2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Day 1a Official Chip Counts Released

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Actor/comedian Ray Romano survived Day 1a action, finishing with 61,025 in chips
Actor/comedian Ray Romano survived Day 1a action, finishing with 61,025 in chips
Final overnight tallies from the WSOP show that 636 players survived Day 1a action in the Main Event. Complete chip counts for all but a handful of non-reporting players have now been posted.

The overnight Day 1a leader is Mark Garner at 194,900 in chips. The official top ten players are:

Mark Garner 194,900
Brandon Adams 176,450
Kellen Hunter 155,200
Stefan Mattsson 154,275
Patrick Fortin 145,275
Jeff Frerichs 138,025
Soren Peterson 135,475
Adam Hudson 127,750
Wayne Brown 124,575
Todd Rebello 123,925

Other names of note finishing in the top 50 included Kido Pham, Mark Vos, Alexander Borteh, Svetlana Gromenkova and Bob Slezak.

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