Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 2a | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-10-2007 12:28 UTC-7

Corey Zeidman Has Been Eliminated

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Zeidman had already pushed once before, saying he wanted to gamble, and the pocket Tens he picked up were good enough to risk all his chips. He was called by a player with A-Q, and the A-A-J flop left Zeidman needing a Ten. He didn't find one on the turn or river, and he was eliminated.

Tags: Corey Zeidman

07-10-2007 12:29 UTC-7

An Interesting Table is No More

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Table 173 was an interesting table, with Hendon Mobster Ross Boatman in seat 4, Jane Gold (mother of last year's champion) in seat 5, and Joe Sebok in seat 8.

Curiously, when ESPN swarmed the table early in the day, none of the attention was for the two pros, but for the mother of last year's champion. The early days of the WSOP are still for the "color" pieces.

Unfortunately, about 20 minutes into the action, this table was broken, and they were moved to other parts of the Amazon Room to continue their struggles to reach Day Three.

Tags: Jane Gold Joe Sebok Ross Boatman

07-10-2007 12:30 UTC-7

Joe Sebok's Early Action

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Joe Sebok entered the day short stacked with just 8,000, but he stole the blinds a few times in the early rounds (including {A-Spades}

on the first hand of the day) to build his stack up to about 13,000. He's still low, but he has a little more to work with.

Joe Sebok is not wearing his king costume today, and is just in normal street clothes.

Tags: Joe Sebok

07-10-2007 12:32 UTC-7

The River, Of Course

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There are a million bad beat stories in the big city, and Rob Kovar now has one of his own. After seeing a 10-10-7 flop Kovar and Cyrus Farzad ended up with all the money in the middle. Kovar held Kings, Farzad had Queens. A nine on the turn...and a Queen on the river to crack Kovar's Kings and send him out of the tournament.

07-10-2007 12:35 UTC-7

Nobody's Fool: Jeff Madsen

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As you have probably heard, Gavin Smith bought himself out of his responsibilities in the prop bet against Joe Sebok and Jeff Madsen. Gavin wore his jester costume for about 20 minutes so ESPN could record it and he got to experience some humiliation, but then he played the rest of the day in his street clothes, surviving the day with 50,000 in chips. (Against the odds, all three players in the prop bet survived their respective Day Ones.)

Today, Jeff Madsen returns for his second day of play with 80,000 in chips -- and no jester costume. Madsen fulfilled his side of the bet on day one, and Sebok let him off the hook for the rest of the Main Event, saying he didn't have to wear the costume. But Sebok added, "If I were you, I'd still wear it -- except for the annoying hat. Show everyone what a stand-up guy you are, and how you stick to your bets no matter what."

Madsen chose comfort over Sebok's persuasive words, and since Sebok gave him a free pass after Day One, Madsen is still a stand-up guy. Now he can focus on his play, and they can get to work on a much more important bet -- a last-longer in the 2007 WSOP Main Event.

Tags: Gavin Smith Jeff Madsen Joe Sebok

07-10-2007 12:37 UTC-7

Cut, Print, Moving On...

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Film director Todd Phillips, who boasts comedy blockbusters like "Old School," "Road Trip," and "Starsky & Hutch" on his resume, enters Day 2 of play with a healthy stack of 119,600. He is seated at Table 77, across from 1983 WSOP Champion Tom McEvoy.

Tags: Todd Phillips Tom McEvoy

07-10-2007 12:38 UTC-7

Montel Williams Likes Trip Aces

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Montel Williams flopped trips with A-3. He raised 4,000 preflop and had one caller. They ended up checking it down to the river. Montel Williams showed A-3 while his opponent mucked.

Williams increased his stack to 31,000.

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07-10-2007 12:38 UTC-7

Hachem Takes a Hit

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A middle-position player moves all in for 10,600 and it is folded around to Joe Hachem on the big blind. He goes into the tank and eventually calls, opening pocket nines, but his opponent has pocket Aces! An Ace hits the turn and Hachem is down to 15,000.

07-10-2007 12:40 UTC-7

Montel Williams Chip Mystery Solved

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Tournament Directors Jack Effel and Jimmy Sommerfeld went to the surveillance tapes regarding Montel Williams' missing 5,000 in chips and discovered that the chips were mis-counted before they went into his bag at the end of Day 1. Williams indeed had the correct amount in his bag (15,900) though 20,900 was written on the front and included in the official end of Day 1 chip counts.

Williams was satisfied with the ruling and thanked them for their efforts.

Tags: Montel Williams

07-10-2007 12:45 UTC-7

Tony G's 100 Million Dollar Wager

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For the fifth day in a row, Nolan has announced that the player to make a royal flush will receive a free massage. The royal flush has been achieved each day and the free massage given. However, Tony G decided to make things interesting today.

"I'll give $100 million to whoever is the first player of the day to beat a royal flush," Tony G joked immediately after Nolan's announcement.

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