Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 05:11 UTC-7

$3,000 NLHE Event #29 Begins at Noon

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At noon on Sunday from within the Amazon Room, action begins in Event #29, $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. This is the only $3,000 NLHE event of the 2008 series, upping the price a bit from the big-field $1,500 and $2,000 events.

Shankar Pillai won this event in 2007, besting 826 other entrants and collecting $527,829.

Tags: Shankar Pillai

06-15-2008 11:58 UTC-7

Players Taking Their Seats

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Welcome to the Rio once again for our coverage of Event 29: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. We should have a large field here today with players starting out in three different sections of the Amazon Room.

The players are just taking their seats with play scheduled to get started in about five minutes time! Stay tuned to our coverage of all the live action!

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-15-2008 12:03 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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The cards are in the air and play has commenced with the blinds at 25/50. Each player starts off with a 6,000 chip start bank.

06-15-2008 12:09 UTC-7

An Eerie Hush

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An eerie hush has dropped across the Amazon Room as the music and pre-game hype ends and the players get down to business. The riffling of chips is the only sound to be heard!

06-15-2008 12:10 UTC-7

Happy Father's Day

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Of course today is also Father's Day here in the US so we wish a Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there - whether playing today or watching our coverage from home.

06-15-2008 12:22 UTC-7

Today's Lineup

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Today's field features plenty of big name pros including Phil Laak, Mike Matusow, Kevin Saul, Jennifer Tilly, Jeff Madsen, Alex Jacob, Lee Watkinson, Jon Little, Clonie Gowen, Hevad Khan, Erica Schoenberg, Joe Sebok, Roland de Wolfe, Dmitri Nobles and Beth Shak.

06-15-2008 12:25 UTC-7

Isaac Haxton Early Casualty

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Isaac Haxton is an early casualty from today's field after committing all of his chips on a flop of {7-Diamonds}

. Haxton held {K-Spades}

for the nut flush draw but his opponent was holding {7-Clubs}

for two pair. The turn brought the {7-Hearts}

to end the hand with the {10-Diamonds}

on the river rubbing salt into the would as Haxton make an early exit.

Tags: Isaac Haxton

06-15-2008 12:28 UTC-7

Saul BelowEven

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Kevin Saul is off to a rocky start in today's event and is already down to only 1,000 in chips.

"Another great start!" Saul exclaimed sarcastically.

06-15-2008 12:30 UTC-7

More Names in the Field

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Other players that have been spotted in todays field include Allen Kessler, Stuart Paterson, Alex Jacob, Doug "Rico" Carli, David Tran, and Peter Feldman.