Started 28th Jun, 2008

2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | Day 1

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Number of players - 2718

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1 completed
Sun Jun 29 2008 08:59 PST | Posted by hintze

Greg Mueller finished Day 1 action in the top ten in chips

Day 1 Chip Counts Released

Overnight, WSOP officials have released the complete list of chip counts for the 215 players who survived Day 1 action in Event 49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The group is led by Micah Raskin at 175,200 in chips, and all 215 players are already assured of a payday, the money bubble having been reached late in Day 1 play.

Here's the overnight top ten:

Micah Raskin 175,200
Young Phan 140,000
Greg Alexander 134,700
Greg Mueller 131,700
Manelic Minaya 127,300
Matt Matros 113,600
Rasmus Nielsen 110,600
Gregg Merkow 109,900
Alexander Case 97,300
JC Tran 92,600

Complete chip counts for all 215 players have now been added to our chip counts page. Check back this afternoon at 2pm PDT when action resumes in this event.
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:54 PST

That's a Wrap!

Play has finished up here in the Amazon room for the evening. We started the day with 2,700 players and we finished at 215. Make sure to tune in tomorrow for our continued live coverage of the event, which kicks off tomorrow afternoon at 2pm PDT.

Chip leaders going into tomorrow include:

Micah Riskin
Young Phan
Greg "FBT" Mueller
Manny Minaya

All these players currently have over 100,000 and start tomorrow in great shape!
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:41 PST

Khan Continues to Eliminate

With action folded around to the small blind, Khan made it 3,200 to go and the big blind called for his remaining 1,900. Khan showed while his opponent, Alexander Maria, showed . Khan spiked a five on the flop and eliminated his opponent.
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:38 PST

Phan Hooks Yet Another

Young Phan managed to eliminate yet another player tonight after a player on the button moved all-in for his remaining 1,000 in chips. Young moved all in on top from the big blind and everyone got out of the way. Phan turned over pocket jacks while his opponent showed A-3. His opponent failed to improve and Young continued to build his chip stack and is now up to 128,000.
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:36 PST

The Master Catching Up

Men 'The Master' Nguyen is in second place for most WSOP cashes with 59 to his name. Phil Hellmuth leads the pack with 65. Tonight's cash for Men puts him at 60, getting him that much closer to Phil's record.

Also of note, Men's wife, Van Nguyen, has also cashed this evening and is playing just a few tables down from the Master.
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:25 PST

Kings for Tran

JC Tran eliminated Ben Story when Story pushed all-in for 4,000 preflop and Tran called with pocket kings. Story held and although he hit a four on the flop, he wasn't able to best Tran's hand and was eliminated.
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:19 PST

Good Day to be the Bubble

We actually had two players bust out on the bubble today, which means that they will actually split the prize awarded to 270th place.

The first elimination that was reported was of David Pointer who moved all-in from the small blind with pocket aces and was called by a player in the cutoff who held . Pointer's opponent flopped an open-ended straight draw which connected on the river and eliminated Pointer on the bubble.

The second elimination was of Dove Byrne, who moved all-in for just 300 and was called by Jeff Kent. Kent held pocket twos and Byrne held J-6. Byrne failed to hit a pair by the river and was eliminated from today's event.
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:12 PST

The Bubble Has Burst

We are now officially in the money! The crowd of 270 players here let out a joyous yell to celebrate and applause broke out immediately. We'll have the bubble hand for you in just a moment.
Sun Jun 29 2008 00:04 PST

Murphy Gets Set Up

Preflop, Young Phan led out for 3,600 from under the gun and was called by John Murphy on the button. The flop fell . Phan led out for 8,000 and Murphy called. The turn brought the and Phan check-called a 17,000 raise from Murphy. The river was the and Phan led out for 24,000. Murphy moved all-in and Phan folded.

After the fold, Murphy showed he held pocket eights and had flopped a set.