| 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Final | |
| by 2007 World Series of Poker Coverage | |
| Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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Final Day of the 2007 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event
Monday, 18th of June 2007 09:27 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)
On the button, Cho decided to push with J The board brought Q Stucke's pocket 7's held up, and he claimed victory in this hard-fought battle for the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em WSOP tournament!
David Stucke won the tournament, the coveted WSOP bracelet, and a whopping $603,069! Young Cho, who already had a 3rd place cash in this year's WSOP, took 2nd place in this event for $382,357. Monday, 18th of June 2007 09:16 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)David Stucke and Young Cho tangled in a hand when Stucke limped in the small blind with pocket K's, Cho raised all-in from the big blind with A-Q, and Stucke quickly called. The board didn't help either player, and Stucke doubled up to become the new chip leader with 3 million in chips.
Several hands later came an oppportunity for Seth Weinger to attempt to get some chips back. He raised in the small blind, and David Stucke called from the big blind. When the flop showed 9 The turn brought a 6 Seth Weinger, the chip leader throughout most of the final table action, goes home in 3rd place with a nice payout of $246,478. Going into heads-up action, the chip counts are:
After a short break, the two final players will battle it out for the WSOP bracelet! Monday, 18th of June 2007 08:54 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)
Ium came back from the break with an aggressive attitude and took it into another hand with a raise on the button, but this time, Young Cho reraised all-in. Ium went into the tank for approximately five minutes, and someone finally called the clock on him. Before time ran out, he called with A On the very next hand, Ium moved all-in with J The turn was a 7 Michael Ium was eliminated in 4th place and left with $164,319. Monday, 18th of June 2007 08:39 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)Players have returned from a break and sit with the following chips:
Blinds are now 60,000/120,000 with a 15,000 ante. Prior to the break, it became apparent that Weinger switched to conservative mode, even saying to his opponents that he wasn't getting any good cards. In light of this, he has continued to lose blinds and antes and now sits in second position after dominating throughout most of the final table thus far. And Cho, on the other hand, has become more aggressive by picking his spots and building up his stack. Monday, 18th of June 2007 07:44 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)David Woo seemed to be ready to make a move. He moved all-in with pocket 3's but got no callers. On the very next hand, Woo looked down at pocket Jacks and moved all-in again. This time, Michael Ium called with a better hand - pocket A's.
The board came 4 David Woo leaves this final table in 5th place and goes to collect the $115,339 that he earned today. Monday, 18th of June 2007 06:55 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)Play has resumed after a 20-minute break. Blinds are at 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante. Chip counts going into the 46th hand of this final table are as follows:
Monday, 18th of June 2007 06:21 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)Noam Freedman and Seth Weinger saw a flop of 10
10 for a pair of tens. Freedman showed 10 8 for the pair of tens with a lower kicker. The turn came 7 , and the river was a J , and no help was provided for Freedman. Seth Weinger scooped the sizable pot and now sits as the massive chip leader.Noam Freedman was eliminated in 6th place and walks away with $83,739. The remaining players are all in the six-figure payout range. Monday, 18th of June 2007 05:31 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)Young Cho doubled through Dobilovic, leaving him with only 15,000 in chips. On the very next hand, Dobilovic moved all-in UTG. Cho was on the button and called, Seth Weinger in the small blind called, and Ium in the big blind called. The flop was A
The turn came an 8 Cho turned over the A Tom Dobilovic leaves the final table in 7th place with $63,200. Monday, 18th of June 2007 05:15 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)By the end of the first break, chip counts were as follows:
The blinds moved up to 20,000/40,000 with an ante of 5,000. In a key hand that may have changed the course for David Stucke, Seth Weinger began play by raising UTG. Stucke came back with an all-in reraise on the button, which Weinger called. Weinger called with K Monday, 18th of June 2007 04:10 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)The action is fast today.
K . Sanchez turned over this J 7 , and the board produced A 10 2 A Q for Woo's trip aces.Luis Sanchez goes home with an 8th place finish and $47,400. Monday, 18th of June 2007 04:00 PM (Jennifer Newell reporting)Play started with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and a 4,000 ante. On the very first hand of the final table, Thai Ton moved in for 220,000, and Seth Weinger called with K Thai Ton was eliminated in 9th place for $36,340. Nine players have survived a starting field of 2,315 players to make it to the final table of this Event. Final table action will get underway at 3pm. Here they are with their seat assignments and chip counts:
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. Little did he know that Stucke would catch a playable hand with 7
. Stucke quickly called the all-in of Cho.
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