Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-01-2008 11:19 UTC-8

Schedule

Donnie Peters

The tournament staff informed everyone that the second round of the shootout will begin at 10:00 PM local time. Round two will then play for four rounds before the day ends and we recommence tomorrow at 2:00 PM.

07-01-2008 11:17 UTC-8

"How much can I bet?"

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Donnie Peters

There has been a few tables around the room asking exactly how to play limit hold'em. The biggest question being asked is how the betting works. Some players are unsure of what to bet and how much they can raise, etc.

07-01-2008 11:11 UTC-8

Notable Players

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Donnie Peters

Players are still filing into the room. Over in the blue section, you can find some of the notable names below.

John Phan
Tom McEvoy
Shannon Shorr
Daniel Negreanu
Tom Schneider
Rob Hollink
Erik Seidel
Nam Le
Rolf Slotboom
Mark Seif

07-01-2008 11:10 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Players have begun play in this Limit Holdem Shootout.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

07-01-2008 10:54 UTC-8

Players Taking Their Seats

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Players are beginning to take their seats for this shootout event. Today is the last chance before the main event for players to pick up a bracelet and points towards the player of the year race.

Play will be underway in few minutes.

07-01-2008 06:44 UTC-8

Limit Hold'em Shootout Starts at Noon

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The lengthy preliminary event phase of the 2008 World Series of Poker sends off its final start at noon today -- it's Event 53, the two-day $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. The event will be capped at 720 players (nine per table), and will consist of three "shootout" rounds, wherein each table within each round is in itself a single-table tournament, with the single winner at each table moving on to the next round.

The first two of three rounds will be held today, with the possibility of second-round action stretching well into the night. Last year, this event was won by Ram Vaswani, who emerged from a capped 720-player field to win $217,438.

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