39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1c | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-05-2008 12:50 UTC-7

Empty Seats Filled

[user38971]

The five empty tables we reported on earlier have all been filled within the first half hour of this tournament. Both Sam Farha and Marcel Luske are among the forty-five players who were seated.

07-05-2008 12:49 UTC-7

Here are some big names at the center tables of the Brasilia Room.

Chad 'lilholdem' Batista
Jesper Hougaard (winner of $1,500 NL Event #36)
Farzad Rouhani
Gavin Griffin
Sabyl Landrum
Ut Nguyen
Sebastian Vankempen
Andre Izzokaplar
Brennan Hanson
Nghi Tran
Amit Makhija
Rolf Slotboom
Jeff Madsen
John D'Agostino
Nam Le
Jason DeWitt
Denis Vuletic
Valentin Tomic
David Bax
Yannick Schroeyen
Fabrizio Arrigo
Paolo Zucchetto
Kevin O'Brien
David Daneshgar (winner of $1,500 NL Event #52)

07-05-2008 12:49 UTC-7

Notables

donpeters

T.J. Cloutier, Bill Chen, Marco Traniello, Gary Benson, Ryan Hughes, and David Plastik are all beginning their day in the Brasilia room.

07-05-2008 12:48 UTC-7

Elsewhere in the Field

[user37786]

Also playing in today's event are Scott Freeman, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Keith Sexton, Mel Judah, and Minh Nguyen.

07-05-2008 12:47 UTC-7

Who Else Is Here?

[user40108]

Liz Lieu, Justin Bonomo, Daniel Alaei, David Chicotsky, Scott Seiver, Matt Graham, Jerrod Ankenman, Larry Flynt, William Rockwell, Evelyn Ng, Sorel Mizzi, Chris Grigorian, Alan Sass, Jesper Hoog, Jordan Rich, Terrence Chan and Matt Parvis are all playing today.

07-05-2008 12:43 UTC-7

Premature Climax

Shamus

After months and months of anticipation, there are always some who come to the Main Event who just can't wait to push their chips in the middle.

A player with an eight-high flush draw got it all in versus a flopped set of fives. His draw didn't come, and we have another early elimination.

07-05-2008 12:41 UTC-7

Some Needles In The Haystack

[user67765]

Today's field seems to be amateur-heavy, and we've already heard the cry of "All In, Call!" However, we spotted a few noteworthy names in the blue section, including Archie "The Greek" Karas, Gabe Costner, Rhett Butler, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Francois Safieddine, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Amnon Filippi, Steve Wong, and Tony G.

07-05-2008 12:36 UTC-7

Huck Seed Eliminated

[user38971]

Board:

Chris Miranda bet out for 6,000 on the turn and Huck Seed moved all in for an additional 16,000. Chris went into the tank before eventually making the call. Seed turned over {7-Hearts}

while Chris showed {7-Diamonds}

. The

on the river was of no help to Seed, who was eliminated from today's field.

07-05-2008 12:36 UTC-7

"Always No-Limit"

MarcC

Joe Awada enters the pot with a raise to 350 from late position and finds a caller in the big blind before the flop comes {3-Hearts}

.

The big blind leads out for 1,000 and Awada calls so we see the turn of {J-Hearts}

. The big blind leads once more for 2,050 and once again Awada calls.

The river brings the {3-Clubs}

, prompting the big blind player to check to Awada, who bets 3,000. The big blind player calls showing {Q-Diamonds}

for rivered trips.

Awada folds his {8-Clubs}

adding "Always no-limit hold'em." He's down to 13,600 already.

Tags: Joe Awada

07-05-2008 12:32 UTC-7

The Calm Before the Storm

[user40108]

Not unlike on days 1a and 1b, it is eerily quiet here in the Amazon Room today. These players, most of whom are likely playing in their first Main Event, are all very focused on the task at hand.

There is very little chit-chat. The only sound that can be heard is that of 1,000-plus players nervously shuffling chips.