Event #8: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2010 World Series of Poker

Mark Seif was a powerhouse throughout Day 1 of the tournament; however, that all changed in one big hand.

We are unsure of the action, but with the board reading {8-Hearts} {7-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {6-Hearts} , both Seat 6 and Seif had all of their chips in the middle. Seif had {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} and Seat 6 {A-Spades} {K-Spades} . Seat 6 took down the pot of 55,300 and Seif was left with only 4,200.

Two hands later, Seif shoved all in for 4,100 and was called by the small blind.

Seif: {Q-Clubs} {4-Clubs}
Small Blind: {K-Spades} {J-Spades}

The board was kind to Seif coming {Q-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {2-Hearts} and giving him a much needed double up to around 9,500.

The very next hand, Seif again went all in and was called by one player. Again, Seif was behind with {J-Diamonds} {10-Spades} against his opponent's {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} . When the board ran out {3-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {8-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} , Seif's luck ran out. He was eliminated at the very end of Day 1.

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After ten hours of play and over two thousand eliminations, the final hand of the night has been dealt in Event #8: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.

2,341 players took to the felt nearly thirteen hours ago in the third low buy-in no limit hold'em event of the series. Just as expected a field mixed with amateurs, veterans, professionals and those wanting to get their tournament fix all handed over $1,500 to create a $3,160,350 prizepool.

Humberto Brenes, Boris Becker, Lex Veldhuis, Joseph Cada, Brandon Cantu, Liv Boeree, Annette Obrestad, Allen Cunningham, Tom Dwan, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel and the recent Poker Players Champion Michael Mizrachi were just a handful of notables to take the felt but fall to the rail over the course of play.

Jean-Robert Bellande (89,200), Phil Hellmuth (84,700), Danny Wong (77,600) and Amnon Filippi (55,800) lead the respected notables remaining, but it is Josh Schlein leading the remaining 277 players with 127,300 in chips. Hugo Perez (109,300), Tim Milliron (106,900), Sam Trickett (102,800) and Scott Vener (101,000) are yapping on his heels.

With 243 players making the money tomorrow, it is still anyone's tournament to win. However it will be the $568,974 first prize, coveted gold bracelet and title of Event 8 Champion being the goal for everyone that remains.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing all the live updates tomorrow as we play down to a final table, so make sure to stay tuned to us from 2:30pm PST as we cover every rivered flush, turned straight and flopped set live from Event 8 and the 2010 World Series of Poker!

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Schlein	127,300
Hugo Perez	109,300
Blake E Kelso	108,100 103,600	103,600
Timothy Milliron	106,900
Samuel Trickett	102,800
Robert Harcarik	102,300 97,800	97,800
Scott Vener	101,000
Trevor Pope	99,800 95,300	95,300

Davin Costa	97,600
Jose Gatmaitan	96,400 91,900	91,900
Max Steinberg	91,700 87,200	87,200

Orlando Maldonado	91,200 86,700	86,700
Jean-Robert Bellande	89,200

Tyler Patterson	89,000 84,500	84,500

Nicholas Binger	85,600 53,600	53,600
Phil Hellmuth	84,700

Yannick Tessier	83,000
Cherie Beasley	80,500
William Childs	80,500 76,000	76,000
Jordan Rich	80,300 38,300	38,300
David Whalen	79,000
Danny Wong	77,600

Frank Weigel	76,600 72,100	72,100
Anders Taylor	76,100 71,600	71,600
Kevin Howe	76,000 71,500	71,500

Player

Chips

Progress

Josh Schlein

127,300