2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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and about 150,000 already in the pot, Robert Damiano is all in for 173,900. He has a high number of small-denomination chips, and it's taking the dealer a while to call out the size of the bet. His opponent cuts him short and says, "It doesn't matter. I call." He shows 
for an overpair. Damiano shows 
for trip nines to win the pot. It now takes another 3-4 minutes to count down Damiano's stack, and when it's complete, they arrive at the total of 173,900. When his opponent's chips are added to the pile, it dominates Damiano's side of the table. The dealer is left wondering what to do, as it's nearly impossible to deal to players on that side. The tournament staff steps in and starts coloring up Damiano's chips into a manageable stack.
When it's all said and done, Damiano's poor opponent is left with just 3,000 in chips. He was eliminated about ten minutes later.
Norm MacDonald has been walking the tournament floor area here for the last twenty minutes or so, while ESPN camera crews and Harrahs media followed him.
"I'm a big fan," Norm said while shaking Mizzi's hand. "I've watched you play a lot."
"Oh yeah? You've watched me play?"
"Yeah, online, I watch you play online a lot."
"Really?"
It was a little hard to determine which celebrity was more shocked, Macdonald or Mizzi. But each of them seemed incredibly happy to meet the other and as Norm walked away from the table, the other players there immediately chimed in with, "What did he just say?"
Seat 1: Tinten Olivier
Seat 3: Gus Hansen
Seat 4: Matthew Hilger
Seat 5: Greg Huffman
Seat 6: John Duthie
Seat 7: Shawn Chaconas
Seat 8: Brian Miller
Seat 9: Kenneth Stead
, Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart check-called a 15,000 bet from Zachary Clark. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was 
. Mr. Rain bet 25,000 and Clark folded.After that hand, Mr. Rain increased his stack to 530,000. He's won a pot since then and is now up to 570,000.
On a flop of
, Paulo Loureiro bet 6,000 and Varkonyi called. The turn was the 
. Loureiro bet 15,000 and before he can even put out all of his chips, Varkonyi beats him to the pot as he quickly called and tossed out his chips. The river was the . Loureiro bet 25,000 and Varkonyi called. He showed 
. His pair of Kings was good enough to win the pot worth over 110K.
Tony "LuckyTonyD" Dunst leads out for 40,000 and is raised to 100,000 by Thomas Koo. Tony insta pushes for an extra 134,000 and Koo goes into the tank. He eventually calls and opens 
for top set. Tony has 
for a flopped straight. The river card is the giving Koo a full house and eliminating Tony from the tournament. Koo now has 620,000.
, eliminating Lopez.Or...did it?
"I'm out?" Lopez asked, confused as the dealer sorted through both stacks to determine if Klecz indeed had him covered. The dealer said that Klecz did indeed have more chips and started to move the stacks to her. But there was some confusion as to whether the chips for Klecz's orignial call were added to the pot. There wasn't a count taken of Lopez's chips when he made his all-in raise, and now all the chips are mixed together. There are several floorpersons gathered around the table trying to recreate what happened.
Adding to the problem is that Lopez doesn't speak much English. A Spanish-speaking member of the media is helping interpret, but the situation will take some time to resolve. And the other players are impatient to get back to play. We'll keep you posted when this all gets resolved.
