2007 World Series of Poker

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

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣8♦
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
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Mike Sexton Wins First Pot

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Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton opened for a raise on the button and everyone folded. He won a small pot, which could be an omen for the rest of today and the tournament. In a big field like this many of the old school pros avoid playing large pots early in the Main Event. They are unwilling to commit all of their chips in the early stages.

As Phil Hellmuth once said, "Small pot poker. That's Phil Hellmuth poker.'

Tags: Mike Sexton

Pro Sightings

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In a sea of homegame heroes, weekend warriors, online qualifiers and satellite winners we've thus far spotted pros John D'Agostino, Mickey Appleman, Doug Lee, Joe Awada, Minh Ly, Dewey Tomko, Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Peter Daljuisen, and Perry Friedman.

Matt Jansen First Player Eliminated

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The remaining players in the room let out a collective sigh of relief as they discovered that they were not the first player to bust out of the WSOP Main Event.

The first player to bustout was Matt Jansen. His {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} lost to Geroge Dolofam's {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}. All the money went in on the flop of {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}.

"No more hearts!" screamed Dolofam.

The turn was the {6-Clubs} and the river was the {3-Clubs}. His flush held up as Jansen was the first player eliminated from the 2007 WSOP.

Donkey Bomber in the House

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Tom "Donkey Bomber" Schneider
Tom "Donkey Bomber" Schneider
Tom "Donkey Bomber" Schneider is playing on Day 1A. Schneider won two WSOP events in 2007 (Event #46 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 and Event #5 $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud 8) and is 2007's WSOP Player of the Year. He has an interesting starting table with Gene Todd and Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier.

Tags: Tom Schneider

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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The words that everyone has been waiting to hear, Shuffle Up and Deal, have been announced. Cards are in the air and Day 1A of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event is underway!

A Word from Jack Effel

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Jeffrey Pollack introduced tournament director Jack Effel who welcomed all of the main event players. He briefly went over the rules, with emphasis on the following three...

1. You must be at your seat before the last card is dealt, otherwise you will have a dead hand.

2. You cannot be on a cellphone or text messaging when the first card is dealt. If you are, you're hand is declared dead.

3. You cannot put chips in your pockets or conceal them anyway or take them off the tournament floor, they will be taken out of play.
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