Dennis Phillips, David Pham, John "The Razor" Phan, Dwyte Pilgrim, Kirk Morrison, Edward Sabat, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Brandon Cantu are also playing today.
Like any other WSOP event, Event #39 has attracted many familiar faces including Theo Tran, Erik Cajelais, Matt Graham, Dennis Phillips, Jeff Madsen, Joe Sebok, Barny Boatman and Shannon Elizabeth.
Hello and welcome back to the Rio for the 2010 World Series of Poker!
Today marks Day 1 of Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Last year this event saw 999 players and Jeff Carris defeated Jason Somerville heads up for $313,673 and the gold bracelet. The maximum number of entrants today is 2,000.
The plan is to play one heat today, another tomorrow and then the third and final heat Wednesday where a champion will be crowned.
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