2008 World Series of Poker

Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣q♠
Prize
$372,929
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,687,410
Entries
1,236
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Day One is in the Books

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After ten levels of tournament poker, play has finally concluded for the evening. What started as 1,236 players on 206 tables spread out from the Amazon Room, to the Tropical Room, all the way to the Rio Poker Room on the other side of the property, has been reduced to just 72 players on 12 tables occupying only a small portion of one corner of the Amazon Room.

The rate of eliminations was rapid. The short-handed format had players involved in a lot more pots, finding their edge, and capitalizing on it when they could. Unfortuanately, it didn't always work out for most of them. We said goodbye to 1,164 players today and tomorrow we'll leave behind 63 more.

It appears that Matt Matros is our probable chip leader with about 153,000. Thomas Fuller is not far behind however with roughly 150,000. Official chip counts will be posted when they are made available.

Join us as 2:00 pm PDT as action resumes and the field is narrowed down to the final nine players that will comprise Saturday's final table.