Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-02-2009 12:38 UTC-12

Praz Banzi Eliminated

We caught up with Banzi as he was walking toward the exit. He was among the bigger stacks for much of the day, but lost everything when he got all in with pocket kings vs. pocket aces and couldn't improve.

Also eliminated from the tournament were T.J. Cloutier and Maridu Mayrinck.

06-02-2009 12:42 UTC-12

Who's Got Chips?

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Here's an updated count on some of the bigger names in the tourney.

Nick Binger - 19,300
Nam Le - 5,300
Liv Boeree - 8,200
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier - 13,300
Brandon Cantu - 14,400

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

06-02-2009 12:58 UTC-12

Short Appearances in the Amazon Room

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Less than a level after moving into the Amazon Room, both John Juanda and Jerry Yang have busted from today's event.

06-02-2009 13:03 UTC-12

More Eliminations

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Some recent bust outs include:

Bryan Micon
Eric Liu
John Myung
Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Tags: Eric Liu

06-02-2009 13:06 UTC-12

Chip Counts

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Here are some updated numbers from around the room.

Francois Safieddine - 32,000
Doug Lee - 13,500
Humberto Brenes - 6,250
Minneapolis Jim Meehan - 9,300
Chris Ferguson - 2,800

06-02-2009 13:27 UTC-12

Tiffany Michelle Doubles Up

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Tiffany Michelle raised to 1,000 preflop and found two callers. She then moved in for 4,300 on a flop of {Q-Diamonds}

, inducing one fold and one call.

Michelle turned over {K-Clubs}

while her opponent showed {Q-?}

. The board ran out {4-Hearts}

{9}, and Michelle is now sitting on 12,000 chips.

06-02-2009 13:27 UTC-12

Hellmuth Busto

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Phil Hellmuth called an opponent's all-in bet on the turn holding {Q-Hearts}

with the board showing {10-Hearts}

. His opponent produced a pocket pair of queens which was good for top set, leaving Phil drawing to a non-board-pairing heart to stay alive. The river blanked and Phil walked not-so-quietly away from the table, muttering several comments under his breath as onlookers enjoyed the show.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

06-02-2009 13:29 UTC-12

More Chip Counts

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Here are some recent numbers from the floor.

Nick Binger - 22,000
Liv Boeree - 8,400
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier - 15,000
Brandon Cantu - 32,000
Justin Bonomo - 16,000
James Akenhead - 7,600
Jordan Morgan - 11,200
Tony Dunst - 11,400
Rafe Furst - 8,400

06-02-2009 13:37 UTC-12

Chris Ferguson Eliminated

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After nursing a short stack for much of the day, Chris Ferguson has been eliminated from today's tournament.