$1,500 Main Event
Day 1e Completed
2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
$1,500 Main Event
Day: 1e
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1e
2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,363,560
Entries
1,033
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
290
Players Left
35
Kassim Panjwani Leads Day 1e of $1,500 Main Event!
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/1,600, 1,600 ante
Another day is in the books here at Champions Club in Houston, Texas as Day 1e of the WPO Event #15: $1,500 Main Event has come to a close. This flight produced a whopping 290 entries which means the final flight only needs 138 entries to meet the $1 million guarantee, and the final flight is expected to be 300+.
With this amount of entries, 35 players found a bag tonight, with Kassim Panjwani leading the way with a massive stack of 2,337,000- the new tournament record and almost a million more than the Ryan Van of last night who held the previous record. In second place tonight is Charles Sinn who bagged 1,870,000 and in third is Jessica Richards with 1,206,000. Rounding out the top five is Michael Moyer in fourth with 1,105,000 and Ravee Sundara in fifth with 828,000.
Day 1e Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kassim Panjwani | 2,337,000 | 292 |
| 2 | Charles Sinn | 1,870,000 | 234 |
| 3 | Jessica Richards | 1,206,000 | 151 |
| 4 | Michael Moyer | 1,105,000 | 138 |
| 5 | Ravee Sundara | 828,000 | 104 |
| 6 | Christopher Chomenko | 742,000 | 93 |
| 7 | Tony Bunch | 742,000 | 93 |
| 8 | Kenneth Warner | 715,000 | 89 |
| 9 | Lam Tran | 642,000 | 80 |
| 10 | Chezz Romero | 536,000 | 67 |
Unlike previous flights where there were only one or two tables in the early levels, Day 1e started the day with over 50 players locked and loaded before the cards were in the air. This surge turned into a massive wave of players entering throughout the day, with the 200 mark being hit by 3:00 p.m.!
Although there was no shortage of action, it seemed to take a while before any players started pulling away from the pack. The first player to reach 300,000 was Danylo Turov when he scooped a three-way pot to bust two players, but unfortunately could not keep up the streak and wound up busting later in the day. Then along came Sinn who just ran up a 600,000 stack out of nowhere and just went on a massive heater, all while VPIPing 100%. There were times were he lost a good portion of his stack, only to get it right back plus some the very next hand. The story of how Panjwani came about his initial monster stack is still unknown, but he was seen putting a lot of pressure on players later in the night to pad his lead. Things were also starting to look grim for Richards, who had a healthy stack throughout the day but had dwindled to around 15 big blinds at one point, but the Chipleader Coaching student surged back with a vengeance and managed to bag a top-five stack.
Some players who didn't find a bag that are set to return include Drew 'Bet on Drew' Gonzalez, Will Leffingwell, Derek Normand, Kris Burchfield, Terance Perez, and defending champion Linh Dinh.
As this is the fifth of six starting flights, there is only tomorrow’s flight that remains, but it is slated to be the largest by a good margin. There will also be one last satellite at 10:00 am as well as some PLO sweats to give players last-chance opportunities to find a bankroll-friendly way into the tournament.
Day 1f fires off tomorrow at noon local time, and as always, PokerNews will be back on the scene with all of the action!
Day 1e Chip Counts (full)
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,337,000
877,000
|
877,000 |
|
||
|
1,870,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
1,206,000
1,026,000
|
1,026,000 |
|
1,105,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
828,000 | |
|
742,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
|
742,000
742,000
|
742,000 |
|
|
715,000
488,000
|
488,000 |
|
|
642,000
642,000
|
642,000 |
|
536,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
510,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
||
|
505,000
448,000
|
448,000 |
|
|
||
|
482,000
382,000
|
382,000 |
|
|
459,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
436,000
436,000
|
436,000 |
|
410,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
393,000
393,000
|
393,000 |
|
|
354,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
330,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
311,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
310,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
271,000
-259,000
|
-259,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
242,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
|
231,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
211,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
End of Day; Players Bag
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/1,600, 1,600 ante
With the elimination of Thomas Trimmer, the remaining 35 players have bagged up and will return on Sunday for Day 2.
A full chip count and recap of the day's events will be released shortly so stay tuned!
Trimmer Exits on the Bubble
Level 19
: 8,000/1,600, 1,600 ante
Thomas Trimmer moved all in preflop and was called by Ravee Sundara to put him at risk on the stone bubble.
Thomas Trimmer: J♣10♣
Ravee Sundara: K♠10♠
Sundara had the upper hand with his king, and the runout of 2♠3♥8♠10♦7♣ gave both players a ten, but Sundara had Trimmer outkicked and he was sent to the rail as the bubble burst.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
828,000
623,000
|
623,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Bubble Time!
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
With 36 players remaining and only 35 advancing, the players in Day 1e are now on the stone bubble and hand-for-hand play is now in effect.
Romero Finds a Way...
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Buckle up for this one...
Karthick Tamilselvam opens to 25,000 and is called by Greg Raymer, but then Chezz Romero raises to 220,000, leaving 24,000 behind. The action then folds back to Tamilselvam who moves all in, producing a quick fold from Raymer, and before Romero can act, Tamilselvam tables A♥A♦.
This obviously put Romero in a weird spot, knowing he is up against pocket aces but almost all of his stack is in the middle.
"F*uck it," he finally says after close to two minutes and sets out the rest of his chips to put his tournament life on the line.
Chezz Romero: A♠Q♠
Karthick Tamilselvam: A♥A♦
"Oh, that's all me!" Romero shouts as the flop comes 7♦J♠4♥.
"Come on, dealer! Do it!" he exclaimed as the turn came the 4♠ to give him a flush draw.
And wouldn't you know it, the 9♠ smacked down on the river to give him the flush as the whole table goes nuts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
225,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Al Dominated by Threadgill, Still Gets There
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
On a flop of Q♠8♦6♣, Abdul Al led for 30,000, Barrett Threadgill moved all in to cover, and Al called, putting himself at risk.
Abdul Al: J♣9♣
Barrett Threadgill: A♣10♣
Al was in bad shape with his inferior flush draw, and Threadgill also had his straight draw blocked with the ten, but that changed when the J♠ hit the turn to give him the lead. Now Threadgill would have to hit a club or a nine to win, but the 10♦ came on the river to improve Al to a straight and he was awarded the pot while Theadgill was left with ten big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
406,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |