2013 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$432,411
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,731
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Holmes Leads, Wasicka Also Soaring

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Paul Wasicka
Paul Wasicka

Day 1 of the $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event 24 has come to a close. The tournament started off with 1,731 players, and only 198 remain. All 198 are in the money and they are eyeing a top prize of $432,411. They will still need to complete a task of 10 levels tomorrow to get to the final day.

The chip leader after the first 11 hours is Ashton Holmes, who bagged 126,300 in chips at the end of the day. He will hope to continue his success tomorrow with other players with high chip counts like Paul Wasicka (126,100), Mohsin Charania (122,800), and Huy Nguyen (116,100). Other notables to make it to day 2 are Daniel Strelitz (97,400), Victor Ramdin (74,900), Rob Salaburu, (41,800), and AP Phahurat (26,100).

Casualties fell like always today and many big names went home empty-handed. Antonio Esfandiari, Melanie Weisner, Kevin Saul, Faraz Jaka, Carlos Mortensen and Mario Ho all went home, as well as many other well-known names.

The final 198 come back tomorrow at 1:00 PM PST to attempt to play down to a final table. Make sure to check for PokerNews updates to see who will come out on top in this $1500 No-Limit Hold’em Event. Action will already be in the money, and everyone will get paid. Find Out tomorrow! For now, we'll leave you with Lynn Gilmartin who has all the highlights from around the Rio.

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Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ashton Holmes us
Ashton Holmes
126,300 126,300
Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
126,100 16,100
Jarred Solomon za
Jarred Solomon
123,800 119,300
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
122,800 2,100
Arkadiy Tsinis us
Arkadiy Tsinis
WSOP 1X Winner
118,500 118,500
Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
116,100 -3,900
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
109,000 109,000
Wade Townsend us
Wade Townsend
103,000 -7,000
Annie Wang us
Annie Wang
102,300 102,300
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
WSOP 2X Winner
97,400 62,400
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
94,000 94,000
Clement Thumy fr
Clement Thumy
93,600 93,600
Ryan Franklin us
Ryan Franklin
89,600 89,600
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
87,500 72,500
Daniel Davies us
Daniel Davies
87,200 87,200
Robert Tepper us
Robert Tepper
86,800 86,800
Michael Delvecchio us
Michael Delvecchio
86,500 86,500
Arshin Gamini us
Arshin Gamini
85,300 85,300
Samm DiStasio us
Samm DiStasio
82,600 82,600
Matthew Goldman us
Matthew Goldman
82,500 82,500
Walter Fisher us
Walter Fisher
82,300 82,300
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
78,600 50,600
David Tighe gb
David Tighe
77,700 77,700
Salvatore Dicarlo us
Salvatore Dicarlo
77,600 77,600
Christopher O'donnell gb
Christopher O'donnell
77,000 77,000

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Bubble Burst Thanks To Strelitz

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Daniel Strelitz flipped up his two pair {5-Clubs}{3d] on a board of {2-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{6-Spades} when some of the other tables were waiting to see if his two pair could win to eliminate the bubble. In fact it was the winning hand as the player had {a-}{j-} and with that all players are in the money and play is over for today.

Hand-for-Hand

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The staff has just announced that since we are two spots away from the money, we will be playing hand-for-hand until we have reached our final 198 players. Once we hit that mark, we will be done for the night.

Aguiar One of the Bubble Boys

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but we found out that Jonathan Aguiar was crippled down to his last 200 chips after losing {q-}{q-} to {k-}{k-} all in preflop. Shortly after, Russell Thomas raised it up to 2,000, and Aguiar called it off. Another player raised it up to 4,900, and Thomas reluctantly folded.

Aguiar: {k-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Thomas: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

The board ran down {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, and Aguair was one of the last players to bust before the money.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

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Wasicka With Chips

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On a flop of {3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} Paul Wasicka bet out 4,700 when his opponent checked. His opponent called and the turn came the {j-Clubs}. Wasicka bet again and his opponent called. The river came the {a-Clubs}. Wasicka's final bet was 12,500. This was good enough to get his opponent to fold and Wasicka moved up to over 110,000.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
110,000 18,000

Turbo Finds a Double Up

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Los Angeles based poker pro Phong Nguyen, nicknamed "Turbo" for his multiple deep runs in live turbo events, has been grinding an average stack the entire day. We just caught Nguyen putting his tournament life at risk preflop, and ultimately reaping the benefits of it, scoring a full double up.

Action started with a player in middle position making it 1,900. It folded around to Nguyen, and he moved all in for his last 17,700. It folded back around to the original raiser, and after about 90 seconds of thought, he made the call.

Nguyen: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Nguyen was looking to pair up one of his big cards, and he did just that on the {3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop. Nguyen now needed to dodge a ten to hold up, and the dealer completed the board with the {4-Diamonds} om n the turn, and the {6-Spades} on the river. After that hand, Nguyen jumped up to 38,000.

Player Chips Progress
Phong "Turbo" Nguyen
Phong "Turbo" Nguyen
38,000 15,000

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