2007 World Series of Poker

Event 22 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
102
Prize
$730,740
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,012,700
Entries
640

Hand #18 - Tex Barch Eliminated in 8th Place ($60,254)

Hand #18 - Tex Barch is all in preflop with {A-Spades}{10-Spades} against Stuart Fox's {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. Barch is dominated, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.

The board comes {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, and Fox wins the pot with a pair of jacks.

Tex Barch is eliminated in eighth place, earning $60,254. The next player eliminated will receive $81,343 for seventh place.

Hand #17

Hand #17 - Nick Schulman raises from late position, Michael Binger moves all in with a short stack from the small blind, and Schulman calls with {J-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}. Binger shows {A-Spades}{J-Spades}, and he's in a dominant position to double up here.

The board comes {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}, and Binger wins the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, to double up in chips.

Updated Chip Counts

Seat 1 - William McMahon - 375,000
Seat 2 - Tex Barch - 225,000
Seat 3 - Michael Binger - 300,000
Seat 4 - Jan Sorensen - 680,000
Seat 5 - Stuart Fox - 650,000
Seat 7 - Karga Holt - 650,000
Seat 8 - James Mackey - 2,320,000
Seat 9 - Nick Schulman - 1,075,000

Hand #16 - Michael Gracz Eliminated in 9th Place ($43,684)

Hand #16 - Michael Gracz moves all in, and James Mackey calls with {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}. Gracz shows {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, and he'll need to improve. To make matters worse, the holecams show that Michael Binger folded a nine from the big blind.

The board comes {10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}, and Mackey rivers a set of queens to win the pot. Michael Gracz is eliminated in ninth place, earning $43,684. The next player eliminated will receive $60,254 for eighth place.

Hand #16

Hand #16 - Michael Gracz moves all in, and James Mackey calls with {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}. Gracz shows {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, and he'll need to improve. To make matters worse, the holecams show that Michael Binger folded a nine from the big blind.

The board comes {10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}, and Mackey rivers a set of queens to win the pot. Michael Gracz is eliminated in ninth place, earning $43,684. The next player eliminated will receive $60,254 for eighth place.

Hand #14

Hand #14 - Michael Binger raises from early position, Nick Schulman reraises from the small blind, and Binger folds. The holecams reveal:

Binger: {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Schulman: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

15-Minute Break

The players take a 15-minute break, including time to color up the chips before the blinds Increase to 20,000-40,000, with a 5,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1 - William McMahon - 430,000
Seat 2 - Tex Barch - 275,000
Seat 3 - Michael Binger - 545,000
Seat 4 - Jan Sorensen - 750,000
Seat 5 - Stuart Fox - 765,000
Seat 6 - Maciek 'Michael' Gracz - 505,000
Seat 7 - Karga Holt - 680,000
Seat 8 - James Mackey - 1.7 million
Seat 9 - Nick Schulman - 980,000

Even with such a limited audience in the sequestered Bluff tent, there are two recognizable faces watching this final table from the inside -- legendary tournament director Matt Savage, and Jeff Cabanillas, who defeated Phil Hellmuth to win this event last year.

Hand #13

Hand #13 - Karga Holt raises from the button, Nick Schulman moves all in from the small blind, and Holt asks for a count of Schulman's bet before he calls with {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}. Schulman shows {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, and he's dominated as he faces elimination.

The flop comes {J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, and Holt solidifies his lead with a pair of jacks. The turn card is the {8-Spades}, and Schulman picks up a gut-shot straight draw, and needs a nine on the river to stay alive.

The river card is -- the {9-Clubs}! Schulman spikes a jack-high straight on the river to survive and double up in chips.

Hand #12

Hand #12 - Karga Holt limps from the small blind, James Mackey raises, and Holt folds. Mackey shows {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} to Holt as he collects the pot. The holecam shows that Holt had {Q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}.