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2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1b
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
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
against Vicky Coren's 
.The board ran out
and David survives into the last level of the day.
up against the 
of his opponent. There was no happy ending for Fotopoulos as he got no help from the community cards and his opponent took down the pot. Fotopoulos is now working with a stack of about 16,000 in chips.
One of our reporters spotted Kim watching the broadcast at the exact moment they showed his bust-out hand. Kim and fellow table mates had a good laugh about the irony of the situation. Currently sitting on approximately 80,000 in chips, Kim is in good shape to make a run at Day 2.
Seif:
Opponent:
The board filled out
and Seif's two pair was best. He survived his all-in and now sits with 13,000 in chips.
Here's how it happened:
The first double-up came courtesy of J.J. Liu, who called Simon's preflop all-in raise holding
; Simon showed 
and managed to hit a king on the turn to double up to 25,000.The second hand saw all the money go in on a flop of
; Simon showed and his opponent, the for a flush draw and one overcard. Both the turn and river blanked out and Simon suddenly found himself at 56,000 and right back in the hunt.
against pocket aces and with A-4 against A-Q . Luckily he had both opponents well covered, but he has seen a dramatic drop in his chips and now has gone from being chip leader to being back amongst the pack.