Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-03-2008 14:33 UTC-8

Guess Phil Hellmuth Can Dodge Queens, Too

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After a

Phil Hellmuth moved all in for his last 3,330 and his opponent thought it over for a bit before folding and showing his pocket queens. Hellmuth turned over {A-Spades}

for top pair. No doubt the other player will have nightmares about that one.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-03-2008 14:24 UTC-8

Shuffle Up And Deal

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The players have returned from their early lunch and cards are again in the air. It's said that a rebuy tournament truly begins when the rebuy period is over, so now we're gonna get down to some serious poker.

06-03-2008 13:53 UTC-8

Oops

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Before the break we posted a hand where Erik Seidel won a hand where he called a bet by Jamie Gold holding Jack-high. That was wrong--Seidel had two tens, not Jack -Ten. It's a testament to Seidel's paranormal skills that when someone tells you that he called down a hand with Jack-high and took down the pot, you say, "That sounds odd...but it's Erik Seidel...so anything is possible." Still, my bad.

Tags: Erik Seidel Jamie Gold

06-03-2008 13:21 UTC-8

Reinforce the Legs on Table #12

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That's the table Sorel Mizzi, Mark Vos, Steve Sung, and Adam Glassman are playing at. The players at that table have made 58 rebuys. Sung personally made 23. Which means that there are A LOT of chips on that table--a table that isn't scheduled to break for rather a long time. Whoever manages to win most of the chips at that table is going to have a monster stack.

Tags: Adam Glassman Mark Vos Sorel Mizzi Steve Sung

06-03-2008 13:14 UTC-8

One-Hour Break

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We've reached the end of the rebuy period and the players are going out on a one-hour lunch break so that all the rebuys and add-ons can be made and double-checked by the floor staff. So we're on break and we'll resume around 3:15 PST.

06-03-2008 13:03 UTC-8

Phan Doubles Through Deeb

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Freddy Deeb called an all-in by John Phan preflop. Phan held {K-Spades}

while Deeb appeared to have him dominated with {A-Spades}

. The flop came {8-Clubs}

and Freddy failed to improve, while Phan doubled up.

06-03-2008 13:03 UTC-8

Can't Run Good Forever

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Nenad Medic, who won the first bracelet of the year and nearly $800,000 in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship, was recently overheard saying "I'm 0-for-6 in coin flips." Medic has been playing quite a few hands today without looking at his cards, something I don't think he did at the final table two days ago.

Tags: Nenad Medic

06-03-2008 13:00 UTC-8

More Faces in the Crowd

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Apologies if we're repeating any names--it's been a bit loco so far today--but also playing today are Barry Greenstein, Eli Elezra, Humberto Brenes, Phil Galfond, Erica Schoenberg, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Shane "Shaniac" Schleger, and Bill Edler.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Bill Edler David Ulliott Devilfish Eli Elezra Erica Schoenberg Humberto Brenes Phil Galfond Shane Schleger Shaniac

06-03-2008 12:53 UTC-8

T.J. Eliminated

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With all the action preflop, T.J. Cloutier was all in heads up against a single opponent. Cloutier turned over A-8, while his opponent held K-7. Things looked good for Cloutier as the flop came 5-5-8, but the K on the turn sent Cloutier to the rail as he failed to improve.

Tags: T.J. Cloutier