Event #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
Days:
Event #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed

Hallaert Bags Big on Day 1A in Event #68: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop; Utley Leads

MartianNews • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante
Kenny Hallaert
Kenny Hallaert

A total of 947 entries were accumulated on Day 1A of Event #68: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. After ten one-hour levels, just 194 found a bag and moved on to Day 2 along with the $852,300 prize pool that was generated during their flight.

Leading the way from Day 1a is John Utley with 159,800 and close behind is Spain's Alberto Rodriguez with a stack of 141,400. Belgium's own Kenny Hallaert rounds out the top three with 131,900 in chips.

Ukraine's Beka Iordanishvili (127,300) also bagged big and middle of the day chip leader Richard Kirsch is sitting fifth overall in the chip counts with 125,000. Two bracelet winners in Phil Laak (118,300) and Calvin Anderson (117,300) are amongst the top ten stacks.

Some other notables making it through to Day 2 include Robert Damelian (112,400), David Peters (95,300), Erik Cajelais (93,500), Sorel Mizzi (82,900), Martin Finger (73,800), David Laka (65,100), Samuel Phillips (48,500), 888 Ambassador Dominik Nitsche (29,400), Scott Bohlman (25,700), and David "ODB" Baker (25,600).

Among those who failed to survive the day were John Hesp, Jonathan Little, Mike Sexton, Aaron Massey, Mike Leah, Matthew Wilkins, Sandeep Vasudevan, Kitty Kuo, Chris Ferguson, Dan Shak, Jon Turner, and Leo Margets.

Day 1A was the first of three flights that will be moving on, the next two flights will be held on July 8 & 9 and all players to make it through will come back on Tuesday, July 10, for Day 2. The second day will restart at 12pm local time and the total prize pool and payouts will be announced before play begins.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you full coverage of this and every other WSOP event this summer.

Tags: Aaron MasseyCalvin AndersonChris FergusonDavid LakaDavid PetersDominik NitscheErik CajelaisJohn EspositoJohn HespJon TurnerJonathan LittleKenny HallaertKitty KuoLeo MargetsMartin FingerMatthew WilkinsMike LeahMike SextonPhil LaakRichard KirschRobert DamelianSamuel PhillipsSandeep VasudevanScott BohlmanSorel Mizzi

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

LiveReporter • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante
John Utley us
John Utley
us 159,800 7,800
Alberto Rodriguez es
Alberto Rodriguez
es 141,400 141,400
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
be 131,900
Beka Iordanishvili ua
Beka Iordanishvili
ua 127,300 127,300
Richard Kirsch us
Richard Kirsch
us 125,000
Leamond Mcgriff US
Leamond Mcgriff
US 122,000 122,000
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
us 118,300
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
us 117,300
Robert Damelian au
Robert Damelian
au 112,400
Stepan Osinovskii RU
Stepan Osinovskii
RU 110,400 110,400
Robert Angeleri us
Robert Angeleri
us 109,600
Richard Alsup us
Richard Alsup
us 109,500 109,500
Lander Lijo es
Lander Lijo
es 106,700 106,700
Christopher Soyza us
Christopher Soyza
us 105,600 105,600
Tyler Joyner us
Tyler Joyner
us 104,600 104,600
Lucas Grosso ar
Lucas Grosso
ar 103,100 103,100
Brett Shaffer us
Brett Shaffer
us 101,200
Robin Hegele de
Robin Hegele
de 101,200 101,200
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
jp 97,700 -38,300
Renato Kaneoya br
Renato Kaneoya
br 96,400 96,400
David Peters us
David Peters
us 95,300
George Pappas us
George Pappas
us 95,100 95,100
Ben Farrell gb
Ben Farrell
gb 95,000 95,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
ca 93,500
Takuya Yamashita jp
Takuya Yamashita
jp 91,800 91,800

Read full

End of Day Chip Counts

MartianNews • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante
John Utley us
John Utley
us 159,800 7,800
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
be 131,900 72,900
Richard Kirsch us
Richard Kirsch
us 125,000 23,500
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
us 118,300 -4,700
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
us 117,300 -32,700
John Esposito us
John Esposito
us 112,400 41,400
Robert Damelian au
Robert Damelian
au 112,400 112,400
Brett Shaffer us
Brett Shaffer
us 101,200 101,200
Renato Akio Kaneoya BR
Renato Akio Kaneoya
BR 96,400 96,400
David Peters us
David Peters
us 95,300 52,300
Ben Farreu US
Ben Farreu
US 95,000 95,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
ca 93,500 7,800
Dash Dudley us
Dash Dudley
us 91,200 91,200
Paul Byrne us
Paul Byrne
us 90,200 90,200
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
ca 82,900 48,400
[Removed:82] FR
[Removed:82]
FR 80,900 -36,100
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
de 73,800 45,800
David Laka es
David Laka
es 65,100 8,600
Samuel Phillips us
Samuel Phillips
us 48,500 19,300
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
fr 35,900 1,900
Renato Nomura br
Renato Nomura
br 31,600 11,100
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
de 29,400 -33,600
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
us 25,700 9,200
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
us 25,600 -2,900
Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
us 15,800 6,500

Last Big Hand for Angeleri

gaellej • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante

Robert Angeleri opened and it was raised to 6,000 by the cutoff player. Thomas Sholze moved all in from the big blind and Angeleri reshoved, putting the cutoff's tournament at risk. The latter ended up calling and the three players tabled their cards.

Holding {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}, Angeleri was in good shape to win a big pot for the last hand of the day, facing {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for the cutoff and {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} for Sholze. The board {k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{a-Spades}{q-Hearts} improved Angeleri's hand into a set of aces and sent the cutoff player to the rail while Sholze fell down to 18,200.

Robert Angeleri us
Robert Angeleri
us 109,600 35,400
Thomas Sholze DE
Thomas Sholze
DE 18,200 -48,800

Final Hands of the Night

MartianNews • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante

The tournament director has instructed all dealers to pitch the cards five more times, all remaining players will be finding a bag and moving on to Day 2.

Anderson Keeps Climbing

gaellej • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante

Calvin Anderson opened for 2,000 in the hijack and only the big blind player made the call.

The flop brought {j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and the big blind bet 2,300. Anderson called and the turn fell a {k-Hearts}. After a check, Anderson bet 3,800 and it was enough to take the pot without more resistance.

Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
us 150,000 62,000

Tags: Calvin Anderson

Sholze Gets a Fold

gaellej • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante

The board showed {4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and the players were heads-up with a huge pot already containing around 42,000.

Thomas Sholze, situated in the small blind position, moved all in for a remaining stack worth 25,000, sending his opponent deep into the tank. The latter ended up folding reluctantly and Scholze took down the pot.

Thomas Sholze DE
Thomas Sholze
DE 67,000 48,500

Tags: Thomas Sholze

Laka Sends an Opponent Home

MartianNews • Level 10: 400-800, 100 ante

David Laka called an all in from a late position opponent and both players turned over their hands.

David Laka: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Opponent: {10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and Laka's nickels took down the pot, eliminating his opponent.

David Laka es
David Laka
es 56,500 56,500

Tags: David Laka