Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1a Completed

09-20-2008 03:04 UTC+2

Official List of Day 1a Survivors and Chip Counts

[user25067]

The following 42 players will return to the Empire Casino on Sunday for Day 2. Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu leads the pack:

Daniel Negreanu 74,900
Jason Gray 72,800
David La Ronde 57,000
Brandon Cantu 54,200
Willie Tann 52,500
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 50,800
Michael Bepper 49,500
Tim Pennington 43,300
Carl Hostrup 38,700
Rumit Somaiya 36,700
John Kabbaj 35,300
William Martin 34,100
Keiron Traversari 31,100
Ben Grundy 30,900
Oystein Stai 30,700
Julian Quance 28,500
John Juanda 27,000
Lee Nathan 24,100
Ryan Johnson 24,000
Pete Linton 22,700
Matt Novak 22,000
Tony Mackay 21,400
Zach Chesses 20,600
Dahe Liu 20,200
Kristian Jorgensen 20,000
Ashley Hayles 19,900
Neil Channing 19,700
Ian Woodley 18,800
John Kitchen 17,900
Christoph Bommes 15,600
Jan Arne Bjerke 15,500
Granvillano Orazio 14,700
Ian Bott 14,500
Surinder Sunar 14,200
Torstein Iversen 12,200
Gary Pearce 12,100
Vitaly Lunkin 12,100
Leo Kam 10,500
Denis O'Mahoney 9,900
Darren Fuller 8,400
Erik Seidel 7,000
Soheil Zamanian 3,700

09-20-2008 01:10 UTC+2

Day 1a Concludes, Action Resumes Tomorrow at 1 p.m. (GMT+1)

[user25067]

Bag 'em and tag 'em boys, Day 1a is in the books, with approximately 46 of today's 191 starters remaining in the tournament. David La Ronde appears to still be at or near the chip lead with Jason Gray, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Daniel Negreanu and Brandon Cantu not far behind.

Official chip counts will be posted as soon as they become available, which we're told will not be too long from now.

Join us again tomorrow for all the action from the floor of the Empire Casino in London, where a sellout crowd is expected for Day 1b of this £1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament.

Until then, good night and good luck from London!

09-20-2008 01:06 UTC+2

Football Match Proves Too Tempting

[user22113]

On the turn of a {6-Diamonds}

board, Brian Johnson check-raised Henrik Gwinner all in. Gwinner, having committed most of his stack, muttered something along the lines of having tickets to see the Chelsea vs. Manchester United match on Sunday, and how he'd rather go to that than try to negotiate the last few minutes of the level with a short stack. He called all in with {A-?}

against Johnson's {4-Diamonds}

, which tripped up on the {4-Clubs}

river even though it wasn't needed.

09-20-2008 00:59 UTC+2

Davood Mehrmand Eliminated

[user25067]

Davood Mehrmand, he of the boisterous personality and lively table talk has been silenced.

Mehrmand had the misfortune of taking his {A-Clubs}

to war with Daniel Negreanu's {K-Spades}

. The money went in on the {9-Hearts}

flop. The {4-Clubs}

and the

that followed were no help to Mehrmand and he hit the rail with about seven minutes to play before we wrap for the day.

09-20-2008 00:56 UTC+2

Double Knockout

MarcC

The short-stacked Hoa Ngo didn't waste too much time getting his stack in before Arnaud Mattern reraised all in for just over 6,000 from late position. Tony Mackay was sitting in the blinds and decided to give them both value by making the call.

Ngo tabled {8-Spades}

, Mattern

, and Mackay {6-Diamonds}

.

The board came {Q-Spades}

!!!

.

The two-outer came for Mackay on the turn and he eliminated two players, helping his stack up to 21,000.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern

09-20-2008 00:49 UTC+2

Delight for Davood!

[user22113]

Davood Mehrmand has managed to double up through Daniel Negreanu. It was an all-in preflop jobbie, Davood's {A-Spades}

fending off the challenge of {K-Spades}

on the

board.

The German now has around 17,000.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

09-20-2008 00:46 UTC+2

When an Early Night is not Early Enough

[user25067]

Despite the fact that the length of the day was curtailed by two full levels of play, Rumit Somaiya just decided to call it a night with over 20 minutes remaining in Level 8. With about 40,000 worth of chips in his stack, Somaiya just put on his coat, filled out his end of day card with the tournament staff, and left!

No bad beat, no big fold, no steam to walk off-- it appeared that he'd just had enough and figured he was well-stacked enough to survive being blinded off for a couple of more rounds.

Somaiya did, however, leave a banana behind in his absence to take care of his chips. Thus far, the banana appears to be playing rather tight.

09-20-2008 00:43 UTC+2

Hoa'd of Thought It

MarcC

Carl Hostrup made a raise to 2,200 from late position and Hoa Ngo defended his big blind by making the call.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}

and Ngo called Hostrup's 3,500 continuation bet before the turn came {9-Spades}

. Ngo checked once more and was to face an all-in bet, this time totaling 13,900.

He sat there and thought for a long while, but it was no Hollywood as he made the call for most of his stack with {K-Hearts}

. It was a good call too as he had Hostrup's {K-Clubs}

out-kicked.

The river came {10-Hearts}

!!! It made two pair for Ngo but made the straight for Hostrup, doubling him up once more, this time to 42,000.

09-20-2008 00:30 UTC+2

Londoners Double

[user22113]

Brian Johnson raises from the cutoff, only to find the small blind moving all in and then Neil Channing moving faster than a whippet on racing day as he shoves his paltry stack all in as well from the big blind.

Johnson folds, flashing the {A-Diamonds}

which must please Channing as he shows {J-Spades}