Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 5 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-14-2007 17:42 UTC-8

Hansen Not Afraid To Get His Chips In

Gus Hansen, who is currently one of the shorter stack remaining in the field, has gone all in four of the last six hands he's been dealt. He hasn't yet been called, but if he continues at that pace, it may just be a matter of time until someone looks him up.

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07-14-2007 17:42 UTC-8

John Spadavecchia Doubles Through Markus Gonsalves

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John Spadavecchia moved all in for 355,000 from the small blind and Markus Gonsalves called from the big blind.

Spadavecchia {K-Diamonds}

Gonsalves

The flop was {A-Diamonds}

, pairing Gonsalves' ace. The turn was the {7-Spades}

, giving Spadavecchia a gutshot straight draw and the {8-Hearts}

on the river filled it, doubling Spadavecchia to 750,000.

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07-14-2007 17:43 UTC-8

Bjorn-Erik Glenne Eliminated in 65th Place ($130,288)

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Glenne moved in with pocket Threes, Atlan called with {A-Diamonds}

, and when the {K-Diamonds}

flop paired Atlan it brought an end to Glenne's Main Event.

Bjorn-Erik Glenne was eliminated in 65th place, earning $130,288.

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07-14-2007 17:47 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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73rd Place - 1996 WSOP World Champion Huckleberry Seed

The following nine players each earned $106,382:

73rd - Huckleberry Seed
74th - Rich Murnick
75th - Leonard Pruzansky
76th - Josh Evans
77th - Willie Tann
78th - David Names
79th - Tommy Le
80th - Sven Niklas Heinecker
81st - Thierry van den Berg

07-14-2007 17:48 UTC-8

Julian Gardner Eliminated in 64th ($130,288)

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Board:

William Spadea raises to 140,000 in the small blind and Julian Gardner re-raises all in for 1,000,000 in the big blind. Spadea calls with {A-Spades}

and Gardner is behind with the {K-Diamonds}

. The board is not enough and Gardner is out. Spadea is up to 2,700,000.

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07-14-2007 17:49 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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The following nine players each earned $130,288:

64th - Julian Gardner
65th - Bjorn-Erik Glenne
66th - Ryan Lawrence
67th - Diego Cordovez
68th - Dennis Perry
69th - Brandon Adams
70th - Warren Karp
71st - Ed de Haas
72nd - Billy Willis

07-14-2007 17:53 UTC-8

Jerry Yang Wins a Nice Pot Without a Showdown

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David Tran raised to 90,000 from middle position. Jerry Yang, playing from the button, reraised to 290,000 and Tran made the call. The flop came down...

{Q-Clubs}

Tran checked and Yang pushed out 500,000. Tran pondered the call for upwards of five minutes before finally tossing it in. After the hand, Tran is down to 1,810,000 while Yang climbs to 4,600,000 chips.

Tags: David Tran Jerry Yang

07-14-2007 17:53 UTC-8

With 63 Players Left, a Chop Would Be Worth 8th-Place Money

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With 63 players left, there is still $36,693,447 left in the prizepool, and everyone is guaranteed at least $154,194.

If everyone agreed to chop the rest of the money, each player would receive $582,435.

By comparison, eighth place is worth $585,699 -- just $3,264 more.

07-14-2007 17:53 UTC-8

Matt Keikoan Eliminated in 63rd ($154,194)

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Board:

Matt Keikoan goes all in preflop for 520,000 and Senovio Ramirez III re-raises 200,000 more to isolate. It works, and he takes the side chips back. Keikoan has {4-Clubs}