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Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,234,600
Total Entries
2,396
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2,396
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em started rather slow, with nearly half the entrants posted on the board taking at least half a level to take their seats.
As the day wore on, more and more turned up leading to a grand total of 2,396 entrants by the time registration closed. What that meant is a $3,234,600 prize pool was created with some $582,321 and a shiny World Series of Poker gold bracelet reserved for the winner. In all, 243 players will get paid and that number was almost reached by the time they played 11 levels.
In the end, they did get down to 268 players, meaning the money bubble should burst soon after the 1 p.m. restart Sunday.
While a number of players picked up steam and built big stacks in the late levels, most seem to dip as the day did, leading to a flurry of activity in the last half of the last level of the night to decide who the chip leader was.
It literally came down to the last hand of the night, but it appeared Canadian Michael Malm grabbed that lead over names like Zo Karim, Aaron Massey and Brandon Cantu.
No matter how you slice it, this tournament is tight at the top and it should take the good part of the day Sunday to separate the wheat from the chaff.
They will pay another ten levels or down to a final table of nine then and as always, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will endeavor to follow all the action as it happens. Of course, you're all welcome to come along for the ride as well.
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The dealers have been told to deal five more hands before play will end for the night.
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Jonas Ten Cate bet 12,500 into a pot of about the same size on a board reading 
. His heads up opponent called.
The river came the 
and Ten Cate checked. His opponent bet out 20,000 and without much hesitation, Ten Cate mucked. Add that to the fact he doubled one shorty a little earlier and he's dropped a hefty amount of chips over the last few minutes.
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
After cashing out in 300th place in the Monster Stack earlier today, Duy Ho registered for this tournament on the dinner break.
He figured why not, since he'd made 6th place in a $1,000 event earlier this summer for $51,198. Sure enough, he's run it up from 4,500 to 75,000 in just a few levels.
Moments ago he raised with 
from the button and got called by the big blind. The flop came 
with two clubs and when the big blind shoved for almost 18,000, Ho figured he was bluffing.
He called and was wrong, the big blind had 
and looked good to double. That is until Ho hit an on the turn and sent him home hungry.
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Bryan Micon got it in with 
on a 
flop and looked to be headed to the exits against 
.
The 
turn had him half way out of his chair, but Micon spiked the 
on the river to make a straight and survive.
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Eddy Sabat just busted another short stack at his table making quad sixes.
It was only 4,700 chips but Sabat had to take a photo and spread it all over the various social media outlets. How often does one really get quads anyway?
