around 44,000.

Tags: Ted Forrest

07-09-2007 21:07 UTC-7

"Pearljammer" Still "Alive"

[user22113]

After a couple of hits that saw his stack drop back down to 10,000, Jon "Pearljammer" Turner has doubled up and is back in the hunt.

Facing a 1,700 raise that had been called, Jon moved all in from late position for his last 10,000. Only the original raiser called and they were heads up. The cards were rolled over, and Jon had the rockets, {A-Diamonds}

, while his opponent held {A-Spades}

.

The board ran out {10-Clubs}

and Jon's overpair was enough to take it down.

Tags: Jon Turner

07-09-2007 21:02 UTC-7

McLean Wants It That Way

[user38368]

Board:

A middle position player raises to 1,600 and A.J. McLean, former Backstreet Boy, re-raises to 3,000. The MP player calls. On the flop, both check. On the turn, the MP bets 3,500 and McLean calls. On the river, both check.

McLean shows {5-Spades}