Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-19-2008 12:28 UTC-7

A Few Late Arrivals

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Mark Seif and Alex Jacob have both made their way into the Amazon room to participate in the event today.

06-19-2008 12:28 UTC-7

Others Playing Today...

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Include Gavin Smith, Erick Lindgren, Marco Johnson. Fabrice Soulier, Justin Bonomo, J.C. Tran, and Shane Schleger.

06-19-2008 12:21 UTC-7

It's an odd feature of these $1,500 No-Limit events, the room is absolutely jam-packed...and it's quiet. Very quiet. You still hear the never-ending riffling of chips, but not much conversation as you walk through the room. The game faces are on and table banter is hard to come by.

06-19-2008 12:18 UTC-7

Walking Through the Field

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A field that is already up to 2,346 entrants (and going up every second). And included among those playing today are:

Kevin Saul
Jennifer Tilly
Erica Schoenberg
Tony Dunst
Dmitri Nobles
Rolf Slotboom
Danny Ryan
Bryan Micon

06-19-2008 12:13 UTC-7

Familiar Faces

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Some familiar faces among the large turnout today include Svetlana Gromenkova, Beth Shak, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Rayan Nathan, John Juanda, Humberto Brenes, and Scott Seiver.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-19-2008 12:02 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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The players have taken their seats and cards are in the air.

06-19-2008 11:56 UTC-7

This is a Big One

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Today's $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament is gonna be massive. We have players in the Amazon Room, the Tropical Room, the Brasilia Room, up outside of Buzio's restaurant and in the Rio's poker room. No truth to the rumor that they've set up poker tables on the alleys at Lucky Strike Bowling. It might take a few extra minutes for the players to find out where they're playing and get situated.

06-19-2008 02:55 UTC-7

No-Limit Thursday at the Rio

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A week of popular no-limit offerings at the WSOP continues on Thursday with the noon start of Event 36, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. It's the third $1,500 No-Limit in five days, in a bit of a scheduling quirk, but as always, the affordable buy-in will pack them in -- over 2,000 players are expected to be on hand.

Last year,this event was captured by Ryan Young, who outlasted 2,540 other entrants to capture the $615,955 first prize.

Tags: Ryan Young