Event 51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-29-2008 23:37 UTC-7

Lederer Taken Out With One-Two Punch

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In the Stud-8 round, Esther Taylor is all in on fifth street and Lederer calls:

Taylor: ( {Q-Diamonds}

)

Lederer: ( {2-Diamonds}

)

Taylor spikes an 8 on seventh for a straight and Lederer only has a few chips left.

On the next hand, Lederer is all in on fifth street and Taylor and another player call. Taylor and the other player check it down on the side.

Lederer: ( {9-Clubs}

)

Taylor: (

)

Seat 2:

(muck)

Lederer is eliminated. Taylor has 3,500.

06-29-2008 23:26 UTC-7

Hoyt Corkins Eliminated

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Stud-8:

On fourth street, Hoyt Corkins raises all in with x-x / {3-Clubs}

and Mary Jones calls with {5-Hearts}

. Mike Wattel calls with {4-Diamonds}

.

On fifth street, Mary Jones bets with {6-Diamonds}

and Wattel calls with {4-Spades}

.

On sixth street, Mary Jones bets with {10-Hearts}

and Wattel calls with {Q-Clubs}

.

On seventh, Mary Jones bets and Wattel calls.

Mary Jones: {5-Hearts}

Corkins and Wattel muck and Corkins is out. Mary Jones has 20,500 and is the new chip leader.

06-29-2008 23:18 UTC-7

Uncharacteristically Quiet

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Phil Hellmuth is directly in front of Media Row, and yet he's barely saying a word. Perhaps he'll get more animated during Day 2, as we get closer to the money.

06-29-2008 23:09 UTC-7

Binger Not Feeling It

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Stud High:

Michael Binger completes with {A-Clubs}

. Player 1 raises with {J-Clubs}

and Binger calls.

On fourth street, Binger checks with {9-Hearts}

and Player 1 bets with {Q-Spades}

. Binger calls.

On fifth, Binger bets with {A-Hearts}

and Player 1 calls with {8-Spades}

.

On sixth, Binger checks with {K-Spades}

and Player 1 bets with {Q-Hearts}

. Binger calls.

On seventh, Binger checks and Player 1 bets. Binger lays it down. He's down to 1,400. After he folded on seventh, he asked, "Aces up no good?" His opponent did not reply.

06-29-2008 23:07 UTC-7

Rich Get Richer

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Chip leader Keith Sexton just busted a player with quad 8s in the Stud round, and picks up even more chips.

06-29-2008 23:05 UTC-7

Four Hundy

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We're down to 400, less than half of the starting field, and it took six hours to happen.

06-29-2008 23:04 UTC-7

Stringham, Gromenkova Go At It

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Stud-8:

Morgan Stringham and Svetlana Gromenkova are all in on fourth street.

Stringham: {3-Clubs}

Gromenkova: {2-Diamonds}

Stringham doubles up, but is still in trouble with 2,700 in chips.

06-29-2008 22:59 UTC-7

More Chip Counts Updated

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Keith Sexton has stormed into the lead with 16,500 in chips.

Level: 6

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-29-2008 22:49 UTC-7

Chip Counts Updated

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Tom Schneider continues to lead the field with 16,000. Perry Friedman is right behind with 14,850, and John Juanda just won a nice four-way O-8 pot and now has 12,550.