Event 19 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-10-2008 11:35 UTC-8

Some More Names

Thor Hansen, Doug Lee, Anthony Phillips, Erick Lindgren, and Bill Gazes are here. Also in the field, Richard "Chufty" Ashby, who has been tearing it up in the high-stakes PLO games on Full Tilt.

06-10-2008 11:31 UTC-8

Early Exits

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We've already heard a couple of cries of "Seat open!" Among the early exits, James Hoeppner.

06-10-2008 11:27 UTC-8

Thater Recovers

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After taking an early hit to her stack, Katja Thater found herself all in before the flop with {K-Clubs}

. The flop came {10-Clubs}

, and her hand held up. She is now back to her starting stack of 3,000.

06-10-2008 11:21 UTC-8

We've also spotted Lee Watkinson, Chris Reslock, Shawn Rice, Vanessa Rousso, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, David Benyamine, David Sklansky, Jordan Morgan, Amnon Filippi, and Jac Arama.

Scotty Nguyen and J.C. Tran are sitting at different tables back-to-back. Nguyen has been getting up and talking to Tran frequently here during the opening hands.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

06-10-2008 11:11 UTC-8

And More

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Shannon Shorr, Chip Jett, Eskimo Clark, Men "the Master" Nguyen, Humberto Brenes, Vanessa Selbst, Alex Jacob, Ted Lawson, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Rolf Slotboom.

06-10-2008 11:10 UTC-8

More Names

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Padraig Parkinson, Barny Boatman, Roland de Wolfe, Chris Hall, J.J. Harzan, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Neil Channing, and Andy Black are also here.

06-10-2008 11:06 UTC-8

Scanning the Field

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Phil Gordon, Terrence Chan, Woody Deck, Erik Seidel, Van Marcus, Shannon Elizabeth, and Greg Raymer are here today.

06-10-2008 11:04 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Players start with 3,000 chips. This is a pot-limit event, so with Level 1 blinds at 25/50, opening preflop raises can range from 100 to 175.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-10-2008 10:55 UTC-8

Getting Close

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We're a little under ten minutes away from the first hand being dealt in today's $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Staff has 70 tables ready to accommodate today's tourney, and it appears we have over 600 entrants registered already.

Back soon with some names of those entered in today's event.