Gavin Smith called a short stack's all-in on the flop. Smith's opponent showed
while Smith showed 
. The turn was a king, as was the river, and Smith's opponent survived the all-in. After the hand, Smith is down to 57,000.
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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Gavin Smith called a short stack's all-in on the flop. Smith's opponent showed
while Smith showed . The turn was a king, as was the river, and Smith's opponent survived the all-in. After the hand, Smith is down to 57,000.
So, JOHN PHAN, holding
, hit trips on a 
. His opponent held pocket Sixes and all the money went in on the flop. And that pot pushed John Phan's stack up to 31,000.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Just before the break, A.J. "Backstreet Boy" McLean raises to 1,900 in the cutoff, and the big blind calls. On the flop, the big blind checks. McLean bets 3,500, and the big blind check-raises to 8,050 all in. McLean calls, having him covered, and shows
. The big blind has 
. McLean is down to 25,000.
That's when Dahlquist came over the top of them all with a 12K re-raise. In nature, this kind of behavior normally signifies "I HAVE ACES." The late position player folded his tent but the big blind chose to call.
The flop came 8-7-8, the big blind moved all-in for his last 20K, and Dahlquist called. The big blind turned over pocket Queens, and Dahlquist turned over Ace...Eight. That most fortuitous flop gave Dahlquist trips and the pot, which put him up to 88,000 in chips.
. Friedman flipped over 
. The flop was 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
. Friedman busted the player as he increased his stack to 64K.
