Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Markin	206,800 6,800	6,800
Ashton Griffin	162,300 10,300	10,300
Scott Clements	150,300 -1,700	-1,700

Doug Polk	149,300 1,300	1,300

Markus Gonsalves	145,900
Kyle White	142,300 -8,700	-8,700
Wai Kin Yong	141,100 92,100	92,100
Joe Cada	138,700 85,700	85,700

Wade Townsend	136,800 94,800	94,800
Ryan Fee	134,200 81,200	81,200
David Martirosyan	133,700 133,700	133,700
Samay Parikh	133,500 133,500	133,500
Philipp Gruissem	130,900 -29,100	-29,100

Andrea Dato	129,100 -15,900	-15,900
Galen Hall	124,000 -34,000	-34,000

Josh Arieh	121,600 91,100	91,100

Chris Hunichen	119,700 87,700	87,700
Matt Waxman	119,000 4,000	4,000

Ben Volpe	117,600 -8,400	-8,400
Dan Smith	115,700 93,400	93,400

Martin Jacobson	114,300 23,300	23,300

Jeremy Kottler	113,800 77,800	77,800
Dario Sammartino	112,400 48,400	48,400
John Racener	111,700 77,700	77,700

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	111,200 2,200	2,200

Player

Chips

Progress

Leonid Markin

206,800

6,800

Ashton Griffin

162,300

10,300

Scott Clements

150,300

-1,700

Doug Polk

149,300

1,300

Markus Gonsalves

145,900

Kyle White

142,300

-8,700

Wai Kin Yong

141,100

92,100

Joe Cada

138,700

85,700

Wade Townsend

136,800

94,800

Ryan Fee

134,200

81,200

David Martirosyan

133,700

Samay Parikh

133,500

Philipp Gruissem

130,900

-29,100

Andrea Dato

129,100

-15,900

Galen Hall

124,000

-34,000

Josh Arieh

121,600

91,100

Chris Hunichen

119,700

87,700

Matt Waxman

119,000

4,000

Ben Volpe

117,600

-8,400

Dan Smith

115,700

93,400

Martin Jacobson

114,300

23,300

Jeremy Kottler

113,800

77,800

Dario Sammartino

112,400

48,400

John Racener

111,700

77,700

Yevgeniy Timoshenko

111,200

2,200

Day 1 of Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em is in the books, and leading the 97 survivors is Leonid Markin. Markin bagged 206,800 chips, most of which came in a failed bluff from Jonathan Jaffe. The two were heads up in a pot where Markin fired out a pot-sized bet on the flop, and Jaffe moved all in for roughly 90 big blinds holding queen-high and no draw. Markin called with pocket aces and held, dragging the 183,000-chip pot.

Joining Markin atop the counts are Ashton Griffin (162,300), Markus Gonsalves (145,900), Wai Kin Yong (141,100), and Philipp Gruissem (130,900). Griffin won a 100,000-chip race against Martin Finger in Level 9.

Also surviving the day are PokerNews Podcast cohost Jason Somerville, 2014 WSOP bracelet winners Doug Polk, George Danzer, and Brock Parker, and two players who ran very big bluffs and showed only the ; Nick Schulman and David Williams.

Schulman bluffed Jaffe in Level 8, moving all in for less than a full raise on the river of a board. After committing roughly 100 big blinds, Jaffe folded, and Schulman showed him the . Williams ran his bluff on Anthony Spinella during the final level of the night, check-raising all in on an board. Spinella folded, claiming to have a full house, and Williams also showed the .

Spinella and Jaffe were both eliminated in later hands. Jaffe ran the aforementioned failed bluff against Markin, while Spinella had his aces cracked then lost a race to Parker.

Also exiting on Day 1 were Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Stephen Chidwick, Scott Seiver, Ryan Riess, Justin Bonomo, Davidi Kitai, Michael Mizrachi, and Joseph Cheong.

Cheong was the victim of a bad beat from Greg Merson. The 2012 WSOP Main Event champion cracked Cheong’s queens in a four-bet all-in pot with ace-jack, and Cheong exited empty-handed.

Event #32 attracted a total of 264 players – only 89 players more than the $25,000 variant held in 2013 - generating a total prize pool of $2,481,600. The top 30 finishers are all guaranteed a minimum of $17,793, each member of the six-handed official final table will pocket at least $91,670, and the winner will bank $670,041 along with the coveted gold bracelet.

Day 2 begins on Sunday at 2 p.m. PT in the Amazon Room, and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you live updates straight from the tournament floor. Until then, good night from Las Vegas!

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A Few End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Markin on Top After Day 1; Gonsalves, Griffin, and Gruissem Among Leaders