Event #28: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

Event #28: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 1 Completed

06-13-2014 03:36 UTC-7

Ruberto Leads Stacked Field

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Tony Ruberto leads at the conclusion of Day 1.

Tony Ruberto was the lone player to top the 200,000 mark, as he bagged 203,300 to end Day 1 of Event #28: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship. The Massachusetts native was followed in the top five by well-known pro John Juanda (171,200), Frenchmen Michel Abecassis (165,100) and Benjamin Pollak (156,800), and Russian Alex Bilokur (156,500).

The return of the $10,000 PLHE event after a year off seemed to be well-received, as the 160 total entrants wasn't far off the 195 who played for $5,000 last year. The field was chock-full of notable names, and Antonio Esfandiari (144,300), Chino Rheem (122,700), Mike Matusow (94,000), and the legendary Phil Ivey (24,500) were among those bagging stacks at the end of the night.

Greg Merson, Matt Marafioti, Faraz Jaka, Bertrand Grospellier, David Paredes, and Jason Somerville were among the fallen here on Day 1, as 66 players made the cut for tomorrow's Day 2.

The survivors will return at 2 p.m. tomorrow to get back to battle, and we at PokerNews will be on hand to bring you all of the relevant live updates, so be sure to come back then.

Tags: Alex Bilokur Antonio Esfandiari Benjamin Pollak Bertrand Grospellier Chino Rheem David Paredes Faraz Jaka Greg Merson Jason Somerville John Juanda Matt Marafioti Michel Abecassis Mike Matusow Phil Ivey Tony Ruberto

06-13-2014 03:18 UTC-7

Merson Out at the Buzzer

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Greg Merson @GregMerson

Busted one of the last hands of the night. 2500 tomorrowJune 13, 2014

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Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Merson	Busted

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06-13-2014 03:17 UTC-7

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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Level 10 : 600-1,200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Ruberto	203,300	18,300

John Juanda	171,200	18,200

Michel Abecassis	165,100	77,100

Benjamin Pollak	156,800	126,800

Alex Bilokur	156,500	33,500

Dan Shak	144,500	89,500

Antonio Esfandiari	144,300	7,300

Michael Rocco	143,600	143,600

Pratyush Buddiga	130,600

Chino Rheem	122,700	-7,300

Richard Kirsch	120,000

Amit Makhija	107,200	34,200

Kyle Frey	97,600

Phil Galfond	97,400	29,400

Barny Boatman	94,300

Mike Matusow	94,000	-2,000

Taylor Paur	90,000	-3,000

JC Tran	88,800	-3,000

John Hennigan	87,400	44,000

Justin Bonomo	87,200	17,000

Don Nguyen	84,900

Christian Harder	84,600	46,600

Eric Froehlich	84,500

Blake Barousse	78,500

Jake Schindler	77,500

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06-13-2014 03:10 UTC-7

Seidel Scoops a "Side Pot"

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Erik Seidel has a bit of momentum going into Day 2.

As the players at Table 368 bagged up, JC Tran, Mike Matusow, Erik Seidel, and Isaac Baron each threw down $100 on the high card draw, with Seidel collecting the pot with the .

Tags: Erik Seidel Isaac Baron JC Tran Mike Matusow

06-13-2014 02:57 UTC-7

Marafioti Mucks

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Matt Marafioti has gone broke.

He ran into Erik Seidel's and although Marafioti flopped a flush draw on the flop, Seidel turned the case king to leave him drawing dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	60,000	30,000

Matt Marafioti	Busted

06-13-2014 02:56 UTC-7

Seven Up

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The tournament director just ordered the dealers to deal seven more hands before play wraps up for the night.

06-13-2014 02:55 UTC-7

Esfandiari Still Has Magic Touch

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Antonio Esfandiari put Brock Parker to the test for his last 13,000 on a board. Parker thought for about a minute before calling it off.

Esfandiari showed , and Parker couldn't beat it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Esfandiari	137,000	36,000

Brock Parker	Busted

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Brock Parker

06-13-2014 02:52 UTC-7

Shak Gutted By Juanda

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Dan Shak's big day just came to a crashing halt. He still has chips, but the majority of the stack he spent the day building was just shipped one seat over to John Juanda.

The board read and from what we can gather, Shak bet the river, then called when Juanda potted it all in for his last 65,000. Shak's had been outdrawn by Juanda's belly buster.