Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee
Day 1a Completed
Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee
Day 1a Completed
Day 1a of the new Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30-minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee ended. After 18 levels of play, only 54 of the starting 502 remain in contention for the title.
Bertrand ‘Elky’ Grospellier leads the way with around 40 starting stacks in this turbo format with 583,000, and he is joined by Nelson Resendiz (401,000), Marius Kupzmanas (392,000) and Leif Force (298,000), the 2012 champion of event #3 3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha amongst others who bagged above average stacks.
With total live earnings of $3,785,320 in WSOP events and a bracelet earned in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship in 2011, Grospellier will be a serious competitor in the hunt for a second gold bracelet.
One competitor in the field who has already accomplished this feat is Kristen Bicknell, though the two-time bracelet winner will be returning as one of the shorter stacks with 26,000 in chips.
With 76 players making the money, the bubble burst shortly after the last break of the day. Some of the players to narrowly miss out on a $2,243 min-cash included the 2017 WSOP Player of the Year Chris Ferguson and two-time bracelet winner Ryan Hughes.
Players who cashed for the minimum included Matt Stout, Kelly Minkin, Ari Engel, Ian Steinman and Mike Leah. The Canadian player was multi-tabling between this event and Event #76: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. and came back right at the bubble with a short stack of 11,000 chips left. Leah managed to survive to the bubble with half a small blind to catch his eleventh cash of the series.
Some of the players who took their chance in this event but without success were Kenny Hallaert, Jared Hamby, Connor Drinan, Christian Harder, Jesse Sylvia, Jimmy Guerrero, Phil Laak, Maria Lampropulos, three-time bracelet winner Phil Galfond, Ryan Laplante, Sorel Mizzi and many more.
Two more starting flights are scheduled for this event, with Day 2 starting Sunday, July 15, at 12pm. The remaining players will play down to a winner with a 15-minute break every four levels and a dinner break prior to the final table.
Keep it right here on PokerNews for live updates from the field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bertrand Grospellier
|
583,000 | |
Nelson Resendiz | 401,000 | |
Marius Kudzmanas
|
392,000 | 392,000 |
Erik Lemarquand | 351,000 | 351,000 |
Leif Force
|
298,000 | |
Nicholas Verderamo | 246,000 | -4,000 |
Ilkin Amirov | 240,000 | 240,000 |
Ryan Olisar | 229,000 | |
Daniel Zack
|
214,000 | 64,000 |
Ryan Milisits | 214,000 | 214,000 |
David Paredes | 200,000 | 200,000 |
Bryan Veach | 199,000 | 199,000 |
Manuel Martinez | 198,000 | 198,000 |
Sai Chiu | 186,000 | 186,000 |
John Dolan | 181,000 | 181,000 |
James Clendening | 156,500 | 156,500 |
Danny Wong
|
156,000 | 156,000 |
Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz | 153,000 | 153,000 |
Joe Kuether | 147,000 | 147,000 |
Joshua Abady | 142,000 | 142,000 |
Ryan Hong | 138,000 | 138,000 |
Ricardo Utida | 128,000 | 128,000 |
Richard Dixon | 127,000 | 127,000 |
Gaurav Raina
|
113,500 | 69,500 |
Richard Ali | 103,000 | 103,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bertrand Grospellier
|
583,000 | 323,000 |
Nelson Resendiz | 401,000 | 11,000 |
Marius Kupzmanas
|
392,000 | 392,000 |
Leif Force
|
298,000 | 68,000 |
Ryan Olisar | 229,000 | -91,000 |
Daniel Shak | 89,000 | 89,000 |
Federico Butteroni | 65,000 | -15,000 |
Alex Foxen
|
33,000 | -37,000 |
Kristen Bicknell
|
26,000 | 6,000 |
The remaining 54 players have bagged their chips. End-of-day chip counts and a recap is to follow shortly.
Three more hands will be played before the remaining players bag and tag for the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nelson Resendiz | 390,000 | 366,000 |
Ryan Olisar | 320,000 | 40,000 |
Daniel Zack
|
150,000 | 45,000 |
Federico Butteroni | 80,000 | -25,000 |
Alex Foxen
|
70,000 | -2,000 |
Kristen Bicknell
|
20,000 | -17,000 |
A player raised to 12,000 and Matt Stout announced all in from the button. It folded back to his opponent who quickly called.
Holding , Stout had to win the flip against for his opponent, but the board brought him no help with and Stout made his way to the cashier.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Stout | Busted |
The following players all cashed for $2,243:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kelly Minkin | Busted | |
Mike Leah
|
Busted | |
Ari Engel
|
Busted | |
Ian Steinman
|
Busted | |
Tom von Bergen
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500