39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1c
Official Day 1c Chip Counts Released
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Henning Granstad 242,950
Curt Kohlberg 173,050
David Baker 163,450
Howard Berchowitz 160,075
Arnaud Mattern 157,650
Diren Yildiz 136,075
Josh Schiffman 133,000
Evan Woodington 127,125
Michael Souza 126,100
Serj Markarian 126,000
Join us for Day 1D action beginning at noon on Sunday.
End of Day 1c
Thus came the announcement as staff handed out bags to those who survived the night. Over a thousand of the 1,928 who began the day will be coming back to continue their quest on Wednesday for poker's most-coveted prize.
Today saw several big name pros come and go. Former Main Event champ Huckleberry Seed was gone by the half-hour mark. Gavin Griffin, Justin Bonomo, J.C. Tran, T.J. Cloutier, Tony G, and Marcel Luske all followed him out the door before the day was over.
Henning Granstad pushed out ahead of the field to flirt with the quarter million-chip mark. Others among the leaders of Day 1c play include Curt Kohlberg, Howard Berchowitz, David "Bakes" Baker, Arnaud Mattern, Diren Yildiz, Joe Marcal, Russell Rosenblum, and Mike Souza. Other notables with large stacks include David Singer, Andrew "Foucault" Brokos, and Brad "Yukon" Booth, Brian "Sbrugby" Townsend, and Nenad Medic.
Updated chip counts for all Day 1c survivors will be posted later tonight. Day 1d promises to be just as exciting. A number of high profile pros have yet to make their appearance, and word around the Amazon Room is that tomorrow may well feature the largest starting field of all four days.
So come back tomorrow at noon Vegas time, and thanks for following today's coverage!
Gowen Takes Hit Late
and about 30,000 already in the pot, Gowen bet 7,000 and was called. The river brought the 
. Gowen bet 5,000, Yildiz raised to 18,000, and Gowen called.Yildiz showed
for fours full of kings, and Gowen mucked. She slipped down to 15,000 after that hand, while Yildiz catapulted to 140,000.
No Thrill at the Death
he found opponents behind him with pocket kings and pocket aces, and that was that as they say.
Archie Karas Makes Late Flush
They saw a flop of
and the action checked around. The turn was the 
and the UTG player fired 4,000 with both opponents making the call. The river was the 
and the UTG checked, before the player in the cutoff moved all in. Karas made the call for his tournament life as the UTG folded.The cutoff player showed
for nothing but ambition as Karas flipped 
for a running flush. Karas will finish the day with close to 40,000 in chips!
Nam Le Eliminated
against 
. Neither hand improved and Le's day is over.The players were befuddled as to why this happened as Le apparently had 20 big blinds left in his stack.
Moving in Opposite Directions
The flop is
. Hachem checks and Rosenblum bets 2,000. Hachem calls.The turn is
and Hachem checks. Rosenblum asks for a count of Hachem's remaining chips -- about 17,000 -- and bets 5,000. Hachem folds angrily. "Today you are running like god against me" Joe says. "Do you realize how bad I've been running for the past two years?" says Rosenblum. Hachem has 17,000 left and Rosenblum has 140,000.
One for the Road
Earlier the players were talking about possibly just passing the blinds around in an effort to make Day 2. Clearly that would be collusion, and so they decided against it. Getting drunk sounded much more fun.
Marcal on a Rush!
In the first hand Marcal was able to fire on all streets to get maximum value on a board of
. His opponent understandably thought he was good with his 
for a full house, but Marcal showed 
for quads!Soon after, Marcal raised it up to 1,100 preflop and found one caller. The flop came
and Marcal fired out 1,600. His opponent raised to 6,000 and Marcal flat-called. The turn brought the and Marcal called a 7,500 bet. The river landed the 
and with four hearts on the board, both players checked it down.Marcal showed
for a set, which was good to scoop another big pot to now sit with 140,000 in chips.