Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,161
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Nicolas Fierro Leads The Final 249; Matt Berkey Not Far Behind
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Today’s $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em tournament got more runners then any of the preceding $1,500 events, with the exception of the “Millionaire Maker”, as 2,161 players took to the felt today. After 11 grueling levels of poker, Nicolas Fierro leads the final 249 players, after bagging up a huge stack of 176,500. He is 30,000 clear of the next two stacks, Jonathan Driscoll (142,000) and Jeremy Menard (141,100), who were sitting elbow-to-elbow for the last half of the day.
As is always the case in these events, we lost a ton of notables on the way to completing the day. Some of the many who came and went today included David “ODB” Baker, Phil Ivey, Victor Ramdin, Bertrand Grospellier, Matt Waxman, Greg Raymer, Antonio Esfandiari, and Jake Cody, amongst many others.
It wasn’t all bad news for our notables, as there were plenty of familiar faces who bagged up tonight. This list includes Matt Berkey (126,600), Jake Balisger (85,600), Jeremy Ausmus (70,000), Tuan Le (59,000), Garry Gates (51,900), Matt Salsberg (35,400), and our very own Frank Op de Woerd, who will come into tomorrow with 43,600.
The 249 survivors from today will be back tomorrow at 1 PM to play ten more levels of poker, with the hopes of getting down to a final table, though it is unlikely. Only 243 of them will make the money, meaning six unfortunate players will be walking away empty handed. As always, we will be here the entire day bringing you all the action, so be sure to come back to check out our coverage. Thanks for tuning in, and good night from the Rio!
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
169,000 | 169,000 |
|
144,100 | -900 |
|
142,000 | |
|
139,300 | 139,300 |
|
134,000 | 134,000 |
|
126,600 | 26,600 |
|
|
119,600 | |
|
109,900 | |
|
103,500 | |
|
101,500 | |
|
97,800 | 97,800 |
|
96,100 | |
|
95,500 | |
|
94,500 | 34,500 |
|
93,900 | |
|
|
93,700 | |
|
|
91,600 | |
|
91,300 | |
|
|
89,300 | |
|
87,800 | 16,000 |
|
86,000 | |
|
|
85,800 | |
|
85,600 | 23,600 |
|
|
81,300 | |
|
81,000 |
Near the Top
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Marc Davis, who looks to be near the top of the leaderboard as we approach the end of play tonight, currently sits with 122,000 in chips.
He requested we publish a personal message, which is not usually what we post, but we elected to make an exception for Marc. He says he misses his kid, and he looks forward to returning home next week. Here's hoping for a happy reunion!
Three More Hands
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The tournament director has announced that each table will play three more hands before players bag their chips for the night.
At the moment, it looks like the two probable chip leaders are seated directly next to each other. Jeremy Menard has 145,000, and Jonathan Driscoll sits with 141,00 directly to his left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000 | |
|
|
141,000 | 6,000 |
Ausmus Makes Right Call to Chop
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We walked up to the table to see Jeremy Ausmus and Tuan Le in the middle of a heads up pot. The board was on the turn, reading 
, and Ausmus fired 5,500 into the middle of a pot that had about 11,000. Le made the call, and the river was the 
, putting a straight on board. Ausmus checked, and Le took it as an invitation to fired out 9,000. Ausmus thought for about 30 seconds before calling, and Le turned over 
, playing the board. Ausmus showed 
, and the two players chopped up the pot.
After that hand, Ausmus is at 82,000, while Le is sitting on 39,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000 | 20,000 |
|
39,000 | -4,000 |
No More Vu
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Tommy Vu went all in to put himself at risk. He held 
and his opponent had 
. He was racing for a chance to keep his gloves on and continue his day.
The board did not bring any help when it came 
. Vu was done and he can go enjoy the rest of his Perrier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Fresh Chippies
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
43,000 | |
|
42,000 | 2,000 |
|
41,000 | -9,000 |
|
37,000 | -2,000 |
|
29,000 | -14,200 |
|
26,000 | 16,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
24,000 | |
|
24,000 | 1,000 |
|
23,000 | -2,000 |
|
12,000 | -3,000 |
|
10,000 | -30,000 |
Junglen Set is Good
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Adam Junglen was at the river of a board reading 
. His opponent was contemplating what to do in an already inflated pot. He eventually put out 5,000. This bet was met by an auto call from Junglen as he tabled a very strong 
. The set was certainly good as his opponent mucked. Junglen moved up to 65,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 |