Jereld Sam and Brandon Mueller got it all in preflop with Sam the one at risk, who started the hand with nearly 200,000.
Jereld Sam: Q♣Q♦ 
Brandon Mueller: A♥A♣
The board of 6♦10♥7♥5♥6♠ offered no help to Sam and he was sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
Busted |
Max Pinnola open-shoved in the cutoff for about 160,000, putting the rest of the players behind at risk. Kathrine Brandt made the call in the small blind for roughly 95,000.
Kathrine Brandt: K♣K♠
Max Pinnola: A♥7♥
Pinnola pulled ahead on the 5♠9♥A♣ flop, pairing his ace. The 4♥ turn and 7♦ river offered no help to Brandt and she was sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | |
|
Busted |
Action was picked up as Timothy Worley was all in from the small blind against Ian Gavlick who was in the big blind.
Timothy Worley: A♠K♣
Ian Gavlick: K♦K♥
Gavlick's pair held on a flop of Q♠Q♣4♥ but Worley turned a gutshot on the 10♥ but no luck when the Q♥ hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
There was roughly 36,000 in the pot on a flop of 4♦Q♥8♣, Giuseppe Lomuscio fired out a bet of 15,000 from the highjack, Daniel Lee called in the small blind.
Lomuscio did not slow down when the K♥ hit the turn and continued his aggression with a bet of 40,000, Lee called again. Action went check-check on the A♥ river, Lomuscio tabled K♣J♠ and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | |
|
113,000 |
Action was picked up with 110,000 in the pot on a flop K♦5♦2♣. Jiaming Zhao bet 40,000 on the button but to his surprise Eshaan Bhalla who was under the gun moved all in for 208,000, Zhao called after confirming the chip count.
Eshaan Bhalla: 5♥4♥
Jiaming Zhao: A♦2♦
Zhao with a pair and a flush draw could not hit as the board ran out 10♠K♣. Zhao clearly disappointed with Bhalla, which Bhalla replied with "what, I didn't think you had it".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
526,000
431,000
|
431,000 |
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Floor has announced four more hands before they bag and tag.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
987,000
674,000
|
674,000 |
|
||
|
985,000
985,000
|
985,000 |
|
|
875,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
833,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
806,000
806,000
|
806,000 |
|
799,000
454,000
|
454,000 |
|
799,000
799,000
|
799,000 |
|
788,000
788,000
|
788,000 |
|
781,000
781,000
|
781,000 |
|
768,000
329,000
|
329,000 |
|
760,000
760,000
|
760,000 |
|
|
720,000
442,000
|
442,000 |
|
701,000
701,000
|
701,000 |
|
692,000
222,000
|
222,000 |
|
672,000
672,000
|
672,000 |
|
658,000
658,000
|
658,000 |
|
656,000
656,000
|
656,000 |
|
||
|
632,000
632,000
|
632,000 |
|
|
611,000
611,000
|
611,000 |
|
609,000
456,000
|
456,000 |
|
604,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
598,000
542,500
|
542,500 |
|
587,000
587,000
|
587,000 |
|
||
|
580,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
578,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
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).
| 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.
Be sure to follow PokerNews throughout the remainder of this event, as well as future coverage throughout the summer.
