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2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1a
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
was up against 
. The flop was ugly for Lasse, 
. However the turn and river came 
, and both players had made a 5-high straight.
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The flop came
and Richardson's opponent moved all-in for her last 5,000. Richardson called and flipped over pocket Kings; his opponent showed pocket Jacks.The turn brought a harmless
, but the 
on the river gave Richardson's opponent the checkmark.Adam dropped to 90,000 after the hand.
board. A player in early position behind Black checked as well, and a third player in the hand made it 4,000 to go. Black made the call, after which the early position player moved all-in over the top for a total of 10,200. The original bettor called, as did Black, creating a heads-up sidepot.The turn brought the
and both Black and his opponent opted to see a free river.The last card off the deck was the
and Black fired out a 5,000 bet; his opponent called.The side pot was settled first and Black showed
for top two pair with an Ace kicker, but his opponent showed a pocket pair of Kings to take the side pot. Kings would ultimately be enough to scoop the entire pot, as the player who moved all-in on the flop mucked his cards after he saw the Kings. Black took a loss on the hand, but is still in fine shape at 120,000 chips.
A player under the gun limps in. Ray Romano in middle position makes it 2,600. The button re-raises to 7,000 and UTG calls. Romano three-bets it all in for 1,275 more and both call. On the flop, UTG checks on the side and the button bets 16,000. UTG folds.
After three cameras show up to watch Romano's all in, he asks "Is Paris Hilton behind me?"
Romano has
and the button has 
. Romano gets no help and is done.Romano stops by Brad Garrett's table after he busts. "Do you want to pay me that side bet now?" Garrett says.
"Have you guys all seen Brad's show?" Romano says. "Better hurry!"
. Big blind fired out 10K. Chan called. The turn was the 
. Big blind moved all in for 37K. Chan counted out his chips. "You can have me so crushed," he said as he went into the tank for three minutes before he called.
His opponent showed
and Chan groaned. Chan flipped over 
. The river was a blank and Chan slipped to under 4K.On the very next hand, Chan was eliminated.