Event 40 - $1,500 Mixed Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-24-2007 23:20 UTC-7

Limit Hold'em

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Players will be playing Limit Hold'em for the next half hour.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

06-24-2007 23:09 UTC-7

Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri Eliminated

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Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri, who always seems to find himself at some of the toughest tables in every tournament he plays (today with "Miami" John Cernuto and Jeffrey Lisandro), has been eliminated from the tournament.

Al typically holds his own against the game's top pros, but today simply wasn't his day.

Tags: Al Barbieri

06-24-2007 23:03 UTC-7

Tran Off to a Good Start

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J.C. Tran wasted no time after returning from break to get involved in a big way, eliminating an opponent with queens and tena; his opponent showed queens and eights.

J.C. now has 10,000 chips.

Tags: J.C. Tran

06-24-2007 22:48 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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We're playing No-Limit Hold'em for the next half hour, and the cards are in the air.

Level: 5

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-24-2007 22:35 UTC-7

Relocating

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A majority of the players have returned from break and found their new seating assignments in the Amazon Room. The scene is pretty hectic inside, as players try to find their new tables.

Meanwhile, just a few feet away from our new tournament area, railbirds are packed in three and four deep to catch a glimpse of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, which is currently down to 136 players.

Cards should be in the air shortly.

06-24-2007 22:23 UTC-7

PokerNews Video: Lakers Owner Jerry Buss

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PokerNews grabbed Lakers owner Jerry Buss on break from the $1,500 Mixed Hold’em event. Jerry talked about his limited WSOP schedule because of being busy in his other endeavors, and about not having to worry about bankroll management.

Click here to check out the interview with Jerry, along with all the other videos from this event.

Tags: Jerry Buss PokerNews Video

06-24-2007 21:21 UTC-7

Dinner Break

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Players are now on dinner break until 10:30 p.m. PDT, at which time all tournament tables will be moved inside, into the Amazon Room.

06-24-2007 21:10 UTC-7

Froehlich Flops the Nuts

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Holding

, Eric Froehlich couldn't have been happier to see the flop come {Q-Spades}

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Froehlich managed to extract a ton of chips on the hand, as the river action was capped; unfortunately, we were unable to see what Eric's opponent had, because he tossed his cards into the muck at showdown.

E-Fro now has 16,000 chips.

Tags: Eric Froehlich