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Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'emDay 1 completed
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Thu Jun 11 2009 10:39 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Chip Leader Mats GavatinDay One Concludes for Event 28!
We have reached the end of another successful day at the Rio with the chips being bagged for Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem.
Today saw 2,641 poker enthusiasts take to the felt to battle it out, however at the end of the day only few would make it through.
JC Tran, Dennis Phillips, Ylon Schwartz, Hevad Khan, Amarillo Slim and Jason Mercier were just a handful of names that came and went. However, at the end of the day it would be Mats Gavatin leading the charge with 131,800 in chips with Marco Johnson (126,200) and Magne Boe (117,300) hot on his heels.
Thor Hansen (39,000), Liv Boeree (24,200) and
Ivan Demidov (23,300) are still here representing the overseas contingent, while Kelly Kim (55,500) and David Chicotsky (30,100) are holding down the home front.
With all the action from day two kicking off at 2pm local time tomorrow, make sure to join the PokerNews live reporting team for every blow up, bust out and bad beat of the day. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 10:16 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Play Tightening Up
With just over 30-minutes remaining in the day, players are starting to tighten up as they realise a dream of making day two of a tournament.
Also, with 360 players still in the field, we are only 90 spots from that elusive WSOP cash! -
Thu Jun 11 2009 10:03 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Johnson Cracks Aces
Marco Johnson bumped the action to 2,600 from early position, and found a caller in the small blind.
The flop fell
and a check from his opponent followed. Johnson bet out 3,100, but his opponent quickly made it 10,000 to go.
Johnson then slid a stack of yellow 1,000-denomination chips into the pot to effectively put his opponent all in; his opponent obliged and the cards were tabled.
Johnson:
Opponent:
The turn of the
was dropped from heaven for Johnson, putting him in the lead with two-pair.
When the river landed the
, Johnson sent his opponent packing and he soared up to 132,000 in chips. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 09:56 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Chip Counts Going Into the Last Level
Marco Johnson - 102,000
Thor Hansen - 51,000
Kelly Kim - 51,000
Rayan Nathan - 34,000
Paul Parker - 32,000
David Chicotsky - 32,000
Liv Boeree - 27,00
Rob Perehlman - 26,500
Cody Slaubaugh - 25,000
Dean Nyberg - 23,000
David Levi - 22,000
Ivan Demidov - 22,000
Neil Channing - 21,000
Clark Hamagami - 19,000
Justin Phillips - 19,000
Scott Bohlman - 11,500
Matt Brady - 8,000
Tom McEvoy - 7,800 -
Thu Jun 11 2009 09:48 GMT-70Round: 10 Blinds: 500/1000 Ante: 100
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Thu Jun 11 2009 09:40 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Johnson the First to 100k
Marco Johnson is the first player to hit the 100,000-chip mark.
Recently, Johnson lead out for 3,500 on a board reading
and was called by an opponent. The turn landed the 
and Johnson fired 10,000, which was also called.
Johnson tabled
to best his opponent's 
. He raked in the pot and now has 106,000 in chips. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 09:34 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Hevad Khan grinding out the dayKhan Appearing on Broadway
With the action folding round to Hevad Khan on the button, he pushed all in for his last 6,000 and was called by the small blind.
Khan:
Opponent:
The board ran out
to see Khan double through with runner-runner Broadway to over 13,000 and change. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 09:30 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Ravi Raghavan in actionRaghaven Eliminated
Ravi Raghavan is the next player to hit the rail when his
was unable to improve against his opponent's .
The board fell king-high and the 9th place finisher from Event 20 heads out the door. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 09:27 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Humberto BrenesBrenes Busts
With a limp under the gun, Humberto Brenes shipped the last of his 5,500 in from the big blind.
The under-the-gun limper double-fist-pump-snap called and tabled his
to be ahead of Brenes' 
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The board fell
to see Brenes exit to the rail.
Started 13th Jun, 2009
