Josh Arieh opened from early position before Ernest Bush three-bet one seat over. Action folded back around to Arieh who called.
Arieh check-called a bet from Bush on the 3♣J♣4♥ flop.
Bush moved all in for his last few chips after the turn came Q♦ and Arieh did not hesitate to put his opponent at risk.
Ernest Bush: A♠2♥
Josh Arieh: A♥10♦
Bush was in rough shape and found no help on the 7♣ river to bring his tournament to a close short of the money while Arieh added to what was already one of the largest stacks in the room.
A total of 133 players entered Event #19: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship, generating a prizepool of $1,236,900. That sum will be split among the top 20 finishers, each of whom is guaranteed $20,945 with $308,930 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet slated to head the eventual winner's way.
Picking up the action on the turn on a board reading 7♥6♥6♦2♣, Eli Elezra was all in and at risk from under the gun with side action ongoing between Maria Ho on the button and David Lieberman in the big blind.
Lieberman checked to Ho, who bet, prompting Elezra to stand up and walk away from the table. Lieberman made the call to see the river.
The Q♣ rolled off the deck on the river and both Ho and Lieberman checked to showdown. Ho tabled 9♣9♥, good enough to best Lieberman for the side pot but Elezra held Q♦10♥ for the rivered pair to take down the main pot. By this point, he was halfway across the room and had to be called back to the table by Ho. "Oldest trick in the book," Elezra explained to the table as he re-took his seat.
Day 2 gets underway at 1 p.m. local time at the 2024 World Series of Poker in Event #19: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship (8-Handed). Of the 104 entries, 64 bagged up for Day 2 at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas, with the chip leader after Day 1 being Juha Helppi with 254,000 chips.
Right behind Helppi at top of the leaderboard is Max Hoffman (237,000) in second and Mike Lang (218,000) in third. Here is the complete list of the big stacks heading into Day 2.
Top Ten Chip Counts After Day 1
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
Juha Helppi
Finland
254,000
2
Max Hoffman
United States
237,000
3
Mike Lang
United States
218,000
4
Anthony Marsico
United States
216,500
5
Shyamsundar Challa
United States
196,000
6
Emery Martindale
United States
186,500
7
Michael Moncek
United States
179,500
8
Chad Eveslage
United States
176,500
9
Andrew Kelsall
United States
175,000
10
Jon Kyte
Norway
162,500
Five-time bracelet winner and defending champion in this event, Josh Arieh, began his title defense yesterday and managed to bag 116,000 chips. Although not among the chip leaders, Arieh has plenty of chips coming into the day and will be one of the big stories to watch during Day 2.
Some other notable names to look out for on Day 2 include Michael Moncek (179,500), Chad Eveslage (176,500), Dan Shak (152,000), David "ODB" Baker (126,500), Maria Ho (118,500), John Monnette (115,000) and Patrick Leonard (76,000).
Michael Moncek
With late registration being open through the first level of Day 2, there is expected to be many big names of the poker world joining the already star-studded field.
When action resumes on June 6, players will start out in Level 10 at the 3000-6000 betting limits. They will play eight levels with the first four levels of the day being 60 minutes and the last four being 90 minutes. There is a 15-minute break scheduled after Levels 11, 13, 15, 16, and a 60-minute dinner break after level 14.
Be sure to follow PokerNews as we will be giving live updates of notable Day 2 sign ups and cover all the action throughout the day.
