The WSOP has released overnight chip counts for all 125 Day 1 survivors in Event #20, $2,000 Limit Hold'em. The pack is led by Daniel Makowsky at 49,200, with Daniel Negreanu, stacked at 32,200, in fourth. The overnight top ten:
Daniel Makowsky 49,200
Eric Buchman 46,500
Alon Croitoru 33,700
Daniel Negreanu 32,200
Casey McCarrel 31,600
Ayaz Mahmood 30,700
Brendan Taylor 30,300
Hien Tran 30,100
Ardell Willis 30,000
David Rood 29,300
The fixed structure in today's $2,000 Limit Hold'em event did not dissuade many players from playing fast today. Despite starting with 80 big blinds, the bust-outs came quickly, especially as the night wore on. By 11 p.m., half the field was gone. By the end of the day, it was down below a third.
Among the players that busted early in Day 1 action were Robert Williamson III, Joe Sebok, Marcel Luske, Ciaran O'Leary and Shaun Deeb. Making it past midnight, but still far from the money, were Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich, Aaron "NDGrinder" Steury, Cyndy Violette, Bill Chen, and Justin Bonomo.
The remaining 125 players face a long Day 2, as they play all the way down to a nine-person final table. The cash starts at 45 players. At the top of the leaderboard is Atlantic City regular Eric Buchman, but gaining on him is Stuart "The Donator" Paterson, Daniel Negreanu and JC Tran. All of them have stacks more than double the chip average and are in a good place heading into the next phase of the tournament.
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Eric Buchman continues to pick up more chips as the leader and now sits on a big 51,500 heading into the end of Day 1. Stuart Paterson is still doing just fine with 42,000 and Daniel Makowsky has 40,000.
Amnon Filippi just reached into his pocket for his phone -- and got a handful of chocolate instead. It seems he left a candy bar in there, and now his phone, and his clothes, are covered in melted chocolate. He's attempting to clean up while playing his 15,500 in chips.
Stuart "The Donator" Paterson raised in middle position and Jon "PearlJammer" Turner reraised, also in middle position. Paterson called and the flop was . Paterson checked and Turner bet. Paterson called. The turn was . Paterson checked. Turner bet and Paterson called. The river was . Paterson bet and Turner called.
Paterson showed for the full house, Turner mucked, and Paterson took a nice pot to bring him back to the chip lead and 42,000 in chips. Turner was down to 5,200.
A player in middle position raised and Cyndy Violette reraised in late position, all in. The MP called with versus Violette's . The board was and Violette busted out.