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

10-31-2008 17:12 UTC-3

Preliminary Event Winners in Today's Field

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Justin Filtz, Yoon Kim, and Perry Ernest all won preliminary events here these past couple weeks and are in today's field. Perry is especially notable as he won the massive 1,187-player Event #1.

Justin's got 31,100, Yoon has 20,475 and Perry has 26,100 at the present moment.

10-31-2008 17:27 UTC-3

Another Preliminary Winner

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Linda Tucker won the ladies' preliminary event and is also in today's field. She also won a $10,000 WSOP main event seat by winning that event.

10-31-2008 17:27 UTC-3

One Table Broken

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Brett Richey's table is the first table broken of the day, meaning we've lost nine participants thus far.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

10-31-2008 17:36 UTC-3

Bob Cole Doubles Up

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Bob Cole was all in for 7,950 on a board reading {8-Clubs}

and had one caller. Cole held {10-Hearts}

, ahead of his opponent's {7-Clubs}

. The turn and river came {4-Diamonds}

and

, clinching the hand for Cole who is now back around 16,000.

10-31-2008 17:43 UTC-3

New Table? No Problem!

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Brett Richey continues to accumulate chips at his new table, which includes former NBA player Ken Norman. During one hand, for example, Richey raises to 550 preflop and gets one caller. The flop is {9-Spades}

and the opponent checks. Brett bets 850 and takes it. He's got 64,400.

10-31-2008 17:55 UTC-3

Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul Applies the Pressure

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On a board of {J-Clubs}

and 4,000 in the pot, Kevin Saul was facing a bet of 2,800. Saul deliberated for a minute and then raised it up to 9,200.

His opponent tanked, and eventually folded {A-Spades}

face up. He asked Saul if he made the right play, Saul responded with "You played it the way I would have." Another player at the table said to the folder, "You played it the way he wanted you to!"

Kevin Saul now sits with nearly 65,000.

10-31-2008 18:01 UTC-3

Saul Again

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We keep reporting Kevin Saul hands because it seems as if he's in every big pot at his table. In this case, things went a little different for Saul than the norm for today. An opponent is all in preflop and Kevin calls, having him more than covered. Kevin shows {4-Hearts}

to the opponent's {A-Diamonds}

. The board runs out {A-Spades}

and Saul's opponent doubles up.

Saul's still doing fine at 49,300 in chips.

10-31-2008 18:06 UTC-3

Meanwhile...

[user38368]

While that Saul hand was happening, at another table, the dealer announced "all in and call." The losing player then announced "F***!" as he stormed off in 151st place.

10-31-2008 18:19 UTC-3

Break Time

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The remaining 148 players are on their second break of the evening.