button in SafariRonnie Bardah Bags a Big Stack on Day 1 of the $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Event #30: $1,500 Limit Hold'em 7-Handed drew in a crowd of 510 entrants to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, but only 105 of those starters bagged and tagged chips at the close of play. While it was Laura Wolkoff who, according to the WSOP LIVE app, bagged 312,000 chips and the title of chip leader, it is the man in second place in the counts who caught the eye.
Ronnie Bardah (296,000) has an excellent record for reaching the money places in the WSOP Main Event. He is also a dab hand at Fixed Limit Hold'em events, too. In 2012, Bardah won a bracelet in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event. The following year, he finished third in the $5,000 Limit Hold'em. Bardah navigated to back-to-back $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship final tables in 2023 and 2024. Now he's on course for yet another deep run in this format.
Event #30: $1,500 Limit Hold'em 7-Handed Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Wolkoff | United States | 312,000 | 26 |
| 2 | Ronnie Bardah | United States | 296,000 | 25 |
| 3 | Yuxi Huang | China | 295,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Gregory Sessler | United States | 287,000 | 24 |
| 5 | Ni Hansen | United States | 270,000 | 23 |
| 6 | Michael Solheim | United States | 266,000 | 22 |
| 7 | Robert Albrecht | United States | 254,000 | 21 |
| 8 | Bradley Jansen | United States | 254,000 | 21 |
| 9 | Ryan Lawrence | United States | 240,000 | 20 |
| 10 | Robert Rowland | United States | 230,000 | 19 |
If Bardah is to come out on top in this event, he's going to have to clash with some talented poker players along the way. Yuxi Huang (295,000) and Bradley Jansen (254,000) return in the top 10, while David Bach (211,000), Dong Chen (209,000), Dara Taherpour (165,000), and Christian Roberts (163,000) are in the top 25.
Day 2 also sees the likes of Yuri Dzivielevski (154,000), Patrick Leonard (142,000), Eli Elezra (109,000), Maxx Coleman (78,000), Todd Witteles (75,000), Ian Johns (61,000), and Robert Mizrachi (52,000) return for another 10 levels of min-bet action.
The 105 Day 1 survivors return to their seats from 1:00 p.m. local time on June 9. Another 10 levels are planned, which should edge this event close to its final table. Join PokerNews then if Fixed Limit Hold'em is your game of choice.