2013 World Series of Poker

Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
92
Prize
$4,830,619
Event Info
Buy-in
$111,111
Prize Pool
$17,891,148
Entries
166
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Brandon Steven Leads as 108 Advance to Day 2

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Brandon Steven
Brandon Steven

The 2013 World Series of Poker continued today with the biggest buy-in event of the summer—Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em. Last year, the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop became the largest buy-in tournament ever held, and this year’s became the largest field ever to play a six-figure buy-in event as 166 players created a prize pool of $17,891,148. After ten one-hour levels of play, the man best positioned to make a run at the $4,830,619 first-place prize is Brandon Steven, who bagged up 1.398 million to lead the 108 advancing players.

Steven got some of his chips when he eliminated LAPC champ Paul Klann and then acquired even more in Level 8 (1,500/3,000/500) when he spiked a two-outer on the river to crack Tom "durrrr" Dwan's aces and send the online legend to the rail. In the last level of the night, he was on the good end of a set-over-set flop against Roger Sippl, which helped him solidify his chip lead.

Prior to today, the largest field size and prize pool in a six-figure buy-in event was the 2013 GuangDong Ltd. Asia Millions HK$1,000,000 (approx. $130,000) Main Event which had 125 entries (71 unique and 54 re-entries). Obviously that number was blown out of the water here in Las Vegas.

Many players took advantage of playing in the record-setting tournament and managed to punch their ticket to Day 2 including Tobias Reinkemeier (1.225 million), Dan Shak (999,000), Jason Mo (975,000), Ben Lamb (855,000), Matt Glantz (854,000), Bobby Baldwin (839,000), Daniel Negreanu (785,000), John Juanda (720,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (719,000), Vivek Rajkumar (674,000), Johnny Chan (655,000) and Jason Koon (644,000), just to name a few.

Unfortunately not everyone was so lucky. Among those to hit the rail on Day 1 were Alexey Rybin (the first to go), Sam Trickett, Isaac Haxton, Philipp Gruissem, Dan Smith, Michael Mizrachi, Bryn Kenney, Erick Lindgren, Ben "bttech86" Tollerene, Phil Ivey, Faraz Jaka and Scott Seiver.

Seiver’s demise came in Level 9 (2,000/4,000/500) when he was flipping for his tournament life holding the {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} against the {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades} of Amit Makhija. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Seiver had a 56.65% chance of surviving the hand and Makhija would win 42.95% of the time. The {4-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Hearts} flop kept Seiver firmly in the lead and increased his chances of winning to 75.25%, while the {3-Clubs} turn pushed it up to 86.36%. All Seiver needed to do was dodge a king and ace on the river to double, but he couldn't do it as the {K-Hearts} spiked.

Day 2 will kick off at 13:00 PST, and as always, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to bring you all the action and eliminations from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Tags: Brandon Steven

Official End-of-Day Counts (full)

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Steven
1,398,000
118,000
118,000
Profile photo of Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
1,225,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
999,000
-21,000
-21,000
Profile photo of Jason Mo us
Jason Mo
975,000
235,000
235,000
Profile photo of Chris Lee us
Chris Lee
906,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
855,000
625,000
625,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
854,000
-146,000
-146,000
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen
847,000
517,000
517,000
Profile photo of Bobby Baldwin us
Bobby Baldwin
839,000
69,000
69,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Farshad Fardad us
Farshad Fardad
833,000
-137,000
-137,000
Profile photo of Steven Silverman us
Steven Silverman
803,000
608,000
608,000
Profile photo of Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
799,000
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
785,000
-121,000
-121,000
Profile photo of Chris Moore us
Chris Moore
759,000
-61,000
-61,000
Profile photo of Patrick Madden us
Patrick Madden
738,000
-52,000
-52,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
720,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
719,000
169,000
169,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
691,000
61,000
61,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
683,000
63,000
63,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
682,000
87,000
87,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Dee Tiller us
Dee Tiller
675,000
145,000
145,000
Profile photo of Vivek Rajkumar in
Vivek Rajkumar
674,000
-126,000
-126,000
Profile photo of Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
665,000
317,000
317,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
659,000
-106,000
-106,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
656,000
371,000
371,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Set-Over-Set KO's Sippl

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Roger Sippl, Brandon Steven, and Davin Einhorn took a flop of {9-Spades}{a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. The trio checked, and the turn brought the {3-Clubs}. Sippl led out for 22,000, Steven raised to 75,000, and Einhorn folded. Sippl moved all in for nearly 200,000, and Steven snap-called.

Sippl: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Steven: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

"Whoa," said a few players at the table when they saw the hands.

Steven held as the {10-Hearts} bricked on the river, and Sippl was eliminated.

"Cooler," the the technology mogul sighed.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Steven
1,280,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Roger Sippl
Roger Sippl
Busted

Tags: Brandon StevenRoger SipplDavid Einhorn

Four More Hands

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The tournament staff has announced that the remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to grab any last-minute action and some official chips counts. Stay tuned for those and a full recap of the Day 1 action.

Flack Takes from Mo

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Jason Mo checked to Layne Flack on a board of {a-Spades}{5-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. Flack fired out 43,000, and Mo called.

The river was the {j-Spades}, Mo checked again, and Flack bet another 85,000. Mo quickly called, flashing {q-}{j-} for trip jacks, but they were no good against Flack's {k-Clubs}{q-Spades} for Broadway.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Mo
740,000
-60,000
-60,000
Profile photo of Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
595,000
205,000
205,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Jason MoLayne Flack

Noah Schwartz Eliminated By Daniel Negreanu

Level 10 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised to 11,500 from early position was called by two players before Noah Schwartz three-bet shoved from the big blind for 186,000. Negreanu mulled it over for a bit before he called. The player in the hijack folded, as did Chris Klodnicki in the small blind.

Negreanu: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Schwartz: {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, eliminating Schwartz and giving the pot to Negreanu.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
915,000
239,000
239,000
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Noah Schwartz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel NegreanuNoah Schwartz