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

Elson Doubles Through Madsen

Ryan Elson made it 450,000 to go from late position and the action folded around to Mikkel Madsen who reraised all in; Madsen had Elson covered.

Elson made the call and showed {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, while Madsen revealed pocket eights. The {Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop put Elson in the lead and he never looked back, doubling up to 1,900,000 in chips.

The hand left Madsen with a chip stack totaling just over 1,300,000.

Tags: Mikkel MadsenRyan Elson

Roy Winston Cripples Rep Porter

Roy Winston moved all in for 575,000 from middle position. Rep Porter called on the button. The players turned up their hands. Winston showed {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs} which slightly trailed the {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts} of Rep Porter. Winston spiked the {K-Hearts} on the flop to win the hand. Winston now has 1,265,000 and has left Porter with 20,000 chips.

Tags: Rep PorterRoy Winston

Slezak Doubles Up to 2.5 Million

Bob Slezak nervously sweats the turn and river
Bob Slezak nervously sweats the turn and river
Scott Freeman raises to 130,000 in middle position and Bob Slezak calls from late position.

The flop comes {Q-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Freeman fires out 250,000. Slezak raises to 550,000 and Freeman moves all in for 1,030,000. Slezak calls, putting himself all in and opens {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}. Freeman has {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

The turn and river don't improve Freeman, and Slezak doubles through to just over 2,500,000.

Tags: Bob Slezak

Table Talk

Roy Winston had moved all in for his last 475,000 and Kenny Tran made the call; Winston revealed {A-Spades}{K-Spades}, while Tran showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

Before the community cards were dealt, Tran said, "I'm like a 2:1 favorite . . . I have two flush draws, he has one!"

The board filled out {10-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and the pair chopped the pot.

Tags: Kenny Tran

Kim Doubles Through Spadea With the Rockets

Kevin Kim
Kevin Kim
Action folded to William Spadea in the cutoff seat who raised to 150,000. Kevin Kim, playing from the small blind, moved all in for 480,000 total. Spadea made the call and the players showed...

Spadea: {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Kim: {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}

The board filled out {7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Kim's pair of aces held up. Kim doubled to 1,050,000 on the hand, while Spadea fell to 4,800,000 chips.

Tags: Kevin KimWilliam Spadea

Current Seating Assignments

2 1 Mikkel Madsen
2 2 (empty)
2 3 Ray Henson
2 4 Scott Freeman
2 5 Bob Slezak
2 6 Ryan Elson
2 7 Ayaz Mahmood
2 8 Scotty Nguyen
2 9 Jon Kalmar

3 1 Jason Welch
3 2 Paulo Loureiro
3 3 Stefan Mattsson
3 4 (empty)
3 5 William Spadea
3 6 Jeff Bryan
3 7 Kevin Kim
3 8 Christian Togsverd
3 9 Alex Kravchenko

4 1 Kenny Tran
4 2 Rep Porter
4 3 (empty)
4 4 Robin Bergren
4 5 Tuan Lam
4 6 Peter Darvill
4 7 Lee Watkinson
4 8 Roy Winston
4 9 John Armbrust

5 1 (empty)
5 2 Raymond Rahme
5 3 David Tran
5 4 Hevad "Rain" Khan
5 5 Philip Hilm
5 6 Jerry Yang
5 7 Ronald Kluber
5 8 Jason Koshi
5 9 Allan W. King

6 1 Hoa Nguyen
6 2 Steven Garfinkle
6 3 (empty)
6 4 Maria Ho
6 5 Kevin Farry
6 6 Lee Childs
6 7 (empty)
6 8 Daniel Alaei
6 9 Bill Edler

Philip Yeh Eliminated in 40th Place ($237,865)

Philip Yeh - 40th Place Finisher
Philip Yeh - 40th Place Finisher
The action folded around to Philip Yeh in the small blind, who completed the bet. Billy Spadea then made it 200,000 to go from the big blind. Yeh responded with a raise of his own, shoving the rest of his chips into the pot; Spadea made the call.

Yeh showed {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, while Spadea had him on the ropes with {A-Spades}{8-Spades}.

The {6-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop all but put an end to Yeh's 2007 Main Event, as he was left drawing to running fives or a running straight cards, but the {J-Hearts} on the turn sealed the deal, and Yeh was eliminated in 40th place.

Spadea improved to 5,200,000 after the hand.

Tags: Philip Yeh