Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

07-01-2008 08:42 UTC-7

Day 1 Chip Counts Released

The WSOP has now released updated chip counts for all 225 players that survived the ten opening-day levels of play in Event 52, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The field is led overnight by Keith Carberry at 203,000 in chips, with Alvin Zeidenfeld not far behind. Here are the top ten players:

Alvin Zeidenfeld 180,500
Feming Chan 105,400
Anders Fraulund 103,600
Joe Neiman 98,800
Henry Majdik 98,500
Elliot Smith 96,700
Jim Miller 92,400
Satoru Ishii 90,400
Scott Sitron 88,600
Voitto Rintala 85,000

Tags: Alvin Zeidenfeld Keith Carberry

07-01-2008 00:51 UTC-7

Play Concludes For the Evening

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The clock has just expired on round 10 which means play has concluded for the day. What started as a mob of 2,693 hopefuls stretched throughout the various rooms and overflow areas here at the Rio is now just 228 players in the far corner of the Amazon Room.

We saw a lot of big names go out today. Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Moneymaker, Jennifer Tilly and Shannon Shorr just to name a few. Still alive are Mimi Tran, Vanessa Rousso, Matt Matros and a handful of other notables.

Alvin Zeidenfeld ends the day as our probable chip leader with about 157,000. Andes Fraulund and Elliot Smith are not far behind however, both with over 100,000.

We hope you'll join us for day 2 action which starts tomorrow at 2 p.m. PDT from the nearby Brasilia room. The 228 remaining players will play down to the final nine that will comprise Tuesday's final table.

As always, official chip counts and seat assignments will be posted as soon as they become available.

07-01-2008 00:51 UTC-7

Vanessa Rousso Triples At the Buzzer

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After a raise and a reraise Vanessa Rousso moved in her last 10,800 and the other 2 players called. They checked it down through a {A-Hearts}

board and when Rousso turned over pocket kings (her one opponent held pocket jacks) she tripled up to 34,000.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

07-01-2008 00:47 UTC-7

Is Scotty Nguyen Here?

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We're in the money, almost ready to call it a night, and the players are running the cocktail servers ragged asking for drinks. Leave the bottled water behind and break out the good stuff, because quite a few players are in a mood to celebrate.

07-01-2008 00:41 UTC-7

Christiane Klecz Eliminated

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One player eliminated near the end of play was Christiane Klecz, who moved in with {10-Hearts}

, was called by a player with {A-Clubs}

, and held on all the way to the river when her opponent spiked the {Q-Spades}

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07-01-2008 00:36 UTC-7

Let The Bloodletting Commence!

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And, as always, when the bubble bursts the queue at the payout station immediately grows as long as a Soviet bread line. The short stacks are in a rush to get chips or free up tomorrow on their calendar. We're down to 246 and that's probably not quite accurate.

07-01-2008 00:25 UTC-7

The Bubble Bursts

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We had one player who was down to just 300 and folded through two rounds of hand-for-hand, surrendering one of her precious black 100 chips with each ante. She was all in blind on the third hand and after two players limped into the pot they saw a {J-Spades}

flop. One of the limpers checked, the other player pushed all his chips into the middle and the other limper folded.

That's when we saw that he'd flopped a full house with the {10-Hearts}

Everyone at the table was rooting for the all-in player to at least have a jack (even the player with the pocket tens was pulling for her) and she turned over the {7-Diamonds}

A hand that offered a glimmer of hope when the {J-Diamonds}

turned, giving her a straight-flush draw. With dozens of players crowding around the dealer finally turned over the {7-Clubs}

, and she was given an honest ovation as she went out in 271st place. She didn't want to give her name and considering the circumstances, who can blame her?

07-01-2008 00:21 UTC-7

"You're All in the Money"

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At least one player was eliminated in the last round of hand for hand play prompting tournament officials to make the official announcment of "congratulations players, you're all in the money!" The declaration was met with the standard round of applause from the remaining players who will see at least some sort of profit from their efforts today.

07-01-2008 00:17 UTC-7

Anytime Now

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After completing the 4th hand of play without an elimination, tournament supervisor Steve Frezar reminded everyone "players..this is no limit hold'em, you can go all in at any time." The comment drew a roar of laughter from the remaining players.