Event 48 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-25-2009 16:00 UTC-12

Chip Counts After Dinner

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Brandon Cantu - 46,000
Aaron Kanter - 43,000
Craig Gray - 38,500
Noah Boeken - 35,500
Phil Hellmuth - 23,500
Michael Gracz - 22,000
Jeff Lisandro - 19,000
Joe Tehan - 14,800
Nick Binger - 14,100
Tom Koral - 13,000
Perry Friedman - 11,500
Paul Darden - 11,000
Lee Watkinson - 7,300
Mickey Appleman - 6,600
Mel Judah - 5,100
Jim Meehan - 4,200
Doug Carli - 4,100

06-25-2009 15:57 UTC-12

Gone Walk-A-Bouts

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It seems as though we lost some players just prior or following the dinner break.

Kathy Liebert, Rayan Nathan and Matthew Burgoine appear to have been eliminated.

Tags: Matthew Burgoine

06-25-2009 15:55 UTC-12

Chip Leader Emerges

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Over the dinner break we had a look round the field to see who was leading that we didn't already have on our interest list.

The one that stood out the most was Aaron Kanter and his 45,000-chip stack.

Kanter is most known for his fourth place finish in the 2005 WSOP Main Event, which was won by Australian Joe Hachem.

Since the Main Event, Kanter has logged numerous cashes around the county including a total of six WSOP cashes.

Tags: Aaron Kanter

06-25-2009 15:47 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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The players have returned from dinner break and the cards are in the air.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

06-25-2009 14:10 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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The players are heading on a 90-minute dinner break.

See you at 8:40pm local time.

06-25-2009 14:07 UTC-12

Racener Doubles

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John Racener has managed a quick double before dinner when his {A-Clubs}

managed to stay ahead of his opponents {A-Spades}

when the board ran out {8-Spades}

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Racener is now up to just over 5,000 in chips.

06-25-2009 14:06 UTC-12

Flank Sent Packing

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Layne Flack has gone from one-time chip leader to a railbird in the space of a level.

Wondering over we first saw Flack doubling an opponent up before losing to another player holding {A-Hearts}

on a final board reading {A-Diamonds}

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Flack also shared the Ace, but was unable to catch one of his kickers and made a quick exit out of the Amazon room.

06-25-2009 13:49 UTC-12

Jungblut Eliminated

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One of our PokerNews reporters bumped into Brett Jungblut as he was walking away from the tournament floor.

Junglbut informed us that he had been knocked out of the tournament, and decided to impart us with what had happened.

The first hand saw him flop a wheel and then get quartered on the river. A few hands later, he was all in with {A-?}

against an opponent holding {A-?}

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His opponent would made Broadway on the river and Jungblut was sent packing.

06-25-2009 13:30 UTC-12

Some Notable Chip Counts

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Brandon Cantu - 35,500
Phil Hellmuth - 27,400
Noah Boeken - 25,500
Layne Flack - 19,500
Jeff Lisandro - 15,400
Kathy Liebert - 15,100
Lee Watkinson - 14,500
Matthew Burgoine - 12,100
Tom Koral - 8,100
Men Nguyen - 8,000
Mickey Appleman - 7,500
Chris Reslock - 7,100
Nick Binger - 5,300
Perry Friedman - 2,700
David Levi - 1,400