39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1c | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-05-2008 11:41 UTC-8

Some Needles In The Haystack

Today's field seems to be amateur-heavy, and we've already heard the cry of "All In, Call!" However, we spotted a few noteworthy names in the blue section, including Archie "The Greek" Karas, Gabe Costner, Rhett Butler, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Francois Safieddine, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Amnon Filippi, Steve Wong, and Tony G.

07-05-2008 11:43 UTC-8

Premature Climax

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After months and months of anticipation, there are always some who come to the Main Event who just can't wait to push their chips in the middle.

A player with an eight-high flush draw got it all in versus a flopped set of fives. His draw didn't come, and we have another early elimination.

07-05-2008 11:47 UTC-8

Who Else Is Here?

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Liz Lieu, Justin Bonomo, Daniel Alaei, David Chicotsky, Scott Seiver, Matt Graham, Jerrod Ankenman, Larry Flynt, William Rockwell, Evelyn Ng, Sorel Mizzi, Chris Grigorian, Alan Sass, Jesper Hoog, Jordan Rich, Terrence Chan and Matt Parvis are all playing today.

07-05-2008 11:48 UTC-8

Elsewhere in the Field

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Also playing in today's event are Scott Freeman, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Keith Sexton, Mel Judah, and Minh Nguyen.

07-05-2008 11:49 UTC-8

Notables

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Donnie Peters

T.J. Cloutier, Bill Chen, Marco Traniello, Gary Benson, Ryan Hughes, and David Plastik are all beginning their day in the Brasilia room.

07-05-2008 11:49 UTC-8

Brazilia Names

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Here are some big names at the center tables of the Brasilia Room.

Chad 'lilholdem' Batista
Jesper Hougaard (winner of $1,500 NL Event #36)
Farzad Rouhani
Gavin Griffin
Sabyl Landrum
Ut Nguyen
Sebastian Vankempen
Andre Izzokaplar
Brennan Hanson
Nghi Tran
Amit Makhija
Rolf Slotboom
Jeff Madsen
John D'Agostino
Nam Le
Jason DeWitt
Denis Vuletic
Valentin Tomic
David Bax
Yannick Schroeyen
Fabrizio Arrigo
Paolo Zucchetto
Kevin O'Brien
David Daneshgar (winner of $1,500 NL Event #52)

07-05-2008 11:50 UTC-8

Empty Seats Filled

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The five empty tables we reported on earlier have all been filled within the first half hour of this tournament. Both Sam Farha and Marcel Luske are among the forty-five players who were seated.

07-05-2008 11:53 UTC-8

Tangled Up in Blue

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The Amazon's Blue section boasts a number of WSOP bracelet winners including Jeff Lisandro, David Singer, Mike Sexton, John Juanda, Burt Boutin, Michael Gracz.

07-05-2008 11:55 UTC-8

Townsend Outflops Opponent

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We caught up with the hand on the turn, with the board reading {5-Clubs}

and Brian Townsend made it 5,800 to go after his opponent checked. His opponent called and the river brought the {4-Clubs}

. Townsend's opponent went all in for his remaining 10,000 and Townsend insta-called, showing {A-Clubs}

for the flopped nut flush, while his opponent turned over {Q-Spades}

for top pair.

After the hand, Townsend is up to 40,000.

07-05-2008 11:57 UTC-8

You Awada Battle with Me?

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Joe Awada just got into a battle with the player who sucked out on him before. This time after a series of bets and raises on the flop Awada moved all-in for 7,650 on the turn with the board reading {2-Spades}