54th place pays $190,053.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
54th place pays $190,053.
510 Steven Wilk
511 Rahul Maitra
512 Farrell Hinkle
513 Richard Wild
514 Isaac Galazan
515 Ronald Crosswell
516 Robert De Forge
517 Arthur Rhea
518 Daniel Palmer
519 Yuri ten Bokkel
Board:
Minh Ly failed to improve and was eliminated. After the hand, Rodney Knight is up to 622,000.
As soon as there's an opening in the payout room, someone steps outside and calls for the player by name. Bruno Fitoussi, pictured here, muttered, "I feel like I'm at the dentist."
Not everyone feels that way. Shirley Williams, the mother of professional player David Williams, was extremely excited about her 465th-place finish. Like many non-professional players, she was just excited to cash in the Main Event, slightly more than doubling her money (before taxes, of course).
Speaking of taxes, all that dirty work is handled inside the payout room.
Khan:
Opponent:
The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Khan lost the pot and slipped to 500,000.
With the board reading , and 100,000 already in the pot, the action on the turn went like this:
Banghart checked from the small blind position, Evans bet out 60,000 and Jeff raised to 122,000. Evans reraised to 200,000 and Jeff immediately made it 350,000.
Evans went into the tank for a long time before releasing the hand.
After the hand, Glass was up to 160,000.