Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-13-2009 07:36 UTC-12

Keep Filing In

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World Champions Jamie Gold and Tom McEvoy have just taken their seats, while lovely females that also are taking part include Wooka Kim, Tiffany Michelle, Esther Taylor and Nancy Todd Tyner.

Ivan Demidov and Neil Channing are two that are waving the flag for the European brigade along with boys from Down Under Stewart Scott, Steve Topakas, Joel Dodds, Sam Khouiss, Aleks Brkovic and Kristian Lunardi.

06-13-2009 07:20 UTC-12

Over In The Brasilia Room

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With three rooms being used for today's tournament, we ventured over to the Brasilia room to spot the fellow players:

Amarillo Slim
Chris Moorman
Steve-Paul Ambrose
Justin Young
Theo Tran
Sabyl Cohen-Landrum
Maya Gellar
Jimmy Fricke
Kevin Saul
Chad Batista
Jonathan Little
Peter 'breeth' Turmezey
Peter 'Nordberg' Feldman
Humberto Brenes
Hevad Khan
Justin Phillips
Kathy Liebert
Liv Boeree
Svetlana Gromenkova
Jon Friedberg
Mimi Tran
Adam "Roothlus" Levy

06-13-2009 07:08 UTC-12

Who's Here

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We just did a scout of the Amazon room and we found Grant Hinkle, Allen Kessler, Kristy Gazes, Ylon Schwartz, Matt 'AllInAt420' Stout, Mark Newhouse, Adam Junglen, Eric 'Rizen' Lynch and JC Tran.

Also we spotted Darryll 'DFish' Fish who has cashed a whopping five times this series.

06-13-2009 07:03 UTC-12

Play Underway

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The cards are now in the air for the start of Event 28!

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-13-2009 06:11 UTC-12

Let's Get Ready For Some Weekend Poker!

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It's another bright and sunny Saturday in Las Vegas, but who really wants to spend their time outdoors?

With Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em about to kick off in under sixty-minutes time, an expected 2,000-plus field is expected to take their seat behind a stack of chips and the green felt.

Following the success of the pros in this year's WSOP, will we see another battle through a field jam-packed of amateurs or will a no-name be triumphant?

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