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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, Hilm checks, Lam bets 500,000, and Hilm folds. Tuan Lam takes the pot.
Watkinson:
Spadea:
The flop was
. The turn was the 
. Watkinson was on the brink of elimination and down to six outs. The river was the and Watkinson hit one of his outs. He doubled through Spadea and took over the lead. Watkinson increased his stack to over 14 million.
was accidentally exposed by one of the players who folded.) The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the 
, and both players check. The river card is the 
, Hilm bets 700,000, and Henson calls. Hilm shows 
for a club flush, and Henson mucks. Philip Hilm wins the pot.
, Rahme checks, Childs bets 1,000,000, and Rahme goes into the tank for several minutes. During the silence, a female's scream of happiness is heard from the other table as Lee Watkinson apparently hits a big card in an all-in situation. (Watkinson himself was not the short stack.) At the Featured Table, Scotty Nguyen quips, "That's more money for the wife!" His line gets a big laugh from the audience in the ESPN arena.
Rahme eventually folds, and Childs shows
as he collects the pot.
, William Spadea fired out 200,000. Lee Watkinson raised to 600,000. Spadea called. The turn was the . Spadea bet 1,000,000 and Watkinson called. The river was the . Both players checked. Watkinson showed 
for a pair of tens and won the pot.
Raymond is from Johannesburg, South Africa and is a retired entrepreneur who was successful in the auto body business and owned several bed & breakfast hotels. He's being followed around for a major documentary being made on him representing South Africa in the World Series. The All-Africa TV station shows the WSOP, the WPT and other poker events 24/7 and Raymond will be on his own show. In fact, the TV company making the film has already planned a royal reception for Raymond upon his return to South Africa.
Our youngest competitor, Scott Freeman, was just eliminated in 19th place. Perhaps our oldest player in the remaining field will shock the world.
Seat 1 - Tuan Lam - 7.0 million
Seat 2 - John Armbrust - 9.8 million
Seat 3 - Ray Henson - 10.965 million
Seat 4 - Scotty Nguyen - 2.76 million
Seat 5 - Bob Slezak - 4.1 million
Seat 6 - Philip Hilm - 9.5 million
Seat 7 - Raymond Rahme - 8.65 million
Seat 8 - David Tran - 5.45 million
Seat 9 - Lee Childs - 10.91 million
, Tran bets 550,000, Lam raises to 1.5 million, and Tran folds. Tuan Lam takes the pot.
