Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2017 World Series of Poker

Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1a Completed

06-10-2017 03:04 UTC-7

Day 1a of Event #19: THE GIANT Has Concluded

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Level 18 : 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Jeffrey Brin Day 1a Chip Leader (718,000)

Day 1a of the inaugural Event #19: THE GIANT lived up to its name. The event drew 1,629 entries, creating a prize pool of $488,700 for just a $365 buy-in with a minimum payout of $557.

The money began to be paid out during Level 17 at 245 players. In the 30 minutes after the bubble, the tournament lost 120 players to end the day with 124 players out of 1,629.

In the massive field we did see a few familiar faces, some whom will be returning for Day 2 and some who will have to return to play another Day 1. Barry Greenstein (90,000), Dylan Wilkerson (258,000), William Vo (359,000), Asher Coniff (152,000), Jesse Yaginuma (163,000), and Bernard Lee (359,000) are some of the players advancing to Day 2. Natasha Barbour, David Baker, Dennis Phillips, Scott Montgomery, and Jeff Gross were all eliminated but have four more starting days to take a shot at.

Those who made Day 2 will return in nearly a month to play on July 8 at 2 p.m. when all five Day 1s combine.

Jeffrey Brin is the Day 1a chip leader with an impressive stack of 718,000. Close behind is Timothy Miles with 707,500.

There will be four more Day 1s if you want to take your shot at THE GIANT. Day 1 plays every Friday at 7 p.m. for the next four weeks (June 16, 23, 30, and July 7).

PokerNews will have all your updates from THE GIANT and the rest of the 2017 WSOP all summer.

06-10-2017 02:27 UTC-7

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Brin	718,000	718,000

Timothy Miles	707,500	707,500

Richard Alsup	637,500	637,500

Southisak Seunsom	612,000	612,000

Matthias Eibinger	610,500	50,500

Ricardo Abundis	581,000	581,000

Joseph Biegler	565,000	565,000

Jennifer Fox	562,500	562,500

Konstantin Maslak	535,000	535,000

Clayton Maguire	530,000	530,000

Marcus Laffen	523,000	523,000

Nadim Shabou	511,500	511,500

Shaun Samudia	511,000	511,000

Bizhan Delgoshaei	509,000	509,000

Praise Ogwo	497,000	497,000

Ryan Buckholtz	489,000	489,000

Ricky Lee	465,000	465,000

Ari Levy	431,000	431,000

Zaed Shamoon	388,500	388,500

Javier Contreras Crespo	379,500	379,500

Brian Kearney	379,000	379,000

Gary Murphy	377,500	377,500

Jose Latorre	360,500	360,500

David Mzareulov	360,000	360,000

Bernard Lee	359,000	359,000

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06-10-2017 02:00 UTC-7

Seven More Hands

Yardley

Level 18 : 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

The clock has been stopped and the floor has announced that there will be seven more hands to play before they bag and tag.

06-10-2017 01:58 UTC-7

Final Level Tension Released; Sluice Gates Opened

Yardley

Level 18 : 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

With the remaining players guaranteed a minimum of $557 for their buy-in of $365, provided they didn’t fire more than one bullet, the tension has flooded out of the Amazon room and with it the tide that bears a raft of players heading for the exit who have got the last of their chips in clinging to the hope of a double up but are now bust.

From a bubble number of 245 there are now kust 184 players with 15 minutes of the day to play.

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

06-10-2017 01:42 UTC-7

Dave Plaskett One Of the Bubble Eliminations

Yardley

Level 17 : 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante

Erle Mankin had been abusing the bubble, by turn grabbing some chips and doubling up some short stacks who were willing to risk it.

On the bubble Mankin moved all in from the button when it folded to him and Dave Plaskett wss the man in the big blind who called with his last 60,000 chips.

They had to wait before turning their cards over as the action was resolved at other tables but finally it was their turn and the cards were on their backs.

Erle Mankn:
Dave Plaskett:

The board ran our .

The river gave Mankin the better pair to eliminate Plaskett.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erle Mankin	360,000

Dave Plaskett	Busted

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06-10-2017 01:40 UTC-7

Bernard Lee Can Predict the Very Near Future

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Level 17 : 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante

While playing hand-for-hand we had four all ins at once holding the deal. As we were waiting to start at one table, Bernard Lee called me to another table to tell me how aces were about to be cracked.

The button Matthias Eibinger, had been shoving every hand on the bubble; he blindly bet 250,000 and the big blind woke up with aces. The player in the big blind called for his last 115,500 and the players showed the table their hands.

Eibinger:
Opponent:

Everyone was laughing saying the aces would get cracked on the bubble. Well as the saying goes its all fun and games until someone loses an eye, or their chips.

The board ran out and the table let out a huge roar. Eibinger cracked the aces and eliminated the player, bursting the bubble and stacking more chips.