2008 World Series of Poker

Event 26 - $1,500 Razz
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$157,619
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$618,345
Entries
453
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Event 26 - $1,500 Razz

Day 1 Completed

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

Barry Greenstein leads after the first day's play
Barry Greenstein leads after the first day's play
Official overnight chip counts released by the WSOP show that 104 players survived through to Day 2 play, rather than the 106 initially reported. Barry Greenstein leads the way with 31,600, with the official Day 1 top ten as follows:

Barry Greenstein 31,600
David Levi 30,200
Mark Gerencher 29,700
Allie Prescott 29,200
Anthony Viganola 28,600
Vanessa Rousso 28,200
Mike Wattel 27,000
Frank Kassela 26,200
Martin Stilling 23,100
Sam Grizzle 22,900

Action resumes at 3pm on Saturday from the Brasilia Room in the Rio, down the hall a short trek from the Amazon Room. We'll have the latest updates for you right here.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Day 1 Concludes

Dave "F-Train" Behr
Dave "F-Train" Behr
The dealers are instructed to place their decks in the well as we've reached the end of day number one for the $1,500 Razz event. After beginning the day with 453 players, we're left with just over 100. Barry Greenstein, Vanessa Rousso, and Andrew Brown are amongst the top of the pack. Other notable names left in the field include Sam Grizzle, Ted Lawson, Dewey Tomko, Andy Bloch, Jeff Lisandro, and Tom Schneider.

PokerNews reporter Jon Schwartz and blogger Dave "F-Train" Behr are also still left in the field after good performances on the first day.

Play is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 3:00 P.M. local time and the restart will begin in the Brasilia room here at the Rio. PokerNews will be there to bring you all the coverage from there. We will see you then.

Greenstein Knocks Out James and Rich

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein
The action was capped on third. On fourth, both Kenna James and Jordan Rich were all in. Barry Greenstein had both players covered in the hand.

Greenstein: {3-?} {K-?} {A-?} {2-?} {8-?} {9-?} {6-?}
James: {K-?} {5-?} {J-?} {K-?} {3-?} {7-?} (X)
Rich: {A-?} {5-?} {J-?} {3-?} {J-?} (X) (X)

Greenstein's hand held up and he was able to eliminate both James and Rich. He mentioned to our reporters afterwards that he has 31,000 chips and also wanted to know where he stood amongst the chip leaders. We told him he was up near the top and he smiled.

Tags: Barry GreensteinJordan RichKenna James

What a Run For Levi

Just recently, David Levi was down to 4,000. He has since gone on quite the run to build his stack.

Levi: (X) (X) {A-?} {2-?} {3-?} {9-?} (X)
Opponent: (X) (X) {A-?} {2-?} {3-?} {9-?} (X)

Levi was doing all the calling on third, fourth, and fifth. On sixth and seventh, he turned around and started leading out with bets, making his opponent be the caller. Levi then turned {A-?} {2-?} {8-?} for a seven low and the winning hand.

He is now up to 21,000.

Tags: David Levi

Greenstein Moving Up

Barry Greenstein and Kenna James went all the way to the last card with James calling the bets from Greenstein.

Greenstein: (X) (X) {3-?} {6-?} {K-?} {J-?} (X)
James: (X) (X) {5-?} {8-?} {Q-?} {K-?} (X)

On the last card, Greenstein checked, James bet, and then Greenstein raised. James turned up {6-?} {4-?} {2-?} and mucked his hand. Greenstein opted to only show two out of his three down cards, {A-?} {5-?} before raking in the pot.

Tags: Barry GreensteinKenna James

Juanda Bleeding Chips

John Juanda has been involved in some pots recently, but none have gone his way. After this last hand, Juanda started off with a {3-?} and then went {8-?} {Q-?} {K-?} to make things worse and worse. Eventually, his opponent bet him out, leaving John with only 4,300.

Tags: John Juanda