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Event 1 - $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em World ChampionshipDay 1 completed
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Sat May 31 2008 03:16 PST | Posted by hintze
Day 1 Chip Leaders Tallied
With the chips counted and into sealed bags and the remaining 70 players departed for the night, the official chip leaders for Day 1 of Event #1, $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em, have been tallied. Eli Elezra rode a late surge to the top of the board, finishing with a stack of 302,900 in chips.
The complete end-of-day top ten is follows:
Eli Elezra 302,900
Amit Makhija 251,100
Nenad Medic 240,200
Patrik Antonius 236,300
Justin Newton 233,000
Mike Sowers 216,700
Anthony Licastro 211,000
Nikolay Evdakov 206,200
David Bach 204,100
Vivek Rajkumar 194,000
Complete chip counts and seat assignments for all surviving players will be posted shortly under the "Day 2" live-reporting entries for this event. -
Sat May 31 2008 00:45 PST | Posted by change100
Day 1 Concludes
Day 1 of Event #1 has just come to a close with approximately 70 players surviving to Day 2. Justin Newton, Mike Sowers, David Bach, Tony Licastro, and Nenad Medic lead the field by our last chip count, with over 200,000 each. Also moving on to Day 2 are Phil Laak, Eli Elezra, Patrik Antonius, Alex Kostritsyn, David Benyamine, and Chris Ferguson
Official chip counts will be posted as soon as they become available.
Join us tomorrow at 2 p.m. PDT for continuing coverage of Event #1, as the field plays down to the final table.
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Sat May 31 2008 00:41 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Eli Elezra Moves to the Top
It appears that Eli Elezra is currently our chip leader with close to a 300,000 stack. He picked up some of those chips in a hand where he and two other players saw a flop of
. The first player bet 11,000, the second moved all-in for 25,000, and Elezra called. The first player folded and Elezra's 
led his opponent's 
. Elezra dodged hearts on the turn and river and took down a tidy pot that boosted him toward the chip lead. -
Sat May 31 2008 00:28 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Tony Licastro Takes a Hit
At or near the top of the chip ladder all day Tony Licastro just lost a big pot to Joseph Sanders. The two players traded raises until all the chips were in the middle and Licastro saw that his pocket eights were well behind Sanders' Aces. The bullets held up and Sanders boosted his stack to 90,000, which Licastro fell to 170,000.
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Sat May 31 2008 00:19 PST | Posted by donpeters
Phil Laak: A Chip Counter's Dream
On a board of
, Phil Laak bet 8,000 and was called by Shawn "Lightning" Keller. The river was the 
and Laak bet 23,300, to which Keller called after tanking for three minutes.
Laak showed J-7 and Keller slapped the table before mucking his hand.
After the hand, Laak quickly stacked up his chips and yelled "175,300!" over to the chip counter as he does after every hand he wins.
Keller is bounced down to 93,000. -
Sat May 31 2008 00:15 PST | Posted by donpeters
Alex Kravchenko Eliminated
Alex Kravchenko moved all in with his short stack with A-T. He was called by David Bach and his J-J. Bach's jacks held up and Kravchenko was sent to the rail.
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Sat May 31 2008 00:03 PST | Posted by donpeters
Phil IveyPhil Ivey
Phil Ivey was put all in by his opponent on a flop of T-T-6 after he led out with a bet. Ivey made the call, showing K-Q. He was behind his opponent's A-J. Ivey failed to improve after the turn was a deuce and the river another blank.
Ivey has been eliminated and will have to wait until another event to capture his next bracelet. -
Fri May 30 2008 23:57 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Joe Sebok Has Been Eliminated
We missed the hand, but Joe Sebok has been eliminated from tonight's event. We'll hopefully have a chance to learn about the particulars on the next episode of PokerRoad Radio.
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Fri May 30 2008 23:56 PST | Posted by donpeters
Joe Sebok Eliminated
Joe Sebok moved his last chips into the middle qith Q-J off and was called by a suited A-7 of clubs. Sebok couldn't improve his hand, and the A-7 held up to eliminate Sebok from the first event of the World Series of Poker.
Started 30th May, 2008
