Adam Hendrix Leads Final Flight of Main Event!
Yet another day has come to completion here at Champions Club in Houston, Texas as Day 1f of the WPO Event #15: $1,500 Main Event has come to a close. This was the sixth and final flight of this major event, and it sure didn’t disappoint as there were a whooping 418 entries as players desperately tried to find a bag for Day 2. With this outrageous amount of entries, 50 players put chips in a bag, with Adam Hendrix leading the day with an impressive stack of 1,563,000. In second place tonight is Charles Dawson who bagged 1,154,000 and in third is Michael Kuney with 1,077,000. Rounding out the top five is Andrew Esposito in fourth with 1,054,000 and Dejaunte ‘DJ’ Alexander in fifth with 828,000 after he busted Adrian Martinez on the bubble.
Day 1f Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Hendrix | 1,563,000 | 195 |
| 2 | Charles Dawson | 1,154,000 | 144 |
| 3 | Michael Kuney | 1,077,000 | 135 |
| 4 | Andrew Esposito | 1,054,000 | 132 |
| 5 | Dejuante Alexander | 827,000 | 103 |
| 6 | Alberto Martinez | 782,000 | 98 |
| 7 | Thomas Zhang | 756,000 | 95 |
| 8 | Jacob Daniels | 738,000 | 92 |
| 9 | Warren Simon | 722,000 | 90 |
| 10 | Salman Lakhani | 719,000 | 90 |
As was expected, this final flight was by far the craziest and most action-packed of them all, with the $1 million guarantee hit only two hours in! As mentioned above, there were 418 shots taken today and the room was packed to the gills as every table in the building was full.
Although there was no shortage of action, as with Day 1f, it seemed to take a while before any players started pulling away from the pack. The first player to gain a stack early was Karim Bevans when he busted Ashley Frank with pocket aces versus her pocket kings. He rode that momentum throughout the day but ultimately busted later in the evening. Then along came Jerry Yen who scooped a monster four-way all in with bottom set to propel him into the chip lead with around 725,000 and wound up bagging 668,000 6 hours later.
The man of the night, Hendrix, acquired his stack by doing Adam Hendrix things. The biggest of which was when he called off a big bet from Michael Arellano in a 600,000 pot with just a pair of fives and was correct. That put him at over a million and he used his big stack to his advantage and began applying max pressure to his opponents. This stack will be good for third place on Day 2, behind only Kassim Panjwani (2,337,000) and Charles Sinn (1,870,000).
From the six opening flights, 125 players will return tomorrow with a guaranteed payout of $2,180 but all of them will be fighting for the chance to bag as one of the final nine for Day 3 on Monday, the live-streamed final table.
$1,500 Main Event Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $234,730 | 22-24 | $8,050 |
| 2 | $164,430 | 25-27 | $6,830 |
| 3 | $106,540 | 28-36 | $6,000 |
| 4 | $78,750 | 37-45 | $5,180 |
| 5 | $59,910 | 46-54 | $4,640 |
| 6 | $48,180 | 55-63 | $4,230 |
| 7 | $40,000 | 64-72 | $3,900 |
| 8 | $31,920 | 73-81 | $3,600 |
| 9 | $24,020 | 82-90 | $3,300 |
| 10-12 | $18,290 | 91-99 | $3,010 |
| 13-15 | $14,250 | 100-108 | $2,730 |
| 16-18 | $11,660 | 110-117 | $2,450 |
| 19-21 | $9,680 | 118-125 | $2,180 |
Play will resume at high noon tomorrow with 30:00 minutes remaining in Level 16. Blinds will be 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante.
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