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Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'emDay 1 completed
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Mon Jun 23 2008 07:44 PST | Posted by hintze
Chip leader Jonathan TamayoOfficial Day 1 Chip Counts Released
Day 1 of Event 41, $1,500 Mixed Hold'em, is in the books, and the end-of-day chip leader is Jonathan Tamayo at 98,100 in chips. The top ten are as follows:
Jonathan Tamayo 98,100
Ricky Sanders 88,000
Klein Bach 65,600
Daniel Kraus 49,975
Jose Tavares 48,900
Alexander Borteh 46,950
Peter Rho 46,000
Otto Richard 45,700
Benjamin Landowski 44,425
Heung Yoon 42,400
Play resumes in this event at 3pm PDT on Friday in the Brasilia Room. 98 players remain, not far from the 72-player money bubble. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 02:17 PST | Posted by donpeters
End of Day 1
Day 1 has come to an end. We began with 731 runners in Event #41, $1,500 Mixed Hold'em, and are down to 98 remaining in the field. We're almost to the money and tomorrow play will go down until we have reached the final table.
Lou Esposito, Michael Guzzardi, Rolf Slotboom, Berry Johnston, Jan von Halle, and the Le brothers, Allen and Nam, are all left remaining in the field. Play will resume tomorrow at 3:00 PM local time over in the Brasilia Room here at the Rio. See you all then. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 02:12 PST | Posted by MarcC
It Gives to You with One Hand the Takes Away with the Other
Ari Engel was very short stacked and moved all-in with ace-ten. He found a caller with ace-queen but managed to spike his three outer and double up.
The very next hand he found ace-ten and still being very short stacked he moved all in again. This time he was in a better spot as his caller had eight-nine. An eight on the flop changed all that though and Engel was busted at the death of play. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 02:01 PST | Posted by MarcC
Long Think Before a Bad Call
The river card had already been dealt and the board was
.
Ricky Sanders moves all-in against his opponent who tanks for three minutes before making a call with
for the rivered straight. Sanders flips over 
for the flopped flush.
The pot was huge and it puts Sanders up to 75,000. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 02:00 PST | Posted by donpeters
Tamayo Wins a Huge Pot
No-Limit Hold'em:
After a player made it 1,100 to go from under the gun, Jonathan Tamayo reraised to 3,500. The under-the-gun player then shipped in his whole stack of 25,000. Tamayo made the call and turned over
. His opponent held 
.
The board ran out
and Tamayo didn't get unlucky. He is now up to 76,000 and cruising. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 01:48 PST | Posted by MarcC
River Queen
Limit Hold'em:
In one of the last limit hands of the night Nam Le and Tino Lechich clashed. Le raised it up and Lechich called.
There was a bet and a call on every street and the board ended up as
.
Lechich revealed
to take the pot as Le folded.
Lechich on 22,000.
Le won his next hand and is on 7,100. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 01:45 PST | Posted by donpeters
Sexton Runs Into a Biger Pair
No-Limit Hold'em:
Keith Sexton was just eliminated when his pocket threes ran into a bigger pair in his opponent's pocket eights. The board ran out
and ended Sexton's run. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 01:42 PST | Posted by donpeters
David BenyamineNo Bracelet This Time for Benyamine
Limit Hold'em;
David Benyamine raised under the gun and then a player reraised from the cutoff. Benyamine put in another raise to put all his chips in the middle and the player called.
Benyamine held 
, but was dominated when his opponent showed the 
.
The board ran out
to end Benyamine's run at a second bracelet. -
Mon Jun 23 2008 01:40 PST | Posted by MarcC
Comeback Kid
Limit Hold'em:
A player in early position raises before Lou Esposito three bets and he gets a call.
The flop came
and Esposito led out for a 1,000 bet that was raised to 2,000 and called.
The turn saw Esposito check call a 2,000 bet.
They both checked the
river and Esposito's opponent mucks when he sees 
.
Esposito up to 26,000. A great come back.
Started 22nd Jun, 2008
