Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

07-02-2023 07:58 UTC-8

Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event Kicks Off at 10 a.m.

Alek Gillies

The 2023 World Series of Poker continues at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today with Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event at 10 a.m. local time. The Mini Main Event is the precursor to the Main Event with a similar structure and format to the latter. A massive field is to be expected as all players compete for the top prize and bracelet that await the winner.

The reigning champion is the United States own Young Sik who beat a field of 5,833 entrants to claim the first-place prize of $594,189 as well as his first WSOP bracelet. If trends from this year's WSOP continue, then the entrants and prize pool will dwarf last year's numbers as many records have been broken thus far by the series.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1st	Young Sik	United States	$594,189
2nd	Cosmin Joldis	Romania	$367,233
3rd	Kartik Ved	India	$275,593
4th	Phillip Lee	United States	$208,275
5th	Kei Nitta	Japan	$158,515
6th	Theodore Lee	United States	$121,504
7th	Adam Velez	United States	$93,803
8th	Keith Littlewood	United Kingdom	$72,941
9th	Sergio Ochoa	United States	$57,133

There will be a single Day 1 starting on Sunday, July 2nd at 10 a.m. local time. Players will start with 60,000 chips and will play 22 30-minute levels on Day 1 in hopes of bagging their chips. There will be a 20-minute break every four levels as well as a 75-minute dinner break after Level 16 (about 7 p.m.). There are no reentries available. The blinds will start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Late registration will remain available until the end of Level 12 (around 5 p.m.).

PokerNews will be here for all three days of action until they play down to a winner on Day 3 as well as all other events during the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Adam Velez Cosmin Joldis Kartik Ved Kei Nitta Keith Littlewood Phillip Lee Sergio Ochoa Theodore Lee Young Sik

07-02-2023 12:15 UTC-8

Updated and New Chip Stacks

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Alek Gillies

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kim Huynh	115,500 115,500	115,500
Francis Pasqualins	66,000 66,000	66,000
Mike Patrick	46,200 3,200	3,200

Dan Samson	40,000 -27,500	-27,500
Ryan Lashmar	27,900 -7,000	-7,000

07-02-2023 13:23 UTC-8

Lashmar Shows Them the Bad News

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Alek Gillies

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

This hand was relayed by PokerNews' own Ryan Lashmar.

The under-the-gun player opened for 2,000 and the hijack called. Dan Samson called from the button, while Lashmar called from the big blind with 2♠2♥.

The flop came Q♣6♠2♦, and all players checked around.

When the J♥ peeled off on the turn, Lashmar bet 3,000 and all remaining players called.

The river was the 9♠, and the hijack led out for 13,200. Samson and Lashmar made the call, and Lashmar revealed his 2♠2♥ to the table. Everyone else mucked their hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Lashmar	61,500 33,600	33,600

Tags: Dan Samson Ryan Lashmar

07-02-2023 14:49 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts and Notable Entries

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Alek Gillies

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lexy Gavin-Mather	60,000 60,000	60,000

Christian Roberts	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mike Patrick	53,500 7,300	7,300

Ryan Lashmar	37,500 -24,000	-24,000

Dan Samson	27,000 -13,000	-13,000

07-02-2023 16:16 UTC-8

Kings Work for Patrick

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Chris Land

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded to PokerNews' own Mike Patrick who raised to 6,000 only to see the big blind three-bet jam.

Patrick called off for less, putting himself at risk and headed to a runout.

Mike Patrick: K♠K♣
Big Blind: A♥3♣

The board of J♣4♠4♥J♠5♥ ran out safe for Patrick to secure a full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Patrick	95,500 42,000	42,000

Tags: Mike Patrick

07-02-2023 22:10 UTC-8

Prize Pool Announced

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Alek Gillies

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

As players return from the final break of the night, the prize pool has been tallied and added. The winner will receive $549,555 of the $4,678,730 prize pool along with the coveted bracelet. Those that min cash are guaranteed $1,601 for their efforts and 789 players will be guaranteed money. As well, the top six places are guaranteed at over $100,000.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$549,555	36-44	$14,388
2	$339,646	45-53	$11,876
3	$255,215	54-62	$9,877
4	$193,103	63-71	$8,278
5	$147,129	72-80	$6,991
6	$112,889	81-89	$5,951
7	$87,232	90-98	$5,105
8	$67,888	99-143	$4,414
9	$53,213	144-197	$3,847
10-11	$42,012	198-251	$3,380
12-13	$33,411	252-305	$2,994
14-17	$26,767	306-359	$2,674
18-26	$21,602	360-413	$2,408
27-35	$17,564	414-467	$2,186
		468-521	$2,001
		522-655	$1,751
		656-789	$1,601

07-03-2023 01:41 UTC-8

Avneesh Mujal Leads the Remaining 426 Players into Day 2!

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Chris Land

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The one and only Day 1 of Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event has officially come to a close at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas after 5,257 players showed up and created a prize pool of $4,678,730. After playing through 22 levels today, 426 of those players will return for Day 2 already in the money and guaranteed a payday worth $2,186.

The guaranteed payday will be the last thing on their minds, though, as there is a $549,555 first-place prize and a gold bracelet reserved for the eventual champion.

Of the remaining field, some of the biggest stacks returning include Avneesh Munjal (3,250,000), Ramiro Petrone (2,715,000), Raymond Ulatowski (1,800,000) and Jonathan Fhima (1,710,000) but they won't have an easy route to a Day 2 bag as JJ Liu (295,000), Stephen Song (585,000) and Camille Brown (1,615,000) all bagged chips as well.

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Avneesh Munjal	India	3,250,000	81
2	Liran Betito	Israel	2,785,000	70
3	Timur Margolin	Israel	2,735,000	68
4	Ramiro Petrone	Argentina	2,715,000	68
5	Jared Woodin	United States	2,565,000	64
6	Josh Reichard	United States	2,515,000	63
7	Sonny Franco	France	2,435,000	61
8	Elson Lima	United States	2,400,000	60
9	Daniel Swartz	United States	2,275,000	57
10	Daniel Shaw	United Kingdom	2,175,000	54

Some notable names to fall with a payout in tow as the night came to a close include Marshall White, Steven Buckner, Dan Heimiller and Alex Foxen, who fell in a three-way all in pot a mere 30 minutes before the clock expired on Day 1.

Players will return to blinds of 20,000/40,000 and a big blind ante of 40,000 at 10:00 a.m. local time on July 3rd to play down to five and will do so playing 30-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every four levels and a dinner break scheduled after Level 34.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this and all remaining events here at the 2023 World Series of Poker!

Tags: Alex Foxen Avneesh Munjal Camille Brown Dan Heimiller JJ Liu Jonathan Fhima Marshall White Ramiro Petrone Raymond Ulatowski Stephen Song Steven Buckner