Event 8 - $1,000 No Limit Holdem w/ rebuys | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-07-2007 15:55 UTC-7

Hand #29

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Hand #29 - Michael Chu has the button in seat 1, Vahedi raises from the cutoff to 60,000, Schleger moves all in from the small blind for 292,000, and Vahedi folds. Schleger takes the pot.

Shane Schleger now has 396,000 in chips.

06-07-2007 15:56 UTC-7

Hand #30

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Hand #30 - Shane Schleger has the button in seat 2, and Gracz raises under the gun to 60,000, winning the blinds and antes.

06-07-2007 15:57 UTC-7

Alex Jacob in the Audience

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Alex Jacob, who finished third in Event #3 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em), is now sitting with Haralabos Voulgaris in the audience.

06-07-2007 15:58 UTC-7

Hand #31

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Hand #31 - Tommy Vu has the button in seat 3, and everyone folds to Gracz, giving him a walk in the big blind.

06-07-2007 15:59 UTC-7

Kristy Gazes in the Audience

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Kristy Gazes has been spotted in the audience watching the ESPN final table.

06-07-2007 16:01 UTC-7

Fear Da Va-Heat-D

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A female fan sitting in the stands has a homemade sign that reads "Fear Da Va-HEAT-D" (a reference to Amir Vahedi) and there are flames drawn all around the word "HEAT."

06-07-2007 16:01 UTC-7

Hand #32

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Hand #32 - Dolph Arnold has the button in seat 4, Vahedi raises from early position to 60,000, and Gracz calls from the small blind. The flop comes {A-Spades}

, Gracz checks, Vahedi bets 75,000, and Gracz folds. Vahedi takes the pot.

06-07-2007 16:07 UTC-7

Hand #33 - Robert Aron Eliminated in 8th Place ($46,862)

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Hand #33 - Michael Gracz has the button in seat 5, Vu raises to 70,000, Aron moves all in from the small blind for 154,000, and Vu calls with {Q-Clubs}

. Aron shows {A-Hearts}

, and he's in a dominant position to double up here.

Tommy Vu takes a walk away from the table, walking in front of media row, into the audience, where he pauses before continuing his walk around the arena.

As this is the last hand before the break, all of the players have gotten up from the table, and it's just the dealer and the chip stacks right now.

The flop comes {J-Diamonds}

, and Aron retains the lead with ace-high. But the turn card is the {9-Spades}

, and Vu picks up an open-ended straight draw, winning on a king, a ten, or an eight.

The river card is the {K-Clubs}

, and Tommy Vu wins the pot with a king-high straight.

Robert Aron is eliminated in eighth place, earning $46,862. The next player eliminated will receive $63,327 for seventh place.

06-07-2007 16:07 UTC-7

20-Minute Break

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The players take a 20-minute break before the blinds increase to 15,000-30,000, with a 4,000 ante.

06-07-2007 16:18 UTC-7

Official Chip Counts From the Break

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Seat 1 - Michael Chu - 1,485,000
Seat 2 - Shane Schleger - 384,000
Seat 3 - Tommy Vu - 1,041,000
Seat 4 - Dolph Arnold - 342,000
Seat 5 - Michael Gracz - 997,000
Seat 8 - Barry Cales - 490,000
Seat 9 - Amir Vahedi - 581,000

With 844 players entered, and 1,814 rebuys purchased, there were originally 5.316 million in chips in play. Right now, there are 5.32 million in play. The difference of 4,000 is within the normal range for color-ups, so all is good with the chips in this event.