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2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Kyle Morris Flops the Joint
. Morris checked, the MP player bet 2,000, the LP player folded, Morris raised to 5,000 and the MP player called. The turn was the 
. Morris bet 5,000, the MP player moved all in and Morris called. The MP player turned over
for trip queens but Morris showed 
for the flopped straight and won a huge pot. He was up to 48,700 after the hand.
Negreanu Down to 8K
, Negreanu checked. His opponent bet 3,000."Three?" said Negreanu. "Why so small?"
Negreanu called. The turn was the
and Negreanu checked again. His opponent bet 7,000."Got Queens?" asked Negreanu.
His opponent did not respond and Negreanu folded
face up.
Razor Plays Like a Little Girl
Phan made it 1,200 to go preflop when his opponent came over the top for another 2,800. Phan called and the flop was
. Phan checked the flop, but his opponent led out for 5,000 and Phan made the call. The 
fell on the turn and both players checked. After the 
on the river, and with the board showing all clubs, Phan led out for 3,000 and his opponent called.Phan turned over
for the flush and his opponent mucked. "I need more cocktails," Phan said after winning the hand. "I'm playing like a little girl trying to donk off all my chips."
Theo Tran Makes a Good Laydown to Carlos Mortensen
, Mortensen bet 7,000 and Tran shows his pocket queens before he folds. Mortensen shows his pocket aces, and then rakes in the pot.
Nathan Adler Doubles Through Dario Minieri
against Dario Minieri's 
. The flop comes 
, the turn card is the 
, and the river card is -- The
. The table explodes as Minieri, who had been crushing the table, gets the worst of it and Adler rivers a set of kings to win the pot, doubling up to over 88,000 in chips.
Dario Minieri is brought back down to a mortal level of "just" 68,000.
"One World-- One Dream"
and as his opponent flipped over 
, Chiu asked, "Do you want to split it?" with a laugh. "Just don't beat me," replied his opponent. "I went to confession."
The flop was
putting a flush draw out there for Chiu, and the turn filled with with the 
. The river was a 9 and Chiu doubled up. "One world... one dream," Chiu said, as the ESPN cameras rolled, referring to the Olympics. Chiu believes that poker should be an Olympic sport, that "We're all together, playing for a dream."
After the hand was finished another player pointed to Chiu and remarked, "Don't get him going. Let's not wake a sleeping giant!"
Magician Gives Away Secrets
"Everytime I have a decision to make, I think, 'What would David Benyamine do?' and then I do the opposite," Esfandiari said. "It usually works out."
Esfandiari and Benyamine have been at the same table for the second part of the day, both involved in multiple pots, and both jokingly giving one another a hard time.
Rahul Maitra Likes Flopping Sets
, Roland Hermiz bet 9,000 on the turn holding , Rahul Maitra moved all in with 9-9 and Hermiz called. The river was the , missing Hermiz's flush draw. Maitra's set of nines held up and he increased his stack to 40,000.
$50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Champion Freddy Deeb Knocks A Player Out
on the turn, Freddy Deeb bets, and his opponent calls all in for 6,500 with 
for a pair of fives with a spade flush draw. Deeb shows 
for a pair of sixes. The river card is the
, and Deeb wins the pot, busting his opponent and increasing his stack to 34,000.