$5,150 Championship Main Event Day 1 | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Hammond

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

10-31-2008 15:12 UTC-3

Whelan and Dealin

[user22113]

Derek Whelan just ran into a bit of bad luck. His chip stack was severely hurt in a hand where the board read {3-Spades}

.

Whelan's opponent was all in and Derek called, showing {K-Diamonds}

. However, it was second best to his opponents {A-Diamonds}

. Whelan was down to just over 2,000, but managed to double up a few hands later and now sits with 5,200.

10-31-2008 15:19 UTC-3

Saul Survivor

[user38368]

Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul's opponent bets 750 on a flop of {Q-Clubs}

and Saul raises to 3,100. The opponent calls. They check the turn and river of {8-Diamonds}

. "I missed," says the opponent, slamming down {10-Clubs}

angrily. Saul shows {K-Diamonds}

and picks up another nice one. He's up to 48,200 and seems to be the chip leader.

10-31-2008 15:34 UTC-3

Derek Whelan Eliminated

[user22113]

Derek Whelan will not be making consecutive main event circuit final tables as he has been eliminated from the event.

10-31-2008 15:45 UTC-3

The Richey Get ... Something

[user38368]

On a river of {3-Spades}

, Brett Richey moves all in and his opponent calls. Brett shows {7-Spades}

to his opponent's {4-Spades}

. It's full house over full house, and his opponent is eliminated. Brett moves to the top of the leaderboard with 53,000, nearly triple the starting stack in less than two levels.

Tags: Brett Richey

10-31-2008 16:06 UTC-3

Louie K Picks Up More

[user38368]

Ilias "Louie K" Kellikidis limps in, along with Young Phan and two other players. The flop comes {3-Diamonds}

and the button bets 600. Louie raises to 1,600 and everyone folds. The button shows a {6-Diamonds}

face up and Louie flips over {J-Spades}

for flopped trips.

He's up to 53,200.

10-31-2008 16:08 UTC-3

Break Time

[user38368]

This crowd's on its first break of the day. Twelve more hours of poker await them, as the staff plans to adjourn for the night at 2 a.m.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

10-31-2008 16:39 UTC-3

Above Above

[user38368]

A player raises to 800 from middle position and the cutoff calls. Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul calls on the button and the flop is {7-Spades}

.

The middle position player tosses out a yellow 1,000 chip and both call.

The turn is the {K-Hearts}

and everyone checks. The river is the {10-Diamonds}

and it's checked to Saul, who bets 3,500. The MP folds and the CO calls. Saul shows {Q-Spades}

and the two pair is good enough. Saul now has 59,000.

10-31-2008 16:58 UTC-3

Chop for Billirakis

[user22113]

On a board reading {6-Spades}

and with over 2,000 in the pot , Steve Billirakis bet 2,500. His opponent called and the {4-Clubs}

hit the turn. Billirakis checked and his opponent fired out 4,050. Billirakis called, bringing the {5-Hearts}

on the river. Both checked the straight on the board and the hands were revealed to be {A-Diamonds}

for Billirakis and {6-Diamonds}

for his opponent.

Steve Billirakis is sitting on a stack of 32,000.

Tags: Steve Billirakis