End of Day 1A Chip Counts
| First Name | Last Name | City | Country | Chip Count |
| | | | | |
| Daniel | Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 74,900 |
| Jason | Gray | Sydney | Australia | 72,800 |
| David | La Ronde | Colchester | UK | 57,000 |
| Brandon | Cantu | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 54,200 |
| Willie | Tann | London | UK | 52,500 |
| Yevgeniy | Timoschenko | Mukilteo, WA | USA | 50,800 |
| Michael | Bepper | Brighton | UK | 49,500 |
| Tim | Pennington | London | UK | 43,300 |
| Carl | Hostrup | NA | | 38,700 |
| Rumit | Somaiya | London | UK | 36,700 |
| John | Kabbaj | London | UK | 35,300 |
| William | Martin | London | UK | 34,100 |
| Keiron | Traversari | Stafford | UK | 31,100 |
| Ben | Grundy | London | UK | 30,900 |
| Oystein | Stai | Hamar | Norway | 30,700 |
| Julian | Quance | London | UK | 28,500 |
| John | Juanda | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 27,000 |
| Lee | Nathan | Grays Essex | UK | 24,100 |
| Ryan | Johnson | London | UK | 24,000 |
| Peter | Linton | Nottingham | UK | 22,700 |
| Matt | Novak | Toronto, ON | Canada | 22,000 |
| Anthony | Mackay | London | UK | 21,400 |
| Zack | Chesses | London | UK | 20,600 |
| Dahe | Liu | Birmingham | UK | 20,200 |
| Kristian | Jorgensen | NA | | 20,000 |
| Ashley | Hayles | London | UK | 19,900 |
| Neil | Channing | London | UK | 19,700 |
| Ian | Woodley | London | UK | 18,800 |
| John | Kitchen | Hereford | UK | 17,900 |
| Christoph | Bommes | Korschenbroich | Germany | 15,600 |
| Jan Arne | Bjerke | Hamar | Norway | 15,500 |
| Granvillano | Orazio | Catania | Italy | 14,700 |
| Ian | Bott | London | UK | 14,500 |
| Surinder | Sunar | Wolverhampton | UK | 14,200 |
| Torstein | Iversen | Oslo | Norway | 12,200 |
| Vitaly | Lunkin | Moscow | Russia | 12,100 |
| Gary | Pearce | Guernsey | UK | 12,100 |
| Leo | Kam | Ottawa, ON | Canada | 10,500 |
| Denis | O'Mahoney | London | UK | 9,900 |
| Darren | Fuller | London | UK | 8,400 |
| Erik | Seidel | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 7,000 |
| Soheil | Zamanian | Uppsala | Sweden | 3,700 |
Tournament Report
World Series of Poker-Europe includes the final four gold bracelet
events of the 2008 season. WSOP events 1-55 were played in Las Vegas,
Nevada from May 28 through July 14. Events 56-59 are played in London,
England from September 19 through October 3.
· All WSOP-E results are included in WSOP records -- including
all-time wins, cashes, final table appearances, etc.
· This marks the second consecutive year of WSOP-E, presented by
BetFair. In 2007, three gold bracelet events were played in London.
· All four events this year are played at Casino at the Empire,
located in Leicester Square, in Central London. Leicester Square is best
known as the theatre district of the city. Casino at the Empire is part of
London Clubs, International, which is owned by Harrahs Entertainment.
· The turnout for Event 1 was sufficiently large enough that two
starting days (broken into 1-A and 1-B) were necessary. Day 1-A attracted
191 entries. Day 1-B will be played Saturday, September 20th, starting at 1
pm. Day 2 will be played September 21st. The final table will take place
on September 22nd.
· Casino at the Empire holds 25 poker tables. Gaming tables were
removed during the 16-day duration of WSOP-E in order to make necessary room
for the large turnout of players and spectators.
· All WSOP-E tournaments (except H.O.R.S.E.) are played nine-handed,
whenever possible.
· This is the first WSOP gold bracelet event played in 66 days. The
last event, the $10,000 buy-in world championship, took place through
Monday, July 14th, when play was suspended at nine players. The "November
Nine" (Event 54) returns to Las Vegas on November 9-10, 2008 to determine
then 2008 world champion.
· The first day of WSOP-E began with a short pre-tournament ceremony.
Tournament Director Jack Effel, who has overseen floor operations for all
WSOP events since 2006, was joined by two impersonators, resembling pop
icons Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. Last year's WSOP-E Main Event
champion Annette Obrestad was awarded the honor of starting the tournament,
with the customary "Shuffle Up and Deal" announcement. Obrestad was also
presented with several miniature cakes, as she had celebrated her
20thbirthday just one day earlier.
· Two gaming executives were also on hand to start the
tournament. Michael
Silberling, Chief Operating Officer of London Clubs, International, and Ben
Freid, Head of Poker for BetFair, welcomed players with introductory
remarks.
· Players started with 6,000 in tournament chips. Starting blinds
were 25-50. Day One included eight levels. Each level was one hour in
length.
· The buy-in amount for Event #1 was 1,500 English pounds (GBP),
which is equivalent to about $2,755 (USD) at the current exchange rate.
· BetFair, official tournament sponsor of WSOP-Europe, sent 104
players to Event 1. One of the qualifiers was 26-year-old Simon Fox. He
won a 1,500 (GBP) entry fee, a free poker lesson from 2007 WSOP-E champion
Annette Obrerstad, and his own private masseuse for the duration of the
tournament. Fox was also given (believed to be the first time in poker
history) his own "railbird," who was paid to attend and cheer on the
aspiring poker star. Unfortunately, the rent-a-railbird tactic did not work
for Fox, as he busted out on Day 1-A.
· Several notable former WSOP gold bracelet winners and poker pros
played in Event 1, on Day 1-A. This list included Phil Ivey, Chris "Jesus"
Ferguson, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, John Juanda, Thor
Hansen, Max Pescatori, Layne Flack, Brandon Cantu, and Chris Bjorin.
· Play began at 1:25 pm and ended at 12 midnight, at the conclusion
of Level 8.
· The "End of Day 1-A" chip leader is four-time WSOP gold bracelet
winner Daniel Negreanu, from Las Vegas, NV. He has 74,900 in chips.
· When play resumes on Day 2, survivors from Days 1-A and 1-B will
combined. Play will continue with blinds set at 600-1200 and antes at 100.
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