Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

06-15-2008 09:57 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

[user33020]

When the chips were finally bagged and tagged following a hectic Day 1 In Event #27, $1,500 No-Limit, 224 players were still alive in the event. Day 1 action took the field well inside the 272-player money bubble, and they attempt to play all the way down to a final nine on Sunday.

The top ten Day 1 chip stacks from Event #27, led at the very top by one of Boston's favorite poker sons, Bernard Lee:

Bernard Lee 166,400
Philip Yeh 155,200
Marc Tschirch 145,100
Rainer Meyer 139,600
Kyle Wilson 133,300
Michael Skomac 108,900
Joe Awada 108,200
Albert Iverson 98,500
Mike Abbott 95,600
Terry Quinn 94,200

Action resumes at 2pm PDT in the Amazon Room.

Tags: Bernard Lee

06-15-2008 01:06 UTC-7

Play Has Stopped For Today.

MarcC

After a frantic day, play has come to an end after nearly thirteen hours of play. We started with 2,706 players and somehow this has been whittled down to 224 players. The money seemed a long way away at the start of play but we cruised through that target.

The target for tomorrow is to play down to a final table of 9 and we will keep going until we get there, be it more or less than ten levels. Play starts a little later tomorrow at 2pm Pacific time. We hope you can join us for more no limit action

06-15-2008 00:58 UTC-7

When You're Hot You're Hot

MarcC

Bernard Lee has just sucked out on another player to eliminate him and extend his lead.

He reraised a player all in preflop with {9-Spades}

who was holding {A-Diamonds}

. The inevitable {9-?}

fell on turn to send the pot his way.

He's up to 167,500 now.

Tags: Bernard Lee

06-15-2008 00:53 UTC-7

He's Dunst For

[user63626]

Tony Dunst can feel free to play in tomorrow's $3,000 NL Hold'em noon tournament, seeing as he busted a few moments ago.

Tony put in his last 10,000 with {A-Clubs}

on a