Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-12-2008 15:18 UTC-7

Mehrmand No More

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The tournament is down one enormous bouffant hairdo since UK-based Davood Mehrmand busted out.

06-12-2008 15:29 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Some famous names running well:

Barry Greenstein -- 10,500
Phil Hellmuth -- 9,000
JC Tran -- 8,500
Young Phan -- 8,500
Men Nguyen -- 7,500

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

06-12-2008 15:33 UTC-7

No Luck for Binger

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Michael Binger bunged his few remaining chips in the middle with A-4, but ran into A-9 and is no more.

Tags: Michael Binger

06-12-2008 15:42 UTC-7

Schoenberg Crippled

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Erics Schoenberg is extremely low, down to just 850, so I'd better post this photo now.

06-12-2008 15:44 UTC-7

Frantic Pace

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This tournament is going at lightning speed -- after just three levels, our field has been around halved. At this rate we might make final table before our ten levels are up.

06-12-2008 15:46 UTC-7

Chips Just On Loan

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An unknown opponent outdrew Men Nguyen, but he took the bad beat very well: "It's ok, you can suck out," he said, "Those chips are on loan."

Tags: Men Nguyen

06-12-2008 15:47 UTC-7

Top Pair Takes It

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Sorel Mizzi has recently joined nearby waters. He was last spotted folding to a 1,200 bet on a {2-Spades}

board. Two other players called, one of whom was Maz Nawab (now on 7,200). Whilst Nawab mucked, the two callers showed {K-Spades}

and

, the former taking it down with top pair.

Mizzi currently 4,275.

Tags: Maz Nawab Sorel Mizzi

06-12-2008 15:53 UTC-7

Poker Brat's Stack Dissected In Half

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Phil Hellmuth's stack has been chopped in two.

The hand in question was a simple affair, Hellmuth raising it up to 1,000 from the button, the small blind pushing all in for 1,475 more and Hellmuth making the call. A-3 versus A-J, a three on the turn of no use on an A-K-K-3-4 board.

Hellmuth is now down to 4,350 in chips and has his head slumped in his arms on the table before me.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

06-12-2008 15:57 UTC-7

Perry Knocks Out Opponent

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Robert Perry has knocked out an opponent. He raised preflop, and then called his opponent's all in. Coinflipping with pocket jacks against the opponent's A-K, the jacks held up on a raggy board. As the river came down, Perry banged the table repeatedly with some force, and was muttering something along the lines of, "You wanna coinflip? I'll coinflip with you..." as his young opponent stood up in a daze and headed for the door.

Tags: Robert Perry