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Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Total Entries
2,043
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2,043
Filter
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
As usual, the latest $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event drew a massive field to the Rio Sunday.
By the time registration closed, a grand total of 2,043 had signed up for the budget bracelet event. But as quick as they came into the Pavilion and Brasilia Rooms, the faster the masses dusted off the rather paltry 3,000-chip starting stacks and the field was cut to 215 and in the money just 20 minutes into the day’s last level.
Two players busted on the same hand to split 216th-place money and avoid the heartbreak of the bubble with their piece of an $1,875 score, leaving the rest of the field to chase the healthy $335,659 and World Series of Poker gold bracelet that awaits the winner here.
The post-bubble line up at the payouts cage then got longer and longer as short stacks shoved in the money. By the time the level was finally through, just 168 players remained headed into tomorrow’s Day 2.
Some big names built some big stacks today including the legendary eight-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel, 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up David Williams, 2013 WSOP Main Event finalist JC Tran, and 2012 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche.
Several other recognizable figures also built towers of checks, including 2010 WSOP Main Event finalists Soi Nguyen and Jason Senti, WSOP bracelet winner James Mackey and WPT Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja.
The first two players over the 100,000-chip mark included David D’Alesandro and Simon Lam, the latter of whom got the best of WSOP circuit god Dwyte Pilgrim to snatch the sizable stack he spent most of the day building.
Lam slowed down a little after that, but D’Alesandro did not, busting player after player on the way to a chip-leading 154,400 stack.
Play will resume at 1 p.m. inside the Amazon Room tomorrow with hopes of reaching the final table. Check back with PokerNews Live Updates early and often to follow all the action.
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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154,400 | |
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108,700
700
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700 |
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107,300 | |
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98,300 | |
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91,200 | |
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88,100 | |
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87,700 | |
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86,000 | |
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83,700 | |
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83,100 | |
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80,600 | |
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79,200 | |
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78,000
800
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800 |
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76,000 | |
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74,700 | |
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74,600
7,400
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7,400 |
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72,500 | |
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71,700 | |
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67,800 | |
|
67,100 | |
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64,800 | |
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64,000 | |
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63,800 | |
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62,500 | |
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62,400
8,100
|
8,100 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Lance Harris opened to 2,200 from the cutoff, and Baruch Thaler three-bet to 7,800 from the small blind. Harris pushed all in for 35,000, and Thaler called.
Thaler: 
Harris: 
Harris' jacks held up as the community came 
, and he got a nice going-away present before bagging up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,700
50,800
|
50,800 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Below is a selection of end of the day chip counts:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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154,400
49,400
|
49,400 |
|
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
|
91,200
57,200
|
57,200 |
|
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88,100
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
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83,700
39,700
|
39,700 |
|
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80,600
15,400
|
15,400 |
|
|
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|
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79,200
4,200
|
4,200 |
|
|
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78,800
31,200
|
31,200 |
|
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74,700
32,700
|
32,700 |
|
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|
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67,100
24,700
|
24,700 |
|
|
64,800
64,800
|
64,800 |
|
50,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
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|
25,900
13,900
|
13,900 |
|
||
|
6,600
2,400
|
2,400 |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Theo Tran just collected a payout ticket from the tournament director's desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Dealers will fire off five more hands before play finishes for the night.
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Dominik Nitsche got shorter stack Krista Tellier all in with 
against Nitsche's 
before the flop. Unfortunately for Nitsche, the dealer peeled the 
on the river to give Tellier her three-outer and take a chunk from Nitsche's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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42,000 | |
