$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,131,705
Entries
747
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
457
Players Left
89
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The second flight of the $1,700 Main Event here at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino has come to an end after 15 levels of play and just 89 bagged of the 457 entries that were accumulated during the final flight.
Finding the largest stack of the night, and the overall lead is Trung Pham who bagged an outstanding 485,000. Pham started his stack climb slowly during the middle of the day and then rapidly in the later stages, catapulting to the top during the last level of the night. Following close behind Pham on the leader board is Kevin Calenzo who managed to put 452,000 into his bag by night's end. Rounding out the top five are Paul Murphy (442,000), Martin Zamani (429,500), and Kathy Liebert (385,500).
Some other stacks on the larger side of things to emerge from Day 1b are Bryan Piccioli (348,500), Ryan Olisar (318,000), Jeffrey Lutes (288,500), Katie Lindsay (283,000), Justin Sharpe (263,5000), and Hieu Dang (254,000).
A star-studded field showed up for the final flight of this event and not all could find a bag but some that did include three-time bracelet winner David Pham (238,500), Jeremy Ausmus (203,500), Will Givens (177,000), Tim Reilly (162,000), Sorel Mizzi (152,500), Anthony Zinno (114,500), Eli Elezra (110,000), and Eric Baldwin (91,000).
The first flight of this event saw 290 entry slips sold with 57 surviving at the end of the night and Day 1b had a total of 457 entries with 89 finding a bag. Bringing the total to 747 for the event with 146 players set to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time. A total of 113 will be finding a cash and the prize pool will be announced tomorrow before the second day begins.
Top 10 Stacks Headed Into Day 2
| Position | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trung Pham | 485,000 | 121 |
| 2 | Kevin Calenzo | 452,000 | 113 |
| 3 | Paul Murphy | 442,000 | 111 |
| 4 | Martin Zamani | 429,500 | 107 |
| 5 | Michael Stein | 387,000 | 97 |
| 6 | Kathy Liebert | 385,500 | 96 |
| 7 | Leo Worthington-Leese | 354,000 | 89 |
| 8 | Bryan Piccioli | 348,500 | 87 |
| 9 | Ryan Olisar | 318,000 | 80 |
| 10 | Kevin MacPhee | 301,000 | 75 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all of the action throughout the remainder of this event, so tune in tomorrow as the second day of this event gets underway at 1 p.m. local time.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Andy Rose | 100,500 | 25 |
| 1 | 3 | Gregory Hughes | 92,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 4 | Jim Agarte | 83,500 | 21 |
| 1 | 5 | Matas Cimbolas | 121,100 | 30 |
| 1 | 6 | Sorel Mizzi | 152,500 | 38 |
| 1 | 6 | Ali Imsirovic | 125,500 | 31 |
| 1 | 7 | Ryan Olisar | 318,000 | 80 |
| 1 | 8 | Adam Hendrix | 117,500 | 29 |
| 1 | 9 | Mark Ioli | 108,500 | 27 |
| 2 | 1 | Shannon Shorr | 80,500 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | Diosdado Bisco | 76,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 3 | Phong Nguyen | 115,500 | 29 |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Rocha | 70,000 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 | Nick Riali | 106,500 | 27 |
| 2 | 5 | Jesse Cohen | 54,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 7 | Jordan Cristos | 118,500 | 30 |
| 2 | 8 | Adekunle Otonoh | 268,500 | 67 |
| 2 | 9 | Michael Stein | 387,000 | 97 |
| 3 | 2 | Guy Cannon | 90,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 3 | Jonathan Wany | 97,500 | 24 |
| 3 | 4 | Ken Eini Len | 221,000 | 55 |
| 3 | 5 | Jakob Zigulis | 51,000 | 13 |
| 3 | 6 | Brad Coultas | 135,000 | 34 |
| 3 | 7 | Karapet Galstyan | 237,500 | 59 |
| 3 | 8 | Anthony Silano | 222,000 | 56 |
| 3 | 9 | Steven Westberg | 124,500 | 31 |
| 4 | 1 | Trung Pham | 485,000 | 121 |
| 4 | 2 | Larry Wells | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | 3 | David Levi | 80,000 | 20 |
| 4 | 4 | Viacheslav Fertisov | 75,500 | 19 |
| 4 | 5 | Tai Nguyen | 165,000 | 41 |
| 4 | 6 | Peter Vitantonio | 225,500 | 56 |
| 4 | 7 | Asher Conniff | 145,000 | 36 |
| 4 | 8 | David Pham | 238,500 | 60 |
| 4 | 9 | John Gorsuch | 121,500 | 30 |
| 5 | 1 | Matthew Leary | N/A | N/A |
| 5 | 2 | Jeff Zigulis | 123,000 | 31 |
| 5 | 3 | James Duke | 227,500 | 57 |
| 5 | 4 | David Pote | 130,500 | 33 |
| 5 | 5 | Aaron Massey | 106,000 | 27 |
| 5 | 6 | Michael Pearson | 199,000 | 50 |
| 5 | 7 | Simon Deadman | 110,000 | 28 |
| 5 | 8 | Joseph Spanne | 66,000 | 17 |
| 5 | 9 | Sam Cosby | 86,500 | 22 |
| 6 | 1 | Craig Mason | 74,500 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | Ian Steinman | 91,000 | 23 |
| 6 | 3 | Eric Baldwin | 91,000 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | Pablo Rios | 71,000 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | Faisal Siddiqui | 125,500 | 31 |
| 6 | 6 | Matthew Cosentino | 124,500 | 31 |
| 6 | 7 | Cody Wiegmann | 124,000 | 31 |
| 6 | 8 | Robert Peacock | 34,000 | 9 |
| 6 | 9 | David Powers | 107,000 | 27 |
| 7 | 1 | Kevin Calenzo | 452,000 | 113 |
| 7 | 2 | Andrew Wall | 249,500 | 62 |
| 7 | 3 | Tzu Shong Huang | 55,500 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | Noam Muallem | 235,500 | 59 |
| 7 | 5 | Joseph Marchal | 123,000 | 31 |
| 7 | 7 | Brock Wilson | 116,000 | 29 |
| 7 | 8 | Gabriel Amolroude | 297,000 | 74 |
| 7 | 9 | Stanley Lee | 60,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 1 | Manuel Labandeira | 59,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 2 | Bob Shaw | 79,000 | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | James Fricker | 133,500 | 33 |
| 8 | 4 | Toko Luu | 60,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | Pierie McKellar | 215,000 | 54 |
| 8 | 6 | Jeremy Pekarek | 66,500 | 17 |
| 8 | 7 | James Carroll | 131,000 | 33 |
| 8 | 8 | Martin Stausholm | 124,000 | 31 |
| 8 | 9 | Anthony Farrell | 207,000 | 52 |
| 9 | 2 | Richard Schneiderman | 89,500 | 22 |
| 9 | 3 | Louis Salter | 126,000 | 32 |
| 9 | 4 | Shawn Rice | 236,500 | 59 |
| 9 | 5 | Rick Biever | 208,000 | 52 |
| 9 | 6 | Hieu Dang | 254,000 | 64 |
| 9 | 7 | Michael Rossitto | 129,000 | 32 |
| 9 | 8 | Patrick Truong | 164,000 | 41 |
| 9 | 9 | Craig Varnell | 211,000 | 53 |
| 10 | 1 | Will Givens | 177,000 | 44 |
| 10 | 2 | Louis Francoeur | 207,500 | 52 |
| 10 | 3 | Justin Sharpe | 263,500 | 66 |
| 10 | 4 | Paul Murphy | 442,000 | 111 |
| 10 | 5 | Michelle Maynard | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | 6 | Longsheng Tan | 72,000 | 18 |
| 10 | 7 | Matthew Wang | 73,500 | 18 |
| 10 | 8 | Bradley Hinson | 268,500 | 67 |
| 10 | 9 | Michael Trivett | 139,500 | 35 |
| 11 | 1 | Kim Lowell | 252,000 | 63 |
| 11 | 3 | Yung Hwang | 164,500 | 41 |
| 11 | 4 | Scott Epstein | 98,500 | 25 |
| 11 | 5 | Jeffrey Tanouye | 134,500 | 34 |
| 11 | 6 | Zachary Donovan | 105,500 | 26 |
| 11 | 7 | Brandon Eisen | 85,000 | 21 |
| 11 | 8 | Brian Hansen | 90,500 | 23 |
| 11 | 9 | Kevin MacPhee | 301,000 | 75 |
| 12 | 1 | Brett Shaffer | 180,000 | 45 |
| 12 | 2 | Ramin Kaikhah | 50,500 | 13 |
| 12 | 3 | Paul Balzano | 77,000 | 19 |
| 12 | 4 | Jeffrey Lutes | 288,500 | 72 |
| 12 | 4 | Bobby Poe | 159,500 | 40 |
| 12 | 5 | Todd Wright | 119,500 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | Mitch Garshofsky | 165,000 | 41 |
| 12 | 9 | Mike Zulker | 77,500 | 19 |
| 13 | 1 | Derek Duclos | 92,500 | 23 |
| 13 | 2 | John Walker | 58,500 | 15 |
| 13 | 3 | Ray Medlin | 150,500 | 38 |
| 13 | 4 | Shawn Daniels | 229,000 | 57 |
| 13 | 5 | Stephen Song | 119,500 | 30 |
| 13 | 6 | Aram Amirvan | 170,500 | 43 |
| 13 | 8 | Nick Jivkov | 73,500 | 18 |
| 13 | 9 | Anthony Zinno | 114,500 | 29 |
| 14 | 1 | David Larson | 73,500 | 18 |
| 14 | 2 | Bryan Piccioli | 348,500 | 87 |
| 14 | 3 | Patrick Ronan | 175,000 | 44 |
| 14 | 4 | Malki Yaron Zeev | 140,500 | 35 |
| 14 | 5 | Javier Zarco | 150,000 | 38 |
| 14 | 6 | Michael Gonzalez | 143,000 | 36 |
| 14 | 7 | KC Panwani | 209,500 | 52 |
| 14 | 8 | Z Stein | 45,000 | 11 |
| 14 | 9 | William Donovan | 106,500 | 27 |
| 15 | 1 | Faraz Jaka | 131,000 | 33 |
| 15 | 2 | Martin Zamani | 429,500 | 107 |
| 15 | 3 | Kathy Liebert | 385,500 | 96 |
| 15 | 4 | John Holsonback | 130,000 | 33 |
| 15 | 5 | Leo Worthington-Leese | 354,000 | 89 |
| 15 | 6 | Everett Carlton | 54,500 | 14 |
| 15 | 7 | Eli Elzera | 110,000 | 28 |
| 15 | 8 | Andy Seth | 233,000 | 58 |
| 15 | 9 | Bobby Sanoubane | 95,000 | 24 |
| 16 | 1 | Thomas Winters | 95,000 | 24 |
| 16 | 2 | Liutauras Armanavicius | 180,500 | 45 |
| 16 | 3 | Eric Lowman | 73,500 | 18 |
| 16 | 4 | Matthew Camp | 92,500 | 23 |
| 16 | 5 | Jeannette Mendez | 71,500 | 18 |
| 16 | 6 | Katie Lindsay | 283,000 | 71 |
| 16 | 7 | NA NA | N/A | N/A |
| 16 | 8 | Aram Zobian | 284,500 | 71 |
| 16 | 9 | Hesam Alagha | 83,000 | 21 |
| 17 | 2 | Bangalore Subbarao | 195,000 | 49 |
| 17 | 3 | Jared Jaffee | 118,500 | 30 |
| 17 | 4 | Justin Zaki | 128,000 | 32 |
| 17 | 5 | Jeremy Ausmus | 203,500 | 51 |
| 17 | 6 | Henry McArdle | 164,000 | 41 |
| 17 | 7 | Ronald Keren | 112,000 | 28 |
| 17 | 8 | Tim Reilly | 162,000 | 41 |
| 17 | 9 | Ben Palmer | 134,000 | 34 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
485,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
|
||
|
452,000
452,000
|
452,000 |
|
442,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
429,500
270,500
|
270,500 |
|
385,500
250,500
|
250,500 |
|
||
|
348,500
58,500
|
58,500 |
|
||
|
318,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
288,500
288,500
|
288,500 |
|
283,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
268,500
268,500
|
268,500 |
|
263,500 | |
|
254,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
|
249,500
191,500
|
191,500 |
|
238,500
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
235,500 | |
|
233,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
|
229,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
|
||
|
227,500
227,500
|
227,500 |
|
|
221,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
209,500
209,500
|
209,500 |
|
203,500
203,500
|
203,500 |
|
||
|
|
195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
180,500
180,500
|
180,500 |
|
177,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
|
||
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Anthony Zinno raised to 7,000 preflop. Simon Deadman three-bet to 20,000.
Zinno calmly announced all in which prompted Deadman to throw away his cards easily as the chips shifted over to Zinno.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
116,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
||
|
109,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Defending champion Viet Vo and Ben Yu were both spotted getting up and heading to the exits.
Vo's 
and Yu's 
had been vanquished by the 
of Subbaro Narayanarao on a board that ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
226,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Aaron Massey opened from the button to 8,500, David Pham three-bet from the big blind and Massey jammed his stack into the middle. Pham called for his 112,500 and was the player at risk.
David Pham: 
Aaron Massey: 
The board came down 
and Pham's set of ladies scooped the pot, doubling through Massey late in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
228,500
181,500
|
181,500 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jordan Cristos opened to 9,000 and two players called. Ryan Olisar raised to 30,000 and all his opponents except one. That player shoved their stack into the middle for more than enough to cover Olisar who snap-called for his 155,500 stack.
Ryan Olisar: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Olisar's aces held on for the pot, doubling late in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading 
. Katie Lindsay made a bet of 22,000 into a pot that was about 35,000.
Stephen Song was thinking it over for a bit before he eventually threw his cards into the muck.
Lindsay told him to chose one card of hers to reveal, which he did turning over the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
90,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000