Day 1 of the Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship is in the books with a total field of 5,667 entries, smashing last year’s numbers of 5,110, racking up a total prize pool of $2,856,168.
Sitting atop the 635 players that will be returning to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 is Prasad Vemulapalli with 1,542,000 chips. Caleb Levesque follows him closely with 1,156,000 chips in the bag, and rounding up the podium positions is Thanh Duong with 1,057,000 chips.
Of those who participated, 851 were in the money, receiving a minimum cash prize of $1,200. Two players' simultaneous elimination burst the bubble, three hands after hand for hand was announced. Carson Nennstiel and Sean Troha holding big slick and pocket jacks respectively, shared the first payout, with each receiving $600.
Top Ten Chip Stacks
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Prasad Vemulapalli
United States
1,542,000
154
2
Caleb Levesque
United States
1,156,000
116
3
Thanh Ha Duong
Viet Nam
1,057,000
106
4
Kajetan Renke
Poland
961,000
96
5
Gregory Teboul
France
958,000
96
6
Alex Todd
United Kingdom
935,000
94
7
Mohit Vasudeva
United States
907,000
91
8
Zhan Xi Guo
Taiwan
892,000
89
9
Jason Li
Canada
865,000
87
10
Dorian Rios
Venezuela
845,000
85
Some bracelet winners that are moving to the next phase are Qiang Xu (761,000), Murilo Figueredo (524,000), Konstantin Puchkov (394,000), Khang Pham (339,000), Christopher Bolek (285,000), 2004 WSOP Main Event winner Greg Raymer (195,000) and Kathy Liebert (182,000).
Since the start of the WSOP, PokerNews has been running $200, $250, and $400 Daily Deepstacks tournaments to give low-stakes grinders a chance to win a WSOP bracelet. Qualifers who are still in the running are: Tanner Martinelli (439,000), Waheed Feda (323,000), Dannette Mason (260,000), Lucas Jumalon (200,000), and Una Kelly (66,000).
Waheed Feda
The returning players are all guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,200.
Remaining Payouts
Rank
Prize
Rank
Prize
1
$302,165
54-62
$5,583
2
$201,233
63-71
$4,709
3
$149,601
72-80
$4,007
4
$112,101
81-89
$3,441
5
$84,676
90-98
$2,982
6
$64,477
99-143
$2,608
7
$49,497
144-188
$2,302
8
$38,310
189-242
$2,052
9
$29,897
243-296
$1,846
10-11
$23,526
297-350
$1,677
12-13
$18,669
351-404
$1,538
14-17
$14,941
405-458
$1,425
18-26
$12,060
459-512
$1,333
27-35
$9,818
513-566
$1,259
36-44
$8,063
567-635
$1,200
45-53
$6,680
Play will resume tomorrow, July 2, at 11 a.m. in Horseshoe Blue. Players will be playing through ten 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after Level 23 at approximately 5:30 p.m.
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