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Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,712,800
Total Entries
2,720
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 2,720
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Michael Polcari 130,000
Jason Yates 115,200
Christian Holt 113,300
Eric Beren 110,900
Mike Zulker 107,000
David Barter 102,300
Michel Leibgorin 97,100
Matthew Wood 93,700
Gordon Hamilton 92,800
Chris Weaver 90,900
All of the remaining players are well inside the money bubble; the top 270 spots in this event paid. Join us tomorrow for live coverage, which begins at 2pm from the Brasilia Room.
It will be a 2:00pm PDT start time for those lucky enough to make Day 2. They'll then play down to the final nine players who will comprise Monday's final table.
Mike Zukler ends the day as the probable chip leader with approximately 113,000 chips. Eric Beren and Kaveh Tehizani are not far behind however, each with over 85,000 in chips. Other notables to make Day 2 include Bill Gazes, Humberto Brenes, Hasan Habib, and Kenna James. Well above average in chips and always a threat is Barry Greenstein. You can be sure he has his sights set on a final table appearance and a 4th WSOP gold bracelet. A strong finish here would put Greenstein atop the WSOP Player of the Year race and taking home the title would make him tough to catch in that race. Will he or any other pro make the final table? Join us tomorrow at 2:00pm to find out.
As always, official chip counts will be posted when they become available.
Tran:
Opponent:
The board ran out
leaving Tran's hand second best. He finished the hand with just 4,700 chips.
Currently in the payout line are recent eliminations Nick Binger and Arnold Spee.
Since we've made it to the money however, it seems more like a fraternity party than a poker tournament. Players are laughing, joking, and goofing off. The tom-foolery being displayed illustrates that most of these players seem content to have just made the money and forget that there is a $631,000 first prize up for grabs at the end of this road.
Christian Hold opened the pot for 3,500, Bubble Boy raised to 10,000 straight and Hold made the call. The flop was
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Hold bet 10,000 and Bubble Boy called. The river was the 
. Hold bet 33,000, enough to set Bubble Boy all in and he called. Hold turned over
, having flopped a full house. Bubble Boy tabled 
and hit the rail after losing his entire 65,000 stack on that hand.
