2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 6
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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Watkinson and Garfinkle both check, and Kalmar bets 350,000. Watkinson passes but Garfinkle looks him up. It's heads up to the turn card which is the
. Both players check. The river brings the 
. Garfinkle checks and Kalmar pushes out 1,000,000 chips. Garfinkle folds and Kalmar wins the pot.
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In talking further, we found out they were Ira and Ellen Friedman, parents of often flamboyant poker player Perry Friedman, who has worn that red streak in his hair throughout this year's WSOP. How's that for family support?
Perry is bright, articulate, and was valedictorian of his high school class. A top math and science student, Perry was accepted at Harvard, Brown, MIT and Stanford, electing to attend the latter, where he earned both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Computer Science.
Perry was one of the original employees of Tiltware, which designed the software for Full Tilt Poker. He won a WSOP bracelet in Omaha hi-lo in 2002 and played a number of events at this year's Series, making the final table of Event #28 ($3,000 no-limit hold'em) and ultimately finishing 7th.
Along with Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Perry's in the audience this evening sweating fellow Full Tilt Pro Lee Watkinson.
Kravchenko checks, and Kalmar bets 250,000. Kravchenko folds and Kalmar picks up the pot.
, and both players check. The turn card is the 
, Childs checks, Hilm bets 550,000, and Childs calls. The river card is the 
, and both players check. Childs shows 
for two pair, aces and kings, and Hilm mucks. Childs wins the pot, while Hilm drops down to about 4.45 million in chips.
