Day 1b Concludes

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That wraps up our coverage from Day 1b of the 2008 PokerNews Cup Main Event. A healthy field of 239 players took to the felt today with many big name players failing to make it through the day. Eliminations included Jonathan Karamalikis, Jay Kinkade, James Obst, David Steicke, Peter Aristidou, Roy Bhasin, Sam Khouiss, Tony Dunst, Celina Lin, Mark Vos and Van Marcus.

Those who were more fortunate and will look forward to unbagging their chips tomorrow afternoon include Lee "Final Table" Nelson, Andrew Scott, Ali Khalil, Andrew Demetriou, Maurie Pears, Paul Khoury and Tino Lechich.

Of course the big story of the day lies with our near-chip leader Dory Zayneh. Dory was the 2007 PokerNews Cup Champion and will be looking for back-to-back titles which would be an incredible achievement. Also bagging up a wealth of chips is Sydney-sider Sam Sayed who brings a dangerous big stack game into Day 2 play.

Roughly 78 players from today will join the 47 survivors from yesterday as they come together for the first time tomorrow for Day 2 action in the 2008 PokerNews Cup Main Event. Join us tomorrow at 12:10pm for our continued coverage live from the tournament floor of the Crown Poker Room. We look forward to your company then!

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