Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-10-2009 10:40 UTC-12

In the Brasilia Room

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Across the hall, play seems to be moving a little slower. Still, there are a few tables getting short, including #173 where Sabyl Cohen-Landrum has 10,500 in three-handed play and #178 where Mike Sexton has 14,300 three-handed.

06-10-2009 10:41 UTC-12

More Eliminations

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Three more playes who won't be returning tomorrow are Barny Boatman, Chris McCormack, and Eric Froehlich.

06-10-2009 10:46 UTC-12

More Winners

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Two more players returning tomorrow are J.C. Alvarado, who won on Table 80 and Jeff Carris who defeated the opposition on Table 9.

06-10-2009 10:53 UTC-12

Ivey Loses the Coin Flip

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Phil Ivey got his last 3,000 in preflop against John Racener.

Ivey: {3-Spades}

Racener:

The flop of {10-Hearts}

put Racener ahead and Ivey couldn't catch up when the {8-Diamonds}

and

fell on the turn and river.

Erick Lindgren has also been eliminated from the tournament.

06-10-2009 11:01 UTC-12

On the Far Side of the Room

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We got to the far side of the room a few minutes ago where we found Victor Ramdin sitting on 18,000 chips in five-handed play.

A couple of tables away, Humberto Brenes has busted while Shannon Elizabeth is down to 3,600 at a seven-handed table.

06-10-2009 11:20 UTC-12

News from Brasilia

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There's a lot of action from across the hall where Sabyl Cohen-Landrum has 7,000 in three-handed play and Nick Binger has 19,500 at a four-handed table.

Also doing well is Dennis Phillips, who has 25,000 in three-handed play.

06-10-2009 11:22 UTC-12

Winner Winner

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Also in the Brasilia Room, we have three players advancing to tomorrow's elimination round. We'll be keeping track of Joe DeNiro, Brian Saltus and Jonathan Jaffe when they start the round of 100 tomorrow.

06-10-2009 11:26 UTC-12

Table Updates

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We have some updates from some of the shorter tables before the break.

At Table 2, we're down to three-handed play with Scott Freeman in the lead with 18,500. Nearby, Theo Tran is also three-handed with a stack of 19,400 while Max Pescatori has 8,000 at his three-handed table. Kiril Gerasimov is also three handed with a stack of 24,000.

06-10-2009 11:27 UTC-12

More Players Advance to Day 2

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A number of tables have ended for the day, with these nine players coming back tomorrow.

David Baker
Andrew Margolis
Cristano Blanco
Matthew Berkey
Malte Strothmann
Robert Fikac
Marco Liesy
Shay Scruggs
Daniel Hirleman

Berkey defeated Jean "Prince" Gaspard to win his table while Hirleman got to tomorrow's round by beating Thayer Rasmussen heads up.

06-10-2009 11:27 UTC-12

Break Time

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Players are on another 20-minute break.