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

06-04-2008 01:51 UTC-7

Play Ends for the Evening.

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After ten levels of play, a lunch and dinner break, Day 1 of Event #5 has finally come to a close. We have about 106 players remaining in the field with play scheduled to pick back up tomorrow at 2pm PDT.

There are still several professional players left in this small field including Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Michael Binger, Billy Baxter, and Clonie Gowan.

Make sure to check back tomorrow as Day 2 will play down from 106 to our final table of nine.

06-04-2008 04:44 UTC-7

Day-end Chip Counts Released; Ivey Takes Lead

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With a small surge at the very end of the day's action, Phil Ivey edged past Amit Makhija and into the lead when all the chips were bagged and officially tallied. Ivey's late push carried him up to 175,500 in chips, just ahead of Amit Makhija at 161,100. The overall top ten at the end of Day 1 action is as follows:

Phil Ivey 175,500
Amit Makhija 161,100
Jeff Williams 145,700
Marco Johnson 132,600
Jesse Chinni 129,000
John Hoang 125,400
Zachary Clark 122,000
Scott Dorin 117,300
Alan Sass 111,800
Anirudh Seth 103,400

Complete chip counts for all players who recoded their finishing chips have now been posted. 106 players will return for Day 2 action.

Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys

Day 1 Completed