After seven levels of play, 88 players will be moving on to Day 2 of the Main Event here at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Dwyte Pilgrim, Justin Bonomo, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, David "The Dragon" Pham, Tony Dunst, Matt Brady, and Kathy Liebert are among the big names moving on to the second day. Pilgrim already holds two WSOP-C championship rings and will be going for his third. He'll come into tomorrow with 99,300 chips.
Our chip leader is Jeremiah "dantes" Degreef with 152,600 chips. He was able to fly under the radar most of the day, but then boosted his stack nicely in the last level. Degreef won the $2,000 prelim event here a couple days ago for just under $70,000. Steven Fung, David Pham, and Amir Vahedi also have some nice stacks going into tomorrow.
With just over half the field removed from play, the plan is to play another seven levels tomorrow. Play will resume at 12:00 noon local time tomorrow and we'll be posting all the seating assignments and official chip counts once received.
See you all tomorrow for another great day of poker from right here at Caesars Palace Las Vegas!
On the last hand of the day, Matt "All in at 420" Stout raised to 2,200 from early position and short-stacked Steve Dannenmann moved all in for his last couple thousand before Scott Seiver also moved all in. Stout made the call for his remaining 17,900.
Showdown:
Stout:
Dannenmann:
Seiver:
The board ran out and Stout successfully doubled up and then some. Seiver was left with only a few thousand chips while Dannenmann was eliminated.
With about three minutes left until the end of Day 1, it looks like Tony Dunst, Paul Magriel, Kathy Liebert, Steve Dannenmann, David Pham, Amir Vahedi, Men Nguyen, Justin Bonomo, Matt Brady, and Steve Billirakis will be among the 90 players returning tomorrow.
In a five-way limped pot, Men "The Master" Nguyen led out for 2,000 on a board of and was called by Chris Amaral.
When the rest of the field folded, Men shoved for his final 6,500 after the hit the turn. Amaral tanked for a short time before making the call. Nguyen turned over for trips, while Amaral turned over for two pair. After a blank on the river, The Master scooped the pot.
On a board of , Steve Billirakis bet 7,200 from the button. His opponent in early position then shoved for 34,200 and Billirakis made the call, turning over for top pair. His opponent showed for a double belly-buster and promptly hit one of his seven outs when the landed on the river.
Matt Brady called a raise from a middle-position player of 2,500. The two players would see the flop come down . The first player bet 3,500 and Brady made the call.
The turn was the and action was checked to Brady. He fired 6,600 to which his opponent raised to 19,000. Brady made the call.
The river was the and Brady's opponent announced that he was all in.
"Ahh, I missed everything!" exclaimed Brady as he flung his hand into the muck. "Straight and flush draw."