Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

06-11-2008 04:02 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

The WSOP has released overnight chip counts for all 125 Day 1 survivors in Event #20, $2,000 Limit Hold'em. The pack is led by Daniel Makowsky at 49,200, with Daniel Negreanu, stacked at 32,200, in fourth. The overnight top ten:

Daniel Makowsky 49,200
Eric Buchman 46,500
Alon Croitoru 33,700
Daniel Negreanu 32,200
Casey McCarrel 31,600
Ayaz Mahmood 30,700
Brendan Taylor 30,300
Hien Tran 30,100
Ardell Willis 30,000
David Rood 29,300

06-11-2008 02:16 UTC-7

$2,000 Limit Hold'em: End of Day 1

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The fixed structure in today's $2,000 Limit Hold'em event did not dissuade many players from playing fast today. Despite starting with 80 big blinds, the bust-outs came quickly, especially as the night wore on. By 11 p.m., half the field was gone. By the end of the day, it was down below a third.

Among the players that busted early in Day 1 action were Robert Williamson III, Joe Sebok, Marcel Luske, Ciaran O'Leary and Shaun Deeb. Making it past midnight, but still far from the money, were Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich, Aaron "NDGrinder" Steury, Cyndy Violette, Bill Chen, and Justin Bonomo.

The remaining 125 players face a long Day 2, as they play all the way down to a nine-person final table. The cash starts at 45 players. At the top of the leaderboard is Atlantic City regular Eric Buchman, but gaining on him is Stuart "The Donator" Paterson, Daniel Negreanu and JC Tran. All of them have stacks more than double the chip average and are in a good place heading into the next phase of the tournament.

Join us at 2 p.m. Pacific time for all the action!

06-11-2008 02:07 UTC-7

The Razor Climbs

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An early-position player raised and John "The Razor" Phan reraised in late position. The EP called.

The flop was {7-Hearts}

and EP checked. Phan bet and EP called.

The turn was {9-Spades}

. EP checked. Phan bet and EP called.

The river was {10-Clubs}

. EP checked. Phan bet and EP called. Phan showed {7-Diamonds}

and EP mucked. Phan is up to 14,800.

Tags: John Phan

06-11-2008 01:58 UTC-7

Chip Counts Updated

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Eric Buchman continues to pick up more chips as the leader and now sits on a big 51,500 heading into the end of Day 1. Stuart Paterson is still doing just fine with 42,000 and Daniel Makowsky has 40,000.

06-11-2008 01:53 UTC-7

Beat: Chocolate Pocket

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Amnon Filippi just reached into his pocket for his phone -- and got a handful of chocolate instead. It seems he left a candy bar in there, and now his phone, and his clothes, are covered in melted chocolate. He's attempting to clean up while playing his 15,500 in chips.

Tags: Amnon Filippi

06-11-2008 01:42 UTC-7

The Donator Accepts Donation

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Stuart "The Donator" Paterson raised in middle position and Jon "PearlJammer" Turner reraised, also in middle position. Paterson called and the flop was {3-Spades}