2015 World Series of Poker

As detailed in a PokerNews piece published just days ago, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event has seen a steep decline in numbers since debuting in 2008. This year, just 128 runners took their shots, the lowest number yet and considerably behind last year's 160.

After 10 levels of play, 64 players bagged up. Josh Arieh emerged with the best chip count, running his 30,000 starting stack up to 168,900. Arieh, who has more than $4 million in tournament cashes, is seeking his third bracelet.

Shaun Deeb (154,200), Davidi Kitai (122,400), Jason Koon (99,600), Connor Drinan (99,400), Scott Seiver (71,500), David Peters (69,600), George Danzer (69,600), Antonio Esfandiari (47,500), Daniel Negreanu (40,000), and defending champ Alex Bilokur (27,000) were some of the names making it through.

Deeb got his big stack rolling early on when he eliminated Bart Hanson on the right side of an aces-versus-kings confrontation just moments after Hanson took his seat. Doug Polk, newly crowned heads-up champion Keith Lehr, Eugene Katchalov, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, and Joe Kuether joined Hanson on the rail during the course of play.

Things resume at 2 p.m. on Friday for another 10-level day.

Remko Rinkema, Donnie Peters, and Jason Somerville discuss the latest news at the 2015 World Series of Poker, including a Colossus final table that features a pair of roommates and three players who were participating in a 90-person last longer. They also talk about Jason's peculiar online shopping strategy, which isn't very GTO.

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Welcome to the 2015 World Series of Poker!

Today's 4 p.m. event is a big buy-in hold'em event, Event #15: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship. This is the second of two pot-limit hold'em events on the 2015 World Series of Poker schedule, and the defending champion is Alex Bilokur. Last year, Bilokur topped a field of 160 entries to win the $398,567 first-place prize. It was Bilokur's first gold bracelet and he defeated a final table that included Alex Venovski, Chino Rheem, Ismael Bojang, Todd Brunson, Pratyush Buddiga, Richard Lyndaker, and Barny Boatman.

PokerNews will not be the live coverage provider for this year's 46th annual WSOP, but our famous MyStack app will be functional for players that have it installed on their mobile devices.

Brought to you by PokerNews, the app connects poker players in poker events. If you are playing in a poker tournament with the MyStack app available, you can now update your own chip count, post comments, and even share photos with other PokerNews members from around the world. You'll also be able to follow the MyStack feed if you want to check in on other's progress at the events, and even create a list of favorite players to follow.

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