Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-04-2009 05:35 UTC-12

Event 11 Kicks Off at Noon

It's time to dig deep, No Limit Hold'em fans -- no less than 2,000 American spondoolies are required to play this event. Nevertheless, completely ignoring recessions and the like, we are expecting another record-breaking field to stump up the cash and get down to business. Join us from noon Vegas time for all the action from the floor.

06-04-2009 07:02 UTC-12

Play Starting Any Minute Now

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Players are now drifting in and taking their seats while the TD urges them all to download the complete WSOP rules from the website. The board currently says we have 1,422 runners, so expect a little more than that to constitute the official number a little later in the day.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-04-2009 07:04 UTC-12

Shuffle Up & Deal!

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Ah, the happiest words in poker barring "We have a winner." Off they go...

06-04-2009 07:06 UTC-12

Who Did We See First?

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Among our on-time starters are such luminaries as Jan von Halle, Beth Shak, Humberto Brenes, Shannon Shorr, Shane Schleger and Bill Gazes. Many more yet to be spotted...

Tags: Beth Shak

06-04-2009 07:27 UTC-12

Plenty More Where They Came From

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Some more well-known faces who have made it to the Amazon and/or Miranda Rooms for roughly the start of the tournament:

- Joe Sebok
- Shaun Deeb
- Scott Clements
- One of last year's Hinkle bracelet winners, Blair Hinkle
- EPT maestro John Duthie
- RnB sensation turned poker enthusiast Nelly
- APT winner, WPT winner and ever-present Russian Yevgeniy Timoshenko
- Men "The Master" Nguyen
- Brand new bracelet winner and serial tournament do-weller Jason Mercier
- The very lovely Liya Gerasimova
- Tiffany Michelle
- Pokernews Cup winner and EPT Grand Final finalist Marc Naalden
- Irish Open winner Neil Channing
- November Niner Ylon Schwartz
- UK online legend Chris Moorman

Phew, And we're just getting started.

06-04-2009 07:44 UTC-12

Further Recognizables

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Also verifiably here:

- JC Tran
- Lee Watkinson
- the extremely lovely Liv Boeree
- Theo Tran
- UK circuit regular Mike Ellis, who has managed to lose half his stack already but won't share the details in case his tablemates pick up too much information from eavesdropping
- EPT Budapest winner Will Fry
- Swiss pro Anton Allemann
- legendary cookie impersonator TJ Cloutier

06-04-2009 07:48 UTC-12