against his opponent's 7-7. Garrett flopped a jack and his opponent failed to improve. After the hand, Garrett is up to 81,500.
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 / 6358
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against his opponent's 7-7. Garrett flopped a jack and his opponent failed to improve. After the hand, Garrett is up to 81,500.
. Smurfit shows 
, and he'll need to improve to survive. The board comes
, and Smurfit catches a full house on the river, but it's too little, too late as his opponent flopped an ace. Alan Smurfit, who won his first WSOP bracelet this year, has been eliminated from the Main Event.
. Williams bet 4,000, seat 8 raised to 10,000 and Williams called. The turn was the . Williams checked, his opponent bet enough to put him all in and Williams called. Williams showed
for the nut flush draw and a gutshot wheel draw, while his opponent tabled 7-7. The river was the 
, missing his draws and Williams was eliminated. "Nice hand. Good playing with you all," said Williams as he made a graceful exit.
while Sebok showed 
. Board:
Sebok's kings held up and he's up to 23,000.
Without the floppy jester hat in his face, Madsen is free to concentrate on his play and show everyone why he was the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year.
flop. Hua check-raised his opponent all-in and the other player insta-called and showed pocket Jacks for a set. Hua was in bad shape with his 
, but the on the turn and on the river gave Hua the runner-runner flush. That big pot pushed Hua's stack up to 109,000.
, Petrone has against Terry Romine's 
. It's a set-over-set situation, and Romine is drawing to a nine or runner-runner spades. Whether it's the presence of the cameras or his natural style, Petrone is pleading with God, the dealer, and his grandmother for his hand to hold up. "I do not wanna go home! I do not wanna go home!" The last two cards come
, and Petrone cheers, saying, "Yes! I am staying!" Petrone doubles up to 68,000 in chips, and says he feels comfortable with chips now.
On the other side of it is Terry Romine, who takes another hit, but is still alive. That's the second time today that Petrone has doubled through him with sets higher than Romine's sets.
Romine seems undeterred, saying, "I've doubled him up with set-over-set twice now, and I'm still alive. That's not bad."
. Hachem has 
The board comes
and Hachem doubles through to just over 35,000.
