Johnny Woolen Leads the Field After Day 1 of $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Low Card: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

That’s a wrap on Day 1 of Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. The first stud event of the series attracted 377 entrants, bringing the prize pool to $519,977. After fifteen 40-minute levels, just 69 players remained at the end of the night.
Johnny Woolen bagged the Day 1 chip lead after finishing with 439,000, worth just under 37 big bets going into Day 2. Woolen is most closely followed by Matthew Valeo (353,300), while Robert Shepp rounds out the top three with 340,000.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johnny Woolen | United States | 439,000 | 37 |
2 | Matthew Valeo | United States | 353,500 | 29 |
3 | Robert Shepp | United States | 340,000 | 28 |
4 | David Bach | United States | 282,500 | 24 |
5 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 272,000 | 23 |
6 | Michael Noori | United States | 263,000 | 22 |
7 | Max Pescatori | Italy | 261,500 | 22 |
8 | Joey Couden | United States | 261,500 | 22 |
9 | Ryutaro Suzuki | Japan | 249,500 | 21 |
10 | Charles Phillips | United States | 249,000 | 21 |
Two 25k Fantasy Draft picks, Max Pescatori and Joey Couden, also found themselves among the top ten chip stacks of the night. Other notables to advance to Day 2 include Greg Mueller (169,500), Brian Rast (153,000), Frankie O'Dell (136,000) and defending champion Richard Ashby (36,500).
Others who were not as fortunate to advance include Scott Seiver, Ted Forrest, Calvin Anderson, Benny Glaser, Adam Friedman and Huck Seed, who fell in the last level of the night.
Play will resume on May 30 at 1 p.m. on Level 16, featuring an ante of 1,500 and limits of 6,000/12,000. Ten hour-long levels are scheduled on Day 2, with a 15-minute break for every two hours of play and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 at approximately 7:30 p.m.
PokerNews will be on site to bring you all the exciting updates for this event, which will culminate in the crowning of a winner on the third and final day.