Event 25 - $2,000 No Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-15-2007 22:41 UTC-8

Those Who Remain

We're down to 224 players, and the top 153 spots cash, so we're still a ways from the money. We'll be playing until 2am PDT tonight.

06-15-2007 22:42 UTC-8

Two of the top three chip stacks in the room are right next to each other. At table 6 (also the aforementioned Liz Lieu table), seat two is Douglas Miranda, who recently busted Alan Le to add another 30K to his stack. Seat three is Jason Gonong, who has been up near the top of the leaderboard for the last couple hours.

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06-15-2007 23:01 UTC-8

Liz Lieu on a Rush

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The Poker Diva has doubled through Douglas Miranda, and taken down a couple more nice pots to get herself to about 35,000 in chips -- up from approximately 9,000 about five minutes ago.

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06-15-2007 23:07 UTC-8

Freddy Deeb Has Been Eliminated

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Which is what happens most of the time when you're unfortunate enough to run pocket Fives into pocket Aces.

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Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-15-2007 23:18 UTC-8

Shannon Elizabeth Wins Another Race

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This time she had the pair (Tens) and her opponent had the overcards (A-J). The board bricked out and Shannon is up to 46,000.

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06-15-2007 23:38 UTC-8

Another Reason to Be Happy

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Brandon "Happy" Schaefer just doubled up with A-A vs. K-K, but it took he and his opponent until the river to get all the money in.

A few hands later, Brandon took A-J into a blind-on-blind confrontation, and wound up in against A-9. No help came for his opponent, and Brandon took another 30K down. Brandon Schaefer is up to 119,000.

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06-15-2007 23:40 UTC-8

Mike "Quick" Swick Fighting for a Bracelet

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Over the last few years interest in poker went through the roof, and right now mixed martial arts is enjoying a similar spike in popularity. Huge media companies like ESPN now cover major Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts, and their pay-per-view numbers are starting to rival (and overtake) those for boxing.

Mike "Quick" Swick has run up a 11-2 record as a middleweight in the UFC, and now he's trying his hand in another form of combat -- tournament poker. As we approach the money bubble, Swick is still in the hunt with 27,000 in chips. Most fighters dedicate their lives to winning a championship belt, and wouldn't a World Series of Poker bracelet be a perfect companion piece?

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06-15-2007 23:58 UTC-8