Chad Eveslage Leads After Day 1 of Event #37: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 of Event #37: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em has concluded. The event attracted 2,020 entries with 238 making it through to Day 2, which begins Tuesday at noon.
At the end of the day it was Chad Eveslage who had most chips, bagging up 197,300 from the starting stack of 5,000. Eveslage is a familiar face at the WSOP with 25 cashes and over $321,784 in total earnings. He already has three cashes this summer. He is followed closely by Louis Salter who bagged 192,000. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Mark Seif rounds out the top three with 131,200.
When registration was finally closed, the 2,020 entries had created a prize pool of $1,818,000. A total of 303 players were guaranteed, a minimum payout of $1,502, but they were all looking to pick up the first prize of $292,880 along with a WSOP gold bracelet.
All players that advanced to Day 2 are guaranteed a payout of $1,678.
Many players were not fortunate enough to make it through, including multiple Main Event finalists Neil Blumenfield(2015), Joshua Beckley (2015), Cliff Josephy (2016), Griffin Benger (2016) and former champs Jonathan Duhamel (2010) and Joe Cada (2009).
Notables that moved on to Day 2 include defending champion Chase Bianchi (75,900), Jordan Young (47,300), Kristy Arnett (37,600), Martin Jacobson (33,800), Barry Greenstein (32,900), Mike Leah (17,300), and Joey Weissman (16,300).
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will bring you all the updates as the 2017 World Series of Poker continues.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Craig Varnell | United States | 141,300 | 118 |
Brasilia | 703 | 2 | Kwinsee Khoa Tran | United States | 100,200 | 84 |
Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 197,300 | 164 |
Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Daniel Yoo | United States | 12,000 | 10 |
Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Samuel Phillips | United States | 28,500 | 24 |
Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Carlos Figueroa Fernandez | United States | 18,200 | 15 |
Brasilia | 703 | 7 | Ian Webb | Canada | 19,200 | 16 |
Brasilia | 703 | 9 | Loni Harwood | United States | 19,200 | 16 |
Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Alexander Wilson | United States | 24,100 | 20 |
Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Jace Reiken | United States | 13,000 | 11 |
Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Joey Weissman | United States | 16,300 | 14 |
Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Eric Vallee | Canada | 24,600 | 21 |
Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Steve Ryan | United States | 17,000 | 14 |
Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Daniel Deveau | United States | 69,800 | 58 |
Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Carlos Schmidt | United States | 12,000 | 10 |
Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Brian Yoon | United States | 18,900 | 16 |
Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Kenneth Jones | United States | 99,800 | 83 |
Brasilia | 705 | 2 | Ryan Phan | United States | 33,600 | 28 |
Brasilia | 705 | 3 | Katie Swift | United Kingdom | 39,400 | 33 |
Brasilia | 705 | 4 | Artem Babakhanyan | Russia | DNR | - |
Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Felix Weis | Luxembourg | 88,400 | 74 |
Brasilia | 705 | 6 | Pete Males | United States | 28,800 | 24 |
Brasilia | 705 | 7 | Peter Hengsakul | United States | 47,300 | 39 |
Brasilia | 705 | 8 | Sadan Turker | United Kingdom | 47,600 | 40 |
Brasilia | 705 | 9 | Fedor Truntsev | Russia | 19,800 | 17 |
Brasilia | 706 | 1 | Dylan Linde | United States | 37,200 | 31 |
Brasilia | 706 | 2 | John O'Shea | Ireland | 63,600 | 53 |
Brasilia | 706 | 3 | Blake Barnes | United States | 19,700 | 16 |
Brasilia | 706 | 4 | Ryan Belz | United States | 27,800 | 23 |
Brasilia | 706 | 5 | Huykhiem Nguyen | Germany | 67,500 | 56 |
Brasilia | 706 | 6 | Alexander Condon | United States | 60,400 | 50 |
Brasilia | 706 | 7 | Mark Seif | United States | 131,200 | 109 |
Brasilia | 706 | 8 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 33,800 | 28 |
Brasilia | 706 | 9 | Benoit Lam | France | 24,200 | 20 |
Brasilia | 707 | 1 | Ahmed Abdella | Egypt | 33,100 | 28 |
Brasilia | 707 | 2 | Steven Dunn | United States | 16,200 | 14 |
Brasilia | 707 | 3 | Mike Landers | United States | 46,400 | 39 |
Brasilia | 707 | 5 | Jonathan Prince | United States | 15,100 | 13 |
Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Finn Zwad | Germany | 104,000 | 87 |
Brasilia | 707 | 7 | Brad Waddell | United States | 35,500 | 30 |
Brasilia | 707 | 8 | Mostapha El Kabir | Netherlands | 8,800 | 7 |
Brasilia | 707 | 9 | Andrew Wang | United States | 41,000 | 34 |
Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Derek Gomez | United States | 79,300 | 66 |
Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Allan Bieler | United States | 25,100 | 21 |
Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Steven Esser | United States | 4,900 | 4 |
Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Jonathan McMichael | United States | 8,800 | 7 |
Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Robert Qashat | United States | 17,300 | 14 |
Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Mazin Khoury | United States | 85,800 | 72 |
Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Barry Greenstein | United States | 32,900 | 27 |
Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Daniel Erlandsson | Sweden | 53,700 | 45 |
Brasilia | 709 | 1 | Li Fu | Canada | 64,000 | 53 |
Brasilia | 709 | 2 | Tuan Vu | United States | 43,900 | 37 |
Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Charles Winfield | United States | 35,500 | 30 |
Brasilia | 709 | 4 | Eugene Zaslavsky | United States | 37,600 | 31 |
Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Phillippe Ktorza | France | 21,300 | 18 |
Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Seth Berger | United States | 13,600 | 11 |
Brasilia | 709 | 7 | Will Berry | United States | 69,200 | 58 |
Brasilia | 709 | 8 | Eric Kintzer | United States | 29,400 | 25 |
Brasilia | 709 | 9 | Tri Phan | United States | 28,900 | 24 |
Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Serge Danis | United States | 79,600 | 66 |
Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Alex Foxen | United States | 114,000 | 95 |
Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Giacomo Fundaro | Italy | 13,500 | 11 |
Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Luigi Knoppers | Malta | 47,700 | 40 |
Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Kristy Arnett | United States | 37,600 | 31 |
Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Richard White | United States | 29,600 | 25 |
Brasilia | 710 | 7 | Paawan Bansal | India | 18,300 | 15 |
Brasilia | 710 | 8 | David Kim | United States | 5,400 | 5 |
Brasilia | 710 | 9 | Timothy Burt | United States | 48,000 | 40 |
Brasilia | 711 | 1 | Kevin Calenzo | United States | 58,000 | 48 |
Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Gregory Blair | United States | 44,000 | 37 |
Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Fraser MacIntyre | United Kingdom | 15,300 | 13 |
Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Thomas Delacruz | United States | 6,600 | 6 |
Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Damien Gayer | France | 20,900 | 17 |
Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Mark Ioli | United States | 97,000 | 81 |
Brasilia | 711 | 7 | Tony Barberio | Canada | 40,600 | 34 |
Brasilia | 711 | 8 | Nathan Gay | United States | 10,600 | 9 |
Brasilia | 711 | 9 | Derek Miller | United States | 27,300 | 23 |
Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Kevin Saul | United States | 75,000 | 63 |
Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Johnny Ngo | United States | 27,000 | 23 |
Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Pedro Cabeca | Portugal | 23,700 | 20 |
Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Steven Anderson | United States | 73,100 | 61 |
Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Ludovic Moryousef | France | 23,500 | 20 |
Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Ekrem Bozkurt | United States | 51,700 | 43 |
Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Mike Leah | Canada | 17,300 | 14 |
Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Reginald Hampton | Canada | 45,600 | 38 |
Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Maxime Chillaud | France | 55,400 | 46 |
Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Michael Brenden | United States | 26,600 | 22 |
Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Nate Levine | United States | 21,500 | 18 |
Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Gaurav Raina | United States | 30,000 | 25 |
Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Lachezar Petkov | United States | 26,300 | 22 |
Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Peter Vitantonio | United States | 27,600 | 23 |
Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Radu Catoiu | Romania | 39,600 | 33 |
Brasilia | 713 | 8 | Ding Lin | United States | 40,200 | 34 |
Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Ray Pulford | United States | 64,700 | 54 |
Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Michael Hillman | United States | 16,900 | 14 |
Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Jordan Cristos | United States | 83,000 | 69 |
Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Jordan Young | United States | 47,300 | 39 |
Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Robert Schulz | Austria | 22,400 | 19 |
Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Reed Hensel | United States | 99,100 | 83 |
Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Michael Bernat | United States | 87,400 | 73 |
Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Likith Govindaiah | United States | 50,000 | 42 |
Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Eric Vasquez | United States | 12,300 | 10 |
Brasilia | 714 | 9 | Michael Vaverka | United States | 31,900 | 27 |
Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Evandro Vitoy de Queiroz | Brazil | 55,300 | 46 |
Brasilia | 715 | 2 | Zachary Deneen | United States | 39,100 | 33 |
Brasilia | 715 | 3 | Leandro Silva | Brazil | 51,500 | 43 |
Brasilia | 715 | 4 | Gene Berman | United States | 8,400 | 7 |
Brasilia | 715 | 5 | John Phan | United States | 31,200 | 26 |
Brasilia | 715 | 6 | Ray Villaman | United States | 29,300 | 24 |
Brasilia | 715 | 7 | John Ray | United States | 12,400 | 10 |
Brasilia | 715 | 8 | Scott Eskenazi | United States | 34,800 | 29 |
Brasilia | 715 | 9 | Idris Gencoglu | Canada | 36,600 | 31 |
Brasilia | 716 | 1 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 20,700 | 17 |
Brasilia | 716 | 2 | Michael Noori | United States | 29,900 | 25 |
Brasilia | 716 | 3 | Johnykutty Sam | United States | 127,500 | 106 |
Brasilia | 716 | 4 | Matthew Starr | United States | 70,400 | 59 |
Brasilia | 716 | 5 | Gary Bain | Canada | 53,200 | 44 |
Brasilia | 716 | 6 | Nick Island | United States | 2,800 | 2 |
Brasilia | 716 | 7 | Garrett Utt | United States | 43,800 | 37 |
Brasilia | 716 | 8 | Richard Whitebrook | United States | 44,700 | 37 |
Brasilia | 716 | 9 | Ricardo Chauriye | Chile | 67,900 | 57 |
Brasilia | 717 | 1 | Carlos Chang | Taiwan | 12,800 | 11 |
Brasilia | 717 | 2 | Stephen Ma | United States | 22,400 | 19 |
Brasilia | 717 | 3 | Vinny Pahuja | United States | 54,100 | 45 |
Brasilia | 717 | 4 | Ken Weinstein | United States | 24,400 | 20 |
Brasilia | 717 | 5 | Michael Osullivan | Ireland | 13,700 | 11 |
Brasilia | 717 | 6 | Dakota Burnett | United States | 28,900 | 24 |
Brasilia | 717 | 7 | Gregory Baird | United States | 53,400 | 45 |
Brasilia | 717 | 8 | Shaun Davis | United States | 64,100 | 53 |
Brasilia | 717 | 9 | Jeremy Fendelet | United States | 38,700 | 32 |
Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Adam Krach | United States | 40,400 | 34 |
Brasilia | 718 | 2 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 12,600 | 11 |
Brasilia | 718 | 3 | Johnnie Linn | United States | 13,200 | 11 |
Brasilia | 718 | 4 | Frank Stumpf | Germany | 52,600 | 44 |
Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Larry Moss | United States | 59,300 | 49 |
Brasilia | 718 | 6 | Terry Schumacher | Belgium | 111,400 | 93 |
Brasilia | 718 | 7 | Raghav Bansal | India | 61,100 | 51 |
Brasilia | 718 | 8 | Mark Herm | United States | 20,000 | 17 |
Brasilia | 718 | 8 | DID NOT REPORT | United States | 20,000 | 17 |
Brasilia | 718 | 9 | Thomas Reynolds | United States | 94,800 | 79 |
Brasilia | 719 | 1 | Eric Blair | United States | 33,800 | 28 |
Brasilia | 719 | 2 | Juan Valladares | United States | 11,600 | 10 |
Brasilia | 719 | 3 | Kurt Jewell | United States | 43,800 | 37 |
Brasilia | 719 | 4 | Tony Tran | United States | 17,900 | 15 |
Brasilia | 719 | 5 | Raymond Ho | United States | 41,200 | 34 |
Brasilia | 719 | 6 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 22,700 | 19 |
Brasilia | 719 | 7 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | 28,700 | 24 |
Brasilia | 719 | 9 | Ricky Welch | United States | 37,900 | 32 |
Brasilia | 720 | 1 | Gerald Siemienas | United States | 43,200 | 36 |
Brasilia | 720 | 2 | Richard Zembol | United States | 21,700 | 18 |
Brasilia | 720 | 3 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 65,300 | 54 |
Brasilia | 720 | 4 | Diego Gomez | Spain | 46,400 | 39 |
Brasilia | 720 | 5 | David Haasen | Canada | 28,200 | 24 |
Brasilia | 720 | 6 | Albert Balayn | France | 30,000 | 25 |
Brasilia | 720 | 7 | Steve Foutty | United States | 19,600 | 16 |
Brasilia | 720 | 8 | Hao Sun | United States | 32,300 | 27 |
Brasilia | 720 | 9 | Thomas Zanot | United States | 66,900 | 56 |
Brasilia | 721 | 1 | Alexandre Rivero | Brazil | 49,700 | 41 |
Brasilia | 721 | 2 | Thai Tran | United States | 13,800 | 12 |
Brasilia | 721 | 3 | Andrew Laurie | United Kingdom | 53,300 | 44 |
Brasilia | 721 | 4 | Meredith Holtzman | United States | 26,300 | 22 |
Brasilia | 721 | 5 | Antonio Gonzalez Miranda | Spain | 24,100 | 20 |
Brasilia | 721 | 6 | Christopher Wall | Canada | 30,300 | 25 |
Brasilia | 721 | 7 | Jules Bui | United States | 14,400 | 12 |
Brasilia | 721 | 8 | Lori [Removed:349] | United States | 39,800 | 33 |
Brasilia | 721 | 9 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 101,500 | 85 |
Brasilia | 722 | 1 | Simen Gulbrandsen | Norway | 18,700 | 16 |
Brasilia | 722 | 2 | Gregory Brewer | United States | 117,900 | 98 |
Brasilia | 722 | 3 | Ricardo Cuerda | Spain | 7,100 | 6 |
Brasilia | 722 | 4 | Hyeonwoo An | South Korea | 30,500 | 25 |
Brasilia | 722 | 5 | Tyler Patterson | United States | 21,100 | 18 |
Brasilia | 722 | 6 | Maxim Lykov | Russia | 78,500 | 65 |
Brasilia | 722 | 7 | Colin Likas | United States | 58,800 | 49 |
Brasilia | 722 | 8 | En-Ching Wu | Taiwan | 61,200 | 51 |
Brasilia | 722 | 9 | James Hughes | United States | 103,000 | 86 |
Brasilia | 723 | 1 | Joseph Couden | United States | 58,600 | 49 |
Brasilia | 723 | 2 | Matthew McEwan | United States | 47,500 | 40 |
Brasilia | 723 | 3 | Jaspal Brar | Canada | 45,500 | 38 |
Brasilia | 723 | 4 | Chad Layne | United States | 108,400 | 90 |
Brasilia | 723 | 5 | Dan Healey | United States | 15,400 | 13 |
Brasilia | 723 | 6 | Ly Le | United States | 41,200 | 34 |
Brasilia | 723 | 7 | Howard Wilson | United States | 94,000 | 78 |
Brasilia | 723 | 8 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 103,000 | 86 |
Brasilia | 723 | 9 | Noel Graf | United States | 9,400 | 8 |
Brasilia | 724 | 1 | Bennie Urso | United States | 18,000 | 15 |
Brasilia | 724 | 2 | Louis Salter | United Kingdom | 192,000 | 160 |
Brasilia | 724 | 3 | Hilton Givens | United States | 39,300 | 33 |
Brasilia | 724 | 4 | Tom Dobrilovic | United States | 24,300 | 20 |
Brasilia | 724 | 5 | Mark Smith | United States | 46,700 | 39 |
Brasilia | 724 | 6 | Kevin Kernan | United States | 7,400 | 6 |
Brasilia | 724 | 7 | Mathew Moore | United States | 59,000 | 49 |
Brasilia | 724 | 8 | Michael Akers | United States | 14,500 | 12 |
Brasilia | 724 | 9 | Paul Schattauer | United States | 41,300 | 34 |
Brasilia | 725 | 1 | Guy Katz | Israel | 41,100 | 34 |
Brasilia | 725 | 2 | Ferdinand Afaga | United States | 61,100 | 51 |
Brasilia | 725 | 3 | Jeremy Wien | United States | 47,200 | 39 |
Brasilia | 725 | 4 | Jacob Dahl | United States | 54,100 | 45 |
Brasilia | 725 | 5 | Jeff Blenkarn | United States | 27,400 | 23 |
Brasilia | 725 | 6 | Yann Del Rey | United Kingdom | 21,800 | 18 |
Brasilia | 725 | 7 | Daniel Pointon | Canada | 6,700 | 6 |
Brasilia | 725 | 8 | Anthony Spinella | United States | 31,200 | 26 |
Brasilia | 725 | 9 | Jason Nishikawa | United States | 17,300 | 14 |
Brasilia | 726 | 1 | Jean Fabre | France | 14,500 | 12 |
Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Joseph Schulman | United States | 24,000 | 20 |
Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Randy Pfeifer | United States | 45,700 | 38 |
Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Todd Strong | United States | 39,100 | 33 |
Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Innes Young | United Kingdom | 10,100 | 8 |
Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Roger Taylor | United States | 40,000 | 33 |
Brasilia | 726 | 7 | Michael Banducci | United States | 74,500 | 62 |
Brasilia | 726 | 8 | Elizabeth Montizanti | United States | 19,100 | 16 |
Brasilia | 726 | 9 | Steven Gibbs | United States | 22,100 | 18 |
Brasilia | 727 | 1 | Manuel Santini | Mexico | 8,300 | 7 |
Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | 62,200 | 52 |
Brasilia | 727 | 3 | Michael Connors | United States | 58,200 | 49 |
Brasilia | 727 | 4 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 10,100 | 8 |
Brasilia | 727 | 5 | Steven Brooks | United States | 31,200 | 26 |
Brasilia | 727 | 6 | Gorki Oliveira | Brazil | 29,200 | 24 |
Brasilia | 727 | 7 | Rick Austin | United States | 58,200 | 49 |
Brasilia | 727 | 8 | Stephanie Roque | United States | 14,200 | 12 |
Brasilia | 727 | 9 | Chase Bianchi | United States | 75,900 | 63 |
Brasilia | 728 | 1 | Pavlos Bexis | Canada | 28,300 | 24 |
Brasilia | 728 | 2 | Krzysztof Stybaniewicz | United States | 89,700 | 75 |
Brasilia | 728 | 3 | Clayton Jiang | United States | 41,300 | 34 |
Brasilia | 728 | 4 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 50,400 | 42 |
Brasilia | 728 | 5 | Rob Perelman | United States | 17,900 | 15 |
Brasilia | 728 | 6 | Kenneth Eng | United States | 52,000 | 43 |
Brasilia | 728 | 7 | Ryan Smith | Canada | 49,900 | 42 |
Brasilia | 728 | 8 | Joep Raemaekers | Malta | 39,100 | 33 |
Brasilia | 728 | 9 | Bo Gustafsson | United States | 61,600 | 51 |
Brasilia | 729 | 1 | Michael Bailey | Canada | 29,800 | 25 |
Brasilia | 729 | 2 | Robin Miller | United States | 34,500 | 29 |
Brasilia | 729 | 3 | Arman Nugmanov | Kazakhstan | 11,200 | 9 |
Brasilia | 729 | 4 | Stephen Woodhead | United Kingdom | 29,500 | 25 |
Brasilia | 729 | 5 | Jiong Li | United States | 63,700 | 53 |
Brasilia | 729 | 6 | Cary Carpenter | United States | 28,000 | 23 |
Brasilia | 729 | 7 | Gary Journeay | Canada | 19,900 | 17 |
Brasilia | 729 | 8 | Leonard Tanase | Canada | 20,400 | 17 |
Brasilia | 729 | 9 | Chris Johnson | United States | 102,600 | 86 |