2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 2b
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

Chris Bell Moves to a Tough Table

Chris Bell was just moved to Table 51, seat 6, joining Amnon who is already in seat 9. Bell has an above-average stack with 105,000, and Amnon is even better than that with 152,000.

But that's nothing at this table. The short stack in seat 1 has 70,000, and there are four players above 200,000, with one over 300,000. There was one other short stack with about 30,000, but he was eliminated on the first hand after Bell sat down.

Chris Bell is probably already missing his old table.

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Richard Weisman Up to 485K

On a board reading {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{J-Spades}{6-Hearts}, Richard Weisman bet 30,000 on the river and his opponent thought for an eternity.

"Did you make three sixes again?" he wondered aloud, before finally calling.

Weisman's hand was better than that-- he turned over 3-3 for a full house and his opponent mucked. Weisman was up to 485,000 after the hand.

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Rene Angelil Eliminated

After a flop of {Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, Rene Angelil bets 5,000 from the small blind, the big blind min-raises to 10,000, Angelil moves all in, and the big blind quickly calls with Q-10 for a pair of queens. Angelil shows {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a pair of fours, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.

The last two cards are {5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}, and Rene Angelil is eliminated from the Main Event.

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Thor Hansen Likes Quads

The Godfather of Norwegian Poker
The Godfather of Norwegian Poker
Thor Hansen won two pots. On the first hand, he turned a nut flush with {A-Spades}{5-Spades} and won a pot worth 45,000.

On the second hand, Thor Hansen's opponent raised 4,000 and he called. The flop was {K-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} and both players checked. The turn was the {K-Diamonds}. Hansen's opponent checked and he fired out 4,000. His opponent called. The river was the {8-Hearts}. His opponent checked. Hansen bet 10,000 and his opponent called. Hansen showed {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} and his opponent mucked.

Hansen has increased his stack to 180,000

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PokerNews Video: Tom 'durrrr' Dwan

PokerNews spotted Tom Dwan, known as ‘durrr’ online, hanging around the Rio, sweating some friends. We got to chat with durrr about looking forward to turning 21, his upcoming tourney plans out of the country, and some interesting prop bets he’s a part of.

Click here to check out the interview with durrrr, along with all the other videos from the Main Event.

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Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Chip Jett, Full Speed Ahead

Chip Jett
Chip Jett
Shortly before the break, a player is all in preflop for 51,600 with {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} against Chip Jett's {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}. The board comes {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, and Jett's opponent flops a set of tens to win the pot and double up over 100,000 in chips.

Chip Jett takes a hit, but still has a very healthy stack with 242,000.

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