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

07-10-2007 12:45 UTC-7

Hachem dodges a bullet

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Joe Hachem arriving for business yesterday

Joe Hachem makes a raise from the button and the big blind moves all in for 18,000. Joen thinks for a long time and eventually folds. The big blind shows him pocket Kings!

Joe said: "I figured as much, I just keep running into Aces and Kings."

07-10-2007 12:45 UTC-7

Evelyn Ng is Up Early

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Evelyn Ng raises in early position to 3,400, and everyone folds. She flashes aces as she takes the pot, building her stack up to about 78,000.

Tags: Evelyn Ng

07-10-2007 12:47 UTC-7

James Van Alstyne Takes One from Doug Kim

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On a board of {K-Spades}

with 85,000 in the pot, James Van Alstyne fired out 25,000. Doug Kim called. Van Alstyne showed {7-Spades}

for the 8-high straight. Kim mucked his hand.

Van Alstyne increased his stack to 135K.

Tags: Doug Kim James Van Alstyne

07-10-2007 12:49 UTC-7

Bill Chen Has Been Eliminated

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Bill Chen bet 2,000 and Bruno Fitoussi called. The flop came 4-3-2, Chen pushed all-in and Chen called. Fitoussi had {4-Diamonds}

against Chen's A-Q. The turn and river were blanks, and Chen was eliminated.

Tags: Bill Chen

07-10-2007 12:50 UTC-7

Berry Johnston Likes Pocket Jacks

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Former WSOP Champion Berry Johnston entered the day with 118,500. He added to his stack after he won a pot with {J-Spades}

against an opponent with {9-Hearts}

. Johnston's Jacks held up on a board of {8-Clubs}

. He increased his stack to over 140,000.

Tags: Berry Johnston

07-10-2007 12:51 UTC-7

Hachem Doubles Up

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The cutoff raises to 2,800 and Joe Hachem moves all in from the big blind for 16,400. The cutoff calls and opens {K-Diamonds}

. Hachem has {A-Diamonds}

The board comes {A-Clubs}

and Hachem doubles through to just over 35,000.

07-10-2007 12:52 UTC-7

Pettersen Doubles Up

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Jostein Pettersen moved all-in on a flop of 9-5-4 against a single opponent. His opponent made the call and Pettersen showed Q-Q while his opponent showed A-J. The queens held up for Pettersen and after the hand he's up to 88,000.

Tags: Jostein Pettersen

07-10-2007 12:55 UTC-7

Luigi Petrone Doubles Up Twice With Sets Over Sets

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At Table 203, Luigi Petrone cheers, drawing a crowd of media and ESPN cameras. He is all in, but hasn't won the pot yet. On a flop of {K-Spades}

, Petrone has {K-Clubs}

against Terry Romine's {9-Diamonds}

. 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 {3-Diamonds}

, 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."

Tags: Luigi Petrone Terry Romine

07-10-2007 12:57 UTC-7

CK Hua Finds A Way

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Hua raised before the flop and another player re-raised. Hua called and they saw a {J-Spades}

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 {Q-Spades}

, but the

on the turn and {2-Spades}

on the river gave Hua the runner-runner flush. That big pot pushed Hua's stack up to 109,000.

Tags: CK Hua

07-10-2007 12:57 UTC-7

Jeff Madsen's New & Improved Look

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We ran the photo of Jeff Madsen in a jester's costume so many times, it's only fair that we show him in his normal street clothes. After Gavin Smith bought out of his side of the bet, Joe Sebok gave Madsen a free pass.

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.

Tags: Jeff Madsen