2017 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♣5♠
Prize
$311,817
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,128,000
Entries
120
Level Info
Level
29
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

Yu and Johns Looking to go Back-to-Back as Day 1 Complete

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Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Ben Yu
Ben Yu

After 10 hour-long levels of min-betting, Day 1 of Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship is in the books and 41 players remain from the 120 that started.

Bagging the chip lead was Ben Yu (360,000) who entered at the end of registration after winning his second WSOP bracelet in Event #34: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship only a few hours before. In just two levels, Yu was amazingly able to over septuple his starting stack and is looking to win back-to-back $10,000 Championship events.

Also looking to go back-to-back but in a different way is Ian Johns (272,000) who is second in chips. Johns is looking to defend his title in this very same event from last year's WSOP where he beat a field of 110 players for $290,635.

Rounding out the top three in chips is Daniel Negreanu (260,500) who is looking to improve on his second-, third- and sixth-place finishes in this year's WSOP and earn his seventh gold bracelet.

Other big stacks include Kevin Song (246,500), Michael Ross (240,000) and Phil Hellmuth (225,500).

Some notables who failed to make it through the day were multiple bracelet winners Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel and Mike Matusow, who ran {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} into {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} near the end of the day to bust.

Play resumes Tuesday at 2 p.m. so be sure to follow all of the updates at PokerNews.

Day 2 Seat Draw

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Brasilia7001Brock ParkerUnited States176,500
Brasilia7002Jared TalaricoUnited States121,000
Brasilia7003Ray HensonUnited States78,000
Brasilia7004John MonnetteUnited States53,000
Brasilia7005Dan ShakUnited States124,000
Brasilia7006Aaron SacksUnited States110,000
Brasilia7007Ian JohnsUnited States272,000
Brasilia7008Aron DermerUnited States128,500
Brasilia7009Bryan LazarskiUnited States39,500
      
Brasilia7011Phil HellmuthUnited States225,500
Brasilia7012Sorel MizziCanada147,500
Brasilia7013Matthew SchreiberUnited States59,500
Brasilia7014Ashish GuptaAustralia82,500
Brasilia7015Jon TurnerUnited States104,000
Brasilia7016Tom McCormickUnited States190,500
Brasilia7017Ben YuUnited States360,000
Brasilia7018Mark GregorichUnited States105,000
      
Brasilia7021Michael O'GradyAustralia112,000
Brasilia7022Ryan TurnerUnited States54,000
Brasilia7023Todd WittelesUnited States54,000
Brasilia7024Terrence ChanCanada80,500
Brasilia7025Mark KlecanCanada211,000
Brasilia7026Eric FroehlichUnited States107,000
Brasilia7027Shaun DeebUnited States144,500
Brasilia7028Kevin SongUnited States246,500
      
Brasilia7031Martin KabrhelCzech Republic170,500
Brasilia7032Jeff ThompsonUnited States153,500
Brasilia7033Jeff LisandroAustralia160,000
Brasilia7034Sean BerriosUnited States187,500
Brasilia7035Joe McKeehenUnited States209,000
Brasilia7036Justin BonomoUnited States130,500
Brasilia7037Ismael BojangAustria185,000
Brasilia7038Robert CampbellAustralia132,500
      
Brasilia7041Jameson PainterUnited States24,000
Brasilia7042Bryce LandierUnited States91,000
Brasilia7043Michael RossUnited States240,000
Brasilia7044Ayman QutamiUnited States169,000
Brasilia7045Mike SchneiderUnited States197,000
Brasilia7046JC TranUnited States190,500
Brasilia7047Robert MizrachiUnited States115,500
Brasilia7048Daniel NegreanuCanada260,500

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