Event 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Event 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw

Day 1 Completed

06-23-2008 05:59 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

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30 players from a starting field of 238 have survived Day 1 action in Event 40 of the 2008 WSOP, $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw. The field is led overnight by Shun Uchida with 79,200 in chips, with Greg Raymer among those close behind.

The official Day 1 top ten:

Shun Uchida 79,200
Gioi Luong 72,300
Raymond Davis 67,700
Greg Raymer 64,600
James Copeland 62,700
Richard Chase 59,200
Mike Wattel 57,200
Chris Vitch 54,500
Robert Mizrachi 54,200
Luis Velador 49,400

The first order of business on Monday will be to play down to the 24-player money bubble, and then work down to the eight-player lineup for Tuesday's final. Action resumes at 2pm from the Brasilia Room, with live coverage right here on PokerNews.

Tags: Greg Raymer Shun Uchida

06-23-2008 00:45 UTC-7

Day 1 Comes to an End

[user75032]

It's been a pretty wild Day 1 for Event #40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw. We started with 238 players, and after ten hours only 30 of those players will come back tomorrow. Six of those players will leave empty-handed tomorrow; the remainder are guaranteed at least $5,274, or just over double their buy-in. Join us tomorrow at 2pm PDT for continuing coverage.

06-23-2008 00:35 UTC-7

Deeb Finally Knuckles Under

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Freddy Deeb held on as long as he could, but in the end it just wasn't long enough. He was all in again, this time against Von Altizer. Each player drew one card on each draw. On the last draw, Deeb opened his hand to show 8-6-4-3. He flipped his last draw card over - another six for a pair of sixes. Altizer opened her own hand to show 6-4-3-2. She dramatically flipped her own last draw card over - another deuce for a pair of deuces. That pair of deuces was lower than Deeb's pair of sixes. He is eliminated.

06-23-2008 00:34 UTC-7

Kaplan K-O'ed

Shamus

Jaime Kaplan has been eliminated. Short-stacked and having committed the last of his chips, he decided to stand pat with a nine, but his opponent drew to an eight.

06-23-2008 00:29 UTC-7

Another One Bites the Dust

Shamus

A short-stacked Pat Poels called a middle-position player's raise from the big blind. By the third draw, Poels had the rest of his chips in the middle. "What you got?" he asked. When he heard the answer -- "eight" -- he cringed, turning over a nine.

Tags: Pat Poels

06-23-2008 00:25 UTC-7

Close But No Cigar

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Shawn Sheikhan made it through over 200 players and nine-and-a-half levels of play, but he has finally busted, just ten spots from the money. He was eliminated by Ray Davis.

Tags: Ray Davis Shawn Sheikhan

06-23-2008 00:23 UTC-7

Giang Ousts Stockinger

Shamus

Chau Giang just made a "number two" -- 7-6-4-3-2 -- to knock out Sigi Stockinger.

With a little over 20 minutes of play left tonight, we are down to 36 players.

Tags: Sigi Stockinger

06-23-2008 00:19 UTC-7

Deeb Doesn't Quit

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Down to his last 3,000 chips, Freddy Deeb got them all in against Steve Sung. Deeb drew one, then another one, then stood pat. Sung drew two, then one, then one. At the end of the three draws, Deeb's 8-7-5-3-2 was best to allow him to remain in the tournament.

Tags: Freddy Deeb

06-23-2008 00:11 UTC-7

"Here Comes the Skill Card"

Shamus

That's what John Phan said as he took one on the third draw when heads up versus Jaime Kaplan. A short-stacked Kaplan bet out into Phan. Phan paused, then folded, flashing his hand -- which included paint.

"Show the bluff!" the table suggested to Kaplan. But he resisted. He's back up to 18,500 after that one.

Tags: Jaime Kaplan John Phan