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

06-19-2008 16:17 UTC-7

The Slotboom-Soulier Wars

[user37786]

Rolf Slotboom and Fabrice Soulier have been involved in several big pots together. In one Soulier doubled through Slotboom with pocket Queens, and just a bit ago Slotboom returned the favor and doubled when he flopped an ace and Soulier tried to make a move with bottom pair. That hand boosted Rolf to 15,000 and left Soulier with just 600, though he has managed to steal the blinds two hands in a row to chip up a bit.

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Rolf Slotboom

06-19-2008 16:13 UTC-7

Everybody's in a Hurry

[user37786]

We just learned that there are 940 players left. Out of 2,447. Almost two-thirds of the field has been eliminated before the end of the fourth level. I said it before, I'll say it again--like, wow.

06-19-2008 15:50 UTC-7

Anna Wroblewski Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

After there was a raise and a call ahead, Anna Wroblewski moved all in from the small blind. The player in the big blind called, and that's when Anna found that her {A-Hearts}

had run into her opponent's pocket kings. And though she flopped an ace, her opponent flopped a set of kings, and that brought a quick end to her day.

06-19-2008 15:46 UTC-7

Entrant Totals and Payouts

[user38971]

Today's event had 2,447 entrants with the top 198 places being paid. 198th place will receive $3,006 with first place taking home a total of $610,304.

Though the field may have started with 2,447 players, we are a far cry from that number now, as only 1,310 players remain after the first three levels.

06-19-2008 15:45 UTC-7

Shankar Pillai Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

And he was in surprisingly good spirits despite how it played out. He raised to 525 with the {Q-Clubs}

and the player to his left called. Pillai had just 2,000 behind and so bet the rest of his stack in the dark. The flop came {8-Clubs}

and his opponent called with {6-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {4-Clubs}

, giving Pillai a flush draw and his opponent a gutshot straight draw. And on the river, the {6-Spades}

, giving his opponent a set and sending Shankar out of today's event.

Tags: Shankar Pillai

06-19-2008 15:40 UTC-7

Some Early Numbers

[user37786]

We have an unofficial total of 2,447 players in today's event. At the start of Level Four we were down to 1,460. That's close to a thousand bustouts before the antes kick in. So, like, wow.

06-19-2008 15:38 UTC-7

Beth Shak Eliminated

[user38971]

Beth Shak was all in in a hand with two other players. The board ran {5-Clubs}

. Beth showed {Q-Hearts}

for queen high, while one opponent had {8-Clubs}

and another held pocket sixes.

06-19-2008 15:29 UTC-7

Johnny Chan Eliminated

[user38971]

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

06-19-2008 15:23 UTC-7

Nenad Medic Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

And by the same player, Dave Becker, who knocked out Kathy Liebert just a few hands ago. And Becker knocked out Medic with pocket sixes, the same hand Liebert held when she was eliminated. But in this case Becker turned a set to beat the ace Nenad made on the flop with A-J and sent Medic out of today's event.