Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-11-2008 13:44 UTC-8

Hua Eliminates Gazes

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Bill Gazes and C.K. Hua both turned boats on a board of {8-Spades}

. All their chips went in the middle as Gazes showed pocket threes and Hua held A-8. Gazes was eliminated after the hand while Hua is up over 30,000.

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06-11-2008 13:41 UTC-8

Jonathan Little Picks Up Another Big Pot

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After a

flop Jonathan Little and another player got all the money in the middle, with Little's {K-Clubs}

ahead of his opponent's {A-Clubs}

. The board ran out {8-Diamonds}

and Little now has a 28,000 stack.

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06-11-2008 13:38 UTC-8

Evan McNiff Eliminated

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Evan McNiff, who has already gone deep in two World Series of Poker events this year, has been eliminated. McNiff was all in preflop with {A-Spades}

and was called by a player who held {J-Spades}

. His opponent flopped a jack and McNiff failed to improve.

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06-11-2008 13:33 UTC-8

Shane Schleger raised preflop from early position to 535 when another player moved all in for his remaining 2,000. Shane called and showed pocket aces while his opponent showed pocket kings. The kings failed to catch up and Shane is back up to 8,000 after the hand.

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06-11-2008 13:25 UTC-8

Players Return from Break

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Play has resumed here in the Amazon room, with players taking their seats. As usual, we'll play for another two levels until the next 20-minute break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-11-2008 13:01 UTC-8

Players are on a Break

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Players are on a 20-minute break.

06-11-2008 12:57 UTC-8

Good Turn for Madsen

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Jeff Madsen, who had been short-stacked down to 2,100, found a set of fives when the {5-Clubs}

fell on the turn. He moved all in and was called by an opponent who held J-5. Madsen doubled up and is now at 4,300.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

06-11-2008 12:54 UTC-8

Late Arrival for Lederer

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Howard Lederer just arrived to today's event with only eight minutes left before the first break of the day.

06-11-2008 12:50 UTC-8

Wrong Seat for Antonio

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Anna "Poker Pixie" Wroblewski showed up late to today's event only to find Antonio Esfandiari sitting in her seat. Antonio was supposed to be seated at Orange table 9, seat 9 and instead had been seated at table Blue 9, seat 9 - which was Wroblewski's seat.

Wroblewski called a floor over and the floor decided to give Wroblewski a fresh stack and move Antonio to his correct seat.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari