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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holding 
. After the hand, Norm MacDonald, still lingering the rails here in the Amazon Room, approached one of our reporters and asked, "Is that Chris Gregorian?" Our reporter assured him it was and Norm, still in doubt, asked, "The Armenian Express guy?" Again, our reporter assured him it was, but this time Norm immediately responded, "OH! It's on his hat!". "Yeah, that's him," our reporter responded. "Are you just messing with me?"
"No, I didn't see it was on his hat."
A few moments later, Norm was overheard telling a floor staff, "That's an awful picture of Jamie Gold," while addressing the giant banner of Bobby Baldwin.
"You don't lose pots, do you?" joked one player.
Tran smiled as she stacked up her chips.
The blinds and antes that were paid before the hand were separated out, and when they re-created Klecz's stack from how many of each denomination of chip she said she had it matched with the total amount she said she had before the hand. Lopez's estimated stack did not correspond with the number of chips he said he held, and it was thus determined that Klecz did indeed have Lopez covered, and he was officially eliminated. Lopez still wanted to discuss the issue with the floor (which was of course difficult because he doesn't speak much English) and he was taken aside to continue the conversation.
Caught in the middle of all this were the other players at the table, who had to sit there for 20 minutes while this was sorted out. So it has been decided that they will be able to continue playing at the current blind level during our 20-minute break.
and showed 
to his opponent's 
. His opponent failed to improve and Ersson is up to 325,000. You can join Team PokerNews at the PokerNews Cup in Melbourne, Australia this October. For more information log on to PokerNews.com. Click here to find out more
and was dominated by Krela's 
. The flop was 
giving Gavin a ray of hope with an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the , filling it, and the river was the 
. Smith took down the pot and doubled up to 80,000.
. Togsverd bet 18,000, Habib called and Gunderson folded. The turn was the . Togsverd checked, Habib bet 35,000 and Togsverd called. The river was the . Togsverd made a very small bet of 20,000 and Habib paid it off. Togsverd turned over , having turned a straight and Habib mucked. After the hand Habib was down to 325,000 while Togsverd was up to 290,000.
. The turn was the . Andy Philachack fired out 20,000. Tran raised to 60,000. Philachack re-raised to 120,000. Tran moved all in. Philachack called.Philachack:
Tran:
Philachack had a Jack-high straight with a naked 10. Tran held a higher straight to the queen. The river was the
and Tran dragged a monster pot worth over 1 million. That was the biggest pot of the tournament.Tran is the first player to pass the 1 million chip mark. Kenny "The Kid" Tran is currently the chipleader.
