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

11-01-2008 00:55 UTC-3

Ravi Raghavan in Heaven

[user22113]

Ravi Raghavan is sitting at about 175,000 chips after his {K-Hearts}

held against {7-Diamonds}

.

He is currently the chip leader.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

11-01-2008 01:00 UTC-3

Neverwin Wins

[user38368]

Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf and his opponent check a flop and turn of {J-Spades}

. On the river of {Q-Hearts}

, the opponent fires out for 2,700 and Neverwin calls. He shows {Q-Clubs}

to his opponent's {5-Diamonds}

and is up to 80,000.

11-01-2008 01:04 UTC-3

Smart Alec

[user38368]

Alec Milam raises to 1,000 from middle position. Ken Norman calls from the hijack and another opponent calls from the button.

The flop is {7-Clubs}

and all three players check. The turn is {K-Hearts}

and Alec bets 1,600. Ken calls and the button folds.

The river is {8-Diamonds}

and both check. Ken shows {K-Spades}

and Alec shows but {9-Diamonds}

. Much giggling ensues. "I was pretty sure you had me," says Alec. He's down to 38,000 while Ken has 32,025.

11-01-2008 01:15 UTC-3

Sixty-One

[user38368]

The players are flying out of here, as there's no bubble to worry about until two tables, which won't be reached until sometime tomorrow. Right now we're at seven tables.

11-01-2008 01:30 UTC-3

Slow Play

[user22113]

Play has slowed down considerably, as the players appear to have tightened up their games, avoiding any big pots.

11-01-2008 01:32 UTC-3

Stuart Marshak Gone

[user22113]

Stuart Marshak could not come back from his low stack and has been eliminated.

11-01-2008 01:40 UTC-3

Steal from the Poor, Give to the Richey

[user38368]

On a flop of {K-Hearts}

, a player bets 9,000 and Brett Richey calls. They check the turn of {3-Clubs}

. On a river of {Q-Diamonds}

, Richey immediately goes all in and his opponent folds. Brett now has 92,100.

11-01-2008 01:56 UTC-3

Break Time

[user38368]

There are now 53 players on six tables, and these players are on their last 15-minute break of the evening.

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100