$5,150 Championship Main Event Day 1 | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

11-14-2008 15:10 UTC-7

Break Time

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The tournament clock has been paused while the players go on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

11-14-2008 15:27 UTC-7

After a quick pizza break, the players have returned to their seats and the cards are back in the air. Harvey's Poker Room staff put out approximately sixty boxes of pizza for the field to snack on during the break. Needless to say, they killed every one of them (with a little help from members of the various media outlets of course).

Of note, bracelet winner Max 'The Italian Pirate' Pescatori has taken his seat amongst the field.

Tags: Max Pescatori

11-14-2008 15:43 UTC-7

Introducing Travis Erdman

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San Francisco, California native Travis Erdman is currently our unofficial chip leader with 36,000 in chips. Erdman has experienced tremendous success here in Tahoe, having made the final table of this event in each of the last two years, finishing 9th ($14,231) last year and 5th ($36,297) in 2006.

We'll keep an eye on Erdman's progress throughout the day as he goes for an impressive third straight final table in Tahoe!

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11-14-2008 15:53 UTC-7

Prizepool and Payout Information Released

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Tournament Director Janis Sexton has just released the prizepool and payout information to the players and media.

132 players generated a total prizepool of $640,200. The top 18 places are scheduled to be paid, with 18th place taking home just over $7,000. The event's eventual winner will take home $181,379 in prize money and a $11,000 seat ($10,000 for the buy-in + $1,000 for expenses) into the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event.

For a complete list of payouts and other relevant information, visit our Prizepool and Payouts page.

11-14-2008 16:04 UTC-7

Schlosser Swimming in Chips

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Guy Schlosser has just taken down a nice pot after check-calling bets of 1,200, 3,000 and 5,000 from a single opponent as the board filled out {10-Diamonds}

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"Got the straight?" Schlosser asked as he tossed in his 5,000 call on the river, tabling {K-Diamonds}

for two pair (kings and deuces).

"Nope, good call," his opponent replied, as he tossed his hand into the muck.

With the win, Schlosser moved up to 29,000 in chips.

Tags: Guy Schlosser

11-14-2008 16:09 UTC-7

Chan-dates

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Johnny Chan has recently been demoted to short-stack status after losing his second major pot in the past hour. Chan currently sits with 6,200 in chips after climbing as high as 16,400 earlier in the day.

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11-14-2008 16:21 UTC-7

Fox Trapped

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Last year's runner-up and hometown hero Dustin Fox is back again, looking to best last year's strong result.

He's got plenty of chips, but just forfeited a recent pot to an opponent seated across the table from him in the two-seat.

Fox limped into the pot from under the gun and, when the action had folded around the table, his opponent kicked it up to 775. Fox made the call and the two saw a flop of {K-Spades}

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Both players checked the flop, prompting the dealer to burn and turn the {6-Diamonds}

. Fox then led out with a 1,300 bet, which his opponent kicked up to 4,300. After a short dwell in the tank, Fox threw his hand away saying, "Nice bluff."

"Do you want a reaction from that?" his opponent asked.

"I didn't ask for one," Fox said with a smile. The hand left Fox with a healthy 31,500 in chips.

Tags: Dustin Fox

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

11-14-2008 16:36 UTC-7

Bonsack Doubles to Get Healthy

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Mark Bonsack just got a little healthier when he called an opponent's all in, creating a preflop race that had Bonsack's pocket eights up against the {A-Diamonds}