2007 World Series of Poker

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

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
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

Antonio Tarver KO'ed

Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver moved all in pre-flop for around 2,000, Roy Park called and one other opponent called. The flop came down {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. Park moved all in, and the second opponent folded. Park turned up {A-Spades}{K-Spades} while Tarver was way behind with {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}. The turn was the {3-Clubs}, the river was the {4-Diamonds}, and Tarver was KO'ed from the Main Event.

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Flaminio Malaguti Hates Pocket Aces

Flaminio Malaguti went 0-3 with pocket aces in the first four hours of play today. The first time, they were cracked by 4-5 when his opponent flopped two pair, the second time they were cracked by J-J making a straight on the turn, and the third time they were taken down by 7-7 flopping a set.

Finally, Malaguti went all in pre-flop with pocket kings and was called by the small blind who showed... pocket aces. Those aces managed to hold up and Malaguti was eliminated.

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Las Vegas Poker Club

Two members of the Las Vegas Poker Club are playing in the Main Event. Debbie Burkhead played on Day 1a and advanced to Day 2. Today, Hoppy Hopkins is in the field. He had 18,500 in chips after losing a small pot.

The Las Vegas Poker Club is a group of locals that play weekly home games that rotate at different members' homes. The play tournaments on a point system over the duration of 9-10 months. The top two win seats to the WSOP. They all share a percentage of each other and are hoping that either Burkhead or Hopkins goes deep.

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Mr. Peanut vs. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow: Round 1

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow was playing tight poker for most of the afternoon. That is, until Mr. Peanut walked by the Bluff feature table where Mike is seated. Mike motioned to Mr. Peanut to approach the table. Upon approach, Mike jumped out of his seat and tried to wrestle Mr. Peanut to the ground. Mr. Peanut survived the sneak attack, and barely got away from Mike's clutches. After moving to the rail, Mr. Peanut began making gestures around his stomach, motioning that he won the tiff thanks to Mike's weight.

Winner of Round 1: Mr. Peanut
We'll keep you updated as the fight continues.

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Cowboy with a Big Heart

Cowboy Kenna James
Cowboy Kenna James
Kenna James is easy to spot in the poker room. He's the guy with the cowboy hat and a big smile. Also known as Cowboy Kenna James, he's won close to $3 million on the tournament circuit. He has cashed 12 times at the WSOP. He almost won a WPT event at the Legends of Poker, but lost to Alex Kahaner heads up on a wicked bad beat. He won an event at the LA Poker Classic and final tabled the Aussie Millions in 2006.

James is married to Marsha Waggoner. Before he turned pro, he spent a few years as a prop player in Southern California. He was also a tournament director and organizer. He helped set up the first ever tournament in Russia at the Cosmos Casino Hotel in Moscow.

What most people don't know is that Kenna James has a big heart. He donates a percentage of his winnings to charity. He works with several charities including The Wounded Warrior Project and the Screaming Eagle Poker League. In 2006, he raised $70,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project by hosting a charity tournament.

James took a hit early on, but he still has chips.

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Knee-deep In Bracelets

Steve Dannemann just walked by table 66 to see how his friend, Parker Jones, is doing. To Dannemann's surprise, he found the table loaded with pros, as we mentioned earlier.

"Whoa! Got enough bracelets at the table? I heard they were sending Greg Raymer over to this table next."

Parker smiled at the joke, but one can't believe he's too happy about his table arrangement.

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PokerNews Video: Brad Booth - Where ya been?

PokerNews saw Brad Booth hanging around the Rio on his day off and grabbed him to talk about where he’s been so far this WSOP, his expectations for the Main Event coming in fresher than most players, and his new beverage called ‘Poker Water’.

Click here to check out the interview with Brad, along with all the other videos from this event.

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