Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout Day 1 | 2010 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout

Day 1 Completed

07-01-2010 05:49 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Matthew

Player	Chips	Progress
Theo Tran	45,000
Brian Tate	45,000
Jonathan Tamayo	45,000
Adam Tyburski	45,000
Timothy Vansant	45,000
John Esposito	45,000
Yueqi Zhu	45,000
Michael Schneider	45,000
Claudio Rinaldi	45,000
Jonathan Little	45,000
Bradley Libson	45,000
Marcel Luske	45,000
Omar Mehmood	45,000
Pat Pezzin	45,000
Gregg Merkow	45,000
Russell Cooper	45,000
David Besser	45,000
Bjorn Eder	45,000
Chau Giang	45,000
Brandon Gerson	45,000
Cornel Cimpan	45,000
Steve Stolzmann	45,000
Nam Le	45,000
Andre Braender	45,000
Jason R Bellamy	45,000

07-01-2010 04:06 UTC-7

End of Day 1

[user101598]

We started Day 1 of Event #53 with 548 runners and now we are down to 64. All of the remaining players are guaranteed $4,135, but are surely eyeing the $184,950 first-place prize and of course the gold bracelet.

Tomorrow, there will be eight eight-handed tables filled with very tough players. Among the returning players are Terrence Chan, Kirk Banks, Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar, Jonathan Little, Pat Pezzin, Nam Le, Chau Giang, Barry Shulman and Yevgeniy “atimos” Timoshenko.

Be sure to check in at 3 p.m. PST where our coverage will resume and we will play down to an eight-handed final table!

07-01-2010 04:03 UTC-7

We Have a Winner

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After a grueling, four-hour heads up match, we have a winner for Table 303.

Cornel Andrew Cimpan defeated Tommy "Nhan" Le with just five minutes remaining in Level 9. Cimpan held {a-Spades} {a-Hearts} and Le needed help with {q-Hearts} {9-Spades} .

The board ran {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {10-Diamonds} and Cimpan's aces were good enough for the win sending him into tomorrow.

Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan Tommy Le

07-01-2010 03:48 UTC-7

Still Battling

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Tommy "Nhan" Le and Cornel Andrew Cimpan are still battling heads up at our last remaining table. The bets are big though, and with every pot chips are flying.

Tags: Tommy Le Cornel Andrew Cimpan