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

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?

For all the live coverage make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as every rivered flush, turned straight and flopped set is streamed live to you at home!

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

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!

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 07:20 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 07:36 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 07:38 UTC-12

Miranda Muscles Up

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The Miranda room has muscled up and is producing some notables of their own:

Thor Hansen
Jeff Williams
Bill Gazes
Roy Winston
Al Riccobono
David Chicotsky
Matt Brady
Nick Frangos
Maridu Mayrinck

06-13-2009 07:46 UTC-12

Just Another Day For JC

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We wondered past JC Tran's table to spot that he had just a little over 9,200 in chips - every player started with 4,500!

With every player still seated we asked a fellow table-mate what had happened.

Tran hit some gut-shot straights and has just been accumulating to amass his double starting stack.

For Tran however, life isn't going to be all easy as seated on his immediate left is John Juanda.

06-13-2009 07:52 UTC-12

Michelle Eliminated

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With around 600 in the pot Tiffany Michelle lead out for 400 on the flop of {K-Hearts}

from the button and found two callers.

When the {Q-Diamonds}

peeled on the turn one of her opponents led out for 925. Michelle moved all in, and once one player had passed, the aggressor made the call.

Michelle: {K-Spades}

Opponent:

The river landed the {10-Spades}

to see Michelle head to the rail for an early exit.

Tags: Tiffany Michelle

06-13-2009 07:59 UTC-12

Dunst Shot Down

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With a limp ahead of him, Tony 'Bond18' Dunst bumped the action to 250 with the limper calling.

The flop fell down {2-Clubs}

and Dunst's 525-chip bet was check-called by his opponent.

The turn of the {7-Clubs}

went check, check and when the {4-Diamonds}

landed on the river Dunst's opponent pushed all in.

Dunst goes into the tank for over two minutes before making the call for his last 900, only to see his opponent roll over {A-?}

. However Dunst's {A-Clubs}

could not best his opponents better Ace-high and he headed to the rail.

Tags: Tony Dunst