2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 2b
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
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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Severino Puts on a Show

Jose Severino of Panama City, Panama just doubled up using some impressive acting skills. On a flop of {4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, Severino flopped the mortal nuts holding pocket queens and passed the first action to his opponent.

The trap worked, as his opponent fired out a 21,000 bet, which prompted Severino to start the show. He looked stressed, he looked nervous, and he looked like he didn't know what to do. "How much is it?" he asked the dealer. The 21,000 bet was about three-fifths of Severino's remaining stack.

"I know how you feel, man . . . I know how you feel," Tony Hachem said to Severino, who continued the Hollywood act, shaking his head, while stacking and restacking his chips. After a solid two minutes had passed, he decided to make the call.

The {4-Diamonds} fell on the turn and Jose performed his grand finale, with a quick check to his opponent. He sat quietly, staring straight ahead, as his opponent grabbed a stack of chips big enough to put Severino all in, and slowly moved them to the center of the table.

Before his opponent was able to complete the motion, Severino stood up out of his chair and proudly said, "I call," as he displayed his pocket queens for all to see; his opponent, who revealed a pair of sevens with a flush draw, was drawing dead.

After his Oscar-worthy performance, Severino stacked up 114,000 in chips.

Tags: Jose Severino

Sully Erna Doubles Up

Salvatore "Sully" Erna
Salvatore "Sully" Erna
Sully Erna, the vocalist/guitarist for the rock band Godsmack, has just doubled up. Erna was all in preflop holding A-A against the K-K of his opponent. Erna's rockets held up and he's very much in the mix with 110,000.

Tags: Sully Erna

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Nuclear "F" Bomb

A laugh just went up around the Amazon Room as a player dropped the "F" bomb. The laughter was because of the volume -- it was loud enough to be heard in all corners of the room, and trust me folks, the Amazon is a very big room.

Gus Being Gus

Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen
Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen
Gus Hansen raised to 6,600 from early position and got one caller. The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Gus bet 9,000 and his opponent folded. After the action was complete, Rain Khan said, "I would have flopped two pair with 8-2...I would have got all your chips." Hansen smiled and said, "Come on...you know I had some of that," as he showed the {2-Spades}.

Tags: Gus Hansen

Scary Chop for Heimiller

Dan Heimiller called an opponent's 35,000 preflop all-in bet holding {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}; his opponent revealed the other two: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}.

The flop came {4-Spades}{A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} -- a seemingly safe flop for Heimiller, but when the {K-Spades} fell on the turn, Dan shouted, "Sh*t!"

He breathed a sigh of relief, though, when the {A-Clubs} was dealt on the river.

Tags: Dan Heimiller

Eugene Tito Charges Through "The Matador"

Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen
Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen raised to 7,000 from under the gun. Eugene Tito, also acting from early position, moved all in for 36,400. Action folded around to Mortensen who made the call. The players showed...

Mortensen: {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Tito: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

Tito spiked an ace on the flop, and to add insult to injury, a queen on the river to double up. Mortensen is down to 285,000 after the hand.

Tags: Carlos MortensenEugene Tito

Goldstein Sends One Home

Team PokerNews Player Daniel Goldstein went in with the best and came out with the best, producing {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} against an opponent's {A-Clubs}{10-Hearts} in a preflop all-in situation.

Goldstein had his opponent covered and eliminated him from the tournament when the board came {3-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}.

After the hand, Goldstein stacked up 111,000 in chips.

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Tags: Daniel Goldstein

The Crush Crash

Is anybody out there?
Is anybody out there?
There's such a crush of media around the Gus Hansen/Sorel Mizzi/Rain Khan table. At one point, a large boom mic hits the plastic table number and it crashes from under the light to the table. Everyone jumps. "Aahh!" Khan says. "The poker gods are mad at me!"

Tags: Gus HansenRain KhanSorel Mizzi

Tony Hachem on the Move

Tony Hachem
Tony Hachem
Tony Hachem, who was the short stack on the feature table for most of the afternoon, seems to be enjoying his new environment.

He's just taken down another pot with an all-in reraise from the button. This moved his stack up to nearly 90,000.

I think he may have a slight advantage over some of his opponents though. Tony's brother Joe, the 2005 WSOP Champion, is cheering him on from the rails, and Tony has been seen chatting with him between hands.

Tony is flying the family flag this year, as Joe was eliminated yesterday.