Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 4
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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, Daniel Alaei bet 37,000. His lone opponent, Hyon Kim, raised 50,000 more. Alaei pondered briefly before calling. The river brought the 
. Alaei checked, and Kim bet 130,000. Alaei made the call and Kim said, "I have a nine." Alaei silently rolled over his 
and Kim mucked. After the hand, Kim sits with 555,000 in chips, while Alaei is up to 575,000.
Board:
Bob Slezak raises to 230,000 under the gun and Jay Franklin Benjamin reraises all in for 251,000 more. Slezak calls with
| and Benjamin has 
. The board does not bring help and Benjamin is down to 21,000. Hand #2
Board:
Then, shortly after, Benjamin is all in for 15,000 and Brandon Adams reraises to 45,000. Bob Lauria calls on the side. The side pot is checked down past the turn. Lauria checks the river, and Adams bets 45,000. Lauria folds. Adams has
to the 
of Benjamin, and Broadway busts Benjamin. Adams has 1,200,000.
Brenes:
Bartlema:
Brenes stood triumphantly, addressed the crowd and loudly asked, "Who have the best hand?" An excited crowd packed into the ESPN feature table area yelled in unison: "HUMBERTO!"
Wolbert Bartlema got no help from the community cards and was sent home. Brenes is now slightly over 1,000,000 in chips.
Brandon Adams and Bob Lauria are all in on the flop. Lauria has
and Adams has . Already ahead, Adams hits a third nine on the river to bust Lauria. Adams has 1,350,000.
Alex Kravchenko bets 750,000 on the river and Tom Peterson calls. Kravchenko shows
for the nut flush and Peterson has K-10. Kravchenko is up to 2,250,000 and Peterson slips to 1,200,000.
Preflop, Gus made it 52,000 to go from the cutoff and Lee made the call from the big blind.
The flop came
and both players knuckled the table, opting for a free turn. The next card off the deck was the . At this point, Lee attempted to take control of the hand, leading out with a 75,000 bet; Gus made the call.The
fell on the river and Lee quickly fired out a 150,000 bet. "Mighty big bet," Gus said, as he considered his decision. A solid minute passed, as Gus rapidly tapped his foot on the ground, while stacking and restacking his chips. Every few seconds he glanced over at Lee in search of more information, but Lee didn't budge. Gus eventually made the call and Lee turned over for top two pair. Gus appeared stunned and held on to his cards for a few seconds before handing them over to the dealer.Watkinson improved to 1,570,000 on the hand, while Gus dropped to 900,000.
In the first hand, Swanson had a majority of his chips in the pot holding
against the of Jason Welch. Swanson's hand failed to improve and he was left with a mere 102,000 in chips. Welch climbed to 555,000 on the hand.A few hands later, he was all in. Swanston took his
up against the 
of Christian Togsverd. The on the flop was all Togsverd would need to send Swanson to the rail. Togsverd is now very much in the mix with 1,500,000 in chips.
