2007 World Series of Poker

Event 45 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem 6 Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$904,672
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,421,600
Entries
728
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Jamie Gold Eliminates Jeff Shulman

Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold
In a bizarre hand that COULD'VE turned out differently if one "Sticky Mickey" would've called Jamie Gold's all-in bet, Gold eliminated Jeff Shulman from the tournament. Should-a . . . could-a . . . would-a . . . let's talk about what DID happen.

According to Jamie, Shulman made a decent-sized raise from under the gun. Stickey Mickey made the call and Gold looked down at A-Q. Jamie said he noticed Shulman only had about 15,000 behind him, so he decided to move all-in, hoping to isolate Shulman.

Shulman made the call and the action turned to Sticky Mickey, who thought long and hard about making the call. "I think I have the kind of hand I want to play," Mickey said, according to Gold. After a considerable amount of time had passed, Mickey mucked his cards, but told the table he had pocket 2's.

Gold and Shulman faced a coinflip situation: Gold held A-Q, while Shulman turned over a pocket pair of Jacks. Jamie hit a Queen on the turn, which would ultimately win him the hand, but a 2 fell on the river, meaning Mickey would've taken the entire pot had he called.

Gold won the hand, eliminating Shulman, while upping his own chip count to right around 50,000; he had been down to 16K not long before this hand took place.

Tags: Jamie Gold