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Alexander Venovski has defeated Matt Salsberg heads up to move on to Day 2. Venovski is now guaranteed $7,805 in prize money and will bring 88,300 in chips with him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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88,300
55,300
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55,300 |
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Busted |
Alex Bolotin and Humberto Brenes have bagged up for the evening. Brenes used his big stack to put pressure on Phil Tom until he was eliminated from play. Bolotin played a long match against Cary Katz then ultimately ended in Katz's elimination.
Bolotin bagged up 88,300 while Brenes will bring 80,300 to the second day. There are now just three heads up matches left in the Amazon room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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88,700 | |
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80,300
12,300
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12,300 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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The final 3 matches are taking a 15-minute break.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
After a hefty heads up match, November Niner Sylvain Loosli has advanced to Day 2. On the final hand, Loosli opened to 3,600 on the button and his opponent three-bet shoved all in for 25,800 from the big blind. Loosli called and the hands were turned on their backs.
Loosli: 
Opponent: 
The board came down in dramatic fashion 
, giving Loosli's opponent the lead on the turn, but putting a pair of deuces on the board on the river to give Loosli the win. He'll return tomorrow with a stack of 80,000.
Immediately afterward, Marcus Mizzi won his heads up match and bagged up 80,600. Now just one match remains before Day 1 comes to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,600 | |
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80,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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Daniel Alaei and his opponent are currently even in chips with each holding about 44,000 in chips.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Daniel Alaei has bested his opponent after going into the second extra level of the night. He bagged up 88,600 and will return for Day 2 tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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88,600
55,600
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55,600 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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89,300
89,300
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89,300 |
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88,900
88,900
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88,900 |
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88,900 | |
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88,800 | |
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88,800 | |
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88,700 | |
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88,700 | |
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88,700 | |
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88,700 | |
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88,600
88,600
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88,600 |
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88,600 | |
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88,600
88,600
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88,600 |
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88,600
88,600
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88,600 |
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88,600 | |
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88,500 | |
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88,400
88,400
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88,400 |
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88,400 | |
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88,300 | |
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88,300 | |
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88,300 | |
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88,300 | |
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88,200 | |
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88,200 | |
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88,100 | |
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88,100
88,100
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88,100 |
After playing into the early hours of the morning, Day 1 of Event #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout has come to a close. A total of 389 players came out for this event and by the end of the night just 40 players bagged up to return for Day 2. Each of these players was the last one standing at their starting table and will come back to do it all over again tomorrow.
Each returning player is guaranteed a payday of at least $7,805. The final 40 will return to play 10 four-handed tables. That means that just three competitors stand in each player's way of making the official final table of ten on Day 3.
The day saw several notable players defeat their respective tables and advance onto the second round. Some of the players who are still in contention for the $254,891 and the gold WSOP bracelet are Sorel Mizzi (88,800), Taylor Paur (88,800), Dimitar Danchev (88,700), Christophe de Meulder (88,700), Faraz Jaka (86,600), Alexander Venovski (88,600), David Tuthill (88,300), Eric Wasserson (88,300), Eric Froehlich (88,200), Jake Cody (88,100), John Dolan (87,800), Phil Galfond (80,600), Tamer Kamel (80,500), Humberto Brenes (80,300), Josh Brikis (80,300), and Erik Seidel (80,300).
While these players all advanced, others were not as fortunate. Calvin Anderson, for example, saw an exit from the tournament within the first minutes of the tournament, running a large pocket pair into an Hal Lubarsky's pocket aces. Lubarsky, however, also fell to his opponents by the end of the day. Other players to hit the rail include Jason Somerville, Todd Terry, Galen Hall, Annette Obrestad, David Vamplew, David Williams, Sam Trickett, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Scott Baumstein, Joe Kuether, Jason Koon, and Erick Lindgren.
Main event champions Joe Cada and Greg Merson drew the same table, but neither player was able to advance. Cada fell in fourth and Merson was eliminated in third. The table was eventually won by Dylan Linde. Reigning Main Event champion Ryan Riess also participated, but was eliminated in third place at his table.
Some notable players experienced the greatest heartbreak a shootout can offer - making it to heads up play only to find elimination. Players like Josh Arieh, Griffin Benger, 2010 World Series of Poker champion Jonathan Duhamel, and Matt Salsberg all made it to heads up at their tables but were unable to seal the deal.
Play resumes at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Tan section of the Amazon room. Here the players will attempt to win their four-handed table to clinch a seat at Monday's final table. As always, be sure to check out PokerNews for all of the latest updates from this and every other exciting bracelet event!
