2007 World Series of Poker

Event 15 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠3♥
Prize
$637,254
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,587,220
Entries
2,628
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Phil Hellmuth Dodges...Pocket Nines and Sevens

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After two players limped into the pot Phil Hellmuth made it 1,600 to go. The player in the small blind moved all-in for his last 1,800 and one of the original limpers raised it up to 4,200. "I would normally lay this down," Hellmuth said, "but my wife and kids are in town." It looked like he was going to make the call...but then he said, "Nah, I'm too good a player to be playing this hand," and he mucked his A-Q.

The small blind turned over pocket Sevens and the re-raiser had pocket Nines. Phil wasn't too pleased to see those two hands because he was getting a good price with his A-Q, but the flop came 6-9-8 to give one player a set and the other an open-ended straight draw. A seven on the turn meant both players had sets and the possibility of a chop if the board made a straight, but the river was a deuce and the player with the pocket Nines won a big pot.

Phil currently has 1,300 chips.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth