Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 1c | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-08-2007 10:40 UTC-7

The Countdown Begins for Day 1C

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Day 1C will begin in 90 minutes. There were 1,287 starters for Day 1A. There were 1,545 starters for Day 1B. Today it is estimated that there will be about 1,700 starters and Day 1D is expected to have the largest field.

The first two days have been star-studded and action packed. Stayed tuned as we bring you live coverage from the Amazon Room.

07-08-2007 11:53 UTC-7

Players Are Taking Their Seats

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The start time is a few minutes away, as players are now taking their seats. Due to the heavy congestion in the hallways before start time, many veteran players purposely show up an hour late to avoid the hassle. With 20,000 in chips to start, they have plenty of chips left when they finally arrive.

07-08-2007 12:08 UTC-7

A Word from Jack Effel

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Jeffrey Pollack introduced tournament director Jack Effel who welcomed all of the main event players. He briefly went over the rules, with emphasis on the following three...

1. You must be at your seat before the last card is dealt, otherwise you will have a dead hand.

2. You cannot be on a cellphone or text messaging when the first card is dealt. If you are, you're hand is declared dead.

3. You cannot put chips in your pockets or conceal them anyway or take them off the tournament floor, they will be taken out of play.

07-08-2007 12:10 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Here we go. Let the games begin and the cards are in the air!

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

07-08-2007 12:15 UTC-7

Saving the Best Seat in the House

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2003 World Champion Chris Moneymaker is sitting at the ESPN Feature Table to start off the day. So far ESPN has seated a former World Champion at its feature table at the beginning of each Day 1--on Friday Doyle Brunson was so honored, and yesterday saw Joe Hachem starting play there.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

07-08-2007 12:16 UTC-7

Notables In the Crowd

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Among the 1,600 entrants today are many notable players. Some include:

Shannon Shorr
Phil Ivey
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Steve Dannenmann
Bill Gazes

07-08-2007 12:17 UTC-7

Phil Laak Folds K-K on First Hand

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Phil Laak sat down and found {K-Spades}

. He raised 200 and got two callers. The flop was {A-Diamonds}

. He called over ESPN's cameras.

"Look at this!" he said as he showed his hand to the cameras as he pointed to the flop. "This doesn't match up."

He folded and said, "First hand of the WSOP and I'm already stuck 200!"

Tags: Phil Laak

07-08-2007 12:18 UTC-7

Athletes at the WSOP

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Boxer Antonio Tarver and former baseball player Jose Canseco are among the athletes here in Day 1c.

Tarver is 24-4 with 14 KOs.He's also the light heavyweight champion in the world. You might remember him from his role in 'Rocky Balboa' as Mason "The Line" Dixon.

In 17 seasons in the majors, Jose Canseco hit 462 homeruns with 1,407 RBIs. He was a career .266 hitter.

Tags: Antonio Tarver Jose Canseco

07-08-2007 12:24 UTC-7

Notables in the Field

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So far we've spotted Greg Raymer, Gavin Griffin, Jennifer Tilly, Rafe Furst, Rene Angelil, Josh Prager, Daniel Alaei, Ted Lawson, Kenna James, 2007 Razz bracelet winner Katja Thater, Jan Von Halle, Humberto Brenes, Lee Watkinson, Jonas Flug-Entin, Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken, J.C. Tran, Phil Laak, John Gale, Ayaz Mahmood, 2007 NLHE bracelet winner Ciaran O'Leary, Vivek Rajkumar, Amnon Filippi, Burt Boutin, Tony Hachem, Carl Olson and Vanessa Rousso.