Event 35 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-22-2007 00:48 UTC-7

Gene Todd Eliminated

[user22113]

Gene Todd moved all-in under the gun for 10,700 and was called by John Esposito. Esposito showed pocket kings and Todd had A-10. Todd missed his ace and Esposito's kings held up. Esposito is now up to 56,000.

Tags: Gene Todd John Esposito

06-22-2007 00:45 UTC-7

Sean Chen Breaks 100K

[user22113]

Calling a preflop all-in of 30,000, Sean Chen turns over pocket nines and his opponent shows A-Q. His opponent flops a queen, but Chen catches runners for the queen-high straight. Chen is currently at 118,000.

Tags: Sean Chen

06-22-2007 00:42 UTC-7

Eliminations and Prize Payouts Mounting

[user22113]

With so many eliminations it is getting hard to report all the action. We have had several eliminations, bumping the prizepool into higher payouts. We will continue to bring you live updates as to the amount of eliminations, prizepool, and payouts as soon as they are made available to us.

06-22-2007 00:32 UTC-7

Challenging Table

[user22113]

With the recent eliminations, and such a small field of pros, we have some interesting table combinations. The most recent being Chris "Jesus" Ferguson arriving at Kathy Liebert's table.

Tags: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson Kathy Liebert

06-22-2007 00:30 UTC-7

Pocket Pair No Good For Gordon

[user22113]

Phil Gordon called a bet on the flop of 1,400.

Flop: {A-Diamonds}

His opponent raised when the {5-Hearts}

came off on the turn and Phil reraised. After his opponent checked the {J-Hearts}

on the river, Phil made it 7,500. His opponent called and turned over {Q-Hearts}

. Phil showed pocket sixes.

Tags: Phil Gordon

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-22-2007 00:21 UTC-7

Finally

[user37786]

It took a little more time than we expected, but we're now down to 269 players. Two players -- Reza Zand and Michael Kaplitz -- busted on the same hand, so they'll split the prize money for the 270th spot. They'll each take home $1,474. Which, as they say, is better than nothing.

Tags: Michael Kaplitz Reza Zand

06-22-2007 00:03 UTC-7

Let's Try This Again

[user37786]

The noises have stopped, the microphones work, and the players are back in their seats. Cards are back in the air, we're down to 272 players, and we'll reach the money after 2 more eliminations.

06-21-2007 23:48 UTC-7

Unexpected Break

[user37786]

Well, because there are no working microphones and the noise level is getting a bit much, the players have been sent on an impromptu break. There's no good way for the floor to communicate and keep track of the hand-for-hand bustouts, so they'll take 15 minutes and try to resolve the issue.

06-21-2007 23:45 UTC-7

Make It Stop!

[user37786]

Adding to the usual pre-bubble chaos is some non-stop and very irritating feedback coming over the P.A. system. No one on the floor seems to know what the problem is, as they turned their all their microphones off and the godawful noise is still blasting away.