A player under the gun moved all in for 8,000. A player in late position called and action folded to Andreas Christoforou in the small blind who announced all in for about 100,000. The player in late position went into the tank and elected to fold leaving the action heads-up.
Andreas Christoforou tabled
Under the gun showed
The board ran out and Christoforou added to his mountain of chips and is sitting as one of the leaders with less than 400 players remaining on Day 1.
Craig Varnell was in late position and raised to 2,000. Action folded to Rick Jackman on the button who three-bet up to 5,500. Varnell didn't take long to decide; he moved all in and got snap-called by Jackman for his remaining 27,500.
Jackman:
Varnell:
The board ran out and Jackman made a full house, having Varnell drawing dead on the turn.
Peter Columbe was in late position and moved all in for 3,400. Bruce Buffer was in the hijack and called.
Columbe tabled and Buffer showed .
The flop was , looking good for Buffer. The hit the turn and, barring a ten, Buffer had the pot locked up. The river was flipped over and, low and behold, it was the , giving Columbe the straight and keeping him alive.
The final numbers are in and there were 1,763 total unique entries with 612 players remaining as of this moment. The top 265 players will be paid out of the $2,380,050 prize pool. First place is worth $395,918 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. A min-cash in 265th place will receive $2,249. Full payouts will be posted shortly.
The registration period has come to an end and, according to the board, there were 1,748 unique entries. Final numbers will be tabulated and, when the prizepool becomes available, it will be posted.