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

06-21-2007 18:03 UTC-8

Players Have Returned from Break

06-21-2007 18:07 UTC-8

Joe Reitman is Eliminated

Joe Reitman, crippled just before the break by cracked aces, got it all-in heads-up; his Q-9 vs A-10. An ace flopped and it never got better for Reitman.

06-21-2007 18:09 UTC-8

"Alaska Reinforcements" -- Wayne McGregor Only One Left

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Mike Forman pushed all-in for 4,200 and one player called. Forman had A-Q and his opponent turned over pocket jacks. The board was no help, and Forman was eliminated. Wayne McGregor is the last one standing (or should I say sitting). He has about 13,500 in chips. Looks like they will have to come back anyway since David Williams wasn't in the event today. Either way, they all said they are having a great time.

06-21-2007 18:30 UTC-8

Supper Time

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Play slowed down in the twenty or so minutes before the dinner break, and now the players have 90 minutes to grab a bite and fortify themselves before we resume at 9 p.m. PDT. There are still 12 tables out in the Pavilion and it was just announced those players will be moved inside during the break.

06-21-2007 20:02 UTC-8

Brief Pause

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We'll be starting in a few minutes, once all the players who were in the tent get situated here in the Amazon Room.

06-21-2007 20:04 UTC-8

Off And Running

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The players are all seated and cards are in the air. There are 420 players left in the field and the top 270 spots pay. We'll be playing until 2 a.m. PDT tonight.

06-21-2007 20:22 UTC-8

Coming From Behind To . . . Lose

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Is there any sadder situation in poker than when you get crazy lucky and suck out on someone . . . and then they re-suck out? An example:

Flaminio Malanuti has A-J. He doesn't know it but he's up against pocket Kings. The flop comes 10-K-Q. All the money goes in, big big pot, and Malanuti shows that he flopped Broadway . . . and now he has to gut out the last two cards and hope they don't pair the board.

Turn is a 3. Good . . .
River is a Queen.

And Malanuti's stack is halved to 20,000.

Tags: Flaminio Malanuti

06-21-2007 20:32 UTC-8

Clonie Gowan Makes the Call

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After Clonie Gowan raised to 2,000 the player in the big blind called. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

and the big blind pushed for 6,550. Gowan said, "It's not an easy call, believe me," before she put her chips in the pot. The big blind could only offer {K-Spades}