Ryan Laplante Bags Chip Lead in Event #64: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'Em & Pot-Limit Omaha (Eight Handed)
The first day of Event #64: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'Em & Pot-Limit Omaha (Eight Handed) has come to an end. Ryan Laplante bagged an exceptionally large stack of 245,000 to end the night as the chip leader, as he looks for his second WSOP title.
Laplante's first WSOP win came last year in the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha for $190,328. Laplante has also had an impressive summer thus far in 2017 with a final table appearance in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'Em Tag Team event and he also shipped the $600 No-Limit Hold'Em Ultimate Goliath Stack for over $31,000.
Chris Moorman is not far behind with 200,500 chips and he is also looking to add his second WSOP bracelet to his accomplishments. Moorman, an online poker professional, won his first bracelet earlier this year in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'Em - 6 Handed event for nearly half a million dollars. Moorman has racked up over $5,000,000 in career earnings and is looking to add to that in a big way.
The day started out with around 400 entries but quickly grew to a total of 1,058 by the end of late registration. Bust-outs came quick and often throughout the day, including some busting on the very first hand. The money bubble burst in the last hand of the evening when Ethen Tosun and Tommy Chen both busted and will take home a share of the $2,252. In the end, the day finished with 158 players.
The total field made up a prizepool of $1,428,300 with 159 players making the money and a min-cash being worth $2,252. Those making it through to Day 2 will be looking forward to the first place prize of $268,555 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Many notables took their shot in this one-of-a-kind event, however, those that were eliminated early include Joe Cada, Maurice Hawkins, Phil Laak, Niall Farrell, Allen Cunningham, David Williams, Maria Ho, Nacho Barbero, Joseph Cheong, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Chris Ferguson, Ari Engel, and Kristen Bicknell.
Notables that were lucky enough to find a bag after Day 1 are defending champion Loren Klein, Tom Marchese, Jared Jaffee, Juha Helppi, Shannon Shorr, Carlos Mortensen, Matt Affleck, Esther Taylor, and Jeff Gross.
When the remaining 158 players return at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, they will all be guaranteed $2,252 and the eliminations can be expected to be just as fast as today.
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| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miranda | 600 | 1 | John Moore | United States | 19,900 | 17 |
| Miranda | 600 | 2 | Steven Wylie | United States | 81,500 | 68 |
| Miranda | 600 | 3 | Fabio Colonese | Brazil | 26,700 | 22 |
| Miranda | 600 | 4 | Daniel Aharoni | United States | 21,200 | 18 |
| Miranda | 600 | 5 | Sean Legendre | United States | 34,500 | 29 |
| Miranda | 600 | 6 | Shannon Shorr | United States | 118,500 | 99 |
| Miranda | 600 | 7 | Bas De Laat | Netherlands | 36,500 | 30 |
| Miranda | 600 | 8 | Nikolai Sears | United States | 24,200 | 20 |
| Miranda | 601 | 1 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | 200,500 | 167 |
| Miranda | 601 | 2 | Nicholas Baris | United States | 102,000 | 85 |
| Miranda | 601 | 3 | Sebastian Langrock | Austria | 24,500 | 20 |
| Miranda | 601 | 4 | Tomas Soderstrom | Sweden | 115,500 | 96 |
| Miranda | 601 | 5 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 1,900 | 2 |
| Miranda | 601 | 6 | Chris Karambinis | United States | 81,700 | 68 |
| Miranda | 601 | 7 | Jesper Hoog | Sweden | 25,500 | 21 |
| Miranda | 601 | 8 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 132,300 | 110 |
| Miranda | 602 | 1 | Mark Liedtke | United States | 65,200 | 54 |
| Miranda | 602 | 2 | Wesley Clark | United States | 10,600 | 9 |
| Miranda | 602 | 3 | Alex Massman | United States | 57,200 | 48 |
| Miranda | 602 | 4 | Victor Figueroa | United States | 59,400 | 50 |
| Miranda | 602 | 5 | Eric Penner | United States | 22,200 | 19 |
| Miranda | 602 | 6 | Fernando Brito | Brazil | 87,100 | 73 |
| Miranda | 602 | 7 | Ryan Goindoo | Trinidad and Tobego | 112,000 | 93 |
| Miranda | 602 | 8 | Joseph Brown | United States | 32,400 | 27 |
| Miranda | 603 | 1 | Darrell Rutledge | United States | 8,400 | 7 |
| Miranda | 603 | 2 | Tom Midena | United States | 4,900 | 4 |
| Miranda | 603 | 3 | Xixiang Luo | China | 70,400 | 59 |
| Miranda | 603 | 4 | Rick Alvarado | United States | 84,400 | 70 |
| Miranda | 603 | 6 | Mark Hughes | Canada | 75,100 | 63 |
| Miranda | 603 | 7 | Jack Shea | United States | 50,000 | 42 |
| Miranda | 603 | 8 | Robert Cheung | Canada | 12,300 | 10 |
| Miranda | 609 | 1 | Jeffrey Manning | United States | 24,100 | 20 |
| Miranda | 609 | 2 | Steve Gross | United States | 126,500 | 105 |
| Miranda | 609 | 3 | Nathaniel Greenwald | United States | 12,500 | 10 |
| Miranda | 609 | 4 | Ivan Deyra | France | 77,700 | 65 |
| Miranda | 609 | 5 | Carlos Mortensen | United States | 41,400 | 35 |
| Miranda | 609 | 6 | Gal Erlichman | Israel | 18,900 | 16 |
| Miranda | 609 | 7 | Konstantin Bucherl | Germany | 25,000 | 21 |
| Miranda | 609 | 8 | Andrew Peplinski | United States | 10,300 | 9 |
| Miranda | 610 | 1 | Erich Gmur | United States | 11,300 | 9 |
| Miranda | 610 | 2 | Ashly Butler | United States | 86,600 | 72 |
| Miranda | 610 | 3 | Adam Brown | United States | 24,300 | 20 |
| Miranda | 610 | 4 | Pavols Xanthopoulos | United States | 18,800 | 16 |
| Miranda | 610 | 5 | Andrew Finamore | United States | 2,600 | 2 |
| Miranda | 610 | 6 | Kory Swekla | United States | 13,300 | 11 |
| Miranda | 610 | 7 | Tobias Ziegler | Germany | 12,100 | 10 |
| Miranda | 610 | 8 | Zahir Gilani | Canada | 37,400 | 31 |
| Miranda | 611 | 1 | Michael Murphy | United States | 75,000 | 63 |
| Miranda | 611 | 2 | Tom Kearney | United States | 14,100 | 12 |
| Miranda | 611 | 3 | Wei Chang | United States | 51,300 | 43 |
| Miranda | 611 | 4 | Rafi Elharar | Israel | 16,900 | 14 |
| Miranda | 611 | 5 | Dan Healey | United States | 71,000 | 59 |
| Miranda | 611 | 6 | Jagdeep Singh | United States | 36,700 | 31 |
| Miranda | 611 | 7 | Brent Harpe | United States | 25,700 | 21 |
| Miranda | 611 | 8 | Tom West | United States | 39,000 | 33 |
| Miranda | 612 | 1 | Johnny Neckar | United States | 18,800 | 16 |
| Miranda | 612 | 2 | Steven Loube | United States | 29,800 | 25 |
| Miranda | 612 | 3 | Ville Mattila | Austria | 63,700 | 53 |
| Miranda | 612 | 4 | Adam Johnson | United States | 29,500 | 25 |
| Miranda | 612 | 5 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 58,500 | 49 |
| Miranda | 612 | 6 | Xinyan Zhou | United States | 47,100 | 39 |
| Miranda | 612 | 7 | Taylor Wilson | United States | 14,000 | 12 |
| Miranda | 612 | 8 | Adam Webster | United States | 14,000 | 12 |
| Miranda | 618 | 1 | Paul Leckey | Ireland | 36,900 | 31 |
| Miranda | 618 | 2 | Christopher Leslie | United States | 9,100 | 8 |
| Miranda | 618 | 3 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 5,300 | 4 |
| Miranda | 618 | 4 | Patrick Mahoney | United States | 67,700 | 56 |
| Miranda | 618 | 5 | John Hulett | United States | 6,300 | 5 |
| Miranda | 618 | 6 | Damjan Radanov | United States | 48,000 | 40 |
| Miranda | 618 | 7 | Ivan Naumov | Russia | 69,800 | 58 |
| Miranda | 618 | 8 | Casey Yontz | United States | 14,300 | 12 |
| Miranda | 619 | 1 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 162,000 | 135 |
| Miranda | 619 | 2 | Kevin Saul | United States | 22,400 | 19 |
| Miranda | 619 | 3 | Soheb Porbandarwala | United States | 138,700 | 116 |
| Miranda | 619 | 4 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 245,000 | 204 |
| Miranda | 619 | 5 | Kate Hoang | United States | 40,500 | 34 |
| Miranda | 619 | 6 | Timothy Ballejo | United States | 112,900 | 94 |
| Miranda | 619 | 7 | Kenneth Wong | Canada | 72,300 | 60 |
| Miranda | 619 | 8 | Michael Haag | United States | 31,300 | 26 |
| Miranda | 620 | 1 | Slimane Mameche | France | 39,600 | 33 |
| Miranda | 620 | 2 | Alex Khodaverdian | United States | 21,000 | 18 |
| Miranda | 620 | 3 | Matt Affleck | United States | 45,000 | 38 |
| Miranda | 620 | 4 | Orlando Romero | United States | 7,200 | 6 |
| Miranda | 620 | 5 | Edward Lin | United States | 32,000 | 27 |
| Miranda | 620 | 6 | David Schwind | United States | 195,100 | 163 |
| Miranda | 620 | 7 | Keith Romanovitz | United States | 18,700 | 16 |
| Miranda | 620 | 8 | Millard Hale | United States | 55,500 | 46 |
| Miranda | 621 | 1 | Alfie Adam | United Kingdom | 14,900 | 12 |
| Miranda | 621 | 2 | Sylvain Naets | Belgium | 4,800 | 4 |
| Miranda | 621 | 3 | James St Hilaire | United States | 43,200 | 36 |
| Miranda | 621 | 4 | Benjamin Sriqui | United States | 45,100 | 38 |
| Miranda | 621 | 5 | Bob Bounahra | Belize | 35,900 | 30 |
| Miranda | 621 | 6 | Jay Farber | United States | 49,400 | 41 |
| Miranda | 621 | 7 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 95,800 | 80 |
| Miranda | 621 | 8 | Gabriele Digiuseppe | Italy | 98,400 | 82 |
| Miranda | 627 | 1 | Tsakov Petko | United States | 60,400 | 50 |
| Miranda | 627 | 2 | Tom Cannuli | United States | 84,000 | 70 |
| Miranda | 627 | 3 | Khorchidian Nichan | Lebanon | 165,500 | 138 |
| Miranda | 627 | 4 | Igor Zektser | United States | 32,100 | 27 |
| Miranda | 627 | 5 | Demosthenes Kiriopoulos | Canada | 140,200 | 117 |
| Miranda | 627 | 6 | Raghav Bansal | India | 19,900 | 17 |
| Miranda | 627 | 7 | Mark Kelsall | United States | 9,800 | 8 |
| Miranda | 627 | 8 | Jiahuan He | United States | 115,400 | 96 |
| Miranda | 628 | 1 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 79,600 | 66 |
| Miranda | 628 | 2 | Jeff Gross | United States | 22,300 | 19 |
| Miranda | 628 | 3 | Todd Orgel | United States | 127,600 | 106 |
| Miranda | 628 | 4 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 41,600 | 35 |
| Miranda | 628 | 5 | Sergei Tolkachov | United States | 19,300 | 16 |
| Miranda | 628 | 6 | Jeremiah Callahan | United States | 34,000 | 28 |
| Miranda | 628 | 7 | Adam Swan | United States | 25,100 | 21 |
| Miranda | 628 | 8 | John Holley | United States | 29,200 | 24 |
| Miranda | 629 | 1 | Matthew McEwan | United States | 9,200 | 8 |
| Miranda | 629 | 2 | Quan Tran | United States | 75,500 | 63 |
| Miranda | 629 | 3 | Saya Ono | United States | 29,200 | 24 |
| Miranda | 629 | 4 | William Mcgrotty | United States | 34,500 | 29 |
| Miranda | 629 | 5 | Doanh Le | United States | 11,800 | 10 |
| Miranda | 629 | 6 | Tyler Patterson | United States | 17,900 | 15 |
| Miranda | 629 | 7 | Simon Lam | United States | 70,800 | 59 |
| Miranda | 629 | 8 | Pablo Melogno | Uruguay | 55,400 | 46 |
| Miranda | 630 | 1 | Patrik Korsar | Sweden | 122,000 | 102 |
| Miranda | 630 | 2 | Michael Horchoff | United States | 11,400 | 10 |
| Miranda | 630 | 3 | Andrew Talbot | Canada | 17,700 | 15 |
| Miranda | 630 | 4 | Kevin Iacofano | United States | 24,900 | 21 |
| Miranda | 630 | 5 | Jeremy Putthoff | United States | 42,400 | 35 |
| Miranda | 630 | 6 | Nikolaos Panopoulos | Greece | 52,000 | 43 |
| Miranda | 630 | 7 | MARCOS ROGERIO DE SIQUEIRA | Brazil | 24,400 | 20 |
| Miranda | 630 | 8 | Jared Jaffee | United States | 114,900 | 96 |
| Miranda | 636 | 1 | Andrew Teng | United Kingdom | 8,600 | 7 |
| Miranda | 636 | 2 | Shawn Busse | United States | 46,800 | 39 |
| Miranda | 636 | 3 | Stephen Johnson | United States | 11,300 | 9 |
| Miranda | 636 | 4 | Jeremy Tinsley | United States | 7,300 | 6 |
| Miranda | 636 | 5 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 69,000 | 58 |
| Miranda | 636 | 6 | Victor Choupeaux | Brazil | 192,000 | 160 |
| Miranda | 636 | 7 | Bernardo Da Silveira Dias | Brazil | 117,200 | 98 |
| Miranda | 636 | 8 | Martin Staszko | Czech Republic | 4,400 | 4 |
| Miranda | 637 | 1 | Chad Deberry | United States | 55,000 | 46 |
| Miranda | 637 | 2 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 14,500 | 12 |
| Miranda | 637 | 3 | Allan Vrooman | United States | 25,400 | 21 |
| Miranda | 637 | 4 | Connor Drinan | United States | 23,000 | 19 |
| Miranda | 637 | 5 | Tom Marchese | United States | 79,000 | 66 |
| Miranda | 637 | 6 | Christopher Meyers | United States | 33,700 | 28 |
| Miranda | 637 | 7 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 14,100 | 12 |
| Miranda | 637 | 8 | Friedrich Meyer | Germany | 27,500 | 23 |
| Miranda | 638 | 1 | Ankit Ahuja | United States | 71,500 | 60 |
| Miranda | 638 | 2 | Michael Smith | Austria | 27,000 | 23 |
| Miranda | 638 | 3 | Zachariah Marchiondo | United States | 9,000 | 8 |
| Miranda | 638 | 4 | Guy Bowles | United Kingdom | 60,000 | 50 |
| Miranda | 638 | 5 | Jesse Rockowitz | United States | 43,500 | 36 |
| Miranda | 638 | 6 | Mark Radoja | Canada | 18,500 | 15 |
| Miranda | 638 | 7 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 44,300 | 37 |
| Miranda | 638 | 8 | Loren Klein | United States | 15,600 | 13 |
| Miranda | 639 | 1 | Daniel Zack | United States | 57,400 | 48 |
| Miranda | 639 | 2 | Esther Taylor-Brady | United States | 112,400 | 94 |
| Miranda | 639 | 4 | Mario Diliberto | United States | 175,000 | 146 |
| Miranda | 639 | 5 | John Bunch | United States | 15,900 | 13 |
| Miranda | 639 | 6 | Robin Ylitalo | United States | 124,700 | 104 |
| Miranda | 639 | 7 | Bruno Politano | Brazil | 13,500 | 11 |
| Miranda | 639 | 8 | Joseph Palma | United States | 60,000 | 50 |