Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-23-2012 13:23 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Lowery	4,500
Ari Engel	4,500

Mark "Pegasus" Smith	4,500
Soi Nguyen	4,500
Kat Bowen	4,500
Leo Margets	4,500

Todd Terry	4,500
Michael Gathy	4,500

Bernard Lee	4,500
Anthony Gregg	4,500

Abraham Araya	4,500
Todd Witteless	4,500
David "Doc" Sands	4,500
Katie Dozier	4,500
Matthew Hankins	4,500
Nachman Berlin	4,500
Craig Bergeron	4,500

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

WSOP TD Jack Effel has made the morning announcements and cards are in the air.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/25

Ante: 0

06-23-2012 12:46 UTC-6

Huge Field Expected to Fill the Rio

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It's Day 1 of Event 43, $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, of the World Series of Poker and another blockbuster turnout is expected for this event. Some 2,000 entrants have already registered and will fill all of the Brasilia Room, the White and Black Sections of the Pavilion and the Orange and Tan Sections of the Amazon Room.

Last year this event attracted 2,192 entrants and created a near $3 million prize pool. Las Vegas resident Arkadiy Tsinis walked away with the gold bracelet and $540,136.

Jacob Toole, Jon Spinks, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Matt Waxman, Sam Trickett, Ryan Eriquezzo, La Sengphet, Bernard Lee and Matthew Woodward all cashed in the top 100 finishers.

The field will play a full schedule of 11 levels today with the possibility of making the money by the end of play. Stay tuned to follow all of the WSOP action live on PokerNews.com

Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

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