Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day 1b Completed
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
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Dag Martin Mikkelsen 236000
Jeff Banghart 186200
Albert Strickland 180700
George Dunst 168900
Lewis Pilkington 166000
John Sacha 163400
Sven Anders Johnsson 161100
Jason Welch 160500
Frank Bluemlein 152400
John Duthie 151300
Daniel Makowsky 148300
Mike Spalliero 148000
Rep Porter 147600
Andrea Buzzigoli 147200
Andrew Manser 143500
Scott Seiver 140800
David "The Dragon" Pham 140000
Carl Henriksson 139500
Bradley Duck 138600
Curtis VanGilder 136400
Michael Simhai 133000
Bob Robbins 130100
Chris Viox 129700
Scotty Nguyen 129000
Hoa Nguyen 126500
Bob Poole 126000
Morten Mertner 125800
Jonathan Tore 124000
Arturo Morales 124000
William Spadea 122800
Scott Bohlman 120800
Todd Phillips 119600
Berry Johnston 118500
Levi Nicolas 117900
Cliff Josephy 117700
Hopfner Moritz 116800
Joseph Kozlowsky 113100
Jaime Montero 113000
John Strzemp 111500
Vandy Krouch 110100
Michael Zinna 109400
Bryan Swanson 108100
Phillip Green 108000
Jan Sorensen 108000
Ut Nguyen 107700
Gregg Jaffy 106500
James Kilarjian 106400
Daniel Attie 105900
Max Casal 105300
Dapo Fadeyi 104300
Ken Webster 104300
Justin King 103200
Theodore Park 101900
Robert Topham 101000
Jun Takada 100400
Jonathan 100300
Stephen Odwyer 100100
Kenneth Smith 99800
Jerry Yang 99700
Andrew Gunderson 99000
Babic Touislav 97800
Alex Melnikow 97600
Jeffrey Mermeistein 97600
William Davidson 97600
Nicholas Botta 97400
Sabyl Cohen 96800
Roger Polark 96700
Richard Redmond 96600
David Tran 96300
Al Rapoport 95800
Jim McCrink 95400
David Lu 94200
Ryan Elson 92300
Steve Crockett 92200
Paul David Kemp 92200
Troy O'Brien 92200
Anthony Romanelli 92100
Jim Routos 91500
Mark Owens 91300
James Van Alstyne 91200
Frank Hanna 90900
Olli Junnonen 90400
Johan Sliitter 90100
Meylan Gratien 89500
Patrik Petersson 89500
Kristian Obbarius 89400
Sam Khoueis 88900
Mark Pritchett 88600
A.J. Farraj 87700
Kyu Cho 87300
Atlan Nicolas 87300
Sven Abelsson Runing 87100
Kent Ballegaard 86700
David Barraclough 86300
Rob DeForge 86000
Keith Littlewood 86000
Lee Biddulph 85200
David Katalan 84500
Alex Kravchenko 84500
Martino Bakri 84400
Jason Tikijian 83200
Donnacha O'Dea 82600
Michael Yoshino 81600
Darrell McKee 81300
Robert Mizrachi 80900
Christian Lohmann 80800
John Fletcher 80000
Kenneth Shei 79700
Thomas Vo 79500
David Peters 79100
Robert Price 79100
George McKeever 77600
Chris Overgard 77300
Linus Johansson 77100
Brian Miller 76900
Jonathan Moonves 76500
Noam Freedman 75200
Reagan Silber 74600
Bradley Ellis 74500
Shane Beckham 73900
Jason McLane 73800
Howard Connell 73300
John Pappas 73000
Neil Channing 73000
Eric Kurtzman 72900
Bo Sehlstedt 72800
Derek Etherington 72700
Mark Seig 72100
Guang Pu Lu 71900
Quy Nguyen 71800
Lee Wright 71700
Edward Liu 71700
Anton Allemann 71400
Vogl Hans Martin 71200
Dave Wells 71100
Bruno DeBarros 71000
Bjorn Hampusson 71000
Evenlyn Ng 70800
Robert Willis 70500
Chau Nguyen 70400
Dave Klatskt 70400
Lance Allred 70300
Ronald Kluber 69900
Jason Sackler 69900
Nils Ersson 69900
Sven Leu 69400
Douglas Kim 69200
Dennis Perry 69200
James Duke 69200
Paulo Loureiro 69100
Adam Nisson 68800
Thomas Nielsen 67900
Ross Boatman 67900
Chris Kealy 67700
Steven Brown 67300
Gavin Mackay 66500
Zachary Fritz 66400
Cuong Nguyen 66100
Bryan Watters 65800
Fernando Bermudez 65700
Gary Avery 65400
Guoxing Xu 64400
Andy Pachman 64400
David Hoag 64400
Steve Sung 64400
Brian Darmanin 64200
Rob Akery 64100
Michael Larsen 64000
Yuan-I Hsieh 63900
Chris Birchby 63800
Matthew Ciezki 63600
Jostein Pettersen 63400
Shirley Williams 62700
Tom McEvoy 62600
Shane Quigley 62500
John White 61800
Ken Lawrence 61500
Kevin Hayes 61300
Martin Miller 61300
Kirby Laur 61300
Bart Hanson 61300
Jaehwa Son 61200
Michael Stephens 61100
Steve Gorder 61000
Ayed Shweihat 60400
Mike O'Malley 60300
Sang Kim 59900
Joseph Canouse 59700
Jared Hamby 59600
Alan Resh 59400
Ray Didonato 59200
Travell Thomas 59200
Tor Helness 59200
Tobin Dreher 59000
Robert McAdam 58800
Evan Marshall 58200
Eoghan O'Dea 58000
Gary DeBernardi 57700
Kevin Dean 57500
Ian McKinnley 57500
Doug Carr 57400
Nam Le 57100
Robert Karr 56900
Wade Chow 56900
Vik Kanwar 56800
Ruth Benmelech 56800
Lee Klosty 56500
Alexandre Boukobza 56500
Thomas Richter 56300
Nick Cassavetes 56200
Bernt Grytdahl 55700
Thomas Koo 55600
Richard Tatalovich 55600
Greg Hobson 55400
Zachary T. Buisi 55400
Steven Rutledge 55200
Richard Lee 55200
Brock Pierce 55100
Gary Haubert 55000
Eugene Foyksman 55000
Amanda Baker 54900
Derek Williams 54900
Ralph Villela 54800
Adam Noone 54800
Kenneth Gacek 54600
Gunnar Råbe 54600
Lauchlin McKinnon 54500
Lou Krieger 54400
Ed Blount 54200
Dave Smart 54200
Tom Peterson 54000
Gerald MacDougall 53900
Asger Boye 53800
Adam Schoenfeld 53800
Victor Rooney 53300
Michael Eriksen 53000
Matthias Herbst 52700
Michael [Removed:293] 52400
Jeffrey Coutroulis 52300
Sam Ditson 51900
Christopher Yotto 51800
Michael Zelin 51500
Justin Diamond 51200
Peter Kalsen Petersen 50900
Robert Liplan 50700
E. Stephen Purdom 50600
Rogard Mikail 50300
Taddei Sylvain 50200
Russell Watkins 50000
Stuart Spear 49900
James William Johnson 49800
Alfred Megrabyon 49700
Richard Toth 49600
Hans Eskillson 49500
Kim Hemmingsen 49500
Matt Matros 49300
Lars-Ola Svensson 49200
Ken Weiner 48900
Jason Lester 48900
Larry Brown 48800
Brandon Steven 48400
Laurence Hughes 48300
Tim Duckworth 48300
Donald Carlton 48200
Priyan De Mel 47800
Cimerman Primoz 47700
Joe Brandenburg 47700
Oliver Maingay 47500
Joseph Benezra 47300
Rock Romen 47200
Bruno Fitoussi 47100
Patrick Franklin 47100
Janelle Rettig 47100
Chris Perry 47100
Daniel Quach 47000
Phil McDonald 46900
Mark Kroon 46600
Anders Solheim 46600
Mark Borowy 46500
Andreas Nordstrom 46300
Tom Cope 46300
Bruce Snider 46300
Jose Franco 45600
John Procopion 45600
Jason Frazee 45500
Helge Rahbek Pedersen 45500
Scott Ross 45300
Georg Mueller 45000
Johan Lofdahl 45000
Paul Siem 45000
Benne Sizemore 44600
Mack Lee 44500
Sam Simon 44400
Carsten Jakobsen 44200
Wing Tso 44200
Igor Trafane 44200
John Conroy 43800
Fredric Saflor 43700
Jeffrey Colpitts 43700
Danny Karangelovski 43600
David Halpern 43600
Daniel Harrington 43600
Andrew Goldenberg 43500
Doug Gehring 43400
Kmayam Fzzat 43200
Fredrick Keitel 43000
Mark Ellerbe 42900
Jimmy D'Ambrosio 42900
Pete Giordano 42500
Tony G 42400
Hoyt Corkins 42000
Gary Benson 41900
David Strot 41600
Simon Stocken 41500
Brian Maclaughlin 41500
Gary Hamilton 41300
Jane Gold 41200
Tommas Olsen 41000
Mark Weitzman 40900
Andrew Batkin 40700
Wayne Grosso 40600
Danny Levy 40500
Matthew Mick 40500
Patrice McLean 40400
David Flusfeder 39900
Alexis Chatzilias 39600
Dion Fotopoulos 39400
Shayne Johnson 39300
Jason Robus 39100
Yaron Wasserman 39000
Mark Zand 39000
Mikkel Madsen 39000
Harry Briggs 38900
Thomas Finneran 38900
Peter Schauka 38800
David Backstrom 38800
Danny Estes 38600
Mike Souza 38600
Emanuel Seal 38500
Pablo Granero Otero 38500
Jonathan Honig 38500
David Sherba 38500
Laura Fink 37700
Brion Collins 37200
Robert Crutchfield 37000
Donald Chapin 37000
John Eckerd 36900
Rhett Butler 36900
Jason Sternberg 36600
Morris Oakes 36500
Steve Jelinek 36500
Derek Thorpe 36500
Jan Sjavik 36500
Donna Blevins 36400
Graham Howson 36400
Andrew Micali 36300
Frank Okasaki, Jr. 36100
John Hennigan 36100
Michaela Johansson 36000
Danny Kaminsky 35900
Kenneth Nay 35900
Mischel Sabastien 35800
Brett Stoltey 35700
Howard Andrew 35700
Avi Cohen 35700
Sepede Maurizio 35600
Ognyan Ivanov 35500
Robert Pacleb 35300
Joe Hachem 35300
Kevin Chamberlain 35000
Elamj Kinslow 34900
Angus Lynn 34600
Kim Snyder 34600
Daniel Kreitzman 34500
David Scavone 34300
Karl Åke Niklas Pettersson 33900
Catherine Hart 33900
Henrik Kask 33700
Alan Trufick 33700
Brian Roberts 33600
James Thad Joiner 33500
Garth McLellan 33400
Victoria Coren 33300
James Dawick 32900
Scott Zakheim 32800
Hao Dong 32400
Dan Morris 32200
Dan Morris 32200
Gerald Kane 32200
Shannon Hudson 32100
Michael Gindler 32000
David Lunde 31900
Richard Silver 31800
Howard Canowitz 31600
Jason Ludwig 31100
Russell Thompson 31100
Ming Jung 31100
Kevin Arba 31000
Karin Lundgren 30900
Paul Nelson 30500
Schranz Werner 30500
Jeffrey Holman 30400
Michael Graf 30350
Diego Cordovez 29800
Valentya P.J. Oostburg 29600
Thomas Fuller 29500
Jeff Taylor 29500
William Chen 29400
Christiane Klecz 29400
Pascal Perrault 29300
Tomas Brolin 29100
Devin Lake 29100
Paula Dutson 29100
John Doulamis 28900
Anthony Chaterlain 28900
D Dozier 28800
Redmond Lee 28800
Mark Ratajczak 28600
Danny Felix 28500
Vardim Trincher 28400
Torben Knudsen 28300
John Saer 28100
Ravl Lopez 27700
Kurt Knapp 27700
Chad Moore 27600
Robert Wright Jr. 27400
Keith Burt 27200
Blake Tarbell 27200
Cennart Boener 27000
Nicholas Cunnane 26800
Adam Brager 26700
Captain Tom Franklin 26700
Hamudic Samir 26600
William Haughey 26400
David Einhorn 26400
Marco Martini 26200
Robert Hwang 26100
Mark Newlands 26000
James Cummings 25800
Michael Pino 25700
Kevin Howatt 25500
Mads Aamot 25500
Hung Le 25400
Theodore Maddux 25300
Skip Wilson 25100
Jay Goldenberg 25000
David Sargeant 24900
Markus Zinniker 24900
Chris Lin 24600
Jeff Bryan 24500
Paul Koutzman 24500
Marc Goodwin 24400
Michael Kitchens 24300
Kirk Morrison 24300
Paul Clark 24300
Michael Lindemeyer 24300
Justin Yu 24100
Daniel Tully 24000
Adam Starr 23900
Terry Magill 23900
Vincent Iannuzzi 23900
George Ludwig 23600
Aleksander Vathne 23400
Jeffrey D'Ambrosia 23400
James Marrone 23400
Annika Lundback 23400
Mark Marshall 23400
Terry Romine 23200
Richard Marshall 23100
Goran Sachse 23100
Bianchini Alessandro 23000
Eric Vogelstein 22800
Gary Blades 22600
Anthony Williams 22600
Becky Cannillus 22500
David Goertz 22500
Coren Greene 22400
John Paul Muche 22400
Paul Wasicka 22200
Benjamin Gold 22100
Shawn Martell 21900
John Cernuto 21900
Terry Gardiner 21900
Kenneth Proctor 21800
Tore Lagerborg 21700
Jackson But 21500
Chris Marohn 21200
Martin Lundenius 21200
Montel Williams 20900
Aris Mikelatos 20800
Chad Eaton 20800
Robert Ramsak 20800
Alan Smurfit 20700
Rayan Nathan 20700
Scott LaFond 20700
Arthur Canter 20700
Erik de Jong 20700
Edward Martin 20600
Russal James 20500
Henry Strasser 20400
Marc Deimann 20400
Sean Semler 20300
Janos Ulbert 20300
Jonas Egeberg 20200
John E 20200
Liene Uzubalis 20200
Richard Mail 20100
Keith Lehr 20100
Marc Friedmann 20000
Jordan Steiner 19800
Michael Sheehan 19600
Rodney Ord 19500
Andre Akkari 19400
Jamie Smith 19300
Steve Bartlett 19200
Ken Blocker 18700
David McMahon 18500
Ronny Bergan 18400
Daniel Podell 18200
Dominik Stopka 18100
Sasa Stancuc 18100
George Alex 17800
Age Spets 17700
Lloyd Rees 17600
Chris Back 17500
Gregory Rahn 17400
Ivan Saul 17300
Scott Sweesy 17200
Nigel Bowes 17200
Scott Davis 17000
Mark Treinen 16900
Heinrich Faust 16800
Luigi Petrone 16500
Per Brathen 16300
Dieter Haeuslmaier 16300
Gregory Stein 16200
Eric Clarke 16100
Vinson Anenson 16100
Richard, Anthony 16000
John Rickord 15900
Michele Ugolini 15700
Patric Martenssen 15600
Saleem Damania 15500
Mike Branch 15500
Chris Sokrati 15300
John Medlin 15300
David Levi 15100
James Davenport 15000
Keith Hawkins 14900
William Shannon 14900
David Arena 14600
Kevin Lake 14400
David Heyden 14400
Dean Boeving 14200
David Stephens 14000
Christina Tisdale 13800
Paul Garner 13700
Smejkal Ondrej 13700
Steven Fenic 13600
Ned Griffis 13500
Patrik Westlin 13400
Jose Cueto 13400
Kenneth McDermid 13200
Joseph Shield 13000
Christopher James 12900
William Kaler 12800
Roland Gentener 12700
Andrew Benedict 12700
Corey Cheresnick 12600
Hasn Erlandsson 12500
Gregory Masters 12500
Marvin Burkholder 11200
Amanuel Aydin 10600
David Zazzi 10300
Lester Carsten Phillippi 10100
Robery Manley 9900
Rob Prinz 9700
Victor Carmely 9700
Henryk Leszkiewicz 8900
Joe Sebok 8500
Thomas Kristensen 8300
Paul McCann 7500
Brad Allan 6900
Daniel Quevillon 3900
Pam Ford 3100
Thang Luu N/A
Hubert Lum N/A
All in all, it was another subdued day at the office, with players grinding out trying to make it to Day 2. Hand of the day goes to a four-way split pot that happened just after the dinner break. You can see how it went down in our exclusive PokerNews.com Feature Hand Simulator. Be sure to tune in to PokerNews.com as we bring you all the live updates when play resumes for Day 1c later today at 12:00 noon PDT.
Preflop, Patrik Antonius shoves with
and is called by 
. Antonius doubles up when he flops a jack and it holds. He's at 29,900.
The small blind checked, Hachem bet 1,000 and was called. Both players checked the turn which came
. The river card prompted a bet of 2,500 from the small blind. Hachem called and showed 
. His opponent showed J-J and mucked. Hachem ends the day with 45,000.
and was called by a single opponent.The
fell on the turn and both players checked. The last card off the deck was the 
and Berry's opponent fired off a 3,700 bet; Berry just called and showed 
for a rivered set. His opponent revealed 
before mucking his cards.The hand brought Berry's chip count up to 113,000 on the day.
He was on the button when the action was folded around to him and he decided to make it 3,000 preflop. The big blind then decided to reraise it to 9,000 total and Shane called.
On a flop of
the big blind lead out with a bet of 10,000 and Shane called. The turn brought the 
, the big blind checked and Shane bet 10,000. That bet won the pot. Before chipping up the chips he did show the
and reminded the other player he wasn't there to steal the pot.Shane is one of many PokerNews players doing well today. You can join Team PokerNews at the PokerNews Cup in Australia this October. Click here for details.
. Lessin's opponent bets 12,000 from late position and Lessin made the call from the cutoff seat. The river brings the 
. Again Lessin's opponent fires; this time for his whole stack of 18,900. Lessin ponders for a bit, then calls and shows A-Q. His opponent shows a queen and mucks. Lessin not only sent another player home, but is now sitting on a stack of 103,500.
As grim as things looked preflop, however, the flop came
, which gave Cernuto new life. "Miami" John ended up making a full boat on the river and survived to see another flop. After the hand, Cernuto stacked up 26,300 in chips.