Jim Collopy Bags Big in WSOP Tournament of Champions at Commerce

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The first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet event of the summer kicked off today at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles with the Tournament of Champions, a freeroll event that saw hundreds of Circuit ring and bracelet winners from around the country battling for a piece of the $1 million prize pool.

The event was open to to all ring winners from the 2023-24 WSOP Circuit season and bracelet winners from WSOP Paradise, WSOP Online and WSOP Europe.

One of the big stacks at the end of Day 1 with 104 players remaining is three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy, while others who bagged include six-time ring winner Chris Conrad and seven-time ring winner Ian Steinman.

Commerce Casino Hosts Tournament of Champions

WSOP Tournament of Champions Day 1 Feature Table Chip Counts

 RANKPLAYERCHIP COUNTBIG BLINDS
 1Jim Collopy415,00069
 2Cooper Feltham297,00050
 3Steven Glasscock201,00034
 4Chris Conrad180,00030
 5Cody Stanford124,00021
 6Guillermo De La Vega115,00019
 7Ian Steinman111,00019

Day 1 Action

There were 559 players who made the trek to Los Angeles to play in the live-streamed freeroll event after winning rings in places like Council Bluffs, Choctaw, Thunder Valley, Lake Tahoe and Tulsa.

Those in the field included reigning WSOP Main Event champion Daniel Weinman, two-time ring winner Kasey Lyn Mills and recent ring winners Christina Gollins and Jessica Vierling, who just yesterday took down the WSOP Commerce Main Event for $328,273.

Daniel Weinman
Daniel Weinman

Maurice Hawkins, who recently won his 16th Circuit ring in the Cherokee Main Event to move to second on the all-time ring list, spent the day at the feature table alongside ring winners like Shane Friedlander and Ryan Remmes. Ari Engel, the only player with more rings than Hawkins, was also in the tournament.

Other ring winners in the Day 1 field included Aram Zobian, Robert Slezak and Jesse Lonis.

Day 2 of the Tournament of Champions will pick back up at noon local time on May 23 and will play for ten 60-minute levels. Day 3 on May 24 will play down to a winner, who will take home the lion's share of the $1 million freeroll prize pool.

The action will continue to be streamed on the GGPoker YouTube channel with commentary from the likes of Jeff Platt and Brent Hanks.

WSOP Tournament of Champions Stream Schedule

 DATEEVENTTIME (PT)
 May 23Tournament of Champions Day 25 p.m.
 May 24Tournament of Champions Day 35 p.m.
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