2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
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

John Bird Shows Down a Winner

We caught up to this hand on the flop. The board read {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Zachary Clark bet 48,000 from middle position and John Bird called from the button. The turn brought the {5-Clubs}. Again Clark bet, this time 50,000, and Bird called. The river came the {10-Clubs}. Clark put on the brakes and checked. Bird slid out 150,000 and Clark made the call. John Bird showed {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Clark mucked. With that pot, Bird climbed to 1,240,000 chips, while Clark slipped to 285,000.

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Recent Eliminations

The following players all won $58,570:

162 - Mark Kim
161 - Mans Montgomery
160 - John Dutchak
159 - Matthew Brady
158 - Sean Boles
157 - Daniel Elizondo
156 - Benjamin Lamb
155 - Bo Sehlstedt
154 - Brent Catalano
153 - Marco Mills
152 - Mark Weitzman
151 - Karim Vegas
150 - Imran Ahmad
149 - Justin Rollo
148 - Al Rapaport
147 - Mark Muchnik
146 - Robert Nehorayan

Ed De Haas Eliminates Al Rapaport

Team PokerNews player Ed De Haas eliminated Al Rapaport from the tournament, when his {K-Spades}{J-Spades} held up against Rapaport's {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} on a board of {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{9-Spades}.

Haas pumped his stack up to 900,000 after the hand.

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Humberto Being Humberto

Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes
Action folded around to Neil Channing on the button who raised to 34,000. Humberto Brenes, in the small blind, wasted little time reraising to 100,000. The big blind folded, and so did Channing. Brenes turned his {6-Spades}{5-Clubs} face-up on the table and said, "I make a professional move...This guy need a lesson, and I give him lesson."

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Mark Muchnik Eliminated

Board: {4-Spades}{A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}

Preflop, Mark Muchnik bets 50,000 from under the gun, and Philip Hilm calls in late position. On the flop, Muchnik bets 100,000 and Hilm raises to 200,000. Muchnik calls. On the turn, Muchnik is all in for 500,000 and Hilm calls. Muchnik is out and Hilm skies to 1,700,000.

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Gus Hansen Wins 300K Pot

Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen
After both Gus Hansen and Ayaz Mahmood limped in from late position, Paul Spitzberg made it 80,000 to go from the big blind; both Hansen and Mahmood called.

The flop came {Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Spitzberg led out with a 97,000 bet; Gus called and Ayaz got out of the way.

Both remaining players knuckled the table when the {7-Spades} came on the turn. A third seven fell on the river and Spitzberg checked to Gus, who fired out a 124,000 bet. Spitzberg reluctantly made the call, revealing A-K, and Gus would end up raking the pot with a full house (sevens full of tens), to the sound of thunderous applause from the gallery.

After the hand, Gus stacked up just under a million in chips.

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