Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-01-2007 12:51 UTC-8

Exit Berman

The first hand after getting moved to another table, World Poker Tour honcho Lyle Berman put his last chips in the pot, only to lose the hand. Lyle now has the rest of the day to share with his son.

07-01-2007 12:54 UTC-8

Lee Watkinson

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Lee Watkinson, the winner of this event last year, has made a good start this year.
Involved in a pot against Chip Reese that had them both all in on the turn their cards were:
Lee {10-Hearts}

Chip

On a board showing {4-Clubs}

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This gave Lee top two pair and an open ended straight draw and Chip flopped two pair and had the nut flush draw.
The river was the {6-Clubs}

and Lee wins with tens up. He now has around 32,000.

07-01-2007 12:57 UTC-8

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

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The Championship events are predictably getting the big name pros. All the tables are tough - and everybody knows everybody.

07-01-2007 12:59 UTC-8

Daniel Shows Up...Must Invoke.

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Daniel Negreanu has taken his seat fairly recently, and as we just walked by, we noticed only two organge (5k) chips in front of him. Daniel had to invoke his red chip, and he is down to 10,000 chips.

07-01-2007 12:59 UTC-8

Toto Leonidas Takes a Pot From Sam Grizzle

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On a board showing {6-Hearts}

, Toto Leonidas got all in against Sam Grizzle. The river came a {K-Hearts}

. Leonidas showed {4-Clubs}

for the 8-high straight and Grizzle mucked. With this hand, Leonidas is now around 18,000 with Grizzle down to just 10,000.

Tags: Sam Grizzle Toto Leonidas

07-01-2007 13:00 UTC-8

Math is Hard

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Bill Chen just got clipped in a big pot, and appears to only have about 2,000 chips - and no red chip behind it.

07-01-2007 13:01 UTC-8

Cruel For Bruel

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John D'Agostino has dealt a blow to France's Patrick Bruel, turning a flush that held up against Patrick's top two pair. J D'Ags now has 15,000 and Patrick has been forced to use his rebuy chip.

07-01-2007 13:02 UTC-8

Men The Master Eliminated

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Mickey Appleman just took the last of Men Nguyen's chips, and the Master has the rest of the day off.

07-01-2007 13:02 UTC-8

Dewey Tomko Gets Active

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On a board of {5-Clubs}

, Dewey Tomko bet 3,000 and his opponent called. Tomko showed {2-Diamonds}

for the wheel and his opponent mucked.

07-01-2007 13:08 UTC-8

Josh Arieh Has Been Eliminated

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Josh Arieh was eliminated by Greg Raymer when Arieh's 2-2-8-7 couldn't outrun the Q-7-X-X of Raymer. Raymer made trip queens on the river and not only eliminated his fellow 2004 Main Event Finalist but had another player in the hand "rebuying" as well.

Tags: Josh Arieh