Levels 13-15 Update
The players returned from break knowing late registration was closed no more re-entries would be possible. The short stacks seemed to tighten up a little while the bigger stacks tried to apply more pressure. The prizepool and payouts were announced with a total of 1,057 entries, just shy of the number put up the previous year. There will be over $1.6 million up for grabs with 159 places being paid. A min-cash will be worth $2,550 while the winner will take home a WSOP Circuit ring along with $271,234.
Casey Christy got things started off with a bang as he banged the table and celebrated after spiking a huge river to eliminate his opponent. On a flop of 
, the action was checked to Christy who shoved all in for 84,000, well over the size of the pot. His opponent quickly called and Christy was not happy about the situation. Christy tabled 
while his opponent revealed 
. However, the 
and 
runout gave Christy a full house to send his opponent packing and scoop a large pot.
In the next level, Martin Kozlov was seen raking in a massive pot himself to climb near the top of the leaderboard. On a 
board, Kozlov's opponent jammed all in for around 100,000 and Kozlov snapped him off with a set of deuces. His opponent held ace-queen for a straight draw but the river held true to form for Kozlov to eliminate his opponent.
In one of the last hands before the final break of the night, Ryan D'Angelo was heads-up with the other big stack at his table. The board read 
and D'Angelo checked from the small blind. His opponent put together a bet of 52,000 from the hijack into a pot of around 140,000. D'Angelo tank-called with 
to pick off his opponent's bluff with 
.
Leading the way thus far is Pete Theodocion who at one point accumulated over 500,000 chips in the 14th level. He has since slipped under that mark but is still the clear chip leader with one level remaining. Some notables that have been eliminated include Mo Nuwwarah, Eric Salazar, Jarod Minghini, Ben Petrillo, Stephen Zablonski, and Paul Sokoloff.
The players will return for one more level that will be 60 minutes in length or until 112 players remain. The blinds will increase to 2,000/4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000. A full list of chip counts of those moving on to Day 2 along with a recap of the day's action will be posted shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
492,000 | |
|
366,000 | 129,000 |
|
325,000 | 55,000 |
|
270,000 | 118,000 |
|
227,000 | 144,000 |
|
216,000 | 79,700 |
|
206,000 | 206,000 |
|
160,000 | 122,500 |
|
149,000 | 119,000 |
|
140,000 | 105,000 |
|
133,000 | 18,000 |
|
106,000 | 11,000 |