WSOP National Championship
Day 1 Completed
WSOP National Championship
Day 1 Completed
After a full year in the making Day 1 of the WSOP National Championship has come to a close. Almost all of the 100 WSOPC qualifiers showed up to play and 57 WSOP POY qualifiers forked over the $10,000 entrance fee to play. Leading the remaining 39 players is Brian Rast with 248,000.
On Rast’s heels are Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (231,500) and Matt Keikoan (228,500). Notables David “ODB” Baker, Eugene Katchalov, Sam Stein, Fabrice Soulier, Chris Tryba and Chris Moorman still remain.
WSOPC standouts Drazen Ilich, Aaron Massey, Amanda Musumeci, Ryan Eriquezzo, Chris Conrad, Jamie Kerstetter, Huy Nguyen and Jacob Naquin remain in the field. Only two WSOPC Main Event champions remain – Eriquezzo and Jerry Monroe.
A total of 19 tables began play and eliminations were swift throughout the day. By the dinner break that number had been halved and by night’s end only five tables remained.
Plenty of notables that paid $10,000 did not survive the day including; Michael Mizrachi, Tristan Wade, David “Doc” Sands, Jeffrey Papola, Pius Heinz, Christian Harder, John Racener, Matt Glantz, Allen Bari and Phil Hellmuth.
Some of the WSOPC qualifiers that didn’t survive the day included; Freddy Deeb, Alex Masek, Kurt Jewell, Tripp Kirk, Kyle Cartwright, AP Phahurat, Tuan Phan, Drew Dumanski, Daniel Lowery, Raj Kattamuri, Charles Moore and Jennifer Parrish.
The structure has been kept the same as WSOPC Main Events with 40-minute levels on Day 1 and levels bump up to 60 minutes during Day 2. The third and final day of play will have 75-minute levels.
Day 2 will resume at 1 p.m. PST in the Gold Section of the Brasilia Room. The field will play down to a final table of eight players. Follow all the WSOP National Championship action live on PokerNews.com.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Rast |
248,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
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Bertrand Grospellier |
231,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
Matt Keikoan |
228,500
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
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Drazen Ilich |
227,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
David ODB Baker |
212,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Aaron Massey |
207,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
Hao Le |
192,000
130,500
|
130,500 |
Justin Gardenhire |
192,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
Huy Quach |
165,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
Jerry Monroe |
160,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
David Peters |
155,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
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Jonathan Sorscher |
154,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
Stephen Kats |
153,500
142,500
|
142,500 |
Eugene Katchalov |
141,500
-108,500
|
-108,500 |
Amanda Musumeci |
138,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Mitch Schock |
130,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Ryan Eriquezzo |
129,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
||
Sam Stein |
128,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Mark Bonsack |
121,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Josh Tieman |
115,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Nikolas Stone |
107,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Jamie Kerstetter |
95,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
Fabrice Soulier |
89,500
41,500
|
41,500 |
|
||
Chris Tryba |
88,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
Dejuante Alexander |
81,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Jason Mercier open shipped from early position for his last 35,000, and it folded around to Mark Bonsack, who instantly made the call.
Bonsack:
Mercier:
Of course no matter how far ahead you are, it's never easy to bust Mercier. The flop came down , giving Mercier a jack for a straight to win the pot. The hit the turn, giving Mercier additional flush draw outs. But it all missed, as the hit the river. Mercier quickly made his exit, as he was off to finish the last two levels of the 2-7 event. There will be no Day 2 for Mercier. #justbadluck
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Mercier | Busted | |
Michael "Carwash" Schneider has been eliminated with just a couple hands left in the evening.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Schneider | Busted |
The clock has reached the ten minute mark and the field will play five more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Jason Mercier let his stack blind down for a bit while he was busy cashing in Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit). He's on break over there, so now he's back here for the last few hands of the night. He has already shoved twice, and taken down the blinds and antes both times.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Mercier |
38,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Gardenhire |
310,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Eugene Katchalov |
250,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Bertrand Grospellier |
220,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
David ODB Baker |
220,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Jerry Monroe |
173,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Aaron Massey |
160,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Josh Tieman |
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Huy Quach |
145,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Matt Keikoan |
145,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
||
Amanda Musumeci |
145,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Chris Conrad |
116,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Mitch Schock |
110,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
Jamie Kerstetter |
105,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
Drazen Ilich |
105,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
David Peters | 100,000 | |
|
||
Chris Moorman |
90,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
Arkadiy Tsinis |
85,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
Ryan Eriquezzo |
80,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
Dejuante Alexander |
76,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
Paul Sokoloff |
76,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
Mark Bonsack |
66,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Huy Nguyen |
60,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Sam Stein |
55,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Jacob Naquin |
51,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Allen Kessler |
50,000
13,700
|
13,700 |
|
Action started with Matt Keikoan raising to 5,100. Pascal LeFrancois then moved all in for 15,800 from the small blind, and when it got back to Keikoan, he tossed in the call.
Keikoan:
LeFrancois:
The suspense was over pretty quickly as the flop came down . No miracles would come for LeFrancois, as the hit the turn. The meaningless river was the , and Keikoan collected the bounty.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Keikoan |
220,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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Pascal LeFrancois | Busted | |
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Action started with an early position player raising it to 6,600. Two players called, including Jon "Pearljammer" Turner. It folded all the way around to Jamie Kerstetter in the small blind, and she shipped it all in for 46,500. The frist two players folded, but Turner made the call.
Kerstetter:
Turner:
Any miracle that Turner could hope for went virtually out the door when the flop came . Turner would need runner runner to win, but the turn came the . The meaningless river was the , and Kerstetter secured the double up to 101,000.
A few hands later, Turner got it all in preflop with against the of Chris Moorman. The flop was a disaster for Turner, coming . Turner was all but dead, and he was officially drawing dead when the hit the turn. The meaningless river was the , and Turner was sent packing, while Moorman jumped up to 73,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jamie Kerstetter |
101,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
||
Chris Moorman |
73,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
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Jon Turner | Busted |