2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1d
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣8♦
Prize
$8,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
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Guess What Bill Edler Had?

[user10554]
[user10554]
Bill Edler raises to 1,000, another player reraises to 3,000, and Bill Edler moves all in. His opponent thinks for a bit before folding K-K face up, and Edler takes the pot.

There are some crazy bets on Day 1 of the Main Event, but Bill Edler is not a crazy guy. He won his first WSOP bracelet this year, and he is highly regarded by a lot of top pros. There is likely only one hand that Bill Edler would make this move with.

Tags: Bill Edler

Where's Hellmuth?

[user24788]
[user24788]
Table 78, Seat 7 is empty. It is Phil Hellmuth's assigned seat. He has not arrived yet and we don't expect him for a while. Hellmuth traditionally shows up to the WSOP main event late. He was invovled in a car crash in the parking lot yesterday when he wreck an Ultimate Bet sponsored race car. He survived without any injuries. Stay tuned for his Hellmuthian arrival.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Not the First Bustout -- But It Could Have Been

[user10554]
[user10554]
At Table 164, we had the potential for the first bustout of the day after only ten minutes.

Three players get to the river on a board showing {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, and there is 2,000 in the pot. What would be the proper bet at this point?

Well, the player in seat 6 decides that this is a perfect moment to move in. Does he have the nuts? (No, as we'll find out later.) What about the second nuts (3-3) or a very strong hand that he hit on the river (Q-Q)?

Anyway, one of the other players in the hand holds up his cards, and behind the rail we can see he has J-9 for a full house, jacks full of threes. He folds, figuring it isn't worth the risk. The third player folds, and the overbetter takes the pot.

We'll probably never know what the first guy had, but whether it was a bluff or a calculated value bet, it seems a little excessive for ten minutes into the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Tags: Donkey

Across The Generations

[user37786]
[user37786]
You hear all the time about Internet whiz-kids taking down huge tournaments when they're barely old enough to buy a beer. But anyone who thinks that poker is a game where youth is served should speak to Jack "Jeffrey' Ury, who is playing in the Main Event today. Mr. Ury is 94 years old, making him the oldest player in the history of the World Series of Poker.

Now THAT'S a Card Topper

[user37786]
[user37786]
So Senator D'Amato announces "Shuffle Up and Deal"...and a long-haired gentleman wearing a suit stands up and CRASHES two cymbals together. For a moment we thought it was just a little flourish Harrah's put together for the Senator's words...but no! He put the cymbals underneath his chair and sat down at his table. We'll see if this is how he celebrates winning a pot.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

A Word from Jack Effel

[user24788]
[user24788]
Nolan Dalla introduced tournament director Jack Effel who welcomed all of the main event players. He briefly went over the rules, with emphasis on the following three...

1. You must be at your seat before the last card is dealt, otherwise you will have a dead hand.

2. You cannot be on a cellphone or text messaging when the first card is dealt. If you are, you're hand is declared dead.

3. You cannot put chips in your pockets or conceal them anyway or take them off the tournament floor, they will be taken out of play.

Day 1D Count Down Begins

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[user38420]
Day 1D will begin in 30 minutes. Here are the numbers so far:

Day 1A 1,287
Day 1B 1,545
Day 1C 1,743

This is the final first day to enter this year's Main Event. We will give you the official count of starters as soon as the information is available. There are 1,474 starters at this time, but registration is still open. Stayed tuned as we bring you all the action from the Amazon Room.
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