Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

07-06-2011 00:32 UTC

Chips Ahoy!

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Here are some more chip counts from Pavillion Yellow, y'all.

Player	Chips	Progress
	8,800
Eddy Sabat	7,300
Luke Schwartz	6,400

Shawn Marion	6,200 -800	-800
Ben Ludlow	4,900 -300	-300

Neil Channing	3,600 -900	-900
Barry Shulman	3,100 -1,400	-1,400

Terrence Chan	2,800 -1,700	-1,700

07-06-2011 00:30 UTC

Benyamine Busto, But Feldman's Just Fine

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Andrew Feldman has just scored a double KO to move up to more than 11,000 in chips, with one of the scalps being that of David Benyamine.

Our PokerNews reporter was at the scene just as the cards were tabled between Feldman, Benyamine and another opponent.

Feldman: {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Opponent: {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}
Benyamine: {10-Spades} {9-Spades}

Benyamine struck gold on the flop of {7-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {10-Clubs} and then filled up with the turn of the {8-Spades} , but Feldman went platinum with the river {K-Hearts} to scoop the pot! Suck-re-suck!

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Feldman	11,300
David Benyamine	Busted

Tags: Andrew Feldman David Benyamine

07-06-2011 00:29 UTC

Durrrr Cruising

[user196975]

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

After calling an initial raise Tom Dwan and another player called the small blind's all in for around 2,000. Dwan went to a flop of {K-Spades} {J-Hearts} {K-Hearts} and bet the other player out of the pot. The all in small blind tabled {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} and Dwan held {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} .

The turn and river came {8-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} and Dwan is up to around 20,000.

Tags: Tom Dwan

07-06-2011 00:25 UTC

Chip Count Updates

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Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Stout	14,000 9,500	9,500
Faraz Jaka	9,500 -100	-100

	7,500
Carter Gill	6,900 2,150	2,150
Justin Schwartz	6,500
Michael Sorosky	5,700
Lauren Kling	5,100 600	600
Jeff Williams	Busted
Jean-Robert Bellande	Busted

07-06-2011 00:14 UTC

Amazonian Chip Counts

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Here's just a small sample of players we've seen in the Amazon Room. We obtained their chip counts for your viewing pleasure.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liz Lieu	12,200
Christina Lindley	11,400 1,400	1,400
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	11,100
Liv Boeree	10,800 6,300	6,300

Brock Parker	9,500 2,800	2,800
Sorel Mizzi	8,800 2,800	2,800
Maria Ho	7,800 3,300	3,300
Marsha Wolak	7,100

Jennifer Cowan	6,600
Billy Jordanou	3,800

07-06-2011 00:11 UTC

Last Wave of Late Reg Tables Underway

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Some players have waited until now to join the field. This is the last wave of late reg tables getting underway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Smith	4,500
Mohsin Charania	4,500

Jean Gaspard	4,500

Randy Dorfman	4,500
Noah Schwartz	4,500

Carter Phillips	4,500

Allen Cunningham	4,500

Steve O'Dwyer	4,500
Terrence Chan	4,500

07-05-2011 23:59 UTC

Cards Are Back In The Air

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Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Cards are back in the air following the 20 minute break.

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

07-05-2011 23:38 UTC

Break it Down!

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Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

The players are now on another 20-minute break. Zombie Nation, take it away!

07-05-2011 23:31 UTC

Ho Gets No Respect

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Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

Maria Ho opened for 375 under the gun and got not one, not two, not three but four callers -- including the small and big blinds. The flop came {4-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} and the small blind immediately bet out 1,600. The big blind folded and Ho snapped her cards and then tossed them to the dealer. The other players followed suit, although they took much longer than Ho.

"I know I had the best hand preflop. I know it for sure," Ho remarked to her neighbor.

Tags: Maria Ho