2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 2a
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held up against 
. The board ran out 



.Elson is up to over 325,000.

; John had pocket 9's.John had his opponent drawing dead by the turn, as the board filled out




.Spadevecchia improved to 110,000 in chips after the hand.
McEvoy held

and was in bad shape against Phillips' 
.The board was no help for McEvoy either,


,

This year, at least, McEvoy will not win another WSOP Main Event Title.


. Lam had his opponent covered and they turn up their cards . . .Lam:


Opponent:


After the showdown Lam's opponent, who had apparently misread either the board and/or Lam's hand, stood up and said "Come on low cards!! . . . Come On!" The dealer obliged, bringing the
on the turn and the
on the river. Lam's opponent let out a sigh of relief and say "Yeah! . . . There we go." It was awkwardly apparent to the rest of the table that Tuan Lam had won the hand, not his opponent. Lam's opponent began to slowly realize things didn't add up, at which point someone at the table finally broke the news to him, "He flopped the nuts, sir [pointing to Lam's hand]." Tuan Lam is now working with 378,000.





Preflop, in middle position, Jeff Madsen open raises all in for 27,200 and a player in the big blind calls. Madsen has

and the big blind has 
. The five on the flop hurts, and the remaining cards seal Madsen's fate.
We caught up with the action on the turn. The board was



.There was nearly 100,000 in the pot and Van Alstyne was facing Cohen's all in bet of nearly 150,000. Van Alstyne went into the tank until someone called the clock on him. He made the call as his hand was counted down and rolled over

. Cohen held the nuts with 
.The river was the
and Cohen has jumped up the leaderboard while Van Alstyne is almost busted.

.Cernuto's odds of surviving appeared high, as the board filled out



, but his luck ran out when the
fell on the river and the pot was pushed to Smart.

bested the pocket Jacks of his opponent.All the money went in preflop, and the board came




, giving Kluber a pair of Kings and the checkmark for the hand.Kluber stood at 170,000 in chips following the win.