2013 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$432,411
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,731
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Holmes Leads, Wasicka Also Soaring

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Paul Wasicka
Paul Wasicka

Day 1 of the $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event 24 has come to a close. The tournament started off with 1,731 players, and only 198 remain. All 198 are in the money and they are eyeing a top prize of $432,411. They will still need to complete a task of 10 levels tomorrow to get to the final day.

The chip leader after the first 11 hours is Ashton Holmes, who bagged 126,300 in chips at the end of the day. He will hope to continue his success tomorrow with other players with high chip counts like Paul Wasicka (126,100), Mohsin Charania (122,800), and Huy Nguyen (116,100). Other notables to make it to day 2 are Daniel Strelitz (97,400), Victor Ramdin (74,900), Rob Salaburu, (41,800), and AP Phahurat (26,100).

Casualties fell like always today and many big names went home empty-handed. Antonio Esfandiari, Melanie Weisner, Kevin Saul, Faraz Jaka, Carlos Mortensen and Mario Ho all went home, as well as many other well-known names.

The final 198 come back tomorrow at 1:00 PM PST to attempt to play down to a final table. Make sure to check for PokerNews updates to see who will come out on top in this $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Event. Action will already be in the money, and everyone will get paid. Find Out tomorrow! For now, we'll leave you with Lynn Gilmartin who has all the highlights from around the Rio.

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Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ashton Holmes us
Ashton Holmes
126,300
126,300
126,300
Profile photo of Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
126,100
16,100
16,100
Profile photo of Jarred Solomon za
Jarred Solomon
123,800
119,300
119,300
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
122,800
2,100
2,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Arkadiy Tsinis us
Arkadiy Tsinis
118,500
118,500
118,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
116,100
-3,900
-3,900
Profile photo of Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
109,000
109,000
109,000
Profile photo of Wade Townsend us
Wade Townsend
103,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Annie Wang us
Annie Wang
102,300
102,300
102,300
Profile photo of Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
97,400
62,400
62,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
94,000
94,000
94,000
Profile photo of Clement Thumy fr
Clement Thumy
93,600
93,600
93,600
Profile photo of Ryan Franklin us
Ryan Franklin
89,600
89,600
89,600
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
87,500
72,500
72,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Davies us
Daniel Davies
87,200
87,200
87,200
Profile photo of Robert Tepper us
Robert Tepper
86,800
86,800
86,800
Profile photo of Michael Delvecchio us
Michael Delvecchio
86,500
86,500
86,500
Profile photo of Arshin Gamini us
Arshin Gamini
85,300
85,300
85,300
Profile photo of Samm DiStasio us
Samm DiStasio
82,600
82,600
82,600
Profile photo of Matthew Goldman us
Matthew Goldman
82,500
82,500
82,500
Profile photo of Walter Fisher us
Walter Fisher
82,300
82,300
82,300
Profile photo of Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
78,600
50,600
50,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Tighe gb
David Tighe
77,700
77,700
77,700
Profile photo of Salvatore Dicarlo us
Salvatore Dicarlo
77,600
77,600
77,600
Profile photo of Christopher O'donnell gb
Christopher O'donnell
77,000
77,000
77,000

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Bubble Burst Thanks To Strelitz

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Daniel Strelitz flipped up his two pair {5-Clubs}{3d] on a board of {2-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{6-Spades} when some of the other tables were waiting to see if his two pair could win to eliminate the bubble. In fact it was the winning hand as the player had {a-}{j-} and with that all players are in the money and play is over for today.

Hand-for-Hand

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The staff has just announced that since we are two spots away from the money, we will be playing hand-for-hand until we have reached our final 198 players. Once we hit that mark, we will be done for the night.

Aguiar One of the Bubble Boys

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but we found out that Jonathan Aguiar was crippled down to his last 200 chips after losing {q-}{q-} to {k-}{k-} all in preflop. Shortly after, Russell Thomas raised it up to 2,000, and Aguiar called it off. Another player raised it up to 4,900, and Thomas reluctantly folded.

Aguiar: {k-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Thomas: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

The board ran down {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, and Aguair was one of the last players to bust before the money.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Aguiar
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Wasicka With Chips

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On a flop of {3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} Paul Wasicka bet out 4,700 when his opponent checked. His opponent called and the turn came the {j-Clubs}. Wasicka bet again and his opponent called. The river came the {a-Clubs}. Wasicka's final bet was 12,500. This was good enough to get his opponent to fold and Wasicka moved up to over 110,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
110,000
18,000
18,000

Turbo Finds a Double Up

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Los Angeles based poker pro Phong Nguyen, nicknamed "Turbo" for his multiple deep runs in live turbo events, has been grinding an average stack the entire day. We just caught Nguyen putting his tournament life at risk preflop, and ultimately reaping the benefits of it, scoring a full double up.

Action started with a player in middle position making it 1,900. It folded around to Nguyen, and he moved all in for his last 17,700. It folded back around to the original raiser, and after about 90 seconds of thought, he made the call.

Nguyen: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Nguyen was looking to pair up one of his big cards, and he did just that on the {3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop. Nguyen now needed to dodge a ten to hold up, and the dealer completed the board with the {4-Diamonds} om n the turn, and the {6-Spades} on the river. After that hand, Nguyen jumped up to 38,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Phong "Turbo" Nguyen
Phong "Turbo" Nguyen
38,000
15,000
15,000

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