2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1a
"The Jester" was just involved in his first big confronation of the day. A late position player raised to 400, Madsen called from the cutoff, and the big blind called. The flop was . The big blind checked, the late position player checked, Madsen bet 1,000, the big blind folded and the LP player called. The turn was the . The LP player checked, Madsen fired out 2,000 and the LP player called. The river was the . The LP player checked again, Madsen bet 5,000 and his opponent called.
Madsen showed for a set of jacks and his opponent mucked. After the hand, he was up to 29,000 and looked just a bit more comfortable in his felt get-up.
Texas Dolly won the WSOP Main Event twice... in 1976 and 1977. First place in 1976 paid out $220,000. First place in 1977 paid out $340,000.
At last year's $50K HORSE event, Brunson won $274,560 for 8th place. At the 2006 Main Event, first place paid out $12 million.