Event #44: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-21-2014 12:35 UTC-8

Updated Red & Bronze Counts; Late Arrivals

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	9,000 4,500	4,500
James Dempsey	7,500

Chris Hunichen	6,400 1,900	1,900

Lauren Kling	5,700
Martin Staszko	5,000 500	500
Joe Keuther	4,500
Kara Scott	4,400 100	100

Joe Tehan	4,200
Laurence Grondin	4,100 400	400
William Reynolds	4,000 500	500
Joe Cada	4,000

Jon Turner	3,700

Huy Nguyen	3,300 1,200	1,200
Ylon Schwartz	2,700 1,800	1,800

Level: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-21-2014 12:00 UTC-8

A Few Blue & Silver Late Arrivals

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Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Lee	4,500 4,500	4,500
Matt Stout	4,500 4,500	4,500
Jesse Sylvia	4,500 4,500	4,500
Max Silver	4,500 4,500	4,500

Steve McNally	4,500
Stephen Chidwick	4,500 4,500	4,500

Vinny Pahuja	4,500 4,500	4,500
Loni Harwood	4,500 4,500	4,500

06-21-2014 11:56 UTC-8

My Stack App Available For Event #44: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

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The PokerNews MyStack App is available for players here in the 2014 World Series of Poker, allowing players to directly update their chip count on the PokerNews Live Reporting page for their friends and family to see.

You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.

Be forewarned, however, any abuse of the app will result in account suspension or termination.

06-21-2014 11:54 UTC-8

Pavilion Stacks

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Here are some notable chip counts from the Pavilion room:

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Baker	4,500
Laurence Grondin	4,500
Greg Raymer	4,500

Eric Crane	4,500
Gabriel Nassif	4,500
Eric Lindgren	4,500
Dennis Phillips	4,500
Jason Senti	4,500
Kathy Liebert	4,500

Rep Porter	4,500

06-21-2014 11:32 UTC-8

Red & Bronze Stacks

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Here are some notables players from the Brasilia room's red and bronze sections:

Player	Chips	Progress
Huy Nguyen	4,500 4,500	4,500
Kara Scott	4,500 4,500	4,500

Maurice Hawkins	4,500 4,500	4,500
Ylon Schwartz	4,500 4,500	4,500

Chris Hunichen	4,500 4,500	4,500

William Reynolds	4,500 4,500	4,500
Martin Staszko	4,500 4,500	4,500
Steve McNally	4,500 4,500	4,500

06-21-2014 11:19 UTC-8

Blue & Silver Stacks

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Here are some chip counts from the Brasilia room's blue and silver sections:

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Player	Chips	Progress
Sofia Lövgren	8,300 8,300	8,300
Ryan D'Angelo	4,500 4,500	4,500

Naoya Kihara	4,500 4,500	4,500

Ravi Raghavan	4,500 4,500	4,500
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	4,500 4,500	4,500
Ryan Laplante	4,500 4,500	4,500

Kitty Kuo	4,500 4,500	4,500

Barry Greenstein	4,500 4,500	4,500

Robert Panitch	4,500 4,500	4,500
Ami Alibay	4,500 4,500	4,500
Calen McNeil	4,500 4,500	4,500

Sean Jazayeri	4,500 4,500	4,500

Chris Moorman	4,500 4,500	4,500

06-21-2014 11:03 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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World Series of Poker Tournament Director has just announced for dealers to "shuffle up and deal" and cards are now in the air! Good luck to all players.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/25

Ante: 0

06-21-2014 09:49 UTC-8

Welcome to Event #44: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

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Are you ready for another $1,500 buy-in, full-ring, no-limit hold’em event? Today we will kick off WSOP Event #44, the fourth event of its kind so far in this 45th annual World Series of Poker, or fifth if you include the Millionaire Maker special edition.

For $1,500, players will receive 4,500 tournament chips to try to build into a stack that can carry them into Day 2. They will have to survive 11 one-hour levels of play today in order to do so. This is a three-day event, and when a champion is made on Monday, the last player standing will have the privilege of donning a gold WSOP bracelet.

Last year, it was Jared Hamby who bested a field of 2,161 players to win this event. He earned a whopping $525,272 along with collecting his first WSOP bracelet after proving a consistent record of strong results and deep runs in each WSOP over the last few years.

Who will it be this year? We expect a big field with plenty of recognizable names and faces, so follow along here on the PokerNews live update blog to stay up to date on the action.

If you’re playing this event, download the My Stack app and update your chip count throughout the day so your friends and fans can follow your progress.