Event #52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

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Event #52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Monday No-Limit at the Rio

Preliminary events are winding down for the 2008 World Series of Poker, but this final Monday before the Main Event brings another seams-bursting tourney at the Rio. It's Event 52, $1,500 No-Limit, the last of a handful of the popular $1,500 NLHE events on the 2008 WSOP schedule.

This one gets underway at noon, and promises to overflow the Amazon Room and surrounding environs.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

Kathy Liebert is Out

Kathy Liebert was crippled in a hand where she moved in with a flush draw and overcards and was called with a player holdling top pair. The board bricked and with just 425 Kathy moved in with

and was dominated by an opponent\'s

. The board again failed to bring any help and Kathy was eliminated.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject:

Play Concludes For the Evening

The clock has just expired on round 10 which means play has concluded for the day. What started as a mob of 2,693 hopefuls stretched throughout the various rooms and overflow areas here at the Rio is now just 228 players in the far corner of the Amazon Room.

We saw a lot of big names go out today. Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Moneymaker, Jennifer Tilly and Shannon Shorr just to name a few. Still alive are Mimi Tran, Vanessa Rousso, Matt Matros and a handful of other notables.

Alvin Zeidenfeld ends the day as our probable chip leader with about 157,000. Andes Fraulund and Elliot Smith are not far behind however, both with over 100,000.

We hope you'll join us for day 2 action which starts tomorrow at 2 p.m. PDT from the nearby Brasilia room. The 228 remaining players will play down to the final nine that will comprise Tuesday's final table.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject:

Day 1 Chip Counts

The WSOP has now released updated chip counts for all 225 players that survived the ten opening-day levels of play in Event 52, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The field is led overnight by Keith Carberry at 203,000 in chips, with Alvin Zeidenfeld not far behind. Here are the top ten players:

Alvin Zeidenfeld 180,500
Feming Chan 105,400
Anders Fraulund 103,600
Joe Neiman 98,800
Henry Majdik 98,500
Elliot Smith 96,700
Jim Miller 92,400
Satoru Ishii 90,400
Scott Sitron 88,600
Voitto Rintala 85,000
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:

Mimi Tran Eliminated in 25th Place ($17,276)

Mimi Tran moved in with K-Q and was called by Gary Biggar, who held a dominating

. The

board brought Mimi no help and she was eliminated. Biggar is now up to 185,000.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:

Dan Harmetz Eliminated In 24th Place ($17,276)

After Joachim Berg-Jensen raised to 20,000 Andrey Zaichenko moved all in from the small blind (he had the table covered) and Harmetz called from the big blind. Berg-Jensen got out of the way and Zaichenko\'s

was pitted against Harmetz\'s pocket eights.

Harmetz kept the lead after the

flop and the

on the turn but Zaichenko spiked the

on the river and eliminated Harmetz. Zaichenko is now up around 1 million in chips.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:

So....That IS It

It looked for a time like we might play deep into the night before our final table was set, but as so often happens the final knockouts came back-to-back and we're down to our final nine. The players will reconvene at 2pm tomorrow at the ESPN Final Table and we'll see who wins the $625,443 first prize and the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:

Official Final Table Chip Counts

The nine finalists have been determined in Event 52, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The nine will be led by Corwin Cole, but Matt Matros, Jeff Courtney and David Daneshgar are all close behind. The complete standings:

Corwin Cole (San Diego, California) -- 1,668,000
Matt Matros (Brooklyn, New York) -- 1,472,000
Jeff Courtney (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) -- 1,443,000
David Daneshgar (Westlake Village, California) -- 1,178,000
Voitto Rintala (Helsinki, Finland) -- 553,000
Dan Heimiller (Plymouth, Michigan) -- 544,000
Andrey Zaichenko (Moscow, Russia) -- 521,000
Scott Sitron (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- 504,000
Farzad Rouhani (Germantown, Maryland) -- 212,000
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject:

Hand #192 – Scott Sitron Eliminated in 2nd Place ($385,974); David Daneshgar Wins!

In the 50th hand of heads up play, Scott Sitron limped in from the button and David Daneshgar raised it up another 400,000 from the big blind. Sitron moved all in for 2.9 million in total, and in the blink of an eye, Daneshgar had made the call.

Sitron:

Daneshgar:

The board ran out

and Daneshgar makes two pair, tens and sixes, to take down the pot and become the latest WSOP bracelet winner!

Congratulations to Scott Sitron who played a superb tournament to finish in 2nd place for a handsome $385,974 in prize money!
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:

270 got paid but as that would have been one long read here is the top 58

1 $ 625,443 David Daneshgar
2 $ 385,974 Scott Sitron
3 $ 275,695 Dan Heimiller
4 $ 231,584 Farzad Rouhani
5 $ 189,311 Corwin Cole
6 $ 148,875 Matt Matros
7 $ 112,116 Andrey Zaichenko
8 $ 84,546 Jeff Courtney
9 $ 57,712 Voitto Rintala
10 $ 36,391 Gary Biggar
11 $ 36,391 Todd Hanks
12 $ 36,391 Brock Mishler
13 $ 29,039 Joachim Berg-Jensen
14 $ 29,039 Elliot Smith
15 $ 29,039 Cody Slaubaugh
16 $ 21,688 Lars Sundberg
17 $ 21,688 Daniel Hughes
18 $ 21,688 Eric Jolly
19 $ 17,276 Petter Fransson
20 $ 17,276 Richard Kirsch
21 $ 17,276 Martin Cardno
22 $ 17,276 Paulo Nunes
23 $ 17,276 Joe Neiman
24 $ 17,276 Dan Harmetz
25 $ 17,276 Mimi Tran
26 $ 17,276 Anders Fraulund
27 $ 17,276 Andrew Garvin
28 $ 13,600 Lars Nielsen
29 $ 13,600 Marco Bernier
30 $ 13,600 Tim Barchie
31 $ 13,600 Hans Erlandsson
32 $ 13,600 Esther Garza
33 $ 13,600 Michael Andrews
34 $ 13,600 Ben Spraggons
35 $ 13,600 John Mccauley
36 $ 13,600 Gary Marcum
37 $ 10,660 Cody Culp
38 $ 10,660 Alvin Zeidenfeld
39 $ 10,660 Daniel Pancotto
40 $ 10,660 Mike Yee
41 $ 10,660 Matthew Edge
42 $ 10,660 Aneel Choppa
43 $ 10,660 Chris Johnson
44 $ 10,660 Vanessa Rousso
45 $ 10,660 Rob Sherwood
46 $ 9,557 Marco Adams
47 $ 9,557 Brian Byerly
48 $ 9,557 Michael Schneider
49 $ 9,557 Chad Stell
50 $ 9,557 Toby Auth
51 $ 9,557 Greg Hartwick
52 $ 9,557 William Myers
53 $ 9,557 Mark Sloane
54 $ 9,557 Howard Berg
55 $ 8,454 Paul Steinaker
56 $ 8,454 An Tran
57 $ 8,454 Stefan Martin
58 $ 8,454 Michael Beaty
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to David Daneshgar, Event No. 52 Champion ($625,443)

David Daneshgar has negotiated his way through a field of nearly 2,700 to land his first WSOP bracelet, winning Event No. 52, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, after coming from behind against Scott Sitron.

Sitron played well tonight. He entered play one of the table's short stacks (8th in chips), but picked up pocket queens on the third hand of the night and after doubling up there picked his spots carefully, eventually assuming the chip lead.

When play got down to three-handed, Sitron, Daneshgar, and eventual third-place finisher Dan Heimiller traded the lead back and forth until Sitron finally took out a short-stacked Heimiller when his A-10 outlasted Heimiller's A-3.

When heads up play began, Sitron enjoyed close to a 2-to-1 chip advantage over Daneshgar. During the fifty hands of heads up, Daneshgar received several big hands -- aces twice, kings -- but Sitron kept folding to Daneshgar's preflop raises. After about 30 hands, the tide turned when Daneshgar took a big pot without a showdown, then in the 50th hand of heads up, Daneshgar's pocket tens carried the day.

"It feels great to win my first one," he said afterwards. "I'm hoping to win my next one in about two weeks... plus three months, to make it back-to-back bracelets."

Congratulations to Daneshgar, who takes home $625,443 and a gold bracelet.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:

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