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

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-13-2009 18:56 UTC-12

Chip Counts Going Into the Last Level

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Marco Johnson - 102,000
Thor Hansen - 51,000
Kelly Kim - 51,000
Rayan Nathan - 34,000
Paul Parker - 32,000
David Chicotsky - 32,000
Liv Boeree - 27,00
Rob Perehlman - 26,500
Cody Slaubaugh - 25,000
Dean Nyberg - 23,000
David Levi - 22,000
Ivan Demidov - 22,000
Neil Channing - 21,000
Clark Hamagami - 19,000
Justin Phillips - 19,000
Scott Bohlman - 11,500
Matt Brady - 8,000
Tom McEvoy - 7,800

06-13-2009 19:03 UTC-12

Johnson Cracks Aces

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Marco Johnson bumped the action to 2,600 from early position, and found a caller in the small blind.

The flop fell {10-Diamonds}

and a check from his opponent followed. Johnson bet out 3,100, but his opponent quickly made it 10,000 to go.

Johnson then slid a stack of yellow 1,000-denomination chips into the pot to effectively put his opponent all in; his opponent obliged and the cards were tabled.

Johnson: {K-Diamonds}

Opponent:

The turn of the {K-Spades}

was dropped from heaven for Johnson, putting him in the lead with two-pair.

When the river landed the {6-Clubs}

, Johnson sent his opponent packing and he soared up to 132,000 in chips.

Tags: Marco Johnson

06-13-2009 19:16 UTC-12

Play Tightening Up

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With just over 30-minutes remaining in the day, players are starting to tighten up as they realise a dream of making day two of a tournament.

Also, with 360 players still in the field, we are only 90 spots from that elusive WSOP cash!

06-13-2009 19:39 UTC-12

Day One Concludes for Event 28!

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We have reached the end of another successful day at the Rio with the chips being bagged for Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem.

Today saw 2,641 poker enthusiasts take to the felt to battle it out, however at the end of the day only few would make it through.

JC Tran, Dennis Phillips, Ylon Schwartz, Hevad Khan, Amarillo Slim and Jason Mercier were just a handful of names that came and went. However, at the end of the day it would be Mats Gavatin leading the charge with 131,800 in chips with Marco Johnson (126,200) and Magne Boe (117,300) hot on his heels.

Thor Hansen (39,000), Liv Boeree (24,200) and
Ivan Demidov (23,300) are still here representing the overseas contingent, while Kelly Kim (55,500) and David Chicotsky (30,100) are holding down the home front.

With all the action from day two kicking off at 2pm local time tomorrow, make sure to join the PokerNews live reporting team for every blow up, bust out and bad beat of the day.

Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed