Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-14-2008 20:24 UTC-7

The End of the World as We Know It

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Phil Ivey has just been moved to Table No. 15.

With his 100,000 in chips.

06-14-2008 20:30 UTC-7

A Lotta Bling

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The players at Table No. 15 were just calculating aloud how many bracelets they had between them. They are currently trying decide between 31 or 32.

The line-up (as they are seated): Robert Williamson III, Phil Hellmuth, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Phil Ivey, Sirous Jamshidi, Daniel Negreanu, Daniel Alaei, and Alex Kravchenko.

06-14-2008 20:32 UTC-7

Cajelais Climbing

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Erik Cajelais, runner-up in this same event last year, has increased his stack to 110,000.

06-14-2008 20:35 UTC-7

Kravchenko Finds a Spot

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After playing it tight for a good while, Alex Kravchenko finally got all of his chips in on a flop of {K-Hearts}

. Robert Williamson III made the call.

Kravchenko showed {A-Clubs}

for top two, and Williamson {A-Spades}

for the Broadway wrap draw. The turn was the {J-Clubs}

, giving Kravchenko a boat. The river was the {10-Clubs}

, and his hand held up.

Kravchenko now has 18,000. Meanwhile, Williamson is sitting comfortably with 95,000.

As comfortably as one can sit at that table, that is.

06-14-2008 20:36 UTC-7

Where Did They Go?

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Among the 15 tables currently being used, two seats are noticeably empty.

They belong to David Williams and Michael Mizrachi, both currently playing in their event 25 Heads Up Championship matches.

Tags: David Williams Michael Mizrachi

06-14-2008 20:38 UTC-7

Ferguson Building Stack

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Chris Ferguson just busted Barny Boatman with queens full of tens, and Boatman chose not to rebuy. (There are about five minutes left in Level 3, at which time the rebuy period ends.)

Ferguson is up to 65,000.

06-14-2008 20:43 UTC-7

Jamshidi Not to Be Outdone

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At table 15, Sirous Jamshidi is making sure he does not get lost among all of poker's finest.

At the end of level 3, Jamshidi won two big hands, increasing his stack to 54,000.

Tags: Sirous Jamshidi

06-14-2008 20:44 UTC-7

Freedom of Choice

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As we approach the end of Level 3, the announcer is reminding players "You must rebuy and add-on before you leave the table" (for the upcoming dinner break).

Chris Ferguson is clarifying the announcement for the benefit of his tablemates: "You must rebuy and add-on," he is saying with a smile -- leaving out the rest.

06-14-2008 20:46 UTC-7

Dinner Break

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Regardless of one's stack size at the end of Level 3, all players have the option now to buy 10,000 or 20,000 more chips. Several are doing so, then filing out for the dinner break.

Play is scheduled to restart at 9:30pm Vegas time (about 45 minutes from now).

06-14-2008 21:07 UTC-7

High Society

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It appears there are approximately 632,000 chips in play on Table No. 15. The biggest stacks sit before Phil Ivey (114,000) and Robert Williamson III (113,000). Alex Kravchenko sits on the short stack there with 19,100.

Word is Daniel Negreanu ended up rebuying 16 or 17 times, meaning he is in for at least $80,000. We're not certain, but that may well be the largest number of rebuys/add-ons of anyone in the event.

By the way, Table 15 is the next one scheduled to break, so all those chips will soon be distributed throughout the tourney.