button in SafariBrian Rast in Top Ten After Day 1
There were 519 entries on Day 1 of Event #40: $1,500 Razz at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
These players all ponied up their buy-in to play the lowball stud event, in the hopes of going home with a bracelet. However, only 104 of these players made it to Day 2 of the event.
Dennis Weiss leads the field, having bagged 354,500 in chips according to the WSOP LIVE app's counts. Matt Grapenthien (288,000) is in second and Adam Owen (286,000) in third.
Brian Rast was in fourth place with 273,500 in chips.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Weiss | 354,500 | 30 |
| 2 | Matt Grapenthien | 288,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Adam Owen | 286,000 | 24 |
| 4 | Brian Rast | 273,500 | 23 |
| 5 | Rafael Flose | 251,000 | 21 |
| 6 | Stephen Hubbard | 243,000 | 20 |
| 7 | Oscar Johansson | 243,000 | 20 |
| 8 | Jon Turner | 242,500 | 20 |
| 9 | Mike Krescanko Jr | 241,500 | 20 |
| 10 | Tobias Leknes | 237,000 | 20 |
Chip counts are according to the WSOPLive app.
Fantasy 25K player Jon Turner (242,500) also made the top ten.
Other Fantasy 25K players who made Day 2 included Marco Johnson (194,000), Vladas Tamasauskas (194,000), Robert Mizrachi (178,500), Brad Ruben (159,500), Brandon Shack-Harris (139,000), and Naoya Kihara (136,500), who has won two bracelets this year already.
These players will all return at 1:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, June 13 for Day 2 of the event.
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