Shaun Deeb Poker Tournament Updates

Level 13 Update: Shaun Deeb Suffers Atrocious Beat, Eliminated Shortly Thereafter

Jul 14, '11

Note: Levels are two hours in length.

Players Remaining: 1,080 of 6,865

Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante

The Chip Leaders:

Patrick Poirier: 1,065,800
Daryl Jace: 980,000
Brian Park: 964,000
Guillaume Darcourt: 951,500
Christopher Bonita: 800,000
Kevin Saul: 740,000
Chris Kwon: 696,000
Anton Ionel: 690,000
Fabian Reyes: 660,000
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov: 640,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Daniel Negreanu — 261,700
Phil Hellmuth — 160,000
Thomas Keller — 270,000
Todd Brunson — 201,500

Notables Eliminated:

Shaun Deeb
Matt Matros
Noah Boeken
Lee Watkinson
Huck Seed
Victor Ramdin
Sam Stein
Annette Obrestad
Lyle Berman

Hands:

Shaun Deeb Crippled, Eliminated

After a player opened the action, Shaun Deeb three-bet from the small blind. Max Heinzelmann four-bet from the big blind, and the original raiser folded. Deeb five-bet, and Heinzelmann shoved for about 220,000 total. Deeb snap called with pocket aces and was up against A-6 off suit. The flop brought a six and the river brought another one, crippling Deeb to just 20,000 and propelling the European to about 440,000. Deeb was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Sorel Mizzi Takes out an Opponent

Sorel Mizzi opened a pot from the hi-jack and then one opponent moved all in for 30,000. Mizzi made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Mizzi: A K
Opponent: K Q

Board: A J 5 K 3

Mizzi took out his opponent and he increased his chip stack to 150,000.

Lee Watkinson Eliminated

Lee Watkinson was once up to 90,000, but then had his K-K lose to A-Q, and then he got the last of his chips into the middle after flopping a pair of aces, but lost to Q-Q when his opponent hit trips on the river.

Todd Brunson Doubles

Todd Brunson flopped a straight and flush draw in a three-way pot. He moved all in and was called by an opponent holding aces. Brunson hit his draw on the turn and doubled to 150,000.

Noah Boeken Eliminated

In a blind-versus-blind scenario, Noah Boeken got his stack in with A-9 against Q-2. Unfortunately for Boeken his opponent hit a pair of queens and sent him packing.

Featured Poker Tweet — Matt Stout

Galen Hall Eliminates a Player

Galen Hall held A-Q and called an 11-big-blind shove from a short stack. His opponent held a dominated ace and Hall held to bring his chip stack to about 200,000.

Jonathan Little Short

Jonathan Little ran his A-K into K-9 on K-9-X-X-X board. Fortunately Little was able to avoid going broke and sits with 45,000.

Player Tags: Lee Watkinson,   Todd Brunson,   Noah Boeken,   Sorel Mizzi,   Shaun Deeb,   Galen Hall

Level 28: End of Day 3; Lee Leads Final Three, Deeb 4th

Jun 19, '11

NOTE: Play ended for the night shortly before 5:00am in accordance with the ten-level rule and the remaining three players will return at 4:00pm to play down to a winner.

NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every six hands.

Limits: 50,000-100,000

No-Limit Hold’em – Razz – Hold’em – Badugi:
Blinds: 25,000-50,000

Stud – 2-7 Draw (No-Limit) – Omaha 8:
Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 20,000
Completion: 50,000

PLO (No Ante) – Triple Draw 2-7 – Stud 8:
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 6,000 ante

Players Remaining: 3 out of 431

Average Chip Count: 1,077,500

Chip Counts:

1. Chris Lee – 1,425,000
2. Brain Haveson – 997,000
3. Travis Pearson – 813,000

Eliminations:

4th. Shaun Deeb – $67,146

Shaun Deeb Eliminated in 4th Place ($67,146)
No-Limit Hold’em

Shaun Deeb moved all in before the flop from the button and Travis Pearson called from the big blind.

Pearson lead with Q 10 against Deeb’s Q 5.

The board came 9 8 6 7 3, giving both players a straight on the river. Pearson won the pot with a ten-high straight while Shaun Deeb was eliminated in 4th place ($67,146).

Be sure to check back at 4:00pm for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Brian Haveson,   Travis Pearson,   Shaun Deeb,   Chris Lee

Level 25: Chance Eliminated 7th, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 19, '11

NOTE: Play ended last night with 19 players and resumed today at 4:00pm. With the elimination of Kevin Chance in 7th place ($23,248), the official six-handed final table is now underway.

NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every six hands.

Limits: 30,000-60,000

No-Limit Hold’em – Razz – Hold’em – Badugi:
Blinds: 15,000-30,000

Stud – 2-7 Draw (No-Limit) – Omaha 8:
Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000

PLO (No Ante) – Triple Draw 2-7 – Stud 8:
Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 4,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 431

Average Chip Count: 538,750

Chip Counts:

1. Shaun Deeb – 1,318,000
2. Brian Haveson – 577,000
3. Travis Pearson – 507,000
4. Chris Lee – 505,000
5. Kendall Fukumoto – 271,000
6. John D’Agostino – 142,000

Payouts:

1st. $254,955
2nd. $157,491
3rd. $101,258
4th. $67,146
5th. $45,839
6th. $32,200

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: John D'Agostino,   Brian Haveson,   Kendall Fukumoto,   Travis Pearson,   Shaun Deeb,   Chris Lee

Level 3 Update

Mar 05, '11

Blinds: 150-300

Players Remaining: 244 out of 263

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Ana Marquez — 70,000
2. David Paredes — 65,000
3. Richard Toth — 50,000
4. Shawn Busse — 45,000
5. Tom McEvoy — 45,000
6. Michael Kamran — 41,000
7. Shawn Buchanan — 40,000
8. Pat Pezzin — 40,000
9. Mas Kagawa — 40,000
10. Victor Ramdin — 35,000

Notable Eliminations:

Mike Leah
Kyle Bowker
Bryn Kenney

Big Hands:

Shaun Deeb Grabs One

The board read Q J 9 4 when a player in middle position bet 1,900. Shaun Deeb raised to 6,325 right behind him in late position and his opponent went into the tank. Deeb collected the pot and grew his stack to 36,000.

Pat Pezzin Doubles Up

Pat Pezzin got the last of his chips into the middle with the board reading A 10 9 J. He was called down and the two players revealed their cards:

Pezzin: A 10
Opponent: A K

River: 2

Pezzin doubled up on the hand to survive with a little more than his starting stack.

Kamran Continues to Rise

There was 4,800 in the pot and the board read 4 2 2 7 9 when Michael Kamran bet 2,350. Yevgeniy Timoshenko mucked and Kamran grew his stack to 41,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Shaun Deeb,   Michael Kamran,   Yevgeniy Timoshenko,   Pat Pezzin

Level 6 Update: Field Surpasses 300 Mark

Oct 16, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 175 out of 307

Chip Counts:

1. Payman Arjang — 217,000
2. Noah Schwartz — 170,000
3. Peter Braglia — 160,000
4. Annette Obrestad — 150,000
5. David Peters — 141,000
6. Jeff Madsen — 140,000
7. Amit Makhija — 125,000
8. Sorel Mizzi — 120,000
9. Brandon Novena — 119,000
10. Ryan Young — 116,000

Card Player Chip Counts

Jeff Shulman — 82,000

Average Chip Count: 70,171

Notable Eliminations:

Shaun Deeb
Justin Smith
Kyle Bowker
Jordan Young
Marco Johnson

Big Hands:

David Williams Doubles Up

Trevor Pope raised from late position and David Williams moved all in for 9,325 from the big blind. Pope made the call with AJ and had Williams and his QJ dominated.

The board came 10323Q, however, and Williams doubled up to about 20,000.

Shaun Deeb Hits The Rail

Shaun Deeb had just under 18,000 when he made his move with A-K only to run into an opponent’s pocket jacks. Deeb paired up on the flop, but his opponent made a set to see his tournament run end.

Justin Smith Exits Courtesy of Andreas Hoivold

On a flop of J54, Andreas Hoivold bet 2,050 and Justin Smith reraised to 5,250 behind him. Hoivold then put Smith all in and the two-time Bellagio Cup final tablist made the call.

Hoivold showed Q8 for a flush draw and Smith showed J9 for top pair. The turn and river fell 103 and Smith was eliminated. Hoi"vold is now over the century mark with 110,000.

Poker Tweets

Player Tags: David Williams,   Andreas Hoivold,   Shaun Deeb,   Justin Smith,   Trevor Pope

Level Two Hour One Update: Mike Sowers Doubles Up

Jul 07, '10

Blinds: 100-200

Average Chip Counts 30,000

Notable Chip Counts:

David Williams – 126,000
Johnny Chan – 65,000
Matt Woodward – 62,000
Adam Junglen – 53,000
Leo Margets – 48,900
Daniel Alaei – 46,000
Mike Sica – 46,000
Thayer Rasmussen – 46,000
Ayaz Mahmood – 45,000
Andy Seth – 44,600

Card Player Chip Counts:

Steve Murphy — 37,800
Christina Lindley — 35,500
Dani Stern — 30,000
Tony Dunst — 29,700

Notable Eliminations:

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Vicky Coren
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Mike Sowers Doubles Up

A player raised to 600 and Mike Sowers made the call. The action was then on the small blind and he repopped it to 2,150. The first player called and Sowers moved in for 5,275.

The small blind was the only caller and they turned over their hands:

Sowers: KK
Opponent: AK

Sowers was dominating and the board ran out J547Q and Sowers scored the double up to 13,500.

Ladies Night

Picking up the action after the board had run out K72109, there was 9,000 in the pot. A player had bet 8,000 and the action was on Shaun Deeb.

He tanked for a few moments and eventually threw in the call. His opponent showed QQ, which was fine by Deeb as he tabled QQ.

The two players chopped the pot and Deeb was at 26,000.

Antonio Esfandiari Three-Bets

A player in early position raised to 800 and got two callers. Antonio Esfandiari three-bet to 3,000 from the big blind and the initial bettor folded. The next player to act called and the last player folded. Esfandiari asked for a chip count on his opponent. Esfandiari got a count of about 14,000 and the flop came Q97. Esfandiari bet 4,600 and his opponent quickly mucked. Esfandiari was at about 30,000 after the hand.

Jeff Madsen Loses Steam

Jeff Madsen raised to 500 preflop and was called by seat 2 and the player in the big blind.

The flop ran 10QJ and all players checked. On the 6 turn action checked to Madsen who bet 850. Seat 2 called but the big blind folded.

The 3 fell on the river and Madsen slowed back down, checking to seat 2 who fired 3,000. Madsen wasted little time folding. His stack was still around 31,000 after the hand.

Leonidas Bests Froehlich

Picking up the action on the flop of J65, Toto Leonidas bet 1,250 and Eric Froehlich raised to 2,700. Leonidas made the call and the turn was the 2.

Both players checked and the 6 came on the river. Leonidas bet 3,500 and Froehlich made the call. Leonidas then turned over the bad news with K10 for the second nut-flush.

Froehlich mucked and was down to 23,800. Leonidas scooped the pot and was at 33,300 after the hand.

Nice Fold

At Tom McEvoy’s table a raising war preflop led to one player folding pocket kings face up. The table was a bit shocked until the opposing player showed pocket aces. Good read, sir.

How Much to Shave Chau Giang’s Head?

Antonio Esfandiari and his tablemates have been playing a little game where they ask Chau Giang how much he’d have to be paid to do certain things. The latest? How much for him to shave his head bald?

After some thought, Giang announced that $3,000 was the magic number. Esfandiari and another player at the table quickly decided to split the cost to pay Giang, and the ESPN cameras swarmed.

With all eyes on him, Giang changed his tune. First, he said he wouldn’t do it on camera, then he said he’d only do it for $15,000.

“I like my hair,” he reasoned.

Marcel Luske Makes a Fold

Over in the pavilion room, Marcel Luske saw a flop of AA4. He checked and his opponent bet 900. Luske deliberated before eventually folding. He was at 29,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Toto Leonidas,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Chau Giang,   Marcel Luske,   Eric Froehlich,   Jeff Madsen,   Shaun Deeb,   Mike Sowers

Level 6 Update: Shaun Deeb and Lex Veldhuis Eliminated

Jun 30, '10

Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 113 out of 191

Average Chip Count: 111,914

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. McLean Karr — 320,000
2. Dan Kelly — 290,000
3. Daniel Negreanu — 278,000
4. Bryn Kenney — 270,000
5. Dario Minieri — 267,000
6. Jared Jaffee — 255,000
7. Heather Sue Mercer — 242,000
8. Danny Wong — 232,000
9. Alex Roumeliotis — 231,000
10. Isaac Haxton — 210,000

Notable Eliminations:

Shaun Deeb
Lex Veldhuis
David Williams
Faraz Jaka
Juha Helppi

Player Twitter Accounts:

Beth Shak
Daniel Kelly
Kevin Saul
Gavin Smith
Dani Stern
Justin Bonomo
Daniel Negreanu
David Sands

Big Hands:

Lex Veldhuis Eliminated

Lex Veldhuis four-bet shoved with pocket eights and was called by John Conkright. Conkright tabled A-K and it was a race. Conkright paired up and sent Veldhhuis packing.

Shaun Deeb Eliminated

Shaun Deeb opened and Tim Begley three-bet to 6,900. Shawn Buchanan four-bet to 17,000. Deeb moved all in for 37,800. Begley folded. Buchanan made the call and tabled the AK Deeb exposed pocket tens and it was a race. The board ran out K4394. Buchanan won the pot and sent Deeb to the rail.

Juha Helppi Eliminated

Isaac Haxton bet 2,200 and Juha Helppi moved all in for 14,400. John Racener made the call and Haxton folded. Helppi tabled the A6 and Racener exposed the A9. The board ran out 1032Q4 and Helppi was out. Racener was at 85,000.

Faraz Jaka Eliminated

Faraz Jaka limped on the button and Bertrand Grospellier bet from the big blind. Jaka shoved for 20,000 and Grospellier made the call. Jaka tabled the A5 while Grospellier exposed the AJ. The board ran out J52108 and Grospellier was up to 205,000. Jaka was gone.

Left in the Deck:

The players are currently on a 90-minute dinner break.

Player Tags: Shaun Deeb,   Lex Veldhuis,   Faraz Jaka

Level 4 Update: Steve Billirakis Eliminated

Jun 30, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 184 out of 191

Average Chip Count: 77,432

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Alex Roumeliotis — 195,000
2. Sorel Mizzi — 165,000
3. Dave Sands — 158,000
4. Phil Ivey — 155,725
5. Daniel Negreanu — 136,275
6. Dan Shak — 127,000
7. John Duthie — 125,000
8. Dmitry Stelmak — 123,000
9. Sandor Demjan — 120,000
10. Jonathan Jaffe — 115,000

Notable Eliminations:

Steve Billirakis

Player Twitter Accounts:

Beth Shak
Daniel Kelly
Kevin Saul
David Williams
Gavin Smith
Dani Stern
Christian Harder
Justin Bonomo
Daniel Negreanu
David Sands

Big Hands:

Steve Billirakis Eliminated

The board read A84210 and Alexander Roumeliotis had put Steve Billirakis all in for 30,000 chips. Billirakis called. Roumeliotis exposed the A8 for aces up. Billirakis mucked and hit the rail. Roumeliotis was at 260,000 after the hand.

Shaun Deeb Wins One

On a flop of K33 Roberto Romanello checked to Shaun Deeb. Deeb bet 3,700. Romanello called. The A fell on the turn. Romanello check-called 7,300 from Deeb. The river brought the 9 and Romanello checked. Deeb bet 22,400 and Romanello called. Deeb exposed the AK for two pair and was good. He was up to 124,000 after the hand. Romanello was down to 30,000.

Antonio Esfandiari Loses One

Antonio Esfandiari and David Williams saw a KJ9 flop. Esfandiari bet 2,225 and Williams called. The turn brought the 3 and Esfandiari bet 5,300. Williams called. The 5 fell on the river and action went check-check. Williams exposed the AQ and Esfandiari mucked. Williams was up to 80,000. Esfandiari was down to 90,000 after the hand.

Left in the Deck:

The players are currently on a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari,   Steve Billirakis,   Shaun Deeb

Level 4 Update: Chris Moneymaker Hurting

Jun 28, '10

Blinds: 75-150

Players Remaining: 449 out 460

Average Chip Count: Not Available

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Michael Mizrachi — 35,000
2. Ted Forrest — 34,000
3. Lex Veldhuis — 28,000
4. Ayaz Mahmood — 28,000
5. Greg Raymer — 26,000
6. Kevin Schaffel — 26,000
7. Chris Moneymaker — 26,000
8. Mike Matusow — 25,500
9. Joe Serock — 24,000
10. Bruno Fitoussi — 24,000

Notable Eliminations:

Ludovic Lacay
Mike Sowers
Kirk Morrison
Adam Junglen

Big Hands:

Annette Obrestad Looking Strong

Annette Obrestad bet from the button. Dave Ulliott called from the big blind so did the under-the-gun player who limped. The flop came AK2 and action was checked to Obrestad. She bet 1,100. Both her opponents called. The 6 fell on the turn and action was checked to Obrestad. She bet 3,300. Ulliott folded and the other player tanked. He eventually folded and Obrestad was at 18,000 after the hand. She still has two rebuy chips.

Chris Moneymaker Loses One

Five players saw a flop of Q53. Both blinds checked. A player in early position bet 1,050. Ran Azor raised to 6,000. Chris Moneymaker called. The blinds and the original bettor folded. The J hit the turn and Azor shoved for just 800. Moneymaker called. Azor tabled the Q842 for top pair, a flush draw, and an open-ended straight draw. Moneymaker exposed the Q965 for two pair. The A on the river gave Azor the hand and doubled him up. Moneymaker was at 15,500 with no rebuy chips left.

Shaun Deeb Doubles Up

Shaun Deeb was all in preflop with the KK57 versus the AKJJ. The board ran out 108692 and Deeb doubled to 12,500.

Left in the Deck:

Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at 10:30 p.m. PDT.

Player Tags: Chris Moneymaker,   Annette Obrestad,   Shaun Deeb,   Ran Azor

Level 3: Shaun Deeb Chipping Up

Jun 20, '10

Blinds: 150-300

Players Left: 250 of 268

Average Chip Count: 32,160

Leaderboard

1. Dani Stern — 80,000
2. Jonathan Little — 77,000
3. Steve O’Dwyer — 64,000
4. Shaun Deeb — 62,000
5. Marcus Lehmann — 54,000
6. Bertrand Grospellier — 53,000
7. Roberto Romanello — 52,000
8. Jesse martin — 51,000
9. Christian Harder — 49,500
10. Jennifer Tilly — 47,000

Big Hands

Deeb Chips Up With Bluff

Shaun Deeb bet 6,000 on a board of JJ24K and his opponent folded, unable to commit half of his remaining stack on the hand. Deeb showed 87 for a total bluff, and his stack grew to around 62,000.

Serock Out-kicks Flack

Joe Serock already has three deep runs in the 2010 World Series of Poker and he’s hoping for another one. He was recently in a pot with Layne Flack, where on a flop of A63 Serock bet 1,000 and Flack and another player called.

Serock slowed and checked to Flack on the 5 turn and Flack fired 3,200. The other played folded but Serock called. The K hit on the river and both players checked. Their hands:

Flack: A7
Serock: AJ

Both had a pair of aces but Serock had Flack out-kicked, taking the pot to boost up to 33,000, while Flack dropped to around 20,000.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Shaun Deeb,   Joseph Serock

Bye Bye Boeken

Jun 15, '10

Blinds: 300-600

Players Remaining: 166 out of 171

CP Family Chip Counts

Barry Shulman — 29,500
Jen Harman — 16,200
Daniel Negreanu: 25,000

Average Chip Count: 30,903

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Shaun Deeb — 76,000
2. Michael Mizrachi — 72,000
3. Mike Schneider — 59,000
4. Pat Walsh — 54,000
5. Anh Van Nguyen — 46,000
6. Andy Bloch — 46,000
7. Ray Hensen — 43,000
8. Brett Richey — 43,000
10. Eli Elezra — 40,000

Notable Eliminations:
Liz Lieu
Noah Boeken

Boeken Busts Early After Dinner Break

Noah Boeken was short on chips and moved all in pre-flop for 600 against the man who won 2 WSOP bracelet in 2009, Brock Parker. Their hands:

Parker: A8
Boeken: Q2

The board ran 10810109 and Boeken was gone.

Parker was in good shape, with 38,500 after the hand.

Deeb Hits The Straight

After one raise from Stefan Huber and another from Nikolay Evdakov, Shaun Deeb re-raised it yet again and both opponents called.

On a flop of 234 action checked to Deeb, who bet, then Huber check-raised. Deeb called by Evdakov folded.

On both the 5 turn and 10 river, Huber checked, Deeb bet and Huber called.

Deeb showed AQ for the wheel, and Huber mucked.

The pot pushed Deeb to around 76,000 in chips.

Galfond Gets Broadwayed

On a flop of 5KQ Justin Bonomo checked to Phil Galfond, then check-raised after Galfond bet.

Bonomo bet again on the J turn and J river, and Galfond called both times.

Bonomo showed A10 for a turned straight, and Galfond mucked.

The win put Bonomo around 36,000 in chips, while Galfond fell to 28,000.

Player Tags: Noah Boeken,   Justin Bonomo,   Phil Galfond,   Shaun Deeb

Deeb Still Healthy

Jun 15, '10

Blinds: 250-500

Remaining Players: 168 of 171

Leaderboard:
1. Michael Mizrachi — 74,000
2. Andy Bloch — 58,000
3. Carlos Mortensen — 41,500
4. David Benyamine — 41,000
5. Doyle Brunson — 40,000
6. Ray Hensen — 39,600
7. Justin Bonomo — 38,000
8. Greg DeBora — 38,000
9. Shaun Deeb — 37,400
10. Tom Dwan — 37,000

CP Family Chip Counts

Barry Shulman — 29,500
Jen Harman — 22,100
Daniel Negreanu: 25,500

Notable Eliminations:

Howard Lederer

Big Hands:

Deeb Runs Into Kings

Seat 6 made it 1,000 pre-flop and Shaun Deeb re-raised to 1,500. Seats 3 and 6 called and the flop came 225.

Seat 3 bet, seat 6 raised, and Deeb re-raised. Everyone called, and the turn brought the 8. Seat 3 bet, seat 6 folded and Deeb raised. Seat 3 called and on the 3 river Deeb check-called.

Seat 3 showed KK and Deeb mucked. His stack was still healthy after the loss, with around 37,000 in chips.

Kravchenko Flushes Meinders

Entering the action after the turn on a board of 5K73, Alexander Kravchenko check-called a bet from Brian Meinders, runner-up in event No. 23.

On the 8 Kravchenko led out and got a call. He flipped over J10 for a flush and Meinders mucked.

Kravchenko had around 31,000 after the hand.

The Professor In Getting Short

Howard Lederer check-raised Erik Sagstrom’s bet on a flop of K63 and was called. Lederer then led out on the Q turn and Sagstrom put in a raise. Lederer called and again check-called Sagstrom on the Q river.

Sagstrom showed Q6 for a full house and The Professor dropped to 3,100 in chips. Sagstrom was up to 42,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko,   Shaun Deeb,   Brian Meinders

Day 1 Ends

May 31, '10

Day 1 has come to a close at the $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better event at the 2010 World Series of Poker. The tournament attracted a total of 818 participants and 297 have survived the first day.

The total prize pool for the event is $1,104,300 and the top prize is $237,421. The top 81 players will walk away with at least $2,750 in prize money.

The leader board is crowded with some of the biggest names in poker. Here is a look at the top 10 unofficial chip counts at the end of play:

Amnon Filippi: 20,000
David Bach: 18,000
Phil Ivey: 17,000
Shaun Deeb: 16,000
Todd Brunson: 15,600
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman: 14,700
George Lind: 13,000
Gavin Smith: 11,700
Dario Minieri: 11,000
Ted Forrest: 10,500

Notable Eliminations: Barry Shulman, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Greg Raymer, Matt Savage, Tom Dwan, John Phan, Greg Mueller, David Benyamine, Justin Bonomo, Chad Brown

Day 2 will begin at 3 p.m. tomorrow and the field will play down to the final table or 10 more levels if the final table is not reached. Be sure to check out the twitter updates from players still in the field here:

Gavin Smith
Jeff Madsen
Phil Hellmuth
Allen Kessler
Shaun Deeb
Cyndy Violette
Justin Smith
Howard Lederer

Player Tags: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   Barry Greenstein,   Daniel Negreanu,   Todd Brunson,   Mike Matusow,   Barry Shulman,   David Bach,   Phil Ivey,   Amnon Filippi,   Shaun Deeb

Dinner Break Summary

May 30, '10

The players are now on dinner break on day 1 at the $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better event at the 2010 World Series of Poker. The tournament attracted a total of 818 participants and 701 remain at the break.

The total prize pool for the event is $1,104,300 and the top prize is $237,421. The top 81 players will walk away with at least $2,750 in prize money.

The leader board is crowded with some of the biggest names in poker. Here is a look at the top 10 in chips at the break:

Allyn Jaffrey Shulman: 13,500
Barry Shulman: 13,000
Shaun Deeb: 10,000
George Lind: 9,000
Rep Porter: 9,000
Jeff Madsen: 8,600
Nick Binger: 8,300
Jason Mercier: 8,300
Erick Lindgren: 8,000
Phil Ivey: 6,900

The field will play four more levels of poker this evening. We will have another summary at that time, but until then you can check out the final table recap from this event in 2009, where Thang Luu successfully defended his title.

You can also check out poker player twitter updates from this event here:

Barry Shulman
Daniel Negreanu
Gavin Smith
Brandon Cantu
Barry Greenstein
Justin Bonomo
Mike Matusow
Jeff Madsen
Phil Hellmuth
Maria Ho
Allen Kessler
Shaun Deeb
Cyndy Violette
Bryan Micon
Jeff Williams

Player Tags: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   Barry Shulman,   Phil Ivey,   Thang Luu,   Shaun Deeb