Tetsuma Ishizu Bags Big in Day 1 of Event #13: $1,500 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em
Action has wrapped up in Day 1 of Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas after 17 levels of play. Of the 2,354 runners who started the day, only 174 players will return for Day 2 on June 3, all of whom have already made the money.
The remaining players will be battling it out for a piece of the massive $3,124,935 prize pool, with the first-place prize of $414,950 going to the winner. When the dust settled on Day 1, Forrest Blackwelder emerged as the chip leader, bagging just shy of one million with 987,000. Right behind him was Tetsuma Ishizu (985,000), and rounding out the top three was Giuseppe Lomuscio (875,000).
Other notable players who secured a bag for Day 2 include Eshaan Bhalla (560,000), Tristan Wade (461,000), Nick Marchington (348,000), Jeremy Becker (332,000), Eric Baldwin (292,000), Brock Wilson (254,000), Matt Hunt (250,000), David Coleman (215,000), and Mike Holtz (200,000).
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Blackwelder | United States | 987,000 | 99 |
| 2 | Tetsuma Ishizu | Japan | 985,000 | 99 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Lomuscio | United States | 875,000 | 88 |
| 4 | Johan Schumacher | Belgium | 833,000 | 83 |
| 5 | Leonardo Rizzo | Brazil | 806,000 | 81 |
| 6 | Mikhail Zavoloka | Russian Federation | 799,000 | 80 |
| 7 | Joshua Stewart | United Kingdom | 799,000 | 80 |
| 8 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 788,000 | 79 |
| 9 | Shundan Xiao | China | 781,000 | 78 |
| 10 | Eric Firestone | United States | 768,000 | 77 |
Christian Harder was one of three bubble boys who busted in brutal fashion when his trips ran into the full house of Simon Britton.
Others who made an appearance but fell short of the money were Cherish Andrews, Dong Chen, Farah Galfond, Bin Weng, Lexy Gavin-Mather, Ryan Leng, Blair Hinkle, Toby Lewis, Darren Elias, John Hennigan, Jonathan Tamayo, Ryan Depaulo, and Patrick Leonard.
Action will begin on Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, June 3, at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, where ten 60-minute levels are on the schedule.
The tournament will resume at Level 18, with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels, and a one-hour dinner break will take place after Level 23 at approximately 5:30 p.m. local time.
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