Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 22:55 UTC-7

J.C. Tran Wins a Big Pot

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J.C. Tran, Liz Lieu and Russell Rosenblum each put in four bets before seeing a {6-Spades}

flop. From the small blind Tran bet and Lieu and Rosenblum both called, as they did when the {K-Spades}

came on the turn. But when the {2-Clubs}

fell on the river and Tran again bet they both laid down their hands. Tran is now up to 56,000.

Tags: J.C. Tran

06-15-2008 23:04 UTC-7

Bill Chen Eliminates Rep Porter

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Bill Chen led out preflop from under the gun and Rep Porter put himself all in from the big blind. A middle position player called the raise and the three were off to the flop.

Flop: {7-Clubs}

Bill bet the flop and his opponent called. The turn was the {Q-Spades}

and Bill fired again and was called. The river was the {8-Spades}

and again Bill led out and was called. Bill showed {Q-Hearts}

and his opponent mucked, while Rep Porter showed {2-Diamonds}

for his share of the pot. Although Porter had found an eight on the river, it wasn't good enough to beat out Bill's trips.

06-15-2008 23:28 UTC-7

It should be noted that there are a few players in today's field who are playing both this event as well as another. While some are in the PLO event going on, of particular note is Barry Greenstein, who happens to be involved in this event and is also currently heads up in the Razz event.

Barry has a commanding chip lead in the heads up battle and currently strides over to the section here while on breaks during the other. Though many players double dip from time to time, this may be the first double dipping during a heads up confrontation.

Even though he's playing in two events at once, there's a good chance Barry won't be giving away a book today

Daniel Negreanu is among the leaders in the Pot-Limit Omaha w/rebuys event. Negreanu's stack is down to around 8,800 in this event.

06-15-2008 23:40 UTC-7

Richard Brodie Loses a Big Pot

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Among our chip leaders in the early stages Richard Brodie saw his stack depleted when he called bets all the way to the river on a {8-Clubs}

only to have his opponent turn over {A-Clubs}

for the flush. Brodie's stack is now down to 14,100.

Tags: Richard Brodie

06-15-2008 23:52 UTC-7

On Break

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The players have just left for a 20-minute break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-16-2008 00:12 UTC-7

We're Back

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The players have returned from break. We'll play two more levels today then call it a day.

06-16-2008 00:17 UTC-7

Back to His Stack

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Daniel Negreanu in on break from the PLO w/rebuys event and he's returned to try and build up his stack in this event. He's down to 6,600 and he'll have to move his chips if he hopes to survive another long absence while he plays in the other tournament.

06-16-2008 00:21 UTC-7

Freddy Deeb and Scotty Nguyen Have Both Been Eliminated

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06-16-2008 00:27 UTC-7

No Giveaway For Barry

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"The Year of the Pro" continues as Barry Greenstein just won his third WSOP bracelet. Barry has been heads up for a while during that event while at the same time playing in this event during breaks in the latter.

Immediately after winning, Barry jogged from the ESPN arena to this event, barely stopping to field questions from media for his win. Currently, Greenstein is down to 11,000 in chips.