Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-30-2013 00:09 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Gee	64,000 49,000	49,000
Faraz Jaka	49,000 19,000	19,000

Chance Kornuth	43,000 23,000	23,000

Brent Hanks	43,000 23,000	23,000

John Eames	33,000 16,000	16,000
Antoine Saout	30,000 30,000	30,000
Isaac Baron	20,000 3,500	3,500

Nam Le	19,000 7,000	7,000
DJ MacKinnon	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Vaillancourt	73,000 55,000	55,000
Adam Bitker	72,000
Danny Suied	33,000 1,000	1,000
Harrison Gimbel	26,000 2,000	2,000

Loni Harwood	23,000 7,000	7,000

Matt Waxman	15,000 23,000	23,000

Darryll Fish	Busted
Luke Vrabel	Busted

Five More Hands

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Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The tournament staff has announced that each table will deal five more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

06-30-2013 01:15 UTC-8

A Few End-Of-Day 1 Chip Counts

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Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alban Juen	168,300
Arden Cho	124,800
Chance Kornuth	120,300

Tonio Roder	112,000
Peter Martin Jr.	104,800
David Vamplew	98,800
Than Lam	95,600
Noah Vaillancourt	72,900
Steve Gee	59,100
Brent Hanks	53,500

Kristian Lunardi	52,700
Danny Suied	41,000
Barry Greenstein	36,400

Tim Duckworth	31,500
Faraz Jaka	26,100

Matt Waxman	25,000

Paul Volpe	16,900

06-30-2013 01:35 UTC-8

A Few End-Of-Day 1 Photos

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06-30-2013 01:35 UTC-8

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Alban Juen	168,300
Valeri Savov	138,100 138,100	138,100
Erwann Pecheux	128,200 128,200	128,200
Arden Cho	124,800
Chance Kornuth	120,300

Tonio Roder	112,000
Steve Bartlett	110,200 110,200	110,200
Peter Martin	104,800 104,800	104,800
Laikoon Lim	104,200 104,200	104,200
David Vamplew	98,800
Sean Wallace	97,900 97,900	97,900
Thanh Lam	95,600 95,600	95,600
Squanto Oakley	95,200 95,200	95,200
Darren Rabinowitz	95,000 12,200	12,200

Christian Hanusse	94,900 94,900	94,900
Fred Berger	90,600 90,600	90,600

Michael Brockley	90,400 90,400	90,400
Mathieu Laforce	88,800 88,800	88,800
Inigo Rodriguez	88,000 88,000	88,000
Mark Defaria	85,900 85,900	85,900
Joel Tushnet	84,800 84,800	84,800
Konstantinos Mamaliadis	84,300 84,300	84,300
Armenak Kizirian	84,200 84,200	84,200
Roger Hardy	84,000 84,000	84,000
Jacek Markowski	83,400 83,400	83,400

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06-30-2013 01:39 UTC-8

Alban Juen Leads After Day 1 of Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

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Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Day 1 of Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has come to an end. The largest $1,500 NLHE event of the series thus far not named the Millionaire Maker drew an impressive 2,816 entrants, generating a prize pool of $3,801,600. First place will pay $665,397 and leading the remaining 320 or so players is Alban Juen with 168,300. He is followed by Arden Cho (124,800) and Chance Kornuth (120,300).

Among the notables still in the field are David Vamplew (98,800), Noah Vaillancourt (72,900), 2012 Octo-Niner Steve Gee (59,100), Brent Hanks (53,500), Danny Suied (41,000), Barry Greenstein (36,400), Faraz Jaka (26,100), Matt Waxman (25,000), and Paul Volpe (16,900).

Also taking part in the action today was Antonio Esfandiari, fresh off of his fourth-place finish in the One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em. Unfortunately, Esfandiari didn't survive the day. Also among those who will not return on Day 2, include Lauren Kling, Darryll Fish, Maria Ho, Phil Laak, Matt Stout, and Luke Vrabel.

Play is set to resume at 1 p.m. local time on Sunday as the remaining 320-ish players play down towards the final table. Be sure to join us then as the quest to crown another WSOP bracelet winner continues.

Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed