Record-Setting Day 1 Completed
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Today was a historical day here at the World Series of Poker with 4,128 players coming out for Event 29: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship, making this tournament the largest single day start ever. With the field being strictly limited to players 50 years old and over this was a huge accomplishment. Players were spread out through the three rooms here at the Rio, and played 6 hours before all the remaining players were in the same room. At one point during the day it was determined that on average 6 players were being eliminated a minute. 462 players managed to hold on to their stacks for the entirety of the day and will be returning tomorrow.
Radwan Khuri will come into day two as the chip leader, bagging 112,600. Even though Khuri possesses the chip lead does not mean he is safe by any means. Behind Khuri is Fred Roll who finished the day with 94,100. Dennis Phillips played solid the entire day and finished with 44,500. Phillips seemed to be the main attraction of today’s event, bringing the fan out in people and telling stories. Other players who aren’t going to go out with a fight are Humberto Brenes and Marcel Luske who both made day two as well.
The day saw its fair share of victors, but it also had many losers. Sam Grizzle, Eli Elezra, Chad Brown, and James Woods all made early exits today. James Hess, last year’s winner of this event also won’t be joining the festivities tomorrow as he was eliminated late here on day one.
We finished the day 39 people away from the money, and expect to see the bubble burst extremely early tomorrow. To find out who will be walking away with what check out PokerNews tomorrow at 11:00 AM for all the updates.