Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-18-2008 22:55 UTC-7

Bonomo Death Watch

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Showing a board of {K-?}

, Justin Bonomo called a river bet, only to be shown his opponent's full house, eights full of aces. After the hand, Bonomo was left with just 200 chips.

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06-18-2008 22:58 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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Huckleberry Seed, Michael Mizrachi, and Justin Bonomo have all been eliminated.

06-18-2008 23:06 UTC-7

Chad Brown was all in. His opponent made quad threes, and Brown, with three aces open on his board, was yet to squeeze his river card. With the appropriate amount of drama, Brown squeezed it... and then dramatically flipped over the case ace! He remains alive in today's tournament.

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06-18-2008 23:08 UTC-7

Andy Bloch Eliminated

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We don't know the details, but Andy Bloch was just seen putting on his coat and heading out of the side exit of the Amazon Room. His tournament appears to be over.

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06-18-2008 23:22 UTC-7

The Shark Eating Up Chips

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We missed the action, but arrived at the table in time to see Humberto Brenes show down a full house and eliminate an opponent. With that pot, Brenes climbed to over 12,000 in chips.

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06-18-2008 23:29 UTC-7

Landrum Eliminates Player to Pick Up Chips

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Sometimes even just one pair is good enough in seven-card stud. That's what Sabyl Landrum found out after one of her two opponents put his last chips in the pot on fifth street. The boards were:

Landrum: {K-Hearts}

Opponent 1: {8-Diamonds}

All-in Opponent: {A-Clubs}

Landrum made only a pair of tens, but that was enough to scoop the pot and increase her stack to about 4,500.

06-18-2008 23:31 UTC-7

Sklansky Proves a Tough Out

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David Sklansky continues to hang on by a thread. His was all in on seventh street and his hand ran out {A-?}

, which was good enough to double his stack to around 2,900.

06-18-2008 23:34 UTC-7

Upwards Pressure

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The levels may be an hour long, but the limits do increase quickly in the WSOP stud tournaments. With limits of 300 and 600, the current average stack is about 8,000 chips, or just over 13 big bets. That leads to quick eliminations.

People who have recently been eliminated include: Paul Darden; Doug Carli; "Miami" John Cernuto; Ali Eslami; Keith Sexton; and Allen Kessler.

06-18-2008 23:38 UTC-7

Chip Accretion

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Humberto Brenes has been broken to Orange #10, and like three ducks in a row his tablemates to either side are Amnon Filippi and Greg "FBT" Mueller. Each of the players has well over 10,000 in chips.

06-18-2008 23:46 UTC-7

Slotbloom Falls

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Rolf Slotbloom is the latest player to be knocked out of today's tournament. He started with split aces and managed to get his last 1,200 chips in on third street against Dewey Tomko's buried queens. Tomko made two pair by sixth street; Slotbloom never improved.