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WSOP Main Event - Down to final table in hunt for $8.5m
July 17th, 2007 | Poker News

Day 6 of the 2007 WSOP Main Event is complete and we have reached the final table. From a starting field of 6,358 - the nine players remaining are already guaranteed a payday of at least $525,934 and can climb the money ladder all the way up to the first prize of $8.25m.
After the first […]

WSOP Main Event: Days 1 and 2 - The story so far
July 12th, 2007 | Poker News

The big one is well underway with the Amazon room at the Rio having been bustling with Main Event fever for the past 6 days.
Even though the field as expected is down on last years monster 8000+ field there was still 6,358 entrants which surpasses any other year apart from last year.
The Main Event schedule […]

WSOP Events #49 to #54 - Final Events summary
July 6th, 2007 | Poker News

The whole of the Rio is a buzz at the minute as everyone is awaiting the start of the 2007 WSOP Main Event. But before we get to that lets take a look at the final 6 Events which have completed over the past few days.
These bring this year’s 54 events to a close with […]

WSOP Event #48 - $1,000 2-7 Triple Draw (with Rebuys)
July 3rd, 2007 | Poker News

209 players took part in the 2-7 Triple Draw event which is definitely one of the lesser known variants of poker.
In 2-7 (”Deuce to Seven”) Triple Draw each player is dealt a 5 card hand. Then there is a round of betting and once that is complete the players may draw to improve their hand. […]

WSOP Event #47 - $2,000 No Limit Holdem
July 3rd, 2007 | Poker News

Another large No Limit field with 2,038 entrants to Event #47 the $2,000 NLHE tournament and a total prize pool of $3,709,160.
After 3 days of gruelling long days we were down to our final table of 9 players who lined up as follows:

Seat 1: Mark McKibben - 643,000
Seat 2: David Schnettler - 267,000
Seat 3: Klein […]

WSOP Event #46 - $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
July 1st, 2007 | Poker News

Tom Schneider put in another great performance and became the first player to win two bracelets at the 2007 World Series of Poker by defeating a large field of 668 players.
Schneider had already won Event #5 a mixed Omaha and Stud Hi/Lo tournament, and once again proved his speciality in the Stud variation. As with […]

WSOP Event #45 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem Six Handed
July 1st, 2007 | Poker News

In this fast paced action event the six handed NLHE attracted a large field of 728 runners all competing for a total prize pool of $3,421,600.
By the time we had reached the end of day one the field had narrowed down to 77 players and all the remaining players had made the money. By the […]

WSOP Event #44 - $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo
July 1st, 2007 | Poker News

This event started with a good sized field for a non Holdem event with 534 players taking part. By the end of the second day the field had been narrowed down to just the final table of 9 players and the line up was as follows:

Seat 1- Martin Corpuz, Jr. 292,000
Seat 2- Ming Lee 373,000
Seat […]

WSOP Event #43 - $2,000 Limit Holdem
June 30th, 2007 | Poker News

The final table for Event #43 the $2,000 Limit Holdem tournament took place quietly as all the worlds media concentrated on the glitz of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E final table which was going on at the same time.
The final table of Event #43 lined up as follows:

Seat 1: Justin Pechie - 147,000
Seat 2: Saif Ahmad - […]

WSOP Event #39 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E
June 30th, 2007 | Poker News

This is the event that the Pro’s regard as the Main event, with the largest buyin by far of the WSOP meaning that this five day event only has a very narrow field of the worlds best players participating.
This year there were 148 entrants with the field packed with star studded names, way too many […]