2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,710,070
Entries
2,718
Players Left
2,718
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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Another Seat Confusion

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The Harrah's floor staff has done a great job of labeling and identifying all the areas in which the tournament is being played. Each section in the Amazon room is labeled with a color and a table number, though with events this big they have to occupy other areas, including ones outside of the Amazon room.

This structure has apparently led to some confusion, as we reported earlier that Chris Grigorian's seat was not available, it appears JC Tran's seat was occupied as well. Though the situation isn't perfect, the floor staff is doing what they can to fix it as quickly as possible.

Plenty of Early Action

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The phrase "Seat open!" has been used in abundance over the last 30 minutes. We've already managed to lose plenty of players just within the first level and the floor staff has already broken four tables.

More Notables

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Victor Ramdin, Marc Seif, Men "the Master" Nguyen, Antonio Esfandiari, Amarillo Slim, Justin Bonomo, and Jordan Morgan have all been spotted within this large field.

Phan Gets Flushed

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The action was checked to Young Phan, who bet 175 and was called by one opponent on a flop of {10-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} . Betting was intiated again by Phan as the turn came {8-Diamonds}. Checks all round on a river of {Q-Hearts} revealed that Phan's opponent had rivered a flush holding {J-Hearts} {8-Hearts} and Phan mucked stating he had {Q-?} {10-?} and sheepishly replied, "I know you got it."

Early Elimination = No Real Loss

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There have been two railbirds standing in front of media row, blocking much of the action taking place around the Amazon room. The guy they were sweating just busted out, walked up to them and says, "I didn't win one hand!"

"You're out already?" they asked.

"Yeah, got out-flushed. Couldn't win a hand."

"So you lost your buy-in just like that?"

"No, I had freerolled in. Won it all on craps last night."

Misdealt for Three Hands

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The cards provided by Kem for the World Series of Poker have very distinguishable backings which set them aside from any other event. They have a mostly solid white backing, with a thick red or black trim that lines the back of the card. Dealers alternate decks, using the 'red' deck and the 'black' deck evenly.

Players at Orange #9 were in for a bit of a surprise when a red-backed card appeared during one of their hands while using the black deck. Oddly enough, several hands have been dealt to these players using this 53-card deck.

The card was removed, replaced in its correct deck, and play has now begun at that table using the correct number of cards.

Esfandiari Short Stacked

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Antonio Esfandiari called an all-in raise on a flop of {J-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {9-Hearts} while holding {K-Diamonds} {10-Spades} for a gutshot draw. His opponent held pocket queens, which held up and knocked Esfandiari down to just 900 in chips.

'Hollywood' Dave Stann Doubles Up

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"Hollywood" Dave Stann turned a set of jacks against his opponent who had flopped top two pair with {Q-Spades} {10-Spades}. All their chips went in the middle on the turn and Dave is up to 4,000 after his opponent failed to improve.

Rain Makes Two

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On a board of {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}, Hevad "Rain" Khan called his opponent's bet of 200. The turn brought the {3-Spades} and Hevad's opponent led out for 775. Hevad moved all in over the top. His opponent called, showing {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} for a flush draw. The draw missed, and Khan's two pair was good enough to get him back up to 3,400.
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