Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,841,750
Entries
2,105
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1 Finished; Levon Khachatryan Leads the Field
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1 of the $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Event #17 has come to an end. 11 Hours have been recorded and the chips are bagged. When this event started this afternoon there were 2,105 hopeful players looking to capture gold and a bunch of money totaling up to $518,755. Fortunately 216 players will all make money but 10 players will have to bust tomorrow to do that, as there will be 226 returning for tomorrow’s action.
The chip leader going into day 2 will be Levon Katchatryan as he bagged up a whopping 176,100 in chips. His closest competitors are the likes of Kurt Jewell (131,200), Michael Borovetz (115,500), and Matt Jarvis (101,300). Other notables that will be in attendance tomorrow are: Matt Matros, Amnon Filippi (67,300), Joe Cada (60,000), Vanessa Selbst (61,300), David Sklansky (54,000), and Jerry Wong (35,000).
Not every big name made it to day 2 as the likes of Phil Ivey, Liv Boree, Eric Baldwin, Paul Volpe, Carlos Mortensen, Allen Kessler, Mike Sexton, and Annette Oberstad were sent to the rail before the end of the night. Many other pros will not be seeing another day.
The players that will be returning will be coming in at 1:00 pm PST and play another 10 levels or until a final table is determined, which ever comes first. The bubble will happen right away so stay tuned as action promises to be fast and a lot of play is still left to be done. Make sure to check in to PokerNews tomorrow for the continuing coverage of Event 17 $1500 No-Limit Hold-em. The stakes are high and the money will be pocketed shortly. For now we say goodnight and good luck to all the remaining participants.
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
176,100 | 10,100 |
|
131,200 | |
|
126,100 | |
|
|
125,000 | |
|
|
115,500 | |
|
114,400 | 24,400 |
|
112,000 | |
|
105,000 | |
|
104,600 | 104,600 |
|
101,300 | 56,300 |
|
98,400 | |
|
98,200 | |
|
97,700 | 97,700 |
|
96,100 | 84,600 |
|
95,400 | |
|
91,000 | |
|
89,600 | 73,600 |
|
88,500 | 8,500 |
|
|
86,800 | |
|
85,400 | |
|
|
85,000 | |
|
81,300 | |
|
|
80,700 | |
|
79,800 | |
|
78,700 |
Almost Done
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
There is 10 minutes on the clock and the floor staff has announced that everyone will be playing 3 more hands and then they will bag and tag for the night.
Greenstein Keeps It Going
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We walked into a hand where Barry Greenstein raised 2,300 on the button and was called by the big blind. The flop came 
, the big blind checked, Greenstein bet 2,700 and was reraised to 6000. Barry made the call to go to the turn.
The turn card was the 
, and the big blind checked again. Barry bet 6,000 and the big blind folded. Greenstein showed 
, top 2-pair to keep the pressure on as the last level of the night slowly comes to an end.
Our New Chip Leader
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Levon Khachatryan is now by far our chip leader. He is siting with 166,000 courtesy of cracking an opponents 
when he flopped a set with his 
. Khachatryan already had a big stack but now he is really rolling as the massive chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
166,000 |
Wang Pulls A Straight Flush on the River
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We ran over to a table after we heard a loud screech, only to find Yi Wang will all his chips in the middle with 
. The board read 
, giving Wang a straight flush to the eight. We can only speculate about his opponent's hand, a possible ace-high flush, but we know that Wang hit the money one-outer on the river to take down a 25,000 pot and increase his stack to around 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
Eric Baldwin's Look-Alike
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We noticed a fellow wearing an Arizona Diamondbacks hat and rocking a nice stashe. We wanted to say hi to Eric Baldwin but realized it was none other then Ryan Welch. We are not sure whether he lost a prop bet or he just admires Baldwin's looks. Either way we got to see him knock out an opponent.
It wasn't easy as he had to call a fairly large all in bet pre flop. After a while he made the call and was delighted to his opponent holding 
. Welch had his man trumped by having the 
.
The board held five cards lower to the jack and Welch knocked out his opponent. The
Baldwin look-alike is stacking and stashing 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | -9,600 |
Busted
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We wanted to report some names that busted, most of them a while ago, some of them more recently:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Cada vs Engel: Tank It Out
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We just witnessed one of the biggest and longest pots of the tournament, ending in a 10 minute tank-fold by Ari Engel against Joe Cada.
The action started preflop, where Cada raised for 1,600 and Engel called.
The flop came 
, and Cada bet out around 25,000 and Engel called. The turn was the , and Cada lead out again with an 8,000 bet--Engel called again.
The river was a confusing 
, since Cada checked, Engle now bet 6,800, and Cada reraised 42,000 all-in. Engel tanked for at least 5 minutes before finally releasing the hand, losing nearly 40,000 chips in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | 16,000 |
|
46,000 | 2,000 |