Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 1a | 2013 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Evan Panesis	190,975 190,975	190,975
Nicholas Crisp	184,075 184,075	184,075
Abdulaziz Almashal	180,575 22,575	22,575
Sergio Castelluccio	175,825 52,825	52,825
Michael Wehner	170,325 4,825	4,825
Jason Manger	158,150 1,650	1,650
Yucel Eminoglu	147,425 -2,875	-2,875
Gal Erlichman	146,875 48,875	48,875
Scott Wesley	137,075 137,075	137,075
Jon Lane	137,075 137,075	137,075
Max Lehmanski	136,850 -18,150	-18,150
Wilfried Harig	130,400 130,400	130,400
Tomas Macnamara	129,900 56,900	56,900
Matt Russell	129,450 129,450	129,450
Kyle Susala	127,425 127,425	127,425
Patrick Renkers	126,750 126,750	126,750
Charles Yamaguchi	125,500 125,500	125,500
Michael Nia	124,400 124,400	124,400
Sami Rustom	122,550 122,550	122,550
Carlo Savinelli	116,850 116,850	116,850
Darrell Ticehurst	114,050 114,050	114,050
Heinz Kamutzki	113,100 43,750	43,750
Larry Wright	112,900 -14,100	-14,100

Gilles Morihain	111,725 111,725	111,725
Steven Begleiter	110,725 110,725	110,725

Player

Chips

Progress

Evan Panesis

190,975

Nicholas Crisp

184,075

Abdulaziz Almashal

180,575

22,575

Sergio Castelluccio

175,825

52,825

Michael Wehner

170,325

4,825

Jason Manger

158,150

1,650

Yucel Eminoglu

147,425

-2,875

Gal Erlichman

146,875

48,875

Scott Wesley

137,075

Jon Lane

137,075

Max Lehmanski

136,850

-18,150

Wilfried Harig

130,400

Tomas Macnamara

129,900

56,900

Matt Russell

129,450

Kyle Susala

127,425

Patrick Renkers

126,750

Charles Yamaguchi

125,500

Michael Nia

124,400

122,550

116,850

114,050

113,100

43,750

Larry Wright

112,900

-14,100

Gilles Morihain

111,725

Steven Begleiter

110,725

The first day of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event has come to a close, and what a way to kick off the greatest event on the face of the planet. Nearly 1,000 players took to action today, but it was Evan Panesis finishing on top of them all with 190,975 in chips. A couple hundred or so hit the rail before day's end, and official chip counts will be posted once received.

Day 1a is often known as the smallest and least star-studded of the starting days, but there were plenty of big names out in the field nonetheless. Arguably the most important player in the field today was the reigning champion Greg Merson, who delivered the "shuffle up and deal" speech before jumping in his seat for his title defense. Merson went on to finish with 81,650, giving him a very healthy stack moving forward.

Other notables in the field today were Joe Cada, Pius Heinz, Olivier Busquet, Brian Rast, Justin Bonomo, Elio Fox and Ivan Demidov, just to name a few. Heinz, the 2011 WSOP Main Event champion, was eliminated on the day when his opponent had rivered a Broadway straight against his trip sevens.

Things moved along nice and smooth in the event with not too much craziness happening, but then in the last level of the night, an insane five-way all-in pot went down on Table 443 in the Amazon Room that resulted in Mac Sohrabi winning a big main pot, Yurel Eminogla scooping a nice side pot, and the three other players being eliminated. You can read about that hand here. As if that wasn't enough fun in the final level, a three-way all-in clash was won by Brendan Flaherty over in the Orange Section of the room.

The advancing players will reconvene with those that survive from Day 1b for a joint Day 2 on Tuesday at 12 p.m. In the meantime, get some rest and come right back here tomorrow for more coverage from the 2013 WSOP Main Event right here on PokerNews. For now, we'll leave you with Lynn Gilmartin who had an exclusive invitation to the unveiling of the 2013 WSOP Main Event bracelet, valued at a whopping $500,000: