Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-01-2008 15:31 UTC-8

Hand #22 - Amit Makhija

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Mike Sexton has the button in Seat 6. Amit Makhija raises to 105,000 and wins the blinds.

06-01-2008 15:29 UTC-8

Hand #21 - Andy Bloch

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Andy Bloch has the button in Seat 5. He opens for a raise and Mike Sexton calls from the small blind. The flop is {8-Diamonds}

. Sexton checks, Bloch bets 125,000 and Sexton calls. The turn is the {7-Diamonds}

. Sexton bets 365,000, Bloch raises the pot to 1.2 million, Sexton lays it down, and Bloch rakes in the pot.

06-01-2008 15:27 UTC-8

Among those in the audience today are Erick Lindgren, Gavin Smith, and Allen Kessler. John Phan just stopped by to shout some encouragement to Chris Bell. Mike Sexton’s cheering section includes Linda Johnson and Sexton's brother Tom, a PokerNews columnist. Humberto Brenes was here earlier (and almost got run over by the boom camera), as was Noah Boeken.

06-01-2008 15:26 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Andy Bloch 2,355,000
Mike Sexton 2,240,000
Nenad Medic 1,175,000
Kathy Liebert 630,000
Amit Makhija 610,000
Chris Bell 290,000

06-01-2008 15:23 UTC-8

Hand #20 - Mike Sexton

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There is a dead button in Seat 4. Mike Sexton gets a walk in the big blind.

06-01-2008 15:20 UTC-8

Patrik Antonius Eliminated in Seventh Place ($124,080)

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Hand #19 -

Amit Makhija has the button in Seat 3. Patrik Antonius raises to 120,000 from the small blind, Andy Bloch reraises to 360,000, Antonius moves all in, and Bloch calls.

Antonius {K-Hearts}

Bloch

The flop is {9-Diamonds}

, the turn is the {7-Spades}

, the river is the {5-Clubs}

and Antonius is eliminated in seventh place, earning $124,080.

06-01-2008 15:16 UTC-8

Not A Good Time

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After his elimination, Mike Sowers shook hands with everyone at the table and then headed for the door. ESPN is conducting interviews with players as they're eliminated, and as a powerful spotlight turned on and the cameraman moved into position, a producer intercepted Sowers before he cleared the area. Most people wouldn't be in an especially chatty mood after being busted from a World Series final table, and that seemed to be the case with Sowers. He and the producer spoke for a few seconds, Sowers continued on his way out the door, and the spotlight clicked off and slowly faded to darkness.

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06-01-2008 15:16 UTC-8