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

09-20-2008 00:59 UTC+2

Davood Mehrmand Eliminated

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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 01:06 UTC+2

Football Match Proves Too Tempting

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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 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 03:04 UTC+2

Official List of Day 1a Survivors and Chip Counts

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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

Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1a Completed