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

07-11-2007 21:57 UTC-7

Angie Italiano Takes a Hit

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Angie's opponent called her flop and turn bets with second pair and a flush draw, and hit trips on the river. The hand cost her nearly 50,000 and she is down to 65,000.

07-11-2007 21:56 UTC-7

Board: 6-7-10-4-8

Rain Khan raises in early position to 6,000. A player moves all in for 13,700. He looks at Khan and says, "I know you're scared, and you're going to fold." (Big words, considering what table he's at!) The rest of the table folds and Khan, unnecessarily, moves in for 100,000 to make the call. Khan has J-J versus his opponent's A-Q offsuit. The board comes and Khan busts the player. He's at 450,000.

Tags: Rain Khan

07-11-2007 21:55 UTC-7

Negreanu Eliminates Opponent at Feature Table

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Negreanu made it 5,000 to go from middle position and the lone call came from Samir Shakhloor in the big blind.

The flop came {Q-Diamonds}

and Samir checked to Negreanu who led out with a 6,000 bet. Samir then check-raised all-in for a total of 21,100. "Kid Poker" made the call and Samir turned over the {K-Hearts}

, for top pair with a King kicker. Daniel then revealed {A-Spades}

to the sound of cheer and applause from the gallery.

The turn and river blanked out and Samir said his goodbyes, as Negreanu raked in the pot, increasing his chip stack to 130,000 in chips.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

07-11-2007 21:52 UTC-7

Hal Lubarsky Shows Down a Winner With "Top Top"

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The player under the gun limped in. Action folded around to Hal Lubarsky in the big blind, who raised to 8,500. The under-the-gun player reraised to 25,000 total. Lubarsky made the call and the two saw a flop heads-up...

{Q-Clubs}

Lubarsky bet 22,000 and his opponent called. The turn brought the {3-Spades}

. Lubarsky bet again, this time 40,000, and his opponent called. The river came the {J-Diamonds}

. Both players checked. Lubarsky turned over {A-Diamonds}

and his opponent mucked. Lubarsky stacked the chips, which now total 230,000.

Tags: Hal Lubarsky

07-11-2007 21:51 UTC-7

Tony Hachem on the Move

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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.

07-11-2007 21:47 UTC-7

The Crush Crash

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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 Hansen Rain Khan Sorel Mizzi

07-11-2007 21:43 UTC-7

Goldstein Sends One Home

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Team PokerNews Player Daniel Goldstein went in with the best and came out with the best, producing {A-Diamonds}

against an opponent's {A-Clubs}

in a preflop all-in situation.

Goldstein had his opponent covered and eliminated him from the tournament when the board came {3-Clubs}

.

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

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Tags: Daniel Goldstein

07-11-2007 21:42 UTC-7

Eugene Tito Charges Through "The Matador"

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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}

Tito:

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 Mortensen Eugene Tito

07-11-2007 21:38 UTC-7

Scary Chop for Heimiller

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Dan Heimiller called an opponent's 35,000 preflop all-in bet holding {9-Clubs}

; his opponent revealed the other two: {9-Spades}

.

The flop came {4-Spades}

-- 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

07-11-2007 21:37 UTC-7

Gus Being Gus

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Gus Hansen raised to 6,600 from early position and got one caller. The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}

. 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