Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys
Day 1 Completed
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 0
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Phil Ivey 175,500
Amit Makhija 161,100
Jeff Williams 145,700
Marco Johnson 132,600
Jesse Chinni 129,000
John Hoang 125,400
Zachary Clark 122,000
Scott Dorin 117,300
Alan Sass 111,800
Anirudh Seth 103,400
Complete chip counts for all players who recoded their finishing chips have now been posted. 106 players will return for Day 2 action.
There are still several professional players left in this small field including Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Michael Binger, Billy Baxter, and Clonie Gowan.
Make sure to check back tomorrow as Day 2 will play down from 106 to our final table of nine.
Alex Kostritsyn and Amit Makhija traded raises until all Kostritsyn's chips were in the pot. His pocket eights trailed Makhija's pocket Kings and when the 
fell on the turn and the 
on the river Kostritsyn was eliminated just as Day One ended.
and Johnson called in the small blind with 
. The board ran out 
and Maridu's tournament came to a close at the very end of Day One.
After thinking about it for a moment, Phil turned over his cards to show pocket sixes. "I mean, you're basically telling me you have pocket aces. Thank you."
. Johnson check-called the all in bet only to find that his pocket Aces had been outflopped by his opponent's pocket threes. But on the river Johnson spiked the 
to take down the pot and build his stack to 132,000.
made a solid top two-pair for Maridu as her opponent failed to improve. After the hand, Maridu is up to over 23,000.
Marco Johnson checked, Burt Boutin moved all in, and Johnson called. His pocket Tens led Boutin's pocket fours, and the sealed Boutin's fate and brought an end to his night.
