It was a fast and furious day at the office yesterday in Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em when the field of 1,688 participants was whittled down all the way to 115 only after 11 levels of play. The bubble burst at the very end of level 10 with two players sharing the min-cash of $2,005, then another 55 participants would hit the rail and head for the cashier before the night concluded.
Gualter Salles from Brazil has accumulated the most chips thus far with 170,000, while Sebastien Comel resides in second place (151,300) and Brad Libson in third (127,400) completes the overnight podium. Other familiar faces on the poker circuit got through the day with decent stacks as well, with Vinny Pahuja (121,200), Goran Mandic (110,000), Sean Jazayeri (101,300), and Dutch Boyd (93,600) all in the top 10.
Martin Finger started with just 10 big blinds after entering late at the dinner break, but succeeded in spinning that up to an above average stack by the end of Day 1, with Faraz Jaka another familiar face with decent chips as well. Further notables still alive include Dan Kelly (63,700), Ali Eslami (57,900), Pierre Neuville (43,200), Matt Glantz (39,700), Xuan Liu (39,200), Event #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em sixth-place finisher Anthony Gregg (37,300), and David Peters (36,500).
All players already have $2,369 guaranteed for their efforts, but everyone is looking for the golden bracelet and first-place payout of $288,744. The second day will most likely either play 10 levels of 60 minutes each or until the official final table of nine has been reached. Play begins at 1 p.m. local time, so be sure to stick with PokerNews as we find out together who makes the final day of Event #33!
Play resumes at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time in the Amazon purple section with blinds at 600-1,200 and an ante of 200, PokerNews will be there to bring you all the dramatic action from the tables. The full redraw for day 2 can be found here.
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flop saw Standley bet 4,000, Comel raise to 11,000, and Standley call. The 
turn brought another bet from Standley, this time just called by Comel.
river, Standley bet 18,000, Comel moved all in, and Standley called. Comel had but 
for busted straight and flush draws, while Standley had a monster with 
for a full house. Comel is suddenly out, while Standley has jumped into the chip lead.
