After the hand Jeff was up to 210,000.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
After the hand Jeff was up to 210,000.
Flop:
Morrison check-raised the flop, putting his opponent all-in. His opponent made the call and showed while Morrison turned over . "No diamond, I just wanna play a little longer," his opponent jokingly pleaded. The turn was the but the on the river completed Morrison's flush draw and eliminated his opponent. After the hand, Morrison is up to 370,000.
He's been told he will receive penalties if he continues to speak in Spanish, even when the table tried to inform the floor staff that he can't speak any English.
The players at the table, seemingly disappointed by the ruling, were getting along quite well before the ruling came down. The table has been playing in almost complete silence since the warning was issued.
As an interesting aside, we have had two blind players play in the Main Event who were allowed assistants to sit behind them and whisper their hole cards, as well as the action around the table, into their ear.
As the dealer is finishing up the hand, she lifts the winning cards up unusually high before mucking them -- high enough that several players could see the winner's hand. Everyone was a bit dumbfounded, and nothing was said, but the glances between the players seem to indicate that they'll be keeping an eye on the dealer in case it happens again.
Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart slipped to 470,000. Kenneth Smith increased his stack to 480,000.
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Habib shows for a set of sevens, and his opponent mucks. Hasan Habib wins the pot, increasing his stack to 334,000.