WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio

WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$3,970,415
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$15,495,750
Entries
639
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
300,000

Day 1A Summary

Officially 226 of 304 starters survived Day 1A.

The Top Ten Day 1A Chipstacks are:

Anna Wroblewski 211,325
Daniel Alaei 187,050
Marc Goodwin 177,225
Jack Karban 173,850
Alan Schein 171,575
Keith Gipson 151,775
Paul Begum 151,650
Shannon Shorr 151,575
Lyle Berman 142,475
Raymond Davis 141,950

Other notables:

Hoyt Corkins 137,775
Marcel Luske 112,050
Robert Mizrachi 105,500
Joe Sebok 104,125
David Grey 101,550
Jamie Gold 100,025
Phil Hellmuth 93,800
Dustin 'Neverwin' Woolf 93,675
Josh Arieh 93,325
Vanessa Rousso 90,025
Joe Bartholdi 88,475

and on the other end of the scale, alive but short:

Victor Ramdin 9,175
Scott Fischman 8,075

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Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Who's Here?

Spotted wandering around the Fontana Room were Doyle Brunson, Jen Tilly, Paul Wasicka, Ted Forrest, Mike Gracz, Freddy Deeb, Mike Matusow, Lee Markholt, Johan Storakers, Marco Traniello, JC Tran, Erik Seidel, John D'Agostino, Mike Matusow, Minh Ly, Ed Moncada, Michael Binger, The Grinder, Kevin O'Donnel, Mark Newhouse, Juff Shulman, Humberto Brenes, Allen Cunningham, Melissa Hayden, Darrell Dicken, Stan Weiss, Chris Bell, Allen Kessler, Steve Z, and Farzad Bonyadi.

Tags: Doyle BrunsonPaul WasickaTed Forrest

328 Players in Day 1B

There are currently 328 players playing today. Registration is still open if you want to rush down to Bellagio and fork over $25K.

Total for both days with registration still open is 632.

Who's Here? Part Two

We spotted a few more friendly faces including Scotty Nguyen, Minh Nguyen, Isabelle Mercier, Chad Layne, Kathy Liebert, Young Pham, Russell Rosenbloom, Gene Todd, Mark Gregorich, Dan Heimiller, Per Ummer, Jim McManus, David Oppenheim, Todd Brunson, Phil Laak, Jacobo Fernandez, Eskimo, Bill Edler, Greg Mueller, Chau Giang, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Wattel, David Benyamine, Erica Schoenberg, Clonie Gowen, Huck Seed, and Sam Grizzle.

Tags: Isabelle MercierKathy LiebertPhil Laak

Hollis Stabler Eliminates Ted Forrest

How does a situation arise where someone busts out in the first 20 minutes of a tournament with 50,000 in starting chips and blinds of 50-100? When somebody accidentally bets the wrong chip.

Hollis Stabler had pocket queens, and when he reraised preflop, he accidentally used a 10,000 chip, which was much higher than he planned. Ted Forrest called, and after a flop of K-rag-rag, all of the money went in the pot. Stabler showed his queens, but Forrest had pocket aces.

Forrest was ahead, but Lady Luck was sitting with Stabler, as another queen showed up as his salvation on the river, cracking Forrest's aces. Forrest went home as Stabler took the early chip lead with about 100,000 in chips.

Tags: Hollis StablerTed Forrest