Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,731
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Holmes Leads, Wasicka Also Soaring
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1 of the $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event 24 has come to a close. The tournament started off with 1,731 players, and only 198 remain. All 198 are in the money and they are eyeing a top prize of $432,411. They will still need to complete a task of 10 levels tomorrow to get to the final day.
The chip leader after the first 11 hours is Ashton Holmes, who bagged 126,300 in chips at the end of the day. He will hope to continue his success tomorrow with other players with high chip counts like Paul Wasicka (126,100), Mohsin Charania (122,800), and Huy Nguyen (116,100). Other notables to make it to day 2 are Daniel Strelitz (97,400), Victor Ramdin (74,900), Rob Salaburu, (41,800), and AP Phahurat (26,100).
Casualties fell like always today and many big names went home empty-handed. Antonio Esfandiari, Melanie Weisner, Kevin Saul, Faraz Jaka, Carlos Mortensen and Mario Ho all went home, as well as many other well-known names.
The final 198 come back tomorrow at 1:00 PM PST to attempt to play down to a final table. Make sure to check for PokerNews updates to see who will come out on top in this $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Event. Action will already be in the money, and everyone will get paid. Find Out tomorrow! For now, we'll leave you with Lynn Gilmartin who has all the highlights from around the Rio.
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
126,300
126,300
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126,300 |
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126,100
16,100
|
16,100 |
|
123,800
119,300
|
119,300 |
|
122,800
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
||
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118,500
118,500
|
118,500 |
|
|
||
|
116,100
-3,900
|
-3,900 |
|
109,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
103,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
102,300
102,300
|
102,300 |
|
97,400
62,400
|
62,400 |
|
||
|
94,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
93,600
93,600
|
93,600 |
|
89,600
89,600
|
89,600 |
|
87,500
72,500
|
72,500 |
|
|
||
|
87,200
87,200
|
87,200 |
|
86,800
86,800
|
86,800 |
|
86,500
86,500
|
86,500 |
|
85,300
85,300
|
85,300 |
|
|
82,600
82,600
|
82,600 |
|
|
82,500
82,500
|
82,500 |
|
82,300
82,300
|
82,300 |
|
78,600
50,600
|
50,600 |
|
|
||
|
77,700
77,700
|
77,700 |
|
77,600
77,600
|
77,600 |
|
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Bubble Burst Thanks To Strelitz
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Daniel Strelitz flipped up his two pair 
{3d] on a board of 
when some of the other tables were waiting to see if his two pair could win to eliminate the bubble. In fact it was the winning hand as the player had 
and with that all players are in the money and play is over for today.
Hand for Hand Approaching 45 Minutes
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We have lost one player, but we still need to lose one more. So far, four players have doubled up on the bubble.
Hand-for-Hand
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The staff has just announced that since we are two spots away from the money, we will be playing hand-for-hand until we have reached our final 198 players. Once we hit that mark, we will be done for the night.
Aguiar One of the Bubble Boys
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but we found out that Jonathan Aguiar was crippled down to his last 200 chips after losing 
to 
all in preflop. Shortly after, Russell Thomas raised it up to 2,000, and Aguiar called it off. Another player raised it up to 4,900, and Thomas reluctantly folded.
Aguiar: 
Thomas: 
The board ran down 
, and Aguair was one of the last players to bust before the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Wasicka With Chips
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
On a flop of 
Paul Wasicka bet out 4,700 when his opponent checked. His opponent called and the turn came the 
. Wasicka bet again and his opponent called. The river came the 
. Wasicka's final bet was 12,500. This was good enough to get his opponent to fold and Wasicka moved up to over 110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Some Bustouts
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Turbo Finds a Double Up
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Los Angeles based poker pro Phong Nguyen, nicknamed "Turbo" for his multiple deep runs in live turbo events, has been grinding an average stack the entire day. We just caught Nguyen putting his tournament life at risk preflop, and ultimately reaping the benefits of it, scoring a full double up.
Action started with a player in middle position making it 1,900. It folded around to Nguyen, and he moved all in for his last 17,700. It folded back around to the original raiser, and after about 90 seconds of thought, he made the call.
Nguyen: 
Opponent: 
Nguyen was looking to pair up one of his big cards, and he did just that on the 
flop. Nguyen now needed to dodge a ten to hold up, and the dealer completed the board with the om n the turn, and the on the river. After that hand, Nguyen jumped up to 38,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
15,000
|
15,000 |