Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day 1 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
482
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Day 1 Set To Begin
Welcome back to the Rio for our exclusive coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker. The blue section of the Amazon room will be host to Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha.
Last year this event drew 453 entrants with Rami Boukai emerging as the winner. Will he be back to defend his title? We will know shortly as play is expected to begin in about 25 minutes.
Stay tuned to PokerNews and see you at the top of the hour!
Level: 1
Blinds: 0/0
Ante:
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The cards are in the air, let's get things going!
Who's Out There?
After our first pass through the field, the following players have been spotted:
Vitaly Lunkin
Mike Beasley
Annie Duke
Nenad Medic
Fabrice Soulier
Sigi Stockinger
Soheil Shamseddin
Davidi Kitai
Erik Seidel
Chris Reslock
Lee Watkinson
Antony Lellouche
Rob Hollink
JC Tran
Chino Rheem
Noah Schwartz
John Juanda
Sorel Mizzi
Good friends JC Tran and David "Chino" Rheem are sitting next to each other at Table #301.
Team PokerStars in the Field
We expect more before registration ends, but represeting Team PokerStars in the event thus far are Daniel Negreanu, Greg Raymer and Victor Ramdin represetning Team Pro USA, Florian Langmann and Michael Keiner for Team Pro Germany, and Noah Boeken for Team Pro Netherlands.
Tumultuous Start For Negreanu
Pot-Limit Hold'em
We arrived at Daniel Negreanu's table and saw a board of 
. There was roughly 8,000 in the pot and Negreanu's opponent was all in for 1,025. Negreanu wasn't thrilled with the scenario.
"Usually I have a nine in this spot," said Negreanu. He didn't appear to have it this time, folding his hand and slipping to about 2,600.
However, upon arriving back at his table, it appears that Negreanu doubled up. He is back up to about 5,400.
The Champ is Here
The defending champion has arrived. Rami Boukai has just taken his seat over at Table 264 in the Blue section where they are just five handed right now. Last year, Boukai conquered the field of 453 players to take home the $244,862 first-place prize and the gold bracelet. You can read about his victory here and we'll be sure to let you know how his title defense moves along throughout the day.
Late Arrivals
Not only have a few more tables opened up, but a few rows of tables have started due to all the people coming in late. Michael Katz, Dave Baker, Tommy Vedes, John Kabbaj, Michael Binger, David Paredes, Carter Gill, Layne Flack and Ludovic Lacay are just a handful of the names that have trickled in here in as we move towards the close of the first level. Surely even more will be rolling in and we'll keep you posted.
Level: 2
Blinds: /
Ante: