2008 World Series of Poker

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

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,710,070
Entries
2,718
Players Left
2,718
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Day 1 Chip Counts Released

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

Tags: Micah Raskin