Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Day 1 of the $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Event #17 has come to an end. 11 Hours have been recorded and the chips are bagged. When this event started this afternoon there were 2,105 hopeful players looking to capture gold and a bunch of money totaling up to $518,755. Fortunately 216 players will all make money but 10 players will have to bust tomorrow to do that, as there will be 226 returning for tomorrow’s action.

The chip leader going into day 2 will be Levon Katchatryan as he bagged up a whopping 176,100 in chips. His closest competitors are the likes of Kurt Jewell (131,200), Michael Borovetz (115,500), and Matt Jarvis (101,300). Other notables that will be in attendance tomorrow are: Matt Matros, Amnon Filippi (67,300), Joe Cada (60,000), Vanessa Selbst (61,300), David Sklansky (54,000), and Jerry Wong (35,000).

Not every big name made it to day 2 as the likes of Phil Ivey, Liv Boree, Eric Baldwin, Paul Volpe, Carlos Mortensen, Allen Kessler, Mike Sexton, and Annette Oberstad were sent to the rail before the end of the night. Many other pros will not be seeing another day.

The players that will be returning will be coming in at 1:00 pm PST and play another 10 levels or until a final table is determined, which ever comes first. The bubble will happen right away so stay tuned as action promises to be fast and a lot of play is still left to be done. Make sure to check in to PokerNews tomorrow for the continuing coverage of Event 17 $1500 No-Limit Hold-em. The stakes are high and the money will be pocketed shortly. For now we say goodnight and good luck to all the remaining participants.