Joe said: "I figured as much, I just keep running into Aces and Kings."
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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Joe said: "I figured as much, I just keep running into Aces and Kings."
with 85,000 in the pot, James Van Alstyne fired out 25,000. Doug Kim called. Van Alstyne showed 
for the 8-high straight. Kim mucked his hand.Van Alstyne increased his stack to 135K.
against Chen's A-Q. The turn and river were blanks, and Chen was eliminated.
against an opponent with 
. Johnston's Jacks held up on a board of 
. He increased his stack to over 140,000.
. Hachem has 
The board comes
and Hachem doubles through to just over 35,000.
, 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."
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.
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.
