Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-14-2008 17:21 UTC-7

A Few More Arrivals

Shamus

Joe Beevers, Roland de Wolfe, Tony G, and Josh Arieh are here, as are Johnny Chan, Eric Froehlich, Theo Tran, David Williams, Hasan Habib, Mickey Appleman, and defending champ Burt Boutin.

06-14-2008 17:19 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

Shamus

Players will be allowed to rebuy 10,000 chips (for $5,000 a pop) for the first three levels.

Blinds start at 100/200 in Level 1, meaning an opening preflop raise can range from 400 to 700.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-14-2008 17:10 UTC-7

Barny Boatman, Ralph Perry, Jeff Williams, Daniel Alaei, J.C. Tran, Minh Ly, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, John Juanda, Jordan Morgan, David Benyamine, Erick Lindgren, Phil Galfond, Chau Giang, and Amir Vahedi.

Still not quite ready to go. Should just be a couple of minutes, though, until we hear that first cry of "Rebuy!"

06-14-2008 17:05 UTC-7

Some Notable Names

Shamus

Some notables registered for today's event: Michael Binger, Andy Black, Brandon Cantu, Johnny Chan, David Chiu, Alexander Kostritsyn, Erik Seidel, Michael Sexton, Gavin Smith, Lee Watkinson, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Phil Laak, Chad Brown, Alexander Kravchenko, and Michael Mizrachi.

Players are still filing in. The announcer just stated we will be starting in seven minutes.

06-14-2008 16:59 UTC-7

A Few Minutes Away

Shamus

We're just a few moments away from the start of Event No. 28, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys event. It looks as though staff has 20 or so tables readied for today's event.

06-14-2008 02:58 UTC-7

Boutin to Defend PLO w/ Rebuys Title

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Burt Boutin in an earlier event this Series

One of the wildest final tables in the 2007 WSOP was in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (w/ Rebuys) event, which gets underway on Saturday from the Amazon Room with a 5pm PDT start. Defending champion Burt Boutin is expected to be among those on hand, looking to repeat in an event where he collected $825,956 and his second career gold bracelet a year ago. Boutin topped a field of 145 for the title; those 145 players also chipped in 450 rebuys during the early rounds.

Join us at 5pm as action begins. WIth the early rebuys, the action will be wild early in this entertaining PLO event

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