2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 2b
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Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣8♦
Prize
$8,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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Hal Lubarsky Continues To Roll

A player raises to 4,000, blind player Hal Lubarsky reraises from the small blind to 12,000, his opponent moves all in for 30,000, and Lubarsky calls with {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}. His opponent shows {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.

The board comes {Q-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, and Lubarsky's kings hold up to win the pot, eliminating his opponent and increasing his stack to 155,000.

Tags: Hal Lubarsky

Cowboys Good to Christian Abele

This hand occured just before the break. A middle-position player raised to 4,500. Dario Minieri called from middle position as did another player in late position. Sorel Mizzi, with the button, put in a re-raise to 20,500. Christian Abele in the small blind wasted little time moving his entire stack of 180,000 towards the center. The initial raiser called and the other players folded. Mizzi claimed to have folded A-K as his fold closed the action. The players showed...

Abele: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}

Abele was in a bit of trouble. That is until the board filled out {5-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{K-Spades}{2-Spades}. Abele spiked a set on the turn to win the pot and increase his stack to 275,000.

Tags: Christian Abele

There's Always One

Before every session, Tournament Director Jack Effel reminds players that they should NOT take their chips off the table when they go to dinner. Seems pretty obvious, right? I mean, who would actually do that?

Well, as we were leaving for dinner a player nearly did exactly that. It was the last hand, he tossed his cards in the muck, grabbed up his meager stack of chips, and was rising from his seat when the dealer stopped him with a stern, "Leave your chips ON THE TABLE." So not everyone pays as close of attention as they should.

Kyle Morris Doubles Through Daniel Negreanu

Just before the break on the feature table, Kyle had {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts} on the button and raised. Daniel reraised from the small blind with {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} and Kyle called to see a flop. The flop brought a king and two hearts. All the chips went in and the {8-Hearts} spiked the turn to give Kyle the flush and a 90K pot.

What to Do on Break...

Tha Amazon Room on dinner break
Tha Amazon Room on dinner break
So, what do 70 dealers do when 640 players go on dinner break? Well, ALL of them watch their tables like hawks, making sure the players' stacks aren't interfered with. Some of them chat to their neighbors, some of them chat to the floor staff. Many of the dealers have purchased pairs of magnetic "balls" and are playing with them. The floor staff jokingly announces "Please, dealers, stop playing with your balls!" The dealer on the feature table is playing solitaire, and the game is displayed on the big screen within the room to which there are shouts, "Move the king!"

The mood in the room is jovial. It has been a long Series for everyone and there is light at the end of the tunnel. These men and women work extremely hard to bring us this event and they deserve our gratitude.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Play Resumes

The tournament director has just announced that, like yesterday, there will be one more full level of play, and then an additional one hour and 20 minutes of Level 11 before play concludes.

"All in and Call!"

The pace seems to be picking up a little bit here in the Amazon Room, following the dinner break. Announcements of "All in and call!" -- made by dealers to alert ESPN cameramen of potential TV-worthy moments -- can be heard just about every 30 seconds.

If history is any indicator, we should expect to lose 100 players or so within the first couple of hours of the restart.
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