2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1d
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

Not the First Bustout -- But It Could Have Been

At Table 164, we had the potential for the first bustout of the day after only ten minutes.

Three players get to the river on a board showing {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, and there is 2,000 in the pot. What would be the proper bet at this point?

Well, the player in seat 6 decides that this is a perfect moment to move in. Does he have the nuts? (No, as we'll find out later.) What about the second nuts (3-3) or a very strong hand that he hit on the river (Q-Q)?

Anyway, one of the other players in the hand holds up his cards, and behind the rail we can see he has J-9 for a full house, jacks full of threes. He folds, figuring it isn't worth the risk. The third player folds, and the overbetter takes the pot.

We'll probably never know what the first guy had, but whether it was a bluff or a calculated value bet, it seems a little excessive for ten minutes into the World Series of Poker Main Event.

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