Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
643
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
So said a player here at Table #1 as he bagged his chips along with the other players who survived Day 1 of Event No. 26, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.
We started the day with 643 hopefuls, each of whom began with plans to accumulate all 2,893,500 chips -- bet by bet by bet. According to the big board, 124 of them still have a chance of doing so.
As mentioned before, official chip counts will be posted overnight. Play resumes tomorrow at 2 p.m. Vegas time. Come back here to PokerNews to follow along as we find out which of the remaining players will take all of the chips and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Dominik Kulicki -- 58,000
Marco Escuandolas -- 48,000
Jon Van Halle -- 45,000
Nikki Harris -- 44,000
Justin Bonomo -- 40,000
Bill Chen -- 39,000
A six was drawn, so six more hands at each table and the day is done.
But with certain hands action is inevitable.
We just saw one in which the betting between two players was capped preflop. The flop came 10-J-Q, which slowed things down a bit with a check-bet-call. The turn was a nine, which again induced a check-bet-call. Then both players checked the king on the end.
The first player showed pocket aces -- he'd checked the nuts on fifth street. The other showed pocket kings, victimized by a two-outer.
Over in the back corner, Shannon Elizabeth has 15,500, Victor Ramdin has 28,000, Karen Manfrede has 13,000, Justin Bonomo has 37,000, Lisa Parsons has 12,000, and Paul Damany 30,000.
Toward the center of the room, Bill Chen has 41,000, Todd Witteles 11,500, Rami Boukai 12,000, Barry Greenstein 24,000, Rayan Nathan 6,500, and Katja Svendsen 14,000.
And Mimi Tran has a single 100 blue chip. No, wait... she just tripled up to 300. But her chances of surviving the night remain slim.
flop and the 
turn. Both players checked the 
on the river.Chen turned over
for nines, while his opponent showed 
-- the possible straights or flush kept him from betting on the end. Chen still has 38,000.
Level: 10
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0