Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-10-2009 10:01 UTC-12

Tables Getting Short

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There are already a number of tables that are down to four- and five-handed play in today's event, along with two tables that are already heads up.

06-10-2009 09:56 UTC-12

Some more chip counts from around the room include:

Max Pescatori - 7,000
Masa Kagawa - 4,700
Phil Ivey - 15,500
Hevad Khan - 4,875
Maya Gellar - 3,300
Andy Bloch - 2,275
Victor Ramdin - 5,100
Peter Feldman - 9,700
David Pham - 6,300
Adam Junglen - 6,200
Shannon Elizabeth - 6,000
Humberto Brenes - 4,000

Two players no longer in this event are Michael Mizrachi and Kevin Boudreau.

06-10-2009 09:43 UTC-12

Eliminations

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Some of notable players no longer in today's event include:

Scott Fischman
Evelyn Ng
J.C. Tran
Isaac Haxton
Gavin Griffin
Scott Montgomery
Amnon Filippi

06-10-2009 09:41 UTC-12

Tran Pads His Stack

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Theo Tran called an opponent's all in with {A-Hearts}

and was ahead of {A-Spades}

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When the board ran out {5-Hearts}

, Tran held on and bumped his stack up to 6,900.

Some other counts from around the room include:

Scott Freeman - 5,300
Erick Lindgren - 5,300
Paul Magriel - 4,800
Alan Jaffray - 3,200
Jason Young - 11,000
Hal Lubarsky - 2,200
David Inselberg - 6,200
Thomas Keller - 12,000
Clark Hamagami - 7,700
Scott Clements - 800

06-10-2009 09:27 UTC-12

We're Back

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The break is over and cards are back in the air. Blinds are now 100/200.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-10-2009 09:03 UTC-12

Break

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Players are now on a 20-minute break.

06-10-2009 08:59 UTC-12

A Tough Climb for Noah Schwartz

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Noah Schwartz is playing at what turned out to be a big action table, which is already down to five-handed play.

Schwartz still has most of his starting stack with 4,300 chips. The problem is, one player has the majority of chips on the table, having built his stack up to almost 30,000 in the early going.

06-10-2009 08:46 UTC-12

Two Pros Going in Two Directions

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Scott Fischman and Phil Ivey are sitting only a few tables apart in the Amazon Room, but their days couldn't be going any differently.

As we watched, Fischman got a walk in the big blind and flashed the {A-Clubs}

before taking the pot. It was a big win for him, considering he's down to just 500 after losing a big hand earlier on.

Ivey's table, on the other hand, has already lost three players, with chips fairly well distributed among the survivors. Ivey has more than slightly doubled his starting stack, and is sitting on about 10,000.

06-10-2009 08:35 UTC-12

More Eliminations

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A few more players have left the tournament area, including Allen Kessler, Lars Bonding and Matt Keikoan.

Meanwhile, Victor Ramdin is running over his table, which is already down to seven players. Ramdin has almost tripled his starting stack, which stands at more than 13,000, while everyone else is at or below their original stack size.