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WSOP Event #30 - $2,500 NLHE Six Handed
June 22nd, 2007 | Poker News

Hoyt Corkins finally broke his curse at the World Series by winning a bracelet that he has been chasing for 15 years.
The $2,500 NLHE Six handed is always a fast paced exciting event and this one was no different.
The final table lined up as follows:

Seat 1: Terrence Chan - 502,000
Seat 2: Alan Sass - 1,217,000
Seat […]

WSOP Event #29 - $1,500 Razz - First Female Bracelet Winner
June 21st, 2007 | Poker News

Katja Thater became the first female winner of a bracelet in an open field at the 2007 WSOP. This was infact her second final table appearance after she also made the final table of the Ladies Event but failed to win that one.
The final table was a 13 hour battle which was only to be […]

WSOP Event #28 - Helmuth attempts to win 12th bracelet
June 21st, 2007 | Poker News

All eyes once again were on Phil Helmuth just a week after he broke the all time bracelet record by winning his 11th bracelet he was now at another final table attempting to win his 12th.
In fact he had already taken a step towards making more WSOP history as this final table appearance equals the […]

WSOP Event #27 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
June 20th, 2007 | Poker News

Event #27 was another $1,500 buyin NLHE tournament and yet again a big field. In fact the field was so large that they couldn’t fit in the massive WSOP Amazon room and its tent annex and they had to expand into the normal poker room at the Rio and even into other parts of the […]

WSOP Event #26 - $5,000 H.O.R.S.E
June 19th, 2007 | Poker News

After a gruelling Day two of this event which didn’t finish until 4am and had still failed to whittle down to a final table the players returned to complete the event.
The first task of the day was to narrow the Day 3 starting field of 12 down to the final table of 8 players.
Once this […]

WSOP Event #25 - $2,000 No Limit Holdem
June 19th, 2007 | Poker News

Event #25 was another popular NLHE event which attracted a large field of over 1,800 runners.
The final 9 players returned to the Bluff tent as the event was to be broadcast live (with 1 hours delay) via the internet.
None of the final table had won a WSOP bracelet before so the competition was bound to […]

WSOP Event #24 - $3,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
June 18th, 2007 | Poker News

The final table of this event contained some of poker’s greatest and most well known players and attracted a lot of interest at the Rio on Saturday.
The final table lined up as follows:

Seat 1: Russell ‘Dutch’ Boyd 170,000
Seat 2: George Hardie 182,000
Seat 3: Eli Elezra 303,000
Seat 4: David Sklansky 171,000
Seat 5: Scotty Nguyen 255,000
Seat 6: […]

WSOP Event #23 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
June 17th, 2007 | Poker News

This event was one of the shorter two day events (as opposed to the more normal three day events) and when we returned on day two the first task was to whittle the 23 remaining players into the final 9 players.
All eyes were on Johnny Chan who was one of these 23 remaining players to […]

WSOP Event #22 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem
June 17th, 2007 | Poker News

The final table for the $5,000 NLHE event featured some well known names who took their place inside the Bluff Tent as once again this was one of the events scheduled to be broadcast with an hours delay over the internet.
The final table line-up was as follows:

Seat 1: William McMahon - 524,000
Seat 2: Tex Barch […]

WSOP Event #21 $1,500 NLHE Shootout - Negreanu takes shot at bracelet
June 15th, 2007 | Poker News

Entrants for Event #21 the $1,500 NLHE shootout exceeded expectation and tournament staff had to extend the initial planned maximum field of 800 up to 900 players to accommodate those wanting to take part.
The shootout format of the competition is completely different to a normal tournament format and each table is effectively it’s own little […]