2007 World Series of Poker Begins!

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2007 World Series of Poker

Jamie Gold officially gives the command to start the 2007 WSOP while Jeffrey Pollack(left) and Jack Effel(center) look on

Shuffle Up

and

Deal!

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2007 World Series of Poker

The room waits for the command to begin

The “Big Poker Show” is now underway. Starting a half hour late, Jamie Gold gave the "Shuffle up and deal " command to put the cards in the hour. The roster for today’s $5K Mixed Hold’em event is a who’s who list of poker stars.

The playing cards designed especially for this year’s WSOP were quickly replaced after players complained that they were to difficult to read (6’s and 9’s were almost impossible to discern) and resulted in hand misreads and players having to stand to read the flop. More later…

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2007 World Series of Poker