Daniel Buzgon Finishes Off the Last Flight with a Bang
After three flights, a few million chips, and some crazy action, players who bagged are now in the money and ready to battle it out for glory in Event #2: $1,100 No Limit Hold’em at the PokerStars Summer Series at Live! Hotel and Casino Philadelphia.
The day started off hot with 118 entrants before cards were even in the air. By the time late registration had closed a few things happened… 347 players joined for their last shot at finding a bag for Day 2, the prize pool hit the milestone of over doubling the guarantee to $685,440, and players got involved in some sick hands. The total entries topped out at 714 for the whole tournament with a total of 44 players bagging chips to move on to Day 2 from Flight 1c.
There were multiple players who put their chips to work but it can’t be denied that one player jumped well ahead of the rest. Daniel Buzgon (1,692,000) was quiet for most of the day leading up to an insane hand where he got all the chip in the middle during a million-chip pot with just an over pair. He would then go runner-runner, hitting a straight to scoop and score two knockouts. After that he was seen calling multiple all-ins and bumping his already massive chip-stack up a few hundred thousand more before night's end.
This flight still brought out some other massive stacks to take into Day 2. Among the chip leaders were Johanssy Joseph (1,004,000) who played the last hand of the night and did everyone a favor by bursting the bubble, Robert Marquette (668,0000) who was seen in a hand at the beginning of the day putting the pressure on, and William Corvino (593,000) who was involved in a three-bet pot late in the day where he flopped a boat and got some great river value.
Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | 1,692,000 |
| 2 | Johanssy Joseph | United States | 1,004,000 |
| 3 | Robert Marquette | United States | 668,000 |
| 4 | William Corvino | United States | 593,000 |
| 5 | Quinzzy Pratt | United States | 572,000 |
| 6 | Piotr Kowal | United States | 569,000 |
| 7 | Chris Serafin | United States | 501,000 |
| 8 | Justin Vaysman | United States | 490,000 |
| 9 | Kaprel Ozsolak | United States | 473,000 |
| 10 | Long Chao | United States | 442,000 |
Former WSOP Main Event Champion and poker ambassador Jamie Gold even made an appearance. He was involved early and often including a hand where he barreled three streets on his way to a river jam. Unfortunately, he was not able to find a bag but could appear next weekend for Event #3: $2,200 No Limit Hold’em.
With all the opening flights wrapped up, Day 2 will begin on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. local time. It is safe to say that Event #2 at the PokerStars Summer Series has been a massive success. All that is left to do is crown a champion!
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