If the S.H.O.E. Fits
The tournament is now underway.  It restarted with 146 players, and currently there are 15 tables remaining.

Name Players Remaining:
Erik Seidel, Chip Jett, Ray Davis, and Michael Craig are all still alive in the tournament. 

Play was halted at the conclusion of Level 13.

Jeff Madsen was eliminated on the last hand played in the holdem level.  Madsen was all in with 8 8 with two callers.  The board ran out 6 3 2 5 K, and one of Madsen's opponent's showed J J to take the pot.

Pat Poels overestimated his opponent's cards after he lead the betting the whole way on a 8-2-3-9-K board.  Poels announced that he had a set of threes and the A-5 for low, and then predicted that it was only good for half the pot.  His opponent simply shook his head and flipped A-8-6-2, and Poels scooped the pot.

Erik Seidel quartered his opponent in a pot, cracking his pocket Aces and matching his low.  The board read 8 7 6 J 7, and Seidel showed A 9 5 4 to beat his opponent's A A 6 4.  Seidel has built his chips up to about $15,000.

The final 145 players will return at 3pm tomorrow to resume play.

Players are starting to drop out at a rather fast rate as we continue to change games and see blind increases at an even faster rate. While many are on their way out, others are trying to get back in the game.

Erik Seidel doubles up during the latest Stud portion of this event, coming in for a raise with the J showing. The player in seat no. 8 calls the cold raise showing the 5. Seidel continues to take the betting lead right down fifth street where he moves all-in and gets called. Seidel is showing a board of J 8 J on fifth street while his opponent is showing a board of 5 K 8. Seidel hits the 4 on sixth street and the 10 on the river while seat no. 8 makes the A and the A. Seidel turns over J 2 for trip jacks and his opponent mucks his hand. Seidel doubles up and stays alive.

Richard “Quiet Lion” Brodie wouldn’t be so lucky during the latest hold’em portion the S.H.O.E. event. On a flop of 9 5 5, Brodie bets out and the player in seat no. 5 raises. Brodie re-raises making it three bets to go and his opponent simply flat calls. The 9 hits the turn and Brodie fires out one more bet, putting him all-in. Seat no. 5 calls and turns over K K while a disappointed Brodie turns over 6 6. The J hits the river and Richard Brodie is eliminated.

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There are now only 419 players remaining in today’s S.H.O.E. event, and the players have just finished up with the Texas hold’em and the Omaha portions of Levels 10 and 11.

Cory Zeidman has been collecting plenty of chips over the last few levels, recently eliminating another one of his table mates. During the limit hold’em level, the player in seat no. 3 raises to $300 before the flop and Zeidman calls from the big blind. The flop coems 7-6-5 and seat no. 3 bets out. Zeidman raises and gets a call. The turn brings an 8 and Ziedman bets out telling his opponent, “Fold your last $350, because I have you beat.” His opponent doesn’t listen and gets the last of his chips in the pot. The river brings a Q and Zeidman turns over A-8. Seat no. 3 throws his hand into the muck and hits the rail.

Jean Gaspard wouldn’t be so lucky after catching a terrible beat during the Omaha round. Gaspard comes in for a raise and gets a call from the player in Seat no. 3. The flop comes K J 7 and seat no. 3 bets out, Gaspard calls. The turn brings the Q and once again seat no. 3 bets out, but this time Gaspard raises. Seat no. 3 calls and the river brings the 10. Seat no. 3 bets out again, and Gaspard folds his hand, showing the J and the J as he throws them into the muck. Seat no.3 shows A K for Broadway on the river. Ouch!

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Notable Chip Counts

Erik Seidel	5,550
Michael Gracz	5,000
Chip Jett	3,300
Jeff Madsen	1,600
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson	800

Players have returned from their dinner break, and the action is back underway.
Notable Chip Counts

Chip Jett	4,400
Daniel Negreanu	2,950
Men "The Master" Nguyen	1,800
Barbara Enright	1,800
Cyndy Violette	1,765
Gavin Griffin	1,650
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson	1,600
Perry Friedman	1,300
Sabyl Cohen	1,200
Erik Seidel	1,100

Players in today’s S.H.O.E. event have just gone on dinner break and will return at 10:45 p.m. Play has ended with the close of Level 8 and play will resume at the beginning of Level 9 (Stud) with betting limits of $100-$200 with a $25 ante and a $50 bring-in. Roughly 620 players remain, give or take a few empty seats and the field is still relatively stacked with pros considering it’s size.

Cyndy Violette was having some trouble winning a full pot in the Omaha eight-or-better portion of Level 8, and a series of missed flops sand split pots did not help her gain any ground with her chip stack. Violette limps in from the cutoff position followed by both the blinds. The flop comes A A 8, and Cyndy bets out with two callers. The turn brings the 10 and once again Violette bets out. The river brings the J and the player in seat no. 6 moves all-in for his last $20. The player in seat no. 7 folds and Violette quickly calls with a flush. Seat no. 6 turns over A 8 for the full house and Violette throws her nut flush into the muck.

Eric Seidel on the other hand was playing extremely tight, but managing to take all of the chips when he did get involved. With a board of Q 10 8 10, the player in seat no. 6 continues betting into to Seidel’s board of 5 Q A 3 all the way to sixth street. Seidel takes the betting lead on sixth street with a raise and the player in seat no. 6 calls. Seidel continues to bet the river and once again, seat no. 6 makes the call. Siedel turns over 8 6 4 for the flush with an A-6 low. Seidel scoops the pot and adds a nice cushion to his chip stack going into the dinner break.

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Players are on a fifteen minute break before the start of the third hour.  All the games have been played, but at such small levels that no big swings have yet happened. At this point, players aren't at risk of losing a big pot so they might splash around a bit in the early rounds of betting more than they would later on, in hopes of making big hands with weaker holdings.  Make sure to check back later as blinds, antes and betting structures increase.
Notable Chip Counts

Chip Jett	4,400
Daniel Negreanu	2,950
Perry Friedman	2,200
Cyndy Violette	1,765
Gavin Griffin	1,650
Men "The Master" Nguyen	1,600
Captain Tom Franklin	730

The field is very eclectic in the $1,000 S.H.O.E. event.  The low buy-in has inspired many people to try their hand at mixed-game tournaments, leading notable players to be the minority.  This could also be due to the fact that many of the most recognizable faces in poker are still in the $10,000 pot-limit omaha event.  Some players who busted from that event early have come over to play this event, including Gavin Griffin, Jeff Madsen, Daniel Negreanu and Marcel Luske.

The smaller amount of pros has made for very few tables with more than one notable player. Here are a few that do:

Table 56

6. Gavin Griffin
8. Jeff Madsen

Table 79

1. Barbara Lewis
6. Daniel Negreanu

Table 103

1. Perry Friedman
8. Alex Vuong

With $15-$30 structure in the first two games, the action is slow. As the blinds and antes build, so will the action, so make sure to check back for more updates here at Cardplayer.com.