Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Jun 21, 2008

Jared Hamby Eliminated

The player in the hijack opened for a raise, Jared Hamby moved all in for 3,550 and the hijack called. Hamby's {8-Hearts}

couldn't hold up against {A-Clubs}

on a

board and he hit the rail.

Tags: Jared Hamby TheWacoKidd

Jun 21, 2008

Frank Coraci, director of the Adam Sandler starrers "The Wedding Singer," "The Waterboy," and "Click" is playing in today's event. Though Coraci was on fumes right before the last break, he managed to run his 775 in chips all the way up to 7,000 in the span of four hands.

Tags: Frank Coraci

Jun 21, 2008

Body Count: Level 4

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We lost another 295 players in the last hour, bringing the day's total body count to 1,615. In other words, we've lost 60% of the field in the first four hours of play.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Jun 21, 2008

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Play resumes.

Jun 21, 2008

Players Are On a Break

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Play will resume in 20 minutes.

Jun 21, 2008

Big Hand for "Big SiCkO"

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A middle-position player limped in, Michael Guzzardi raised to 825 from late position, the button called and the limper called. The flop was {A-Hearts}

and all three players checked. The turn was the {4-Diamonds}

. The MP player moved all in for 4,600, Guzzardi called all in for 3,725 and the button folded.

Guzzardi {A-Clubs}

MP Player

The river was the {J-Diamonds}

and Guzzardi doubled up to 10,650.

Tags: Michael Guzzardi

Jun 21, 2008

Prizepool and Payout Information

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A maximum-capacity field of 2,720 players bought in to Event #39, creating a prizepool of over $3.7 million. Only 270 of them will leave the Amazon Room with more money than they came with. First place will receive a whopping $631,656 along with a WSOP gold bracelet.

Here's what the final table payouts look like. For a complete payout list, click on the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab in the right-side column.

1. $ 631,656
2. $ 389,844
3. $ 278,460
4. $ 233,906
5. $ 191,209
6. $ 150,368
7. $ 113,240
8. $ 85,394
9. $ 58,290

Jun 21, 2008

Lady Luck...Literally

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Maureen Feduniak just sent a player home and increased her chip count to just over the 20,000 mark. Maureen picked up {Q-Hearts}

and called her opponent's all-in raise. She was up against {9-Hearts}

and the ladies held up for Feduniak.

Jun 21, 2008

Building a Stack

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We've been keeping our eye on Scott Clements to report any major confrontations he gets involved in, but it seems Clements is content to play table captain and just consistently pick up his share of the small pots. It seems to be working for him, as he is hovering near the chip lead with 23,200.