Event #53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout

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Event #53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout

Limit Hold'em Shootout Starts at Noon

The lengthy preliminary event phase of the 2008 World Series of Poker sends off its final start at noon today -- it's Event 53, the two-day $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. The event will be capped at 720 players (nine per table), and will consist of three "shootout" rounds, wherein each table within each round is in itself a single-table tournament, with the single winner at each table moving on to the next round.

The first two of three rounds will be held today, with the possibility of second-round action stretching well into the night. Last year, this event was won by Ram Vaswani, who emerged from a capped 720-player field to win $217,438.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

Notable Players

Players are still filing into the room. Over in the blue section, you can find some of the notable names below.

John Phan
Tom McEvoy
Shannon Shorr
Daniel Negreanu
Tom Schneider
Rob Hollink
Erik Seidel
Nam Le
Rolf Slotboom
Mark Seif
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject:

Layne Flack Eliminated

Layne Flack was all in with pocket tens against an opponent's pocket aces. An ace hit the flop and Flack did not hit miracle running tens, and therefore Flack is out the door.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject:

Humberto Brenes Eliminated

Humberto Brenes was all in on the flop of Q-8-3 against Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah. Brenes held J-9 for a straight draw and his opponent held K-10. Brenes did not hit his straight, nor did he pair up and he is gone.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

End of the Day

We're still in the second round of the shootout and have ended play for the day. Things in the second round went somewhat slow without too many bust outs occurring. Players are really trying to grind it out to that final table.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

A Busy Second Day...

... is on tap for Event 53, $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, which will have plenty of work to do to determine a champion tonight. 72 players remain alive in the event, with none of the second-round tables close to determining a qualifier to the final; only 28 players were eliminated during the first part of Round 2 last night.

Here's how the 72 players stand entering today's 2pm resumption of play:

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Simen Sagstuen – 20,000
Seat 3: Blair Rodman – 37,500
Seat 5: Hansu Chu – 31,500
Seat 6: Will Durkee – 62,500
Seat 7: Cristiano Blanco – 35,500
Seat 8: Rick Shepherd – 29,500
Seat 9: Jean-Robert Bellande – 67,500
Seat 10: Jesse Martin – 26,000

(Table 4)
Seat 2: Danny Wong – 83,000
Seat 3: Craig Crivello – 17,500
Seat 5: Tony Bloom – 2,500
Seat 6: Davood Mehrmand – 69,000
Seat 7: Dave Orvis – 88,000
Seat 8: Coralee Grebe – 21,000
Seat 9: Fred Berger – 19,000

(Table 5)
Seat 1: Ben Fineman – 21,500
Seat 2: Mikael Norinder – 60,500
Seat 3: Richard Walter – 47,000
Seat 5: Lorenz Guarin – 40,500
Seat 6: Terry Borer – 51,000
Seat 8: Ben Yu – 14,000
Seat 9: Spencer Lawrence – 65,500

(Table 8 )
Seat 1: Jeff Kimber – 12,000
Seat 2: Duane Graff Jr – 25,000
Seat 3: Kenna James – 24,000
Seat 4: Matt Graham – 70,000
Seat 5: Stefan Rapp – 32,500
Seat 6: Greg Debora – 26,000
Seat 7: Jonathan Tamayo – 80,000
Seat 8: Michael Watson – 30,500

(Table 9)
Seat 1: Jelger Wiegersma – 38,000
Seat 2: Rhett Butler – 18,500
Seat 4: Jacob Petersen – 14,500
Seat 5: Andrew Prock – 73,500
Seat 6: Imari Love – 13,000
Seat 7: Tino Lechich – 30,000
Seat 8: Claudio Rinaldi – 17,000
Seat 9: Mike Wattel – 70,000
Seat 10: Jordan Smith – 25,500

(Table 10)
Seat 1: Aliaksandr Dzianisau – 22,500
Seat 2: Sasha Rosewood – 22,000
Seat 3: Michelle Ankenman – 47,000
Seat 4: David Gee – 24,500
Seat 5: Jannick Wrang – 38,500
Seat 6: Mike Kachan – 59,500
Seat 9: Steve Kim – 47,500
Seat 10: Sebastian Bauer – 48,500

(Table 11)
Seat 1: Eric Rivkin – 65,500
Seat 2: Mike Leah – 35,000
Seat 3: Eric Arreca – 29,500
Seat 5: Primoz Adamic – 33,500
Seat 6: Tony Tan – 37,500
Seat 7: Jason Smith – 16,000
Seat 8: Hoyt Corkins – 24,000
Seat 9: Steve Stolzmann – 14,500
Seat 10: Brandon Wong – 44,500

(Table 12)
Seat 1: David Bach – 23,000
Seat 3: Mark Klecan – 25,500
Seat 4: David Olson – 17,500
Seat 5: Markus Stranzinger – 79,000
Seat 6: Jay Bloom – 38,500
Seat 7: John Kranyak – 77,500
Seat 8: Colin Miners – 6,000
Seat 9: Jimmy Fricke – 14,000
Seat 10: Joel Diaz – 19,000

(Table 13)
Seat 3: Joe De Niro – 51,000
Seat 4: Gregory Giannokostas – 46,500
Seat 5: Kirby Rogers – 53,500
Seat 7: Robert Lipkin – 55,000
Seat 8: Chris Vitch – 53,500
Seat 9: Sol Mammon – 13,000
Seat 10: Zvi Stern – 26,500
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject:

Final Table Seat Assignments

Today's final table will be on table Green 13:

Seat 1: Jean-Robert Bellande
Seat 2: Danny Wong
Seat 3: Spencer Lawrence
Seat 4: Matt Graham
Seat 5: Andrew Prock
Seat 6: Michael Kachan
Seat 7: Brandon Wong
Seat 8: John Kranyak
Seat 9: Joe De Niro
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject:

Spencer Lawrence Eliminated in 6th Place ($20,221)

Spencer Lawrence was all in preflop against Jean-Robert Bellande.

Bellande:

Lawrence:

Board:

Bellande\'s nines were enough to send Lawrence home in sixth place. He will take home $20,221 for his efforts.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

Danny Wong Eliminated in 5th Place ($33,701)

Jean-Robert Bellande raised preflop and Wong made the call. On a flop of

, Bellande check-called a bet from Wong. On the turn of the

, Bellande again check-called a bet from Wong. On the river of the

, Bellande bet out and Wong made the call. The call put him all in.

Bellande showed

for sixes full.

Danny Wong is our fifth place finisher. He will receive $33,701 for his efforts.

After the hand Bellande commented on how quiet everyone was as Wong was eliminated.

\"You see that. Everyone was silent. That\'s mad respect for him. Mad respect.\"
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject:

Joe De Niro Eliminated in 3rd Place ($107,845)

On the flop of

, Joe De Niro moved all in and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande.

Bellande:

De Niro:

Board:

The river ace gave Bellande aces up and made Joe De Niro our third place finisher. De Niro will take home $107,845 for his finish.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject:

Jean-Robert Bellande Eliminated in 2nd Place ($173,564) - Matt Graham Wins!

Bellande was all in preflop and Graham called.

Graham:

Bellande:

Board:

Jean-Robert Bellande becomes our second place finisher. He will take home $173,564.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject:

Matt Graham Wins Event #53 ($278,180)

Matt Graham is the winner of this Limit Hold'em Shootout. In addition to the gold bracelet, Graham takes home $278,180 in prize money.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject:

Event #53 is in the Books

823 players started this Limit Hold'em Shootout, taking their shot at the last open bracelet before the Main Event. In a day two that lasted over 17 hours, Matt Graham emerged as this event's champion. In addition to the championship gold bracelet, Graham will receive $278,180 in prize money. Congratulations to Matt Graham, $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Champion.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject:

1 $ 278,180 Matt Graham
2 $ 173,564 Jean-Robert Bellande
3 $ 107,845 Joe De Niro
4 $ 69,088 Brandon Wong
5 $ 33,701 Danny Wong
6 $ 20,221 Spencer Lawrence
7 $ 13,480 John Kranyak
8 $ 10,335 Andrew Prock
9 $ 7,526 Michael Kachan
10 $ 5,055 Duane Graff
11 $ 5,055 Mikael Norinder
12 $ 5,055 Stefan Rapp
13 $ 5,055 Eric Rivkin
14 $ 5,055 Steve Kim
15 $ 5,055 Lorenz Guarin
16 $ 5,055 Jelger Wiegersma
17 $ 5,055 Jonathan Tamayo
18 $ 5,055 Hansu Chu
19 $ 5,055 Fred Berger
20 $ 5,055 Dave Orvis
21 $ 5,055 Markus Stranzinger
22 $ 5,055 Sol Mammon
23 $ 5,055 Tony Tan
24 $ 5,055 Jannick Wrang
25 $ 5,055 Richard Walter
26 $ 5,055 Mike Wattel
27 $ 5,055 Sebastian Bauer
28 $ 5,055 Robert Lipkin
29 $ 5,055 Christiano Blanco
30 $ 5,055 Mark Klecan
31 $ 5,055 -
32 $ 5,055 Craig Crivello
33 $ 5,055 Terry Borer
34 $ 5,055 David Olson
35 $ 5,055 David Gee
36 $ 5,055 Jay Bloom
37 $ 5,055 Kirby Rogers
38 $ 5,055 Imari Love
39 $ 5,055 Will Durkee
40 $ 5,055 Jesse Martin
41 $ 5,055 Hoyt Corkins
42 $ 5,055 Davood Mehrmand
43 $ 5,055 Michael Watson
44 $ 5,055 Tino Lechich
45 $ 5,055 David Bach
46 $ 5,055 Kenna James
47 $ 5,055 Chris Vitch
48 $ 5,055 Michelle Ankenman
49 $ 5,055 Mike Leah
50 $ 5,055 Jason Smith
51 $ 5,055 Primoz Adamic
52 $ 5,055 Sasha Rosewood
53 $ 5,055 Rick Shepherd
54 $ 5,055 Joel Diaz
55 $ 5,055 -
56 $ 5,055 Blair Rodman
57 $ 5,055 Aliaksandr Dzianisau
58 $ 5,055 Ben Fineman
59 $ 5,055 Gregory Giannokostas
60 $ 5,055 Greg Debora
61 $ 5,055 Claudio Rinaldi
62 $ 5,055 Coralee Grebe
63 $ 5,055 Zvi Stern
64 $ 5,055 Eric Arreca
65 $ 5,055 Jacob Petersen
66 $ 5,055 Colin Miners
67 $ 5,055 Simen Sagstuen
68 $ 5,055 Rhett Butler
69 $ 5,055 Ben Yu
70 $ 5,055 Jimmy 'Gobbo' Fricke
71 $ 5,055 Steve Stolzmann
72 $ 5,055 Tony Bloom
73 $ 5,055 Randy Ritterbush
74 $ 5,055 Connie Rim
75 $ 5,055 Yuegi Zhu
76 $ 5,055 Chuck McCormik
77 $ 5,055 Terrence Chan
78 $ 5,055 John Myung
79 $ 5,055 Andy Bloch
80 $ 5,055 Blake Purvis
81 $ 5,055 Jesse Correa
82 $ 5,055 Josh Jorgensen
83 $ 5,055 John Pires
84 $ 5,055 Eric Wellman
85 $ 5,055 Eddylee Martin
86 $ 5,055 Allen Le
87 $ 5,055 Sam Oue
88 $ 5,055 JC Tran
89 $ 5,055 Rob Kovar
90 $ 5,055 Kevin Song
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject:

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