2023 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦6♦
Prize
$146,835
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$703,545
Entries
527
Level Info
Level
34
Limits
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
527
Players Left
169

Event #7: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Adam Friedman Among Chip Leaders After Day 1

Herbie Teope
Herbie Teope
Level 15 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

Play has concluded on Day 1 of Event #7: $1,500 Limit Hold'em, and after 15 levels of action, Dana Davidson (208,500) leads the pack, with Mike Leah (200,000) and Nicholas Goedert rounding out the top three places in the chip counts.

Mixed game specialist Adam Friedman (156,500) also bagged a big stack as another day of high-octane poker action ended at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Dana DavidsonUnited States208,500
2Mike LeahCanada200,000
3Nicholas GoedertUnited States186,500
4Mack KhanUnited States184,500
5Phil GoatzUnited States182,500
6Nick SchulmanUnited States180,500
7Joe NalbandyanUnited States178,500
8Jason DuongCanada175,500
9Aaron BarhamUnited States170,000
10Omar MehmoodUnited States169,500

Some of the notable players remaining in the field include Nick Schulman (180,500), Jim Collopy (85,000), Patrick Leonard (79,500), Justin Pechie (74,500), Erick Lindgren (56,500), and Joe McKeehen (14,900). Bill Klein (79,000), a staple on high-stakes poker live streams, also remains.

Not everyone survived the action. Over the course of 15 levels of play, the likes of two-time WSOP bracelet winner Humberto Brenes, 2020 WSOP bracelet winner Nick Guagenti, and Ben Ross, the 2022 runner-up in this same event, were sent to the rail.

Only 169 players out of the starting field of 527 remain, and with it, their dreams of winning a coveted WSOP bracelet are still alive. Of the remaining playing field, 80 will make it into the money.

Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 2 inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The players are scheduled to play ten hour-long levels on their way towards the money places and then the final table. The Day 2 action starts on Level 16, with blinds at 2,000-4,000, and 4,000-8,000 limits.

The PokerNews team will be there providing all the live updates and chip counts as the field continues to get whittled down on Day 2, so join us from 1:00 p.m. on June 2.

Tags: Adam FriedmanBen RossBill KleinErick LindgrenHumberto BrenesJoe McKeehenNicholas GoedertNick Guagenti

Seat Draw for Day 2

Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt
Level 15 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
CasinoTableSeatPlayerCountryChips
Horseshoe6051Brendan HiteUnited States9,000
Horseshoe6052Paul DockalUnited States64,500
Horseshoe6053Kyle KitagawaUnited States126,500
Horseshoe6054Paul BishowUnited States43,500
Horseshoe6055Yueqi ZhuChina167,500
Horseshoe6056Galen NovelloUnited States35,000
Horseshoe6057Jason GolaUnited States86,000
Horseshoe6058Richard AlsupUnited States48,500
      
Horseshoe6061Alex TorryUnited States83,500
Horseshoe6062Erick LindgrenUnited States56,500
Horseshoe6063William KleinUnited States79,000
Horseshoe6064Sandy SanchezUnited States96,000
Horseshoe6065Jim CollopyUnited States85,000
Horseshoe6066John ArmbrustUnited States40,000
Horseshoe6067Steve ChanthabouasyUnited States121,500
Horseshoe6068Dana DavidsonUnited States208,500
      
Horseshoe6071Matt WiddoesUnited States88,000
Horseshoe6072Anthony Le ChugaUnited States133,500
Horseshoe6073Lee MarkholtUnited States35,000
Horseshoe6074Satish AndalamUnited States50,000
Horseshoe6075Ross TesserUnited States40,500
Horseshoe6076Fred SchwartzUnited States42,500
Horseshoe6077David GoodisUnited States26,500
Horseshoe6078Donald AugerUnited States66,200
      
Horseshoe6081Daniel CoenUnited States40,500
Horseshoe6082Tye RogersUnited States139,500
Horseshoe6083Shyamsundar ChallaUnited States19,000
Horseshoe6084Benjamin HolguinUnited States119,500
Horseshoe6085Michael CunninghamUnited States18,500
Horseshoe6086Patrick LeonardUnited Kingdom79,500
Horseshoe6087Pedro RiosUnited States39,000
Horseshoe6088Trevor FriesenCanada62,500
      
Horseshoe6091Steve JohnsonUnited States49,500
Horseshoe6092Brock MaloneUnited States83,000
Horseshoe6093William SmithUnited States49,000
Horseshoe6094Brandon HamletUnited States25,000
Horseshoe6095Shigeho YoshiokaJapan74,500
Horseshoe6096Joshua TurnerUnited States113,000
Horseshoe6097Hasan KuralUnited States166,000
Horseshoe6098Robert RosengartenUnited States104,000
      
Horseshoe6101Jason MinUnited States106,500
Horseshoe6102Walter ShiraiCanada64,000
Horseshoe6103Howard FaberUnited States35,500
Horseshoe6104Kevin RandUnited States115,000
Horseshoe6105Adam TyburskiUnited States36,500
Horseshoe6106Paul SokoloffUnited Kingdom38,000
Horseshoe6107Michael CoombsUnited States142,500
Horseshoe6108Miles BarnumUnited States38,000
      
Horseshoe6111Michael TrivettUnited States44,000
Horseshoe6112David DusomeCanada113,000
Horseshoe6113Evelyn IrahetaUnited States25,000
Horseshoe6114Daniel OcchioneroUnited States35,500
Horseshoe6115Adam FriedmanUnited States156,500
Horseshoe6117Jeff ShulmanUnited States57,500
Horseshoe6118Nazir PoonawalaUnited States15,000
      
Horseshoe6121Robert ComoUnited States96,000
Horseshoe6122John MullaneyUnited States42,000
Horseshoe6123Khalid HameedUnited States151,500
Horseshoe6124Timothy RutherfordUnited States84,500
Horseshoe6125Mark ClareyUnited States59,500
Horseshoe6126Karlo GharabegianUnited States79,500
Horseshoe6127Michael BennettUnited States100,000
Horseshoe6128Kenneth PoUnited States19,500
      
Horseshoe6132Ryan HansenUnited States69,500
Horseshoe6133Dean YoonUnited States70,000
Horseshoe6134Pierre NasrCanada69,500
Horseshoe6135Phil GoatzUnited States182,500
Horseshoe6136Sergei KirkunovUnited States57,500
Horseshoe6137Matthew DamesUnited States77,500
Horseshoe6138Danny MorganUnited States110,500
      
Horseshoe6141Dmitry ShunikovRussia73,000
Horseshoe6142Jeffrey RogersUnited States63,000
Horseshoe6143John McAvoyUnited States45,500
Horseshoe6144Aaron BarhamUnited States170,000
Horseshoe6145Jason BawadiUnited States12,500
Horseshoe6146Anthony ArvidsonUnited States125,000
Horseshoe6147Chad PuddicombeCanada34,000
Horseshoe6148Kristan LordUnited States19,000
      
Horseshoe6151Donny RubinsteinUnited States90,000
Horseshoe6152Chairud VangchailuedUnited States69,500
Horseshoe6153Christopher ClaassenUnited States20,500
Horseshoe6154Ken DengUnited States65,500
Horseshoe6155Scott EskenaziUnited States94,000
Horseshoe6156Seyed EdalatUnited States50,000
Horseshoe6157Rostyslav SabishchenkoUkraine17,000
Horseshoe6158Tamon NakamuraJapan52,500
      
Horseshoe6161Kevin EricksonUnited States64,500
Horseshoe6162Christopher KostoulasUnited States69,000
Horseshoe6164Diego TejadaUnited States36,500
Horseshoe6165Michael BrottmanUnited States16,500
Horseshoe6166Jesse SylviaUnited States68,500
Horseshoe6167Ruiko MamiyaJapan89,000
Horseshoe6168Brendan NortonUnited States1
      
Horseshoe6171Jonathan LawsonUnited States44,500
Horseshoe6172Laura HurlbutUnited States37,000
Horseshoe6173Brian MargettesUnited States117,500
Horseshoe6174William HouseUnited States117,000
Horseshoe6175Ryan CaskeyUnited States130,000
Horseshoe6176Jesse KnightUnited States89,500
Horseshoe6177Jamison HeuyardUnited States44,500
Horseshoe6178Matthew AlexanderUnited States66,000
      
Horseshoe6181Thomas SolomonUnited States96,000
Horseshoe6182Lu YuanUnited States27,000
Horseshoe6184Tyeson NovobielskiUnited States53,500
Horseshoe6185Steven DubinUnited States95,500
Horseshoe6186David "ODB" BakerUnited States50,000
Horseshoe6187Byron RolfeCanada130,500
Horseshoe6188William JensenUnited States87,000
      
Horseshoe6191Blaise PouporeUnited States98,500
Horseshoe6192Nancy BrettUnited States72,000
Horseshoe6193Jeffrey PlunkettUnited States105,000
Horseshoe6194DID NOT REPORT 1 61,000
Horseshoe6195Vadim ShlezUkraine54,000
Horseshoe6196Jeffrey VaughnUnited States30,500
Horseshoe6197Robert QuiringUnited States30,500
Horseshoe6198Daniel HughesUnited States40,000
      
Horseshoe6201Charles WilliamsUnited States21,000
Horseshoe6202Stephanie AndersonUnited States43,000
Horseshoe6203Shawn WilmotUnited States18,000
Horseshoe6204Omar MehmoodUnited States169,500
Horseshoe6205Paul ZappullaUnited States138,000
Horseshoe6206Chester HuangUnited States48,500
Horseshoe6207Bobby EspinaUnited States105,000
Horseshoe6208Mark FisherUnited States139,500
      
Horseshoe6211Paul RodgersUnited States40,500
Horseshoe6212Alexander SmithUnited States89,000
Horseshoe6213Barry SchwartzUnited States58,000
Horseshoe6214James AthanasUnited States74,000
Horseshoe6215Joe NalbandyanUnited States178,500
Horseshoe6216Zheng LiangUnited States45,000
Horseshoe6217Robert StevanovskiUnited States113,500
Horseshoe6218Mack KhanUnited States184,500
      
Horseshoe6222Matthew AronowitzUnited States33,500
Horseshoe6224Ahmed MohamedUnited States94,000
Horseshoe6225Justin PechieUnited States74,500
Horseshoe6226James LittleUnited States66,000
Horseshoe6227Raul CelayaUnited States125,000
Horseshoe6228Eric KennedyUnited States70,000
      
Horseshoe6231Russell HudsonUnited States8,500
Horseshoe6232Teresa ChangUnited States123,000
Horseshoe6233Nicholas GoedertUnited States186,500
Horseshoe6234Gnana DuddukuruUnited States28,500
Horseshoe6235Scott RiddellUnited States58,500
Horseshoe6236Tom SchneiderUnited States54,000
Horseshoe6237Arthur ColeUnited States127,500
Horseshoe6238Michael DavisUnited States32,000
      
Horseshoe6241David MoskowitzUnited States28,000
Horseshoe6242Jason DuongCanada175,500
Horseshoe6243Brian ChikeUnited States9,000
Horseshoe6244Kenneth DonoghueUnited States112,000
Horseshoe6245Mike ThorpeUnited States25,000
Horseshoe6246Ian GlycenferUnited States147,000
Horseshoe6247Greg MascioUnited States131,000
Horseshoe6248Raymond HensonUnited States121,500
      
Horseshoe6251Thomas StinsonUnited States12,000
Horseshoe6252Sebastien ZapataFrance51,000
Horseshoe6253Kerry WelshUnited States129,000
Horseshoe6254Jason VanstromUnited States39,000
Horseshoe6255Ryan LengUnited States59,500
Horseshoe6256Lonnie PriceUnited States137,000
Horseshoe6258William PalmUnited States52,500
      
Horseshoe6261Mike LeahCanada200,000
Horseshoe6262Nick SchulmanUnited States180,500
Horseshoe6263Kimphong DuongCanada122,500
Horseshoe6264Mitchell DavisUnited States138,500
Horseshoe6265Joe McKeehenUnited States149,000
Horseshoe6266Jared HemingwayUnited States43,000
Horseshoe6267Jose ArensteinBrazil85,000
Horseshoe6268Jeff ThompsonUnited States57,500

Official End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt
Level 15 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dana Davidson us
Dana Davidson
Day 1 Chip Leader
208,500 208,500
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
200,000 92,000
Nicholas Goedert us
Nicholas Goedert 		186,500 186,500
Mack Khan us
Mack Khan 		184,500 184,500
Phil Goatz us
Phil Goatz 		182,500 62,500
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
180,500 180,500
Joe Nalbandyan us
Joe Nalbandyan 		178,500 128,300
Jason Duong ca
Jason Duong
Day 2 Chip Leader
175,500 175,500
Aaron Barham us
Aaron Barham 		170,000 170,000
Omar Mehmood us
Omar Mehmood 		169,500 169,500
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
WSOP 1X Winner
167,500 167,500
Hasan Kural us
Hasan Kural 		166,000 166,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
156,500 48,500
Khalid Hameed us
Khalid Hameed 		151,500 151,500
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
149,000 82,000
Ian Glycenfer us
Ian Glycenfer 		147,000 147,000
Michael Coombs us
Michael Coombs 		142,500 32,000
Mark Fisher us
Mark Fisher 		139,500 26,000
Tye Rogers us
Tye Rogers 		139,500 139,500
Mitchell Davis us
Mitchell Davis 		138,500 138,500
Paul Zappulla us
Paul Zappulla
138,000 130,100
Lonnie Price us
Lonnie Price 		137,000 137,000
Anthony Le Chuga us
Anthony Le Chuga 		133,500 133,500
Greg Mascio us
Greg Mascio 		131,000 131,000
Byron Rolfe ca
Byron Rolfe 		130,500 130,500

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Schulman Adds to His Stack

Chris Land
Chris Land
Level 15 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Nick Schulman
Nick Schulman

On a board of 3♠4♦7♣ with three players, the small blind checked to Nick Schulman in the big blind who bet out, getting called by both the under-the-gun and small blind players who all see a J♥ turn.

The small blinds checks to Schulman again and he slides out another bet. The under-the-gun-player folded before the small blind made the call to see the 9♣ river.

Both players checked and the small blind turned up A♦K♥ for ace high while Schulman showed 10♣10♥ to take the pot down just before the players bagged for the night.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
187,500 187,500

Tags: Nick Schulman

Sanchez Sniffs Out Klein's Bluff

Chris Land
Chris Land
Level 15 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

On a board of K♣7♣Q♣A♥, Sandy Sanchez checked-called a bet from Bill Klein to see the 4♦ fall on the river.

Sanchez checked again and Klein put out another bet. Sanchez briefly tanked before sliding forward calling chips, prompting Klein to quickly knuckle the table and show 10♠9♦ for a pure bluff.

Sanchez turned up the A♠3♠ and the dealer pushed him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sandy Sanchez us
Sandy Sanchez 		106,000 74,100

Tags: Bill KleinSandy Sanchez

2022 Runner-Up Ross Eliminated in Level 14

Herbie Teope
Herbie Teope
Level 15 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Ben Ross’ goal of making a second straight final table in the WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em event came to an end during the second to last level of Day 1.

Ross, who was the runner-up to Michael Moncek in this same event in 2022, was short stacked with less than 5,000 before finding himself in an all-in situation against Bobby Espina, who raised preflop from middle position.

Ross seemed to resign himself to his fate, as he stood to gather his belongings after tabling 5♦ 9♥ and looking across the table at Espina’s Q♠J♥.

The flop of 5♥A♥6♥ provided Ross some hope after he hit bottom pair, but Q♠ on the turn put Espina in the lead with top pair, and then 10♥ on the river gave Espina a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Bobby Espina us
Bobby Espina 		114,500 114,500
Ben Ross us
Ben Ross 		Busted

Tags: Ben RossBobby Espina

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Kahn Building a Big Stack

Chris Land
Chris Land
Level 14 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

On a board of 4♣9♥8♣9♦5♥, the player first to act led out with a bet and saw a quick call come from Mark Kahn who quickly turned over 5♣5♠, prompting a fold from his opponent and leaving him with around a single big bet.

On the very next hand, Kahn had the very same player at risk before the flop and held the best hand after a five card runout, eliminating a player and shooting up the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Mack Kahn us
Mack Kahn
170,000 170,000

Tags: Mark Kahn

Late Day 1 Chip Count

Ryan Gray
Ryan Gray
Level 14 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dana B David us
Dana B David
136,500 136,500
Pierre Nasr ca
Pierre Nasr 		108,500 108,500
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
108,000 52,100
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
108,000 28,000
Robert Rosengarten us
Robert Rosengarten 		101,000 76,000
Ken Donoghue us
Ken Donoghue
90,500 90,500
Nancy Brett us
Nancy Brett
79,000 30,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
57,000 31,500
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
WSOP 2X Winner
25,000 -32,000
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman 		17,500 -45,500

Tags: Adam FriedmanDana B DavidErick LindgrenJeff ShulmanKen DonoghueMike LeahNancy BrettPierre NasrRobert RosengartenHumberto Brenes

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