2008 World Series of Poker
Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Mike Wattel Picks Up a Pot
After the hand, Wattel moved up to 31,000 in chips.
Table Chatter
So far it's working out well for him as he is here in round two and will leave with no less than $5,000.
Payout Woes
Level: 9
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
Round Two Has Begun
New Seating Assignments
Table 1 -
Seat 1: Simon Sagstuen
Seat 2: Allen Le
Seat 3: Blair Rodman
Seat 4: Samuel Lee
Seat 5: Hansu Chu
Seat 6: Will Durkee
Seat 7: Cristiano Blanco
Seat 8: Rick Shepurd
Seat 9: Jean-Robert Bellande
Seat 10: Jesse Martin
Table 2 -
Seat 1: JC Tran
Seat 2: Danny Wong
Seat 3: Craig Crivello
Seat 4: Connie Kim
Seat 5: Anthony Bloom
Seat 6: Davood Mehrmand
Seat 7: David Orvis
Seat 8: Coralee Greebe
Seat 9: Frederick Berger
Seat 10: Andy Bloch
Table 3 -
Seat 1: Ben Fineman
Seat 2: Mikael Norinder
Seat 3: Richard Walter
Seat 4: John Myung
Seat 5: Lorenzo Guarin
Seat 6: Terry Borer
Seat 7: Robert Kovar
Seat 8: Benjamin Yu
Seat 9: Spencer Lawrence
Seat 10: Charles McCormick
Tabel 4 -
Seat 1: Jeffrey Kimber
Seat 2: Duane Graff
Seat 3: Josh Jorgensen
Seat 4: Kenna James
Seat 5: Matt Graham
Seat 6: Stefan Rapp
Seat 7: Greg DeBora
Seat 8: Yuegi Zhu
Seat 9: Jonathan Tamayo
Seat 10: Michael Watson
Table 5 -
Seat 1: Jelger Wiegersma
Seat 2: Rhett Butler
Seat 3: John Pires
Seat 4: Jacob Petersen
Seat 5: Andrew Rock
Seat 6: Imari Love
Seat 7: Tino Lechich
Seat 8: Claudio Rinaldi
Seat 9: Mike Wattel
Seat 10: Jordan Smith
Table 6 -
Seat 1: Terrance Chan
Seat 2: Kevin Song
Seat 3: Joe Deniso
Seat 4: Gregory Giannokostas
Seat 5: Kirby Rogers
Seat 6: Blake Purvis
Seat 7: Robert Lipkin
Seat 8: Christopher Virch
Seat 9: Sol Mammon
Seat 10: Zvi Stern
Table 7 -
Seat 1: Aliaksandr Dzianisau
Seat 2: Sasha Rosewood
Seat 3: Michelle Ankenman
Seat 4: David Gee
Seat 5: Jannick Wrang
Seat 6: Mike Kachan
Seat 7: Jason Smith
Seat 8: Jesse Correa
Seat 9: Steve Kim
Seat 10: Sebastian Bauer
Table 8 -
Seat 1: Eric Rivkin
Seat 2: Michael Leah
Seat 3: Eric Arreca
Seat 4: Randy Ritterbush
Seat 5: Primoz Adamic
Seat 6: Tony Tan
Seat 7: Eric Wellman
Seat 8: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 9: Steve Stolzmann
Seat 10: Brandon Wong
Table 9 -
Seat 1: David Bach
Seat 2: Eddylee Martin
Seat 3: Mark Klecan
Seat 4: David Olson
Seat 5: Markus Stranzkinger
Seat 6: Jay Bloom
Seat 7: John Kranyak
Seat 8: Colin Miners
Seat 9: James Fricke
Seat 10: Joel Diaz
Jelger Wiegersma Wins!! Round One Complete
Wiegersma:
Minaya:
Wiegersma was ahead with a pair of deuces. The turn of the and the river of the missed both players and Wiegersma advances to the second round.
After almost 10 hours of play, we finally have the field for the second round set. We will have a 15 minute break and then begin the second round around 10 p.m. PDT.
One Is the Lonliest Number..
Rick Shephurd Moves On
The turn was the and Nejib checked again. Shephurd bet and Nejib raised. Shephurd raised to put Nejib all in and he called.
Shephurd:
Nejib:
The river was the and Shephurd won the match and will be moving on to the next round.