2008 World Series of Poker

Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
5♥7♥
Prize
$794,112
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,308,800
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Day 1 Chip Leaders Tallied

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With the chips counted and into sealed bags and the remaining 70 players departed for the night, the official chip leaders for Day 1 of Event #1, $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em, have been tallied. Eli Elezra rode a late surge to the top of the board, finishing with a stack of 302,900 in chips.

The complete end-of-day top ten is follows:

Eli Elezra 302,900
Amit Makhija 251,100
Nenad Medic 240,200
Patrik Antonius 236,300
Justin Newton 233,000
Mike Sowers 216,700
Anthony Licastro 211,000
Nikolay Evdakov 206,200
David Bach 204,100
Vivek Rajkumar 194,000

Complete chip counts and seat assignments for all surviving players will be posted shortly under the "Day 2" live-reporting entries for this event.