2010 World Series of Poker

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Posted 06-10-2010 11:07 GMT-7 by Matthew

Chip Counts
1	Homan Houshiar		116,100	0
2	Tommy Vedes		112,600	0
3	David Baker		104,000	0
4	Eric Cloutier		83,500
5	Anton Allemann	PokerStars Team Switzerland	80,600	44,600
6	Tom Dwan		64,100	17,100
7	Brandon Cantu		63,000	6,000
8	Billy Baxter		61,200
9	Joe Cassidy		60,300	32,300
10	Doug Booth		59,600
11	David Williams		59,400
12	John Kabbaj		58,500	24,500
13	Loi Phan		57,200
14			55,200
15	Arturo Diaz		54,100
16	John Juanda		54,050	12,050
17	Brett Richey		53,300	7,300
18	Peter Gould		51,600
19	Vincent Musso		51,300
20	Randal Haley		50,900
21	Jason Mercier	PokerStars Team USA	49,400	15,400
22	Andy Black		49,300	11,300
23	Mike Matusow		48,900	8,900
24	Daniel Negreanu	PokerStars Team Canada	46,800	-200
25	Erik Seidel		46,400	1,400

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Day 1 completed

Posted 06-10-2010 07:23 GMT-7 by Jurasj

Day 1 Concludes

Posted 06-10-2010 02:57 GMT-7 by Shamus

Tommy Vedes, near the top of the leaderboard as Day 1 concludes

As expected, the $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit) attracted a star-studded field as poker's elite came out to compete for what has come to be regarded as one of the more prestigious bracelets among the preliminary events.

A total of 101 came out for today's event, making for a prize pool of $949,400. Among the greats making up today's field were Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jeffrey Lisandro, Erik Seidel, Carlos Mortensen, Doyle Brunson, Huck Seed, Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Mueller, Tom Schneider, and Billy Baxter. And that's just limiting ourselves to those holding multiple WSOP bracelets!

The first four levels featured those "add-on" chips, meaning we saw only a couple of eliminations before the dinner break. We saw a few more hit the rail as the night came to a close, including Chan, Ivey, and Lederer.

Tommy Vedes held the chip lead during the last couple of levels tonight, only to be overtaken by Homan Houshiar at the very end. Houshiar bagged 116,100 chips once play concluded, and will be at the top of the leaderboard when the 72 remaining players return tomorrow.

Thanks for following our coverage of Day 1. Be sure to come back tomorrow at 3 p.m. Vegas time for continuing coverage of Event No. 19.

More Day 1 Photos

Posted 06-10-2010 02:52 GMT-7 by FlipChip

Four More Hands

Posted 06-10-2010 02:41 GMT-7 by Shamus

The tourney clock has been stopped with ten minutes left in the level, and a draw of a card has determined we're to play four more hands before stopping for the evening.

Two More Fall

Posted 06-10-2010 02:27 GMT-7 by Shamus

We just came on the tail end of a big hand over on Table 303 in which both Justin "Boosted J" Smith and Dario Alioto were eliminated.

Black Is Back

Posted 06-10-2010 02:25 GMT-7 by Shamus

Andy Black

Andy Black opened with a raise from the button, the big blind made it 6,000 to go, then Black reraised all in for 27,200. His opponent called.

Both stood pat, Black showed , and his opponent mucked. Black is up to 58,000.

78 Left

Posted 06-10-2010 02:21 GMT-7 by Shamus

J.C. Tran was unable to nurse that short stack much longer, and has just been eliminated. So has Phil Tom.

About halfway through our last level of the night, we are now down to 78 players left from our original field of 101.

Tags: J.C. Tran, Phil Tom.

Bald Eagle Doubles His Wingspan

Posted 06-10-2010 02:20 GMT-7 by donpeters

From middle position, Erik Seidel raised to 1,700. Steve Zolotow called from the cutoff seat and then Dan O'Brien reraised from the big blind to 7,800. Seidel got out of the way and then Zolotow called.

O'Brien tapped the table, signifying that he was standing pat while Zolotow drew one. After the draw, O'Brien moved all in and Zolotow called. O'Brien showed an , but was beat by Zolotow's .

Zolotow doubled to just about 56,000 while O'Brien was knocked down to 38,000.

Tags: Steve Zolotow, Dan O'Brien.

You Look Familiar

Posted 06-10-2010 02:19 GMT-7 by Shamus

It's getting late here in the Rio. After 2 a.m. And "Poker After Dark" is playing silently on a big screen television just off to the side of our event.

In fact, three of the players in currently in this event -- Tom Dwan, Doyle Brunson, and Eli Elezra -- also appear in tonight's episode of "PAD."

At Elezra's table, play nearly ground to a halt as players became engaged in watching a hand between Elezra and Dwan play out on the screen. In the hand, Dwan succeeded in bluffing Elezra out with a bold river bet, eliciting a round laughter from Elezra's current tablemates.