Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

Day 1 of Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em drew a big field of 1,580 contestants, creating a total prize pool of $2,133,000. 246 of them made their way to Day 2, nine spots away from the money. All players in the money will receive at least $2,254, but all eyes will be on the coveted gold WSOP bracelet and first place prize of $364,438, which will be awarded on Thursday night.

Kework Besiktasliyan ended the day as the runaway chip leader with 177,400, followed by Kyle Muelrath (131,500) and Parker Drew (119,300). Besiktasliyan won a massive pot during the last level of the day to claim the chip lead. Holding pocket eights, the Maltese resident saw an ace-eight-five flop appear. Besiktasliyan check-raised the flop, bet the ten on the turn and check-called a big bet on the five river. His opponent held ace-king and had to part with a large portion of his stack.

Other big stacks after Day 1 include Denny Crum (102,000), Will Molson (96,600), Kelly Minkin (94,700), Rainer Kempe (93,600), Cary Katz (88,200), and Alexandre Reard (75,500). Four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (55,700) and five-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier (40,300) also made their way to Day 2, as did three-time bracelet winner Barry Greenstein (19,700). Greenstein is on his way to score his 10th cash of this WSOP, a fantastic accomplishment by the poker legend.

The day started off with a slew of familiar faces, but many of them failed to reach the second day. Bart Lybaert had one of the most brutal bustouts of the day, when his pocket queens got cracked by ten-deuce on a jack-nine-four flop. His opponent made a runner-runner flush to send the Belgian to the rail in improbable fashion.

Other notables that missed out on Day 2 include 888Poker ambassadors Sofia Lovgren, Natalie Hof, Chris Moorman and Bruno Politano, Martin Staszko, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Christopher Frank, Paul Volpe, Justin Bonomo, Matt Affleck, Men Nguyen, Pierre Neuville, Ole Schemion, Loni Harwood, Maria Ho and Ryan Riess.

Day 2 will commence at 12:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday and the blinds will start at 600 - 1,200 with a running ante of 200. The tension will be high from the start as the money bubble looms right around the corner.

Day 2 Seat Draw

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Miranda	600	1	Spencer Champlin	United States	15,000	13
Miranda	600	2	Ivan Luca	Argentina	14,600	12
Miranda	600	3	Christian Pereira	Argentina	28,000	23
Miranda	600	4	Sergi Reixach	United Kingdom	21,400	18
Miranda	600	5	Jesse Cohen	United States	63,500	53
Miranda	600	6	Mark Cadle	United States	8,500	7
Miranda	600	7	Robert Nehorayan	United States	74,500	62
Miranda	600	8	Dan Heimiller	United States	65,800	55
Miranda	600	9	Jean-Pascal Savard	Canada	108,600	91

Miranda	601	1	Antonio Gonzalez Miranda	Spain	54,400	45
Miranda	601	3	Florencio Bunal	United States	81,800	68
Miranda	601	4	Jorge Espinoza	Venezuela	87,500	73
Miranda	601	5	Euugene Schindler	United States	10,900	9
Miranda	601	6	Jiong Li	United States	39,600	33
Miranda	601	7	Craig Mason	United States	92,600	77
Miranda	601	8	Ravi Raghavan	United States	16,200	14
Miranda	601	9	Peter Murphy	Ireland	10,500	9

Miranda	602	1	Haisheng Ma	China	18,100	15
Miranda	602	2	Likith Govindaiah	United States	28,600	24
Miranda	602	3	Jeff Madsen	United States	56,700	47
Miranda	602	4	Sara Hall	United States	62,500	52
Miranda	602	5	Yuya Fukui	Japan	1	0
Miranda	602	6	Lgbs Kamei	Brazil	72,000	60
Miranda	602	7	Senovio Ramirez III	United States	93,000	78
Miranda	602	8	JJ Liu	United States	32,900	27
Miranda	602	9	Luke Marquis	United States	17,400	15

Miranda	603	1	Mark Dube	United States	31,600	26
Miranda	603	2	Zahari Petrov	Bulgaria	84,200	70
Miranda	603	3	Alan Reyf	United States	60,500	50
Miranda	603	5	Joshua Hillock	United States	28,200	24
Miranda	603	6	John Bousfield	United Kingdom	12,800	11
Miranda	603	7	Lorne Wechsler	Canada	50,100	42
Miranda	603	8	Doyle Elliott	United States	52,800	44
Miranda	603	9	Ralph Massey	United States	17,700	15

Miranda	604	1	John Kim	United States	16,200	14
Miranda	604	2	Long Tran	United States	28,700	24
Miranda	604	3	Ben Greenberg	United States	27,200	23
Miranda	604	4	Alan Myerson	United States	13,200	11
Miranda	604	5	Bryan Gwin	United States	14,200	12
Miranda	604	6	Laurent Manderlier	Belgium	71,900	60
Miranda	604	7	Eugene Katchalov	Ukraine	53,200	44
Miranda	604	8	Alex Goulder	United Kingdom	17,000	14
Miranda	604	9	Robert Hankins	United States	18,100	15

Miranda	605	1	Karim Musani	United States	92,100	77
Miranda	605	2	Alexandre Reard	France	75,500	63
Miranda	605	3	Felix Vandeput	Belgium	15,400	13
Miranda	605	4	Edmund Oberti	United States	5,200	4
Miranda	605	5	John Phan	United States	24,800	21
Miranda	605	6	Nikolai Sears	United States	27,700	23
Miranda	605	7	Jeffrey Krusinski	United States	59,000	49
Miranda	605	8	Kent Roman	United States	62,600	52
Miranda	605	9	Eric Haenschen	United States	43,500	36

Miranda	609	1	Joseph Elpayaa	United States	61,300	51
Miranda	609	2	Bryan Jimenez	United States	30,800	26
Miranda	609	3	Jason Mercier	United States	40,300	34
Miranda	609	5	Jack Allen	United Kingdom	41,000	34
Miranda	609	6	Carlos Hey	Brazil	69,900	58
Miranda	609	7	Charles Barker	United States	93,000	78
Miranda	609	8	Ryan Colley	United States	12,600	11
Miranda	609	9	San Pang	China	33,000	28

Miranda	610	2	Akash Malik	India	74,300	62
Miranda	610	3	Jia Liu	United States	75,700	63
Miranda	610	4	Yanki Koppel	United States	68,300	57
Miranda	610	5	Kory Jarvis	United States	43,000	36
Miranda	610	6	Christopher Boylan	United States	29,300	24
Miranda	610	7	Marcos Fernandez	Spain	21,500	18
Miranda	610	8	Benny Chen	Canada	55,500	46
Miranda	610	9	Jarod Einsohn	United States	50,000	42

Miranda	611	1	Jesse Yaginuma	United States	22,600	19
Miranda	611	2	Pellegrino Marotta	Australia	61,200	51
Miranda	611	3	Andreas Olympios	United Kingdom	40,000	33
Miranda	611	5	John Myung	United States	64,700	54
Miranda	611	6	Daniel Thomas	United States	35,700	30
Miranda	611	7	Joe Hindry	United States	24,700	21
Miranda	611	8	Henry Zou	United States	20,600	17
Miranda	611	9	Andrey Pateychuk	Russia	73,600	61

Miranda	612	1	Dominique Terzian	France	86,800	72
Miranda	612	2	Phachara Wongwichit	Australia	84,100	70
Miranda	612	3	[Removed:264]	United States	43,000	36
Miranda	612	4	Jesse Sylvia	United States	37,600	31
Miranda	612	5	John Cynn	United States	50,900	42
Miranda	612	6	Shui Tian	Canada	56,300	47
Miranda	612	7	Daniel Hill	United States	56,700	47
Miranda	612	8	Dayane Kotoviezy	United States	30,200	25
Miranda	612	9	Robert Tinnion	United Kingdom	22,300	19

Miranda	613	1	Cristopher Lasco	United States	27,600	23
Miranda	613	2	Kun Tong	United States	23,900	20
Miranda	613	3	Kevin Saul	United States	60,000	50
Miranda	613	4	Nicholas Stowell	United States	13,500	11
Miranda	613	5	Josh Tharayil	Canada	44,500	37
Miranda	613	6	Kristopher Clarke	Canada	7,500	6
Miranda	613	7	Michael Comisso	United States	24,400	20
Miranda	613	8	Martin Zamani	United States	12,900	11
Miranda	613	9	Lizzy Harrison	United States	30,100	25

Miranda	614	1	[Removed:172]	Austria	86,500	72
Miranda	614	2	Phil Collins	United States	38,700	32
Miranda	614	3	Alexis Fleur	France	60,800	51
Miranda	614	4	Tom Schneider	United States	10,000	8
Miranda	614	5	Brian Beggs	Canada	36,100	30
Miranda	614	6	Justin Kruse	United States	23,400	20
Miranda	614	7	Tony Dunst	United States	64,000	53
Miranda	614	8	Andy Frankenberger	United States	51,000	43
Miranda	614	9	Bre Mahr Manning	United States	63,700	53

Miranda	618	1	Ralph Bourland	United States	49,000	41
Miranda	618	2	Noah Vaillancourt	Canada	27,800	23
Miranda	618	3	Janet Fitzgerald	United States	37,000	31
Miranda	618	4	Stan Jablonski	United States	41,200	34
Miranda	618	5	Stefan Huber	Switzerland	69,900	58
Miranda	618	6	Terry Fan	Taiwan	39,500	33
Miranda	618	7	Alexander Elias	United Kingdom	70,500	59
Miranda	618	8	Corey Kennel	United States	74,600	62
Miranda	618	9	Andrew Misovec	United States	75,300	63

Miranda	619	1	Zhiwei Zhou	Belize	30,600	26
Miranda	619	2	Andreas Uribe	Colombia	18,500	15
Miranda	619	3	Michael Bernard	Canada	29,700	25
Miranda	619	4	Jie Xu	China	46,900	39
Miranda	619	5	Rainer Kempe	Germany	93,600	78
Miranda	619	6	Bryden Baxter	United States	43,700	36
Miranda	619	7	JR Garcia	United States	71,100	59
Miranda	619	8	Matthew Moss	United Kingdom	72,000	60
Miranda	619	9	Dan Wirgau	United States	15,400	13

Miranda	620	1	Vedat Levi	Turkey	91,800	77
Miranda	620	2	Bobby Cisneros	United States	11,400	10
Miranda	620	3	Maksim Reshetov	Russia	58,500	49
Miranda	620	4	Parker Drew	United States	119,300	99
Miranda	620	5	Sumit Asrani	United States	27,000	23
Miranda	620	6	Hon Cheong Lee	Hong Kong	28,300	24
Miranda	620	7	Kelly Minkin	United States	94,700	79
Miranda	620	8	Andrew Dean	United States	21,400	18
Miranda	620	9	Ian Steinman	United States	48,000	40

Miranda	621	1	Zhong Wang	United States	93,100	78
Miranda	621	2	Matt Stout	United States	47,000	39
Miranda	621	3	Dominik Wagner	Germany	67,100	56
Miranda	621	4	Finn Zwad	Germany	113,700	95
Miranda	621	5	James Florence	Canada	59,200	49
Miranda	621	6	Christian Rudolph	Germany	66,100	55
Miranda	621	7	Jason Deutsch	United States	14,500	12
Miranda	621	8	Kyle Muelrath	United States	131,500	110
Miranda	621	9	Jonathan Kramer	United States	76,000	63

Miranda	622	1	Samuel Phillips	United States	48,000	40
Miranda	622	2	Georgios Sotiropoulos	Greece	84,900	71
Miranda	622	3	Emil Ekvardt	Sweden	96,500	80
Miranda	622	4	James Reutgen	United States	24,100	20
Miranda	622	5	Michael Falk	United States	93,600	78
Miranda	622	6	Robert Spano	Australia	38,800	32
Miranda	622	7	Toby Joyce	Ireland	59,700	50
Miranda	622	8	Justin Conley	United States	34,500	29
Miranda	622	9	Jacobo Milhem	Venezuela	69,800	58

Miranda	623	1	Wenlong Jin	China	22,400	19
Miranda	623	2	Joshua Hatfield	United States	59,600	50
Miranda	623	3	Eddy Sabat	United States	59,900	50
Miranda	623	4	Paul Hofer	Austria	77,000	64
Miranda	623	5	Eric Harnish	United States	59,500	50
Miranda	623	6	Owen Guest	Australia	72,800	61
Miranda	623	7	Gaurav Raina	United States	50,000	42
Miranda	623	8	Scott Horvath	United States	34,000	28
Miranda	623	9	Joshua Abady	United States	21,000	18

Miranda	627	1	Adam Geyer	United States	67,400	56
Miranda	627	2	Benjamin Ector	United States	36,000	30
Miranda	627	3	Brandon Ageloff	United States	104,700	87
Miranda	627	4	Ran Ilani	Israel	61,000	51
Miranda	627	5	Mark Darner	United States	48,000	40
Miranda	627	6	Mackenzie Fulton	United States	37,300	31
Miranda	627	7	Anh Tran	Canada	17,200	14
Miranda	627	8	Dylan Hortin	United States	97,300	81
Miranda	627	9	Marty Healy	United States	2,800	2

Miranda	628	1	Thomas Cromer	United States	20,000	17
Miranda	628	2	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	73,200	61
Miranda	628	3	Gregory Fishberg	United States	20,500	17
Miranda	628	4	Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	United States	33,500	28
Miranda	628	5	Andrii Novak	Ukraine	76,200	64
Miranda	628	6	Griffin Malatino	United States	116,500	97
Miranda	628	7	Kevin Palmer	United States	92,400	77
Miranda	628	8	Kevin Le	United States	56,700	47
Miranda	628	9	Max Gruvaeus	Sweden	47,700	40

Miranda	629	1	Cary Katz	United States	88,200	74
Miranda	629	3	Marquetti Salazar	Brazil	61,000	51
Miranda	629	4	David Rosenbloom	United States	45,500	38
Miranda	629	5	Kayhan Molaci	Turkey	43,400	36
Miranda	629	6	Alyssa Hennager	United States	25,400	21
Miranda	629	7	Jeffrey Lennon	United States	76,700	64
Miranda	629	8	Tomas Soderstrom	Sweden	23,400	20
Miranda	629	9	Dan Murariu	Romania	24,200	20

Miranda	630	1	Pratik Ghatge	United Kingdom	101,000	84
Miranda	630	2	Dieke Meyer	Germany	65,000	54
Miranda	630	3	Andy Spears	United States	42,400	35
Miranda	630	4	John Pierce	United States	55,100	46
Miranda	630	5	Sixiao Li	China	41,600	35
Miranda	630	6	Bernardo Da Silveira Dias	Brazil	66,300	55
Miranda	630	7	Joseph Holzhauer	United States	12,500	10
Miranda	630	8	Cesar Alexander Ver	Canada	26,500	22
Miranda	630	9	Richard Seymour	United Kingdom	83,700	70

Miranda	631	1	Friedrich Meyer	Germany	83,300	69
Miranda	631	2	Samuel Taylor	United States	19,100	16
Miranda	631	3	Brett Feder	United States	69,100	58
Miranda	631	4	Larissa Metrannascente	Brazil	64,900	54
Miranda	631	5	Lander Lijo	Spain	11,700	10
Miranda	631	6	Joseph Teanotoga	France	34,100	28
Miranda	631	7	Will Molson	Canada	96,600	81
Miranda	631	8	Lauren Roberts	United States	79,700	66
Miranda	631	9	Denny Crum	United States	102,000	85

Miranda	632	1	Mikhail Rudoy	Russia	84,000	70
Miranda	632	2	Justin Foster	United States	10,900	9
Miranda	632	3	Igor Zektser	United States	24,300	20
Miranda	632	4	Christopher Chabris	United States	76,900	64
Miranda	632	5	Travis Case	United States	30,900	26
Miranda	632	6	Jun Ong	Singapore	31,300	26
Miranda	632	7	Mohsin Charania	United States	44,800	37
Miranda	632	8	Roy Thung	United States	25,500	21
Miranda	632	9	Jeremy Wien	United States	43,200	36

Miranda	636	1	Jesus Martinez	Spain	22,900	19
Miranda	636	2	Kenneth Pitts	United States	13,300	11
Miranda	636	3	Jason Darland	United States	73,900	62
Miranda	636	4	Radu Catoiu	Romania	12,900	11
Miranda	636	5	Terrance Eischens	United States	73,700	61
Miranda	636	6	Pedro Cabeca	Portugal	38,600	32
Miranda	636	7	Milan Simko	Czech Republic	32,900	27
Miranda	636	8	Warne Young	United States	35,700	30
Miranda	636	9	Barry Greenstein	United States	19,700	16

Miranda	637	1	Manig Loeser	Germany	14,700	12
Miranda	637	2	Ross Mcleod	United Kingdom	52,500	44
Miranda	637	3	Barry Seidman	United States	35,800	30
Miranda	637	4	Shouan Dabiri	United States	45,300	38
Miranda	637	5	Joseph Cappello	United States	65,000	54
Miranda	637	6	Sebastien Zanolini	United States	80,700	67
Miranda	637	7	Daniel Murphy	United States	42,300	35
Miranda	637	8	John Strzemp	United States	52,600	44
Miranda	637	9	Mathieu Selides	United States	80,900	67

Miranda	638	1	Tom Koral	United States	23,500	20
Miranda	638	2	Gregory Yeager	United States	36,200	30
Miranda	638	3	Aurelien Guiglini	France	36,600	31
Miranda	638	4	Alexander Pope	Canada	53,600	45
Miranda	638	5	Tonio Roder	Germany	16,300	14
Miranda	638	6	Pantelis Joakim	Cyprus	37,100	31
Miranda	638	7	Farzad Tafti	United States	28,300	24
Miranda	638	8	Julius Malzanini	Germany	45,000	38
Miranda	638	9	Arne Kern	Germany	49,000	41

Miranda	639	1	Robert Flowers	United States	5,100	4
Miranda	639	2	Aditya Agarwal	India	49,100	41
Miranda	639	3	Kework Besiktasliyan	Malta	177,400	148
Miranda	639	4	Adrian Attenborough	Australia	49,700	41
Miranda	639	5	Aymon Hata	United Kingdom	46,200	39
Miranda	639	6	Lukas Moravec	Canada	53,400	45
Miranda	639	7	Paul W Lee	United States	20,800	17
Miranda	639	8	Steven Snyder	United States	26,500	22
Miranda	639	9	Kaan Becer	Canada	11,800	10