Event 4 - $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-03-2007 13:39 UTC-7

The Champ Defends His Title

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Rafe Furst is playing today--that's Furst as in, "Furst Place in the 2006 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold-Em Event." We'll of course keep an eye on Rafe's inexorable journey back to the final table.

Tags: Rafe Furst

06-03-2007 13:38 UTC-7

Action Early

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These pot-limit Hold'em events always seem to generate action early. There have been quite a number of bustouts already.

06-03-2007 13:36 UTC-7

John Juanda Loses to Trips

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John Juanda and two opponents limped in. They flop came {6-Hearts}

and they all checked. The turn came {2-Clubs}

, Seat 4 bet 700 and Juanda called. The river came {9-Spades}

, Seat 4 bet 700, Juanda called, Seat 4 showed {10-Spades}

for trips and Juanda mucked his cards.

Tags: John Juanda

06-03-2007 13:36 UTC-7

Other Big-Name Players

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We'll keep finding more and more well-known pros as we wind our way through the tables, and two we just located are Antonio Esfandiari and Dewey Tomko.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Dewey Tomko

06-03-2007 13:35 UTC-7

Layne Comes Late

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Layne Flack has just made a late entrance to the room. He is seated to Barry Greenstein's immediate left.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Layne Flack

06-03-2007 13:27 UTC-7

Other Pros in the Field

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Freddy Deeb is playing today, as is C.K. Hua.

Tags: C.K. Hua Freddy Deeb

06-03-2007 13:25 UTC-7

Andrew Black Eliminated

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After playing much of the day in yesterday's event, Andrew Black has made an early exit today.

Tags: Andrew Black

06-03-2007 13:23 UTC-7

Barry Greenstein Takes Down First Pot

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Barry Greenstein bet 150 under the gun. The cut-off and small blind called. The flop came {6-Diamonds}

. Greenstein bet out 250 and took down the first pot.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

06-03-2007 13:21 UTC-7

Shannon Off to a Great Start

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Shannon Elizabeth is off to a great start, picking up a 3,000 pot with A-8 vs A-2.

Tags: Shannon Elizabeth

06-03-2007 13:20 UTC-7

Big Names in the Crowd

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Among the big-name players in today's field are 2006 World Champion Jamie Gold, Andrew Black, Humberto Brenes, Doug Lee, Marco Traniello, Jean Gaspard, and Brandon Adams.

Tags: Andrew Black Brandon Adams Doug Lee Humberto Brenes Jamie Gold Jean Gaspard Marco Traniello