2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$8,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 6,358
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Lee Watkinson Calls Down Philip Hilm With Ace High

At the Featured Table, Lee Watkinson raises under the gun to 300,000, and Philip Hilm calls from middle position. The flop comes {J-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}, and both players check. The turn card is the {Q-Spades}, and both players check. The river card is the {6-Hearts}, Watkinson checks, Hilm bets 450,000, and Watkinson thinks about 30 seconds before he calls. Hilm quickly mucks, and Watkinson shows {A-Spades}{10-Hearts} as he collects the pot with ace high.

Tags: Lee WatkinsonPhilip Hilm

Hevad 'Rain' Khan Quietly Wins a Pot

Hevad 'Rain' Khan
Hevad 'Rain' Khan
At the Featured Table, Hevad 'Rain' Khan raises under the gun to 300,000, Billy Spadea calls from middle position, and Kenny Tran calls from the button. The flop comes {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, and all three players check. The turn card is the {9-Hearts}, Khan bets 600,000, Spadea folds, and Tran folds. Khan takes the pot.

For those who are interested, Hevad Khan has been much more subdued at this Featured Table than he was yesterday. There have been no screams of joy, and no crazy outbursts or unusual antics with chairs being worn as hats or anything like that.

Tags: Billy SpadeaHevad KhanKenny Tran

Mikkel Madsen Eliminated in 20th Place ($333,490)

Mikkel Madsen
Mikkel Madsen
Team PokerNews member Mikkel Madsen has been knocked out. He moved all in from the cut off for 1,070,000. Jerry Yang called from the small blind. Raymond Rahme jammed from the big blind for 5,800,000. Yang folded.

Madsen: {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Rahme: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

The flop was {6-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Rahme was still ahead. The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and the river was the {5-Spades}. Rahme took down the flop and Madsen was eliminated. Madsen won $333,490 for 20th place.

Tags: Mikkel MadsenRaymond Rahme

Scott Freeman: Youth Prevails

Scott Freeman
Scott Freeman
Our youngest player in the field today is 21 year old Scott Freeman. Freeman is in his fourth year at USC majoring in business. The first rule of business is you need startup capital, and Scott is certainly taking care of that today.

Scott is about to become a rock star on campus with his amazing performance in the 2007 WSOP Main Event. Casey Webb, his good friend since childhood, is here to support him along with pals Justin Moskowitz and Peter Neff. Peter is quite a poker player himself, just placing 13th in the WPT Bellagio Cup yesterday.

Scott Freeman is looking good and holding steady at 5.1 million chips.

Poker glory and youth-- what a combination!

Tags: Scott Freeman

Raymond Rahme Crosses 10M Mark

Raymond Rahme
Raymond Rahme
John Armbrust raised to 250,000 from middle position, Raymond Rahme re-raised to 750,000 from the small blind, after a long think, Alex Kravchenko folded in the big blind, and Armbrust insta-called.

The flop was {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. Rahme led out for 1,000,000 and Armbrust folded.

The hand took Rahme's stack over the 10,000,000 mark.

Tags: John ArmbrustRaymond Rahme

Kenny Tran Bluffs Ray Henson Out of a 3.98 Million Pot

Kenny Tran
Kenny Tran
At the Featured Table, Kenny Tran raises under the gun to 300,000, Billy Spadea calls from the small blind, and Ray Henson calls from the big blind. The flop comes {9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, Spadea checks, Henson checks, Tran bets 500,000, Spadea folds, and Henson calls. The turn card is the {10-Spades}, Henson checks, Tran bets 1,000,000, and Henson calls. There is now 3.98 million in the pot.

The river card is the {K-Diamonds}, Henson checks, Tran thinks for about 20 seconds before betting 2,000,000, and Henson quietly talks himself through the hand as he thinks through the situation for a few minutes. Henson says, "If I call, you'll show two kings. If I fold, you'll show ace-jack." Henson folds, forfeiting the pot to Tran.

Kenny Tran shows {A-Spades}{7-Hearts} as he collects the chips, and Henson says, "I knew you had nothing!"

Tags: Kenny TranRay Henson

Philip Hilm vs. Kenny Tran

At the Featured Table, Philip Hilm raises from the cutoff to 300,000, and Kenny Tran calls from the big blind. The flop comes {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}, and both players check. (With the room buzzing about the redraw, the audience pays no mind to the three-of-a-kind flop.) The turn card is the {5-Diamonds}, Tran checks, Hilm bets 475,000, and Tran folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot.

Tags: Kenny TranPhilip Hilm