Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

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07-01-2013 06:27 UTC-8

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Frank Op de Woerd

Players will start with stacks of 7,500 today.

Good morning, and welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em here at the 2013 World Series of Poker. Cards will be in the air at 12 noon, and we will see 11 levels played today, each lasting one hour. Stacks will be fairly deep to begin with, as each entrant will start with a stack of 7,500 and blinds of 25 and 50.

Last year, American Joey Weissman bested a field of 1,607 players to earn $694,609 and a WSOP gold bracelet. Notable pros Vanessa Selbst, Pius Heinz and Jonathan Little made deep runs, but nobody could stop Weissman's run through the tournament. Last year's field also coincided with the $50,000 Players' Championship, so a similarly large field and large prize pool seems likely this year.

All of the important updates will be popping up right here throughout the day, so be sure to stay tuned for what develops. While you wait, check out the interview with Steve Sung who won his second bracelet last night in the $25,000 six handed:

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

07-01-2013 11:15 UTC-8

Notables in Brasilia Red & Bronze

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesper Onrust	7,500
John Tabatabai	7,500
Khiem Nguyen	7,500
Chris Moorman	7,500

Tim Ulrich	7,500
Jean-Yves Malherbe	7,500
Nicolas Levi	7,500
Dan O'Brien	7,500
Shane Schleger	7,500

Bryan Micon	7,500
Paul Wasicka	7,500
Carlos Mortensen	7,500

John Shipley	7,500
Sofia Lovgren	7,500

07-01-2013 11:16 UTC-8

Notables in Brasilia Gold and Silver

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Hinkle	7,500 7,500	7,500

Naoya Kihara	7,500

Eddie Blumenthal	7,500 7,500	7,500
Kevin Vandersmissen	7,500 7,500	7,500
Seth Berger	7,500 7,500	7,500
Faraz Jaka	7,500 7,500	7,500

Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	7,500 7,500	7,500

07-01-2013 11:31 UTC-8

Amazon Orange

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

There are to many players in this tournament to house the all in the Brasilia Room. Therefor the Amazon Room is in use as well. The entire Orange section is occupied by $2,500 players. Here are some of the recognizable faces from that area:

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mackey	7,500 7,500	7,500

David Pham	7,500 7,500	7,500

Leo Margets	7,500 7,500	7,500

Salvatore Bonavena	7,500 7,500	7,500
Tony Dunst	7,500 7,500	7,500

Joe Ebanks	7,500 7,500	7,500

Ramzi Jelassi	7,500 7,500	7,500
Gavin Smith	7,500 7,500	7,500
Jeff Madsen	7,500 7,500	7,500

Barry Shulman	7,500 7,500	7,500

Pieter Aerts	7,500
Dan Smith	7,500 7,500	7,500

David Peters	7,500 7,500	7,500

Athanasios Polychronopoulos	7,500 7,500	7,500

Andreas Høivold	7,500 7,500	7,500

07-01-2013 11:35 UTC-8

More Notables in Brasilia

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Devonshire	7,500
Dmitrii Valouev	7,500
Jonathan Little	7,500

Erica Lindgren	7,500
Alex Queen	7,500
Darryll Fish	7,500
Kristina Holst	7,500
Eric Baldwin	7,500

Rupert Elder	7,500
Matt Affleck	7,500

07-01-2013 11:46 UTC-8

These Players Are Also Here

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

The Brasilia Room is really filling up. Many tables started out short handed but by now, most tables are full ring. Here are some more notables who we've seen starting out with 7,500 in chips:

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Binkle	7,500
Matthias De Meulder	7,500

Todd Terry	7,500
Sam Holden	7,500
Ludovic Lacay	7,500

Martin Staszko	7,500
Shannon Shorr	7,500

Cherish Andrews	7,500
Marc Convey	7,500
Jason Duval	7,500

Eddy Sabat	7,500
Heinz Kamutzki	7,500
Brett Richey	7,500
Amanda Baker	7,500
James Dempsey	7,500

Manuel Bevand	7,500
Annette Obrestad	7,500

Andy Frankenberger	7,500

Juha Helppi	7,500

Trystan Wade	7,500
Dominik Nitsche	7,500

James St Hilaire	7,500
Kenny Hallaert	7,500

07-01-2013 11:55 UTC-8

Makhija, Balsiger in the House

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucille Cailly	7,500
Jake Balsiger	7,500 7,500	7,500
Ryan Olisar	7,500 7,500	7,500
Amit Makhija	7,500 7,500	7,500

07-01-2013 11:56 UTC-8

Baker Turns a Set

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

When we walked up the action was already on the turn: | . The big blind checked to Amanda Baker and the pot was quite sizable. Baker bet 650 and got an immediate call. The river brought the to the table and the big blind, without even looking it seemed, checked. Baker thought for two seconds before tossing out a 1,000 and 500 chip, announcing she bet 1,200. The big blind called instantly and held his in front of him. That was not good enough though, as Baker showed . Baker is off to a good start and well over 10,000 now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Baker	10,200 2,700	2,700

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