Event 17 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-10-2008 03:22 UTC-7

Hildebranski Hanging In

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Patryk Hildebranski has doubled up with pocket nines on the button against Michael Schwartz' pocket fives. Neither hand hit the board, and Hildebranski doubles up to 34,800.

06-10-2008 03:13 UTC-7

Roseberry Takes the Lead

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Continuing his astonishing comeback, Travis Roseberry has snatched the chip lead from Kyle Bowker. All in preflop with {A-Diamonds}

against Bowker's pocket tens, Roseberry coinflipped his way to a 2:1 chip lead over Bowker, hitting the {K-Spades}

board.

06-10-2008 03:11 UTC-7

Heads Up Counts

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Michelle John -- 100,000
vs.
Alexander Triner -- 200,000

David Ortiz -- 150,000
vs.
Jason Young -- 150,000

Ali Eslami -- 110,000
vs.
John Strzemp III -- 190,000

06-10-2008 03:10 UTC-7

Younghouse Busts Out

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Michelle John limps in, and Kurt Younghouse pushes all in for his sizable stack. John thinks about it for a while, and then calls -- she is dominating him.

John: {A-Diamonds}

Younghouse: {A-Spades}

Flop:

-- suddenly Younghouse is ahead with a pair of deuces

Turn: {K-Spades}

-- Younghouse stays ahead, picking up a flush draw to boot

River: {5-Diamonds}

-- and suddenly Michelle John has made a straight, and Kurt Younghouse has busted out. Michelle John continues heads up with Alexander Triner.

06-10-2008 03:05 UTC-7

Matt Giannetti Survives

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Matt Giannetti has doubled up to 53,000 courtesy of Kahlid Hameed who drops to 37,000 as a result.

With Giannetti raising to 8,000 preflop, Hameed makes the call and we see a {9-Clubs}

flop.

Hameed bets 17,100 and Giannetti calls.

Hameed = {8-Hearts}

Giannetti = {K-Hearts}

Turn =

River =

The table continues four handed. Gulp.

Tags: Kahlid Hameed Matt Giannetti

06-10-2008 03:02 UTC-7

The honor of comeback of the day goes to Travis Roseberry -- from being the micro-stack when his table was three-way, he's not only made it to heads up but has gone some way to closing the gap between him and Kyle Bowker. Currently Bowker has 200,000, and Roseberry, armed with a beer, has doubled his stack to 100,000.

06-10-2008 02:57 UTC-7

Simple Elimination

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"A simple, simple elimination," as my field reporter commented, Casey McCarrell pushing all in under-the-gun with {A-Hearts}

and being looked up by Craig Marquis in the big blind with {A-Hearts}

.

A decisive {6-Hearts}

board later and McCarrell is gone in fourth, leaving Khalid Hameed, Craig Marquis, Matthew Giannetti and Danny Smith to go at it four-handed.

We could be here a while...

Tags: Casey McCarrell Craig Marquis

06-10-2008 02:56 UTC-7

Zeidman Eliminated

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Mike Schwartz makes it 7,300 preflop and both John McKinney and Corey Zeidman call. "Three-way action!" exclaims McKinney. "Only in Vegas."

McKinney checks the {9-Clubs}

flop and Schwartz bets out 13,200. Zeidman now makes it all in for 45,800 and McKinney calls -- Schwartz wisely gets out of their way, and they turn over their cards.

McKinney: {8-Clubs}