Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-18-2008 02:08 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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Scott Clements, Ted Forrest, Robert Williamson III, and Ted Lawson have all been eliminated right before day's end.

06-18-2008 02:13 UTC-7

Clements' Elimination Hand

donpeters

Scott Clements found all his chips in the middle when he showed (X) (X) {A-Spades}

(X). His opponent was showing (X) (X) {4-Diamonds}

(X).

When all of the cards were revealed, Clements stood with only a pair of kings, {A-Spades}

. His opponent made two pair though, {4-Diamonds}

, to eliminate Clements from his quest for another bracelet.

Tags: Scott Clements

06-18-2008 02:22 UTC-7

With the end of Level 8, play has come to a halt for the day. We began at 5:00pm with 261 players and we have crept under 130 by the end of the night. The field was laced with pros, and we still have a good number of the full-timers who will return tomorrow for Day Two.

Despite all of the big-name pro action, it appears that our big stack is something of an unknown. The presumed overnight chip leader is Matt "Big Grapes" Grapenthien with 51,900 in chips. Grapenthien is from Chicago, Illinois, and he plays $1,000-$2,000 heads-up H.O.R.S.E. online. Shawn Sheikhan, Marco Traniello, Barry Greenstein, and both Mizrachi brothers are all hot on his heels, and tomorrow promises a tough fight for all.

We'll be back at 3:00pm local time to pick up the action, playing down to our final eight by the end of the evening. We hope you'll join us then!

06-18-2008 05:23 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

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Allen Cunningham is high on the Day 1 leader board in Event 33

The chips have been bagged and tallied, and the WSOP has released the official overnight counts for Day 1 of Event 33, $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship. Chicago's Matt Grapenstein leads the 120 survivors with 51,900 in chips, but the board is tightly packed and there's a ton of work to be done in this event on Wednesday.

The top ten through Day 1 play:

Matt Grapenthien 51,900
Victor Shalom 51,100
Robert Mizrachi 49,600
Shawn Sheikhan 46,900
Vegard Nygaard 46,100
Frank Thompson 44,700
Bob Lauria 42,600
Tad Jurgens 41,100
Thang Duc Nguyen 41,000
Steve Sung 40,900

Join us at 3pm for the latest coverage from the floor of the Amazon Room.

Tags: Allen Cunningham Matt Grapenthien

Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship

Day 1 Completed