Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-04-2013 08:31 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Blizniak	45,700	45,700
Miguel Proulx	45,100
Luis Benitesneri	41,100	41,100
Chiduziem Obi	40,800
William James	40,400
Steve Gee	39,800
Arkadiy Tsinis	37,800	37,800
Matthew Kelly	35,700	35,700
John Zipperer	33,500	33,500
Winston Chen	32,200	32,200
Amos Segev	32,200	32,200
Tyler Schwecke	32,100	32,100
Nick Schulman	31,800
Farid Labib-Kiyarash	31,700	31,700
Kevin MacPhee	28,700
Billy Huynh	28,400	28,400
Eric Froehlich	28,400	24,200
Malissia Zapata	28,200	28,200
Brian Aleksa	28,200	28,200
Larry Wright	27,600
John Monnette	27,300
Matt Lefkowitz	27,300	27,300
Tom Schneider	27,100
Michael Moore	27,100	27,100
Kyle Zartman	27,100	-7,900

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Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

06-04-2013 02:34 UTC-7

Octo-Niner Among Leaders After Day 1

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Day 1 of Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em is in the books, and among the leaders of the 177 remaining players are Miguel Proulx, Chiduziem Obi, William James, and Octo-Niner Steve Gee. Gee, who finished ninth in the 2012 World Series of Poker, won a bracelet in 2010, besting a field of 3,042 runners. Proulx also won a bracelet in 2010, taking down a $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $315,311.

Event #10 attracted a total of 645 players, generating a prize pool of $870,750. The top 72 players are guaranteed $2,455, every player at the final table will take home at least $14,585, and the winner will bank $191,605 along with the gold bracelet. There were plenty of notable grinders in the field, including Jason Mercier, John Racener, Randy Lew, Michael "Squeaky" Winnett, Scott Seiver, Justin Bonomo, Carlos Mortensen, Rep Porter, Jeremy Ausmus, Matt Glantz, Phil Hellmuth and Barry Greenstein. Unfortunately for all of the players mentioned above, they were unable to survive the day.

Many of the big names registered late - some because the basketball game was on, others because they were deep in other tournaments - and Phil Ivey was the very last player to take his seat. Despite making a hero call in the last level of the day, he was unable to get anything going and bagged just 3,900 chips. Daniel Negreanu was also one of the players who registered very late, and he too took a hit during the last level of play when he ran kings into aces, but bounced back. Kid Poker ended up bagging 16,000 which will be 13 big bets to start Day 2.

Todd Witteles had a roller coaster day which saw him peak as high as 24,000 chips and drop down as low as 2,400. He was also involved in the craziest hand of the day, where he eliminated three opponents including NBA forward Earl Barron. Witteles flopped a flush draw against two sets and a gut-shot straight draw, and made his flush on the river to score a rare triple knockout.

The Day 1 survivors will return tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time, and play until they reach a final table or they complete 10 levels. We're wagering that it will be the latter, and we hope you return for all of our up-to-the-minute updates straight from the tournament floor.

Until then, goodnight from Las Vegas!

Tags: Steve Gee

06-04-2013 02:15 UTC-7

Unofficial End-of-Day Counts

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Level 8 : 300/500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chiduziem Obi	40,800	40,800
William James	40,400	40,400
Steve Gee	39,800	26,800
Nick Schulman	31,800	5,300
Kevin MacPhee	28,700	19,300
Eric Froehlich	28,400	24,200
Larry Wright	27,600	15,600
John Monnette	27,300	2,300
Tom Schneider	27,100	11,100
Roland Israelashvili	24,700	12,500
Lee Goldman	23,600	20,600
Alex Keatling	21,700	21,700
Mike Sowers	21,200	-2,800
Mark Gregorich	20,000	20,000
Terrence Chan	18,800	9,300
Daniel Negreanu	16,000
David "ODB" Baker	15,200	200
Gabriel Nassif	7,100	-3,400
Don Zewin	5,600	-6,800
Phil Ivey	3,900	-3,100

06-04-2013 01:54 UTC-7

Six More Hands

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The remaining players will play six more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.

06-04-2013 01:53 UTC-7

Taking Over

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Nick Schulman, aka "The Takeover," had a short-stacked opponent all in and at risk preflop holding . The player was in good shape to double, that is until the turn brought an ace. The player couldn't make a set of kings on the river, and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	26,500	8,500

Tags: Nick Schulman

06-04-2013 01:46 UTC-7

Negreanu Runs Kings into Aces

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A player check-raised Daniel Negreanu on a flop of , and Kid Poker made the call. The turn was the , the player led out, and Negreanu quickly raised. The player called.

The completed the board, and the player check-called one last bet.

"Kings," Negreanu said, showing two cowboys.

The player opened up however, and Negreanu shook his head before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	3,800	-8,700

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

06-04-2013 01:38 UTC-7

Zartman Among Leaders

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We were searching for bigger stacks moments ago, and discovered Kyle Zartman. He currently sits with 35,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Zartman	35,000

06-04-2013 01:26 UTC-7

Ivey is a Hero

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After losing a few pots, Phil Ivey's stack dwindled down to a few big bets. At that point, he opened in middle position, and was called by two players, one on the button and the other in the big blind. The player in the big blind check-called a bet on a flop of , then both players checked when the turned.

The completed the board, and the player led out. Ivey thought long and hard before tossing two purple chips forward, prompting the player to show for jack-high. Ivey tabled for essentially fifth pair, and raked in the pot.