2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 2a
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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, Alex Melnikow called with 
, and the board came 
. Melnikow won the pot with two pair and doubled up to 280,000.
That cry goes up every few seconds here in the Amazon Room as players continue to bust at a rapid pace. Tables are being broken down as fast as the tournament staff can get there and our field has condensed entirely into one half of this once-packed room. As the playing space shrinks, the aisles are growing more crowded with media and ESPN camera crews weaving through. Some spectators have also been let in to the room (though not nearly as many as they did on the uber-packed Day 1A) and they're lined up two deep on the rail, sweating their friends and family members.
There are approximately 558 players left in the field.
. Sterling shows 
. The board comes
, and Sterling flops a set of aces to win the pot. Evelyn Ng is eliminated from the Main Event.Shortly before that hand, Matt Sterling had eliminated another player when his pocket tens held up against pocket nines.
Matt Sterling is now up to about 127,000.
Making matters worse was that his
was dominated by his opponent's 
. Making matters better was the 
flop, which gave him both a straight and flush draw. But the 
and on the turn and river didn't help and his moment of inattention cost him a tidy chunk of his stack.
On the first hand, Josephy's pocket Aces held up on a board of 8-8-2-6-6. His opponent mucked on the river.
On the next hand, his opponent made an all-in tilt raise with
. Josephy called with 5-5. He flopped a full house to send his opponent to the rail.
John White and another player saw a flop of 
. White called a bet holding the nut straight, and after the 
hit on the turn all the money went in the middle. White's opponent held 
for top pair and the flush draw...and the 
on the river gave his opponent the runner-runner flush to eliminate White.
flop. Blair turned over for the set, her opponent held for top pair and the nut flush draw. Blair survived the 
on the turn and 
on the river to double up to 285,000.
