Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 1 Completed
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
360
Level
5
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Round 2 Seat Assignments Released
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TABLE 1
Seat # Player:
1 Evan McNiff
2 John Murphy
3 Eugene Katchalov
4 Thomas Roupe
5 Joe Sebok
6 William Palmer
TABLE 2
Seat # Player:
1 Mats Gavatin
2 Pier Ruscalla
3 Christopher Howard
4 Leo Wolpert
5 Maciek Gracz
6 Jacobo Fernandez
TABLE 3
Seat # Player:
1 Isaac Haxton
2 Greg Mueller
3 Burt Boutin
4 Adam Levy
5 Paul Roper
6 Ryan Thurlow
TABLE 4
Seat # Player:
1 Tony G
2 Robert Firestone
3 Sirous Jamshidi
4 Elton Beebe
5 Alex Jacob
6 John Monnette
TABLE 5
Seat # Player:
1 John Juanda
2 Eric Froehlich
3 Andrey Zaichenko
4 Gabriel Costner
5 Timothy West
6 Erik Seidel
TABLE 6
Seat # Player:
1 Biechel Remy
2 Gregg Turk
3 William Blanda
4 Phil Tom
5 Richard Kirsch
6 Ariel Schneller
Each player starts Round 2 with 100,000 in chips. Action resumes at 2pm from the Amazon Room, with the latest updates right here at PokerNews.
One Round Down, Two More to Come
360 entered the event, and a number of notables did not make it through to the second round, including Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, David Benyamine, Mike Sexton, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, Humberto Brenes, Phil Laak, Bill Chen, and Andy Bloch. Two 2008 WSOP bracelet winners didn't make it through Round 1: Nenad Medic (Event No. 1 winner) and Erick Lindgren (Event No. 4 winner). And Phil Hellmuth was busted as well after running his pocket kings into John Juanda's pocket aces.
Round Two will play much like today's round, with each of the tables playing down to a single winner who will then play at Sunday's six-handed final table. Players will be starting the second round with 100,000 chips, with blinds beginning at 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante.
Several tough players will be returning tomorrow, including Burt Boutin, Eric Froehlich, Michael Gracz, Tony G, Isaac Haxton, Alex Jacob, Sirous Jamshidi, John Juanda, Greg Mueller, Joe Sebok, and Erik Seidel.
Everyone who survived to tomorrow is guaranteed $16,920 for winning their tables today. Those who win their tables tomorrow and make the final table will each win at least $38,070 (sixth place prize money). And the winner of Event No. 11 will take home a cool $477,900. See the "Prizepool and Payouts" link for a complete list of payouts.
See you tomorrow at 2pm Vegas time for Round 2!
Gregg Turk Advances to Round 2
Two hands after the last hand we reported, Turk raised to 16,000 from the small blind/button, Sterling reraised all in, and Turk made the call.
Turk
Sterling
The board came
, and Turk's kings held up.
Lead Change
Turk limped in from the small blind/button and Sterling checked his option. The flop came
and both checked. The turn was the 
. Sterling checked, Turk bet 6,000, and Sterling called. The river was the 
. Sterling checked, Turk bet 8,000, and Sterling called again.Turk showed
for the straight, and Sterling mucked. Turk is now up to 71,000, and Sterling down to 29,000.
Sterling Doubles Up
Matt Sterling raised to 5,000 from the small blind/button, Gregg Turk reraised to 15,000, Sterling pushed all in, and Turk made the call. Sterling showed A-K, and Turk a pair of nines.
The flop came
, and Turk needed a nine to knock out Sterling. The turn was the and the river the , and Sterling dragged the large pot.Sterling now has 74,600, and Turk is down to 26,300.
The Backs of the Cards All Look Alike
Gregg Turk continues to maintain his advantage, and now has 62,000 to Sterling's 38,000.
Sterling Close to Even
Sterling is now at 42,000 to Turk's 58,000.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Matt Sterling Loses Lead
and Turk checked. Sterling bet 3,300. Turk check-raised to 8,000 and Sterling called. The turn was 
. Turk bet 10,000 and Sterling folded.After the hand, Sterling is down to 36,000 and Turk has 64,000.