$1,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas

$1,700 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

02-24-2020 02:25 UTC-7

Trung Pham Bags Overall Lead on Day 1b of WSOPC Rio Main Event

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The second flight of the $1,700 Main Event here at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino has come to an end after 15 levels of play and just 89 bagged of the 457 entries that were accumulated during the final flight.

Finding the largest stack of the night, and the overall lead is Trung Pham who bagged an outstanding 485,000. Pham started his stack climb slowly during the middle of the day and then rapidly in the later stages, catapulting to the top during the last level of the night. Following close behind Pham on the leader board is Kevin Calenzo who managed to put 452,000 into his bag by night's end. Rounding out the top five are Paul Murphy (442,000), Martin Zamani (429,500), and Kathy Liebert (385,500).

Some other stacks on the larger side of things to emerge from Day 1b are Bryan Piccioli (348,500), Ryan Olisar (318,000), Jeffrey Lutes (288,500), Katie Lindsay (283,000), Justin Sharpe (263,5000), and Hieu Dang (254,000).

A star-studded field showed up for the final flight of this event and not all could find a bag but some that did include three-time bracelet winner David Pham (238,500), Jeremy Ausmus (203,500), Will Givens (177,000), Tim Reilly (162,000), Sorel Mizzi (152,500), Anthony Zinno (114,500), Eli Elezra (110,000), and Eric Baldwin (91,000).

The first flight of this event saw 290 entry slips sold with 57 surviving at the end of the night and Day 1b had a total of 457 entries with 89 finding a bag. Bringing the total to 747 for the event with 146 players set to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time. A total of 113 will be finding a cash and the prize pool will be announced tomorrow before the second day begins.

Top 10 Stacks Headed Into Day 2

Position	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Trung Pham	485,000	121
2	Kevin Calenzo	452,000	113
3	Paul Murphy	442,000	111
4	Martin Zamani	429,500	107
5	Michael Stein	387,000	97
6	Kathy Liebert	385,500	96
7	Leo Worthington-Leese	354,000	89
8	Bryan Piccioli	348,500	87
9	Ryan Olisar	318,000	80
10	Kevin MacPhee	301,000	75

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all of the action throughout the remainder of this event, so tune in tomorrow as the second day of this event gets underway at 1 p.m. local time.

Tags: Trung Pham

02-24-2020 02:19 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Chart

MartianNews

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	2	Andy Rose	100,500	25
1	3	Gregory Hughes	92,000	23
1	4	Jim Agarte	83,500	21
1	5	Matas Cimbolas	121,100	30
1	6	Sorel Mizzi	152,500	38
1	6	Ali Imsirovic	125,500	31
1	7	Ryan Olisar	318,000	80
1	8	Adam Hendrix	117,500	29
1	9	Mark Ioli	108,500	27

2	1	Shannon Shorr	80,500	20
2	2	Diosdado Bisco	76,000	19
2	3	Phong Nguyen	115,500	29
2	4	Alex Rocha	70,000	18
2	4	Nick Riali	106,500	27
2	5	Jesse Cohen	54,000	14
2	7	Jordan Cristos	118,500	30
2	8	Adekunle Otonoh	268,500	67
2	9	Michael Stein	387,000	97

3	2	Guy Cannon	90,000	23
3	3	Jonathan Wany	97,500	24
3	4	Ken Eini Len	221,000	55
3	5	Jakob Zigulis	51,000	13
3	6	Brad Coultas	135,000	34
3	7	Karapet Galstyan	237,500	59
3	8	Anthony Silano	222,000	56
3	9	Steven Westberg	124,500	31

4	1	Trung Pham	485,000	121
4	2	Larry Wells	N/A	N/A
4	3	David Levi	80,000	20
4	4	Viacheslav Fertisov	75,500	19
4	5	Tai Nguyen	165,000	41
4	6	Peter Vitantonio	225,500	56
4	7	Asher Conniff	145,000	36
4	8	David Pham	238,500	60
4	9	John Gorsuch	121,500	30

5	1	Matthew Leary	N/A	N/A
5	2	Jeff Zigulis	123,000	31
5	3	James Duke	227,500	57
5	4	David Pote	130,500	33
5	5	Aaron Massey	106,000	27
5	6	Michael Pearson	199,000	50
5	7	Simon Deadman	110,000	28
5	8	Joseph Spanne	66,000	17
5	9	Sam Cosby	86,500	22

6	1	Craig Mason	74,500	19
6	2	Ian Steinman	91,000	23
6	3	Eric Baldwin	91,000	23
6	4	Pablo Rios	71,000	18
6	5	Faisal Siddiqui	125,500	31
6	6	Matthew Cosentino	124,500	31
6	7	Cody Wiegmann	124,000	31
6	8	Robert Peacock	34,000	9
6	9	David Powers	107,000	27

7	1	Kevin Calenzo	452,000	113
7	2	Andrew Wall	249,500	62
7	3	Tzu Shong Huang	55,500	14
7	4	Noam Muallem	235,500	59
7	5	Joseph Marchal	123,000	31
7	7	Brock Wilson	116,000	29
7	8	Gabriel Amolroude	297,000	74
7	9	Stanley Lee	60,000	15

8	1	Manuel Labandeira	59,000	15
8	2	Bob Shaw	79,000	20
8	3	James Fricker	133,500	33
8	4	Toko Luu	60,000	15
8	5	Pierie McKellar	215,000	54
8	6	Jeremy Pekarek	66,500	17
8	7	James Carroll	131,000	33
8	8	Martin Stausholm	124,000	31
8	9	Anthony Farrell	207,000	52

9	2	Richard Schneiderman	89,500	22
9	3	Louis Salter	126,000	32
9	4	Shawn Rice	236,500	59
9	5	Rick Biever	208,000	52
9	6	Hieu Dang	254,000	64
9	7	Michael Rossitto	129,000	32
9	8	Patrick Truong	164,000	41
9	9	Craig Varnell	211,000	53

10	1	Will Givens	177,000	44
10	2	Louis Francoeur	207,500	52
10	3	Justin Sharpe	263,500	66
10	4	Paul Murphy	442,000	111
10	5	Michelle Maynard	N/A	N/A
10	6	Longsheng Tan	72,000	18
10	7	Matthew Wang	73,500	18
10	8	Bradley Hinson	268,500	67
10	9	Michael Trivett	139,500	35

11	1	Kim Lowell	252,000	63
11	3	Yung Hwang	164,500	41
11	4	Scott Epstein	98,500	25
11	5	Jeffrey Tanouye	134,500	34
11	6	Zachary Donovan	105,500	26
11	7	Brandon Eisen	85,000	21
11	8	Brian Hansen	90,500	23
11	9	Kevin MacPhee	301,000	75

12	1	Brett Shaffer	180,000	45
12	2	Ramin Kaikhah	50,500	13
12	3	Paul Balzano	77,000	19
12	4	Jeffrey Lutes	288,500	72
12	4	Bobby Poe	159,500	40
12	5	Todd Wright	119,500	30
12	7	Mitch Garshofsky	165,000	41
12	9	Mike Zulker	77,500	19

13	1	Derek Duclos	92,500	23
13	2	John Walker	58,500	15
13	3	Ray Medlin	150,500	38
13	4	Shawn Daniels	229,000	57
13	5	Stephen Song	119,500	30
13	6	Aram Amirvan	170,500	43
13	8	Nick Jivkov	73,500	18
13	9	Anthony Zinno	114,500	29

14	1	David Larson	73,500	18
14	2	Bryan Piccioli	348,500	87
14	3	Patrick Ronan	175,000	44
14	4	Malki Yaron Zeev	140,500	35
14	5	Javier Zarco	150,000	38
14	6	Michael Gonzalez	143,000	36
14	7	KC Panwani	209,500	52
14	8	Z Stein	45,000	11
14	9	William Donovan	106,500	27

15	1	Faraz Jaka	131,000	33
15	2	Martin Zamani	429,500	107
15	3	Kathy Liebert	385,500	96
15	4	John Holsonback	130,000	33
15	5	Leo Worthington-Leese	354,000	89
15	6	Everett Carlton	54,500	14
15	7	Eli Elzera	110,000	28
15	8	Andy Seth	233,000	58
15	9	Bobby Sanoubane	95,000	24

16	1	Thomas Winters	95,000	24
16	2	Liutauras Armanavicius	180,500	45
16	3	Eric Lowman	73,500	18
16	4	Matthew Camp	92,500	23
16	5	Jeannette Mendez	71,500	18
16	6	Katie Lindsay	283,000	71
16	7	NA NA	N/A	N/A
16	8	Aram Zobian	284,500	71
16	9	Hesam Alagha	83,000	21

17	2	Bangalore Subbarao	195,000	49
17	3	Jared Jaffee	118,500	30
17	4	Justin Zaki	128,000	32
17	5	Jeremy Ausmus	203,500	51
17	6	Henry McArdle	164,000	41
17	7	Ronald Keren	112,000	28
17	8	Tim Reilly	162,000	41
17	9	Ben Palmer	134,000	34

02-24-2020 02:17 UTC-7

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

MartianNews

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Trung Pham	485,000 485,000	485,000

Kevin Calenzo	452,000 452,000	452,000
Paul Murphy	442,000 102,000	102,000
Martin Zamani	429,500 270,500	270,500
Kathy Liebert	385,500 250,500	250,500

Bryan Piccioli	348,500 58,500	58,500

Ryan Olisar	318,000 -22,000	-22,000
Jeffrey Lutes	288,500 288,500	288,500
Katie Lindsay	283,000 78,000	78,000
Adekunle Olonoh	268,500 268,500	268,500
Justin Sharpe	263,500
Hieu Dang	254,000 254,000	254,000
Andrew Wall	249,500 191,500	191,500
David Pham	238,500 10,000	10,000

Noam Muallem	235,500
Andy Seth	233,000 233,000	233,000
Shawn Daniels	229,000 229,000	229,000

James Duke	227,500 227,500	227,500
Ken Eini Len	221,000 221,000	221,000
Pierie McKellar	215,000 215,000	215,000
KC Panwani	209,500 209,500	209,500
Jeremy Ausmus	203,500 203,500	203,500

Bangalore Subbarao	195,000 195,000	195,000
Liutauras Armanavicius	180,500 180,500	180,500
Will Givens	177,000 104,000	104,000

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02-24-2020 01:34 UTC-7

Zinno Jams Over Deadman

Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Anthony Zinno raised to 7,000 preflop. Simon Deadman three-bet to 20,000.

Zinno calmly announced all in which prompted Deadman to throw away his cards easily as the chips shifted over to Zinno.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	116,000 116,000	116,000

Simon Deadman	109,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Simon Deadman

02-24-2020 01:28 UTC-7

Narayanarao Toasts Vo and Yu

Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Defending champion Viet Vo and Ben Yu were both spotted getting up and heading to the exits.

Vo's and Yu's had been vanquished by the of Subbaro Narayanarao on a board that ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Subbaro Narayanarao	226,000 226,000	226,000
Viet Vo	Busted

Ben Yu	Busted

Tags: Ben Yu Subbaro Narayanarao Viet Vo

02-24-2020 01:28 UTC-7

Pham Scores a Double Through Massey

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aaron Massey opened from the button to 8,500, David Pham three-bet from the big blind and Massey jammed his stack into the middle. Pham called for his 112,500 and was the player at risk.

David Pham:
Aaron Massey:

The board came down and Pham's set of ladies scooped the pot, doubling through Massey late in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	228,500 181,500	181,500

Aaron Massey	55,000 -115,000	-115,000

Tags: Aaron Massey David Pham

02-24-2020 01:10 UTC-7

Olisar Collects with Rockets

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jordan Cristos opened to 9,000 and two players called. Ryan Olisar raised to 30,000 and all his opponents except one. That player shoved their stack into the middle for more than enough to cover Olisar who snap-called for his 155,500 stack.

Ryan Olisar:
Opponent: