2008 World Series of Poker

Day 1a completed

Posted 06-01-2008 02:10 GMT-7

Official Day 1a Chip Counts Released

After more than eight levels of play on the first of two opening days of Event #2, action was halted with 224 players still seated. They'll be joined by a similar contingent from tomorrow's Day 1b group, which will play for the same amount of time on Sunday, and merged with today's survivors for Monday's Day 2 action.

David Robertson finished the day at the top of the 224 survivors, with 109,100 in chips. He was closely trailed by Ryan D'Angelo (105,800), Frank Sinopoli (103,900) and Shane "Shaniac" Schleger (89,000).

The top ten in chips after Day 1a play:

David Robertson 109,100
Ryan D'Angelo 105,800
Frank Sinopoli 103,900
Shane Schleger 89,000
Henry Tran 80,300
John Carlson 80,200
Grant Hinkle 77,800
Scott Montgomery 76,800
Cameron Main 65,500
James Akenhead 65,100

A complete list of the Day 1a survivors will be posted momentarily in the Chip Counts section.

Tags: David Robertson, Grant Hinkle, Shane Schleger, Shaniac.

That's a Wrap!

Player 226 has just been eliminated from the tournament and play has stopped with 43:47 left on the clock in level nine. We're being told by the tournament staff that players in Day 1b will play down until this exact time tomorrow, regardless of how many players remain.

David Robertson is our presumed end of Day 1a chip leader with approximately 116,000 in chips. Day 1b kicks off tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m. PDT, so be sure to tune in to PokerNews.com for our continued coverage of Event 2.

Goodnight!

Tags: David Robertson.

Bill Gazes Eliminated

An early-position player moved all of his chips into the middle and Bill Gazes made the call for his tournament life. Gazes held but trailed the of his opponent.

The board arrived and Gazes sadly hit the rail just prior to the conclusion of the day's play.

Tags: Bill Gazes.

Sanchez' Kings Are Good

Tony Sanchez has just eliminated an opponent with all the chips in preflop. Sanchez held pocket kings and was in great shape against his opponent's pocket queens. The board of shipped the pot to Sanchez as he makes a late surge to about 41,000 chips.

Tags: Tony Sanchez.

Table 19 Just Became Even More Dangerous

Todd Brunson was just moved to table 19. Here is the lay of the land:

Seat 1: Todd Brunson 7,300
Seat 2: Gavin Griffin 33,000
Seat 3: Bill Gazes 8,000
Seat 6: Todd Witteles 32,000
Seat 8: Shane Schleger 112,000

Tags: Todd Brunson.

One More to Go...

We're down to just 226 players already, with just one more player to be eliminated before we call it a night.

Henry Tran Eliminates Another Player

Henry Tran raised under the gun to 3,500. A middle-position player raised all in for around 11,000 and Tran called. Tran held and his opponent held 3-3. The flop came to give Tran a pair of queens. The turn and river helped neither player and Tran moved up to 80,000 in chips.

Tags: Henry Tran.

Griffin Continues to Eliminate

After a player in the cutoff shoved all in for 8,700, Gavin Griffin made the call from the button. Gavin showed pocket nines while his opponent turned over A-K. His opponent missed the board and was one of the few remaining players to be eliminated in these remaining minutes. Gavin is back up to 37,000 after the hand.

Tags: Gavin Griffin.

Danger Will Robinson, Danger

Table 19 has just gotten a whole lot more dangerous. Gavin Griffin and Shane "Shaniac" Schleger were already there causing fits, but now Bill Gazes and Todd "Dan Druff" Witteles have joined the table. Gazes is on the short stack with 8,400 in chips.

Tags: Bill Gazes, Gavin Griffin, Shane Schleger, Todd Witteles.