We caught up to action on third street with Justin Bonomo completing with his showing. He was called by one player who had a showing.
On fourth street Bonomo called with a while his opponent had bet with a . That action repeated it self on fifth street when Bonomo picked up a and his opponent drew a .
On sixth street Bonomo check called a bet after he drew a and his opponent drew a .
Bonomo checked dark on seventh street and his opponent checked. Bonomo showed for a seven-six low. His opponent could only show for nine-six low and Bonomo was pushed the pot.
We caught up to the action on fourth street, as 1983 Main Event-winner Tom McEvoy bet out showing . Eddie Blumenthal called with . On fifth street, McEvoy paired his four, and Blumenthal received a . Blumenthal bet out, and McEvoy called. Blumenthal bet out again on sixth street after being dealt a . McEvoy, who'd also received a , thought for a moment before folding.
After hand, McEvoy has 11,200 in his stack, and Blumenthal is up to 9,500.
We missed the hand, but caught the aftermath. Cyndy Violette had been all in against Tom McEvoy, and after the hand, the dealer pushed the pot to Violette.
We caught Doft all in showing against David Bach who was holding . Doft was drawing live against Bach's made ten low. On sixth street Bach drew another for a pair but Doft also drew a for a pair.
"Am I still drawing live?" Doft asked, to which Justin Bonomo informed him that he was.
Face down seventh street was dealt and Bach turned up a , keeping ten low as his best hand. Doft still needed to catch and he did when he turned up the making him a nine-eight low to best Bach.
Unfortunately, Doft was still on a short stack after the hand and he was eliminated a few hands later with the action unknown.
There were 301 runners today for Event #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz and at the end of the day only 131 were left standing. Play started slow and steady, as most limit tournament are, and it wasn't until the middle of level three that there was a noticeable bustout. That first bustout was of bracelet winner Vincent Van Der Fluit. Van Der Fluit had been short for most of the day and had been heard talking about not being able to make a hand. Within 30 minutes, Van Der Fluit's chair was empty and the dealer was calling "Seat Open!"
Showing up late to make his title defense was Phil Hellmuth. He came in at the beginning of level five, but never got much going for himself. He finished out the day with only 2,800 chips. That was better than many other notables who were nowhere to be found at the end of the night. Some of the big names to not make it through day one were David "Bakes" Baker, Phil Ivey, Bill Chen, Abe Mosseri, Chad Brown, Cyndy Violette, Erik Seidel, Antonio Esfandiari, and John Juanda.
PokerNews' own Mickey "123md" Doft was in the field today. He got off to a shaky start but managed to make a comeback near the middle of the day. Toward the end of the night he got into several confrontations with David Bach and Justin Bonomo, and he ended up on the losing end. Doft was eliminated toward the very end of the night. Some of Doft's chips went to Bach who ended the day as the apparent chip leader.
Tomorrow the remaining 131 players will return at 2 p.m. local time to continue on their way to World Series of Poker glory by winning a bracelet. PokerNews.com will be around all day with plenty of updates so make sure to stay tuned.
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showing. He was called by one player who had a 
showing.
while his opponent had bet with a 
. That action repeated it self on fifth street when Bonomo picked up a 
.
and his opponent drew a 
.
. Blumenthal bet out, and McEvoy called. Blumenthal bet out again on sixth street after being dealt a 
up while David Bach was holding a 
making him a nine-eight low to best Bach.
