Jun Obara Bags Top Stack After Day 1 of Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day 1 of Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed is in the books after 21 levels of play. The event attracted a massive field of 997 poker enthusiasts but only 41 of them were able to find a bag for Day 2.
The Amazon room was packed with many notables and at the end of the day, it was Jun Obara who bagged the chip lead with an impressive stack of 3,010,000, the only stack above the 3 million mark.
Following behind Obara was Rostyslav Sabishchenko (2,020,000), Tuan Phan (2,000,000), John Gallaher (1,700,000), and Brian Rast (1,665,000).
Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed NLHE Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun Obara | Japan | 3,010,000 | 100 |
| 2 | Rostyslav Sabishchenko | Ukraine | 2,020,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Tuan Phan | United States | 2,000,000 | 67 |
| 4 | John Gallaher | United States | 1,700,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Brian Rast | United States | 1,665,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 1,660,000 | 55 |
| 7 | Jon Vallinas | Spain | 1,655,000 | 55 |
| 8 | Matthew Schwagler | United States | 1,475,000 | 49 |
| 9 | Lachezar Petkov | Bulgaria | 1,415,000 | 47 |
| 10 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 1,375,000 | 46 |
Other notables who made a Day 2 birth include Chad Norton (1,090,000). Norton, who just won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #46: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack, will look to go for gold in back-to-back events in his first two WSOP live events, Alex Kulev (1,055,000), as well WSOP bracelet winners Manig Loeser (1,375,000), Sejin Park (920,000), and Alan Sternberg (505,000).
The remaining 42 players have all locked up at least $10,803, but everyone will have their eyes on the top prize of $474,102 and the prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.
Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Remaining Payouts
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $474,102 |
| 2 | $293,102 |
| 3 | $201,913 |
| 4 | $141,478 |
| 5 | $100,827 |
| 6 | $73,107 |
| 7 | $53,946 |
| 8-9 | $40,525 |
| 10-12 | $31,002 |
| 13-18 | $24,160 |
| 19-24 | $19,187 |
| 25-30 | $15,534 |
| 31-36 | $12,826 |
| 37-42 | $10,803 |
The remaining players will return to the Amazon Room on Wednesday, October 27th at 2 p.m. local time to continue to battle it out. Action resumes at Level 22, which features blinds of 15,000/30,000/30,000 and play will conclude when a champion is crowned.
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