Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day 1a Completed
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,548,600
Entries
8,569
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Day 1a is in the books for the 2019 World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino. A total of 1,335 entrants hit the felt for the premier poker tournament of the year, with 962 making it through the first day. There was no shortage of action with two more starting flights yet to come.
After five two-hour levels, bracelet winner Bryan Campanello managed to bag up an impressive 417,500 in chips to sit amongst the chip leaders at the end of the day. Campanello zoomed up the counts in Level 4 of the day, rivering a full house against a player's Broadway straight. The 2013 $2,500 Razz gold bracelet winner was able to keep rolling his way to one of the top stacks in the room by the end of the day.
A pair of former WSOP Main Event champions also made it through, as Qui Nguyen, the 2016 WSOP Main Event champ steadily chipped up through the day en route to bagging up 180,500. 2003 Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker managed to get through, bagging up 95,000.
Other players that navigated their way through Day 1 and progressed to Day 2ab include Patrick Serda (216,700), Jared Bleznick (189,100), Jeff Lisandro (180,100), Alex Foxen (173,200), Faraz Jaka (174,100), Martin Kabrhel (164,500), Jack Sinclair (153,800), Kelly Minkin (137,100), Billy Baxter (131,500), Brian Hastings (124,200), Elio Fox (73,400), Erik Seidel (57,400), and Stephen Chidwick (45,000).
Not everyone found themselves with chips at the end of the night, as plenty of notable names were unable to make it through. One high profile elimination occurred in Level 3, when Liv Boeree found herself busted at the hands of her boyfriend Igor Kurganov. Boeree had a classic response to her undoing at the hands of Kurganov, but the latter was able to utilize those chips to make it through the day with 129,100.
Others who fell on Day 1a include Shane Warne, David Williams, Kevin "Phwap" Boudreau, Frank Kassela, Bryan Piccioli, Daniel Alaei, Jerry Wong, Daniel Idema, Chris Moorman, Brian Altman, Steven van Zadelhoff, Brandon Adams and Lexy Gavin.
Randall Emmett once again made his presence felt all over today, first by having flamenco dancers deliver ice cream to everyone playing in today's flight. A short time later, Emmett made his way to the featured table, where he made himself heard immediately. He ended the night on a positive note before bagging 62,300 in chips, 2,300 more than he started the day with.
Day 1b will kick off tomorrow at noon local time, with players slated to play five two-hour levels again. Be sure to stay tuned right here to PokerNews to catch all the bust outs, big pots, and action as we kick off our second of three starting flights of the 2019 WSOP $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event!
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
417,500
77,500
|
77,500 |
|
||
|
|
335,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
297,300
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
||
|
266,400
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
259,200
-3,800
|
-3,800 |
|
252,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
249,600
-20,400
|
-20,400 |
|
247,100
57,100
|
57,100 |
|
245,600
245,600
|
245,600 |
|
245,100
100
|
100 |
|
238,800
238,800
|
238,800 |
|
235,800
-10,400
|
-10,400 |
|
|
231,500
231,500
|
231,500 |
|
|
227,500
132,500
|
132,500 |
|
225,400
225,400
|
225,400 |
|
218,900
218,900
|
218,900 |
|
|
||
|
217,400
217,400
|
217,400 |
|
216,700
700
|
700 |
|
|
210,300
210,300
|
210,300 |
|
210,100
92,100
|
92,100 |
|
209,000
209,000
|
209,000 |
|
204,900
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
201,900
68,900
|
68,900 |
|
196,400
196,400
|
196,400 |
|
|
||
|
194,700
194,700
|
194,700 |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Jonas Mackoff raised to 1,400 in middle position and the player in the small blind called.
The flop landed 
and both players checked to reveal the 
on the turn.
Mackoff bet 2,000, and the small blind check-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,100
-2,900
|
-2,900 |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
With just 10 minutes remaining in the level, the Tournament Director has announced that there will be just four more hands remaining on Day 1a.
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
154,500
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
|
||
|
124,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
115,000
7,900
|
7,900 |
|
89,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
61,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
33,200
-25,600
|
-25,600 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
According to tablemate Scott Sanders, Katie Lindsay was dusted in a rather peculiar manner. A player limped in from under the gun and the player directly to his left raised to 2,200. Action folded around to Katie Lindsay who shoved all in for around her last 12,000 or a little bit more. The limper from under the gun called and then the original raiser to his left reraised all in. The limper called and all three hands were tabled.
Both Lindsay and the player who raised in the hand had 
and the player who limped in had 
. The flop came 
and the turn and river did not fill up the backdoor straight outs, sending her home before the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Veerab Zakarian who had a chip stack was involved in a hand with Raymond Rice. The pot already had more than 55,000 in the middle on a flop reading 
. Rice bet 15,000 and Zakarian called. The turn was the 
. Both players checked tentatively.
The river was the 
. Zakarian was first to act and thought for about 20 seconds before checking. Rice then reached into his stack and cut out a bet of 33,500. Zakarian went deep into the tanking for about two minutes before eventually calling.
Rice turned over 
and Zakarian mucked to create a large shift in chips at the table in the over 100,000 pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
197,000
|
197,000 |
|
95,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Dan Smith is sat in Amazon Tan and though he has dwindled to less than starting stack, he is still likely to induce fear among everyone at his table. Currently sat in ninth-place on the all-time money list, Smith is certainly a formidable opponent, with a third-place in last year's Big One for One Drop amongst his many achievements.
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
James Anderson bet 5,500 on a 
board, and his opponent in the big blind called. The river brought the 
, and the big bline check-folded to an all-in 16,100 bet from Anderson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
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