Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Dickstein	58,100
Daniel Harmetz	45,000
Jeff Lisandro	43,800

David Nicholson	42,900 300	300
Adam Glassman	41,700
Jeet Shetty	39,700
Christopher Gentile	38,300
Anthony Bellino	38,100
Woody Deck	37,000
Desmond Portano	35,100
Perry Friedman	35,000

Elon Diamond	34,800
Pascal Leyo	34,000
Joe Weinberger	33,900
Raymond Davis	33,200
Chris Viox	33,200
Norman Chad	31,500
Scott Seiver	31,000

Christopher George	30,300
Can Kim Hua	29,700
Tom Koral	29,700

Richard Ashby	29,500

Hooman Nikzad	29,400
Lance Edelman	29,300
Dylan Linde	28,800

Player

Chips

Progress

58,100

45,000

43,800

42,900

300

Adam Glassman

41,700

Jeet Shetty

39,700

Christopher Gentile

38,300

38,100

37,000

35,100

35,000

34,800

34,000

33,900

33,200

33,200

31,500

31,000

30,300

29,700

29,700

Richard Ashby

29,500

Hooman Nikzad

29,400

Lance Edelman

29,300

Dylan Linde

28,800

The $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better tournament is one of those events at the World Series of Poker where the number of young kids is drastically lower than in other events. These two games are for the experienced and well rounded players, and among the leaders after day one we see big names like Richard Ashby and Scott Seiver. Marc Dickstein is our overnight chip leader with 58,100.

The tournament started out with 393 players out of which 175 still have a shot at claiming this title. A total of 40 players will be paid out, the bottom payout being $4,845. The eventual winner will go home with a $228,014 first place prize, but we're far from knowing who that'll be.

Some of the players that won't be in contention for this bracelet are Dutch Boyd, Mike Leah and Jeff Madsen who all busted out quickly. The games proved themselves to be tough and painful as Noah Boeken only got to play thirty minutes after he decided to register late for this event, and his good friend David Williams would follow soon after.

Luckily there were also plenty of stories to be told and Brian Nadell came up with the 'Greatest Poker Story of All Time' which he laid upon his table mates. Mike Matusow, on the other hand, wasn't up for nice stories. He wanted to share his love for John Monnette, with John Monnette. You can read all about that in this post we made earlier today.

Other players to bust out before the end of the day were Steve Sung, Michael Chow, Leo Margets and 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Hachem. Let's move on to the good news.

Allen Bari was having a party today. The 2011 WSOP bracelet winner was winning pots left and right, and he ended the day with 18,100. During the second to last level of the day many players started drinking a few beers, and that made for plenty of fun table talk. Scott Seiver, Steven McLoughlin and Alan Boston created quite the party at Table 370.

Phil Ivey was one of the last players to bust out, and at least the remaining players don't have to worry about him stealing their shine. Yuegi Zhu (15,100), Eugene Katchalov (9,100) and Allen Bari (18,100) are among the remaining players as we restart tomorrow at 2:00 PM local Las Vegas time.

Make sure to follow PokerNews for all your live updates as we head towards the money, and eventually, final table tomorrow!