2008 World Series of Poker
Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Mere Minutes Away
Unlike other events, it doesn't pay to show up late to this one. Essentially a group of sit-and-gos, every hand is important to bust opponents and be the last one standing.
Shuffle Up and Deal
A number of recognizable faces here today. We'll pass along some names in a moment.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level 1 begins
So while we are only playing one round, we may well have a long day ahead of us.
First Eliminations
Player names coming in just a sec.
Lots of Notable Players
Andy Bloch
Cecilia Reyes
Tom Dwan
Dimitri Nobles
Thayer Rasmussen
Chris Lee
Hevad Khan
Alex Kravchenko
David Benyamine
Joe Sebok
Barny Boatman
Phil Laak
Barry Shulman
Evelyn Ng
Scott Fischman
Jonathan Little
Patrik Antonius
Andy Black
David Pham
Shane Schleger
Clonie Gowen
John Phan
Dario Minieri
Isaac Haxton
Jason Somerville
Mike Sexton
Phil Ivey
Chris Ferguson
David Williams
Amir Vahedi
JC Alvarado
Nenad Medic
Daniel Negreanu
Ram Vaswani
Barry Greenstein
John Juanda
Phil Hellmuth
Toto Leonidas
Chad Brown
Humberto Brenes
Mike Matusow
Beth Shak
Erik Seidel
Vanessa Selbst
Brandon Adams
Jordan Morgan
Brett Richey
Jerry Yang
Marco Traniello
Mark Seif
Slow or Fast?
Mark Seif arrived a few minutes after the start, and immediately asked the table why they were already at 100/200 blinds. Others at the table echoed his complaint.
Princes of the Universe
Table 1
Andy Bloch
Tom Dwan
Table 2
Danny Wong
Dimitri Nobles
Thayer Rasmussen
Table 5
Alex Kravchenko
David Benyamine
Joe Sebok
Table 6
Michael Binger
Barny Boatman
Mats Rahmn
Phil Laak
Table 7
Alan Smurfit
Barry Shulman
Evelyn Ng
Scott Fischman
Table 9
Andy Black
David Pham
Shane Schleger
Table 13
Dario Minieri
Isaac Haxton
Jason Somerville
Table 35
Jerry Yang
Marco Traniello
Mark Seif
Jennifer Tilly Busts a Player
The flop came and both the MP and Tilly checked. The turn was the . The MP checked, Tilly bet 800 into the dry side pot, and the MP folded.
The river was the . Tilly showed . We didn't catch the SB's hand, but it couldn't beat Tilly's aces, and he has hit the rail.