Event 44 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-25-2008 03:46 UTC-7

Rebuy Fun at Noon at the Rio

[user33020]

Noon on Wednesday brings the start of one of the most entertaining tourneys on the WSOP schedule, Event #44, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Rebuys. Players start with 2,000 in chips, and can rebuy at any time during the first two hours if and when their stacks dip below that 2,000 starting level. Player can also do a double rebuy-addon at the end of the second level for an additional 4,000 chips, no matter how many (or how few) chips they have at that juncture.

Expect that frequent cries of "Rebuy!" will be heard in the Amazon Room. Last year's event saw 1,048 starters chip in an extra 2,336 rebuys. Long after the early chaos was over, Michael Graves emerged with the bracelet and $742,121 in first-place winnings.

Tags: Michael Graves

06-25-2008 12:02 UTC-7

Play Kicks Off

[user66118]

With close to 700 entrants already registered for today's tournament, the dealers have shuffled up and play is underway!

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-25-2008 12:20 UTC-7

The Word of the Day

[user66118]

With chips still available for purchase for nearly two hours, the most common phrases in the room are, "All in," and "Rebuy."

Daniel Alaei just moved all in blind from under the gun, and Scott Seiver called from middle position. Seiver says, "I got the goods," flipping over {8-Spades}

. Alaei squeezed his cards and opened up {A-Clubs}

. The board ran out {2-Clubs}

, and Alaei snags an early pot from Seiver.

06-25-2008 12:34 UTC-7

The Other Leader Board

[user66118]

Ray Henson has re-bought five times already, and he is keeping track of the rebuys of the players around him.

"I'm in the lead with five right now," he says, looking at his hand-written list.

Fabrice Soulier tells Henson that he is playing this event as a freeze-out, and Henson jests, "If you don't rebuy, I'm never talking to you again!"

06-25-2008 12:38 UTC-7

Shove Fest

[user66118]

Alex Jacob limped in from middle position, and action came around to the big blind. The player seated there shoved all in for 4,000, and Jacob made the call, turning over {K-Clubs}

. His cards were live, but he was trailing the {A-Spades}

of his opponent. The board ran out {8-Spades}

, failing to provide any help for Jacob and knocking him back to 1,000 chips.

06-25-2008 12:42 UTC-7

Aces Hold

[user22113]

If there was ever a situation in which aces would get cracked it would be 5-handed right? Not this time.

Five players went all in preflop, including Roland de Wolfe with {K-Hearts}

.

The board came {2-Hearts}

and de Wolfe made the nut flush, but the cutoff turned over {A-Spades}

for a full house to take down the monster pot.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe

06-25-2008 12:45 UTC-7

Liebert Wants to Gamble

[user22113]

Kathy Liebert is trying to get her table to gamble a bit more. She is constantly reminding them that "this is a rebuy event," but no all ins have taken place. It might be the only table in the Brasilia room without an all in yet.

06-25-2008 12:46 UTC-7

Overpair = Rebuy

[user66118]

A player in the cutoff seat opens for a raise to 200, and the small blind calls. Hevad "Rain" Khan is in seated in the big blind, and he re-raises to 725. Both opponents call.

The flop comes {5-Diamonds}

. Both binds check to the late-position player, and he moves all in. The small blind folds, but Khan calls with his {10-Hearts}

. His opponent holds {A-Diamonds}

, giving him a flush draw and two overcards.

The turn blanks the {5-Spades}

, but the

on the river is the flush card, dropping Khan back down to 800 chips. When the card hits the board, Khan taps the table and says, "Rebuy."

Tags: Rain Khan

06-25-2008 12:56 UTC-7

Blind Raising

[user22113]

Theo Tran's table set up the good old quadruple straddle. There are no straddles in tournament play so technically this is four blind raises. After six rebuys Tran finally won a monster pot with two pair that has put him up to 26,000 in chips.

Tags: Theo Tran