Amnon Filippi and Liana Hakopian are all in on the turn. Filippi has A-Q, but Hakopian has 7-7. Filippi is out, and Hakopian is up to 300,000.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Amnon Filippi and Liana Hakopian are all in on the turn. Filippi has A-Q, but Hakopian has 7-7. Filippi is out, and Hakopian is up to 300,000.
Hansen:
Olivier:
The turn came the and the river a . Olivier's king-high was best. As the dealer pushed the pot away from Hansen he said to himself, "Doesn't it suck when you have to call 117,000 with nothing?"
With all the money going in, Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian had against his opponent's J-10 for the nut straight. But The Armenian Express wasn't out of steam yet. Grigorian finished the hand with a full house by catching running deuces. After the hand, Grigorian is up to 37000.
Khan is also a former competitive (though not professional) StarCraft player (an extremely fast-paced computer strategy game). Practice at this game undoubtedly helped him in online -- and brick-and-mortar -- poker. The often-animated Khan has 815,000 in chips.