Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Players are quickly approaching the money bubble and hand-for-hand play has begun.
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Players Left 1 / 2,883
Filter
(1)
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Warwick Mirzikinian just put himself at risk twice on the bubble with a more than healthy stack to survive through the cash. But Mirzikinian's double bubble gamble antics paid off for him allowing to double up twice right here on bubble. The most interesting part is that he doubled twice through the same player.
We caught up to the first hand on the river. Mirzikinian had shoved all in on the river of a board reading 
and the player across the table from him made the call. The two players sat in silence while they waited for the floor to tell them it was ok to turn up their hands. Finally, after about four minutes of waiting, the ok was given and the two men showed their hands. Mirzikinian turned up 
for the second nut flush, and it was good as his opponent showed 
for just a flush with his .
That double up brought Mirzikinian up to just about 60,000 in chips.
The very next hand the same two players got into a tangle again. Mirzikinian ended up all in once more before the flop and the same gentleman at the other end of the table called him again, still with a covering stack. Once again the players were forced to wait about five minutes before turning up their hands and when they finally did, this is what was shown:
Mirzikinian: 
Opponent: 
When the hands were shown, the gentleman stood up from his chair and fist pumped because he was ahead in the hand so far.
The dealer put down the flop of 
giving Mirzikinian no extra outs, and keeping the gentleman out front. The turn was the keeping Mirzikinian's opponent ahead in the hand. But the river was everything Mirzikinian could've asked for and more when it came the to grant him his second double up through the same player in two hands.
With that Mirzikinian jumped up to just about 120,000 chips while his opponent was left with just a very short stack.
That is how Mirzikinian went from just an average stack starting hand for hand play, to one of the chip leaders in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Players are playing three more hands and bagging it up for the night.
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
251,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
|
211,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
||
|
157,800
22,800
|
22,800 |
|
126,200
126,200
|
126,200 |
|
125,200
125,200
|
125,200 |
|
|
111,700
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
111,200
111,200
|
111,200 |
|
110,200
110,200
|
110,200 |
|
105,700
105,700
|
105,700 |
|
95,800
95,800
|
95,800 |
|
||
|
93,400
93,400
|
93,400 |
|
|
||
|
88,100
88,100
|
88,100 |
|
87,600
87,600
|
87,600 |
|
85,900
85,900
|
85,900 |
|
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
83,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
82,800
82,800
|
82,800 |
|
78,100
78,100
|
78,100 |
|
77,700
37,700
|
37,700 |
|
76,700
76,700
|
76,700 |
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
74,700
74,700
|
74,700 |
|
|
72,500
30,475
|
30,475 |
|
|
69,300
69,300
|
69,300 |
|
69,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
After 11 full levels of exciting No-Limit action, an enormous field of 2,883 runners has been whittled down to just 239, with yet another tournament reaching the payout phase during the first day of play. Along the way, a number of notables and professional players came and went, while a few unique names surged to the top of the chip counts.
The day saw several professionals try to navigate the minefield known as Day 1 of these low buy-in events, with Olivier Busquet, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Victor Ramdin, Tony Dunst, Matt Stout, Randy Lew, and Bryan Micon just a few of the pros to go busto before the money bubble burst.
Barry Hutter emerged as the overwhelming chip leader by the time bags were tagged, after amassing a stack of 251,000 to end the night. He will be joined by the regally named Marcus Aurelius (150,800), and Warwick Mirzikinian (111,700), while last year's Main Event runner-up Jesse James Sylvia (83,000) is threatening with a late charge at the end of the night.
The action will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time, with the remaining 239 players returning to the Amazon Room to continue the chase for a gold bracelet. Check back with PokerNews at 1 p.m. local time to follow all of the action live from the floor of the Rio, as the field plays ten levels in hopes of reaching the final table.
Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
