Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Day 1A of Event #47 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em has come to an end. Play was halted a bit early because of the rapid pace of eliminations. Of the 1,759 players that started the day, approximately 270 players remain and will join the survivors of Day 1B on Monday for Day 2 of the tournament.

Hundreds of players, both amateur and professionals, entered the day with hopes of winning a WSOP gold bracelet. Among those who fell along the way were Chau Giang, Michael Mizrachi, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang, Chris Ferguson, Billy Baxter, Dennis Phillips and Bernard Lee.

However, there were a few big names who managed to make it to Day 2. They include Antonio Esfandiari, Matt Glantz, Lars Bonding, André Akkari, and Scott Montgomery, who is amazingly looking for back-to-back wins in the $1,000 no limit hold'em events. Unfortunately for them, all of these players trail Justin Brickner, who appears to be our Day 1A chip leader with a little over 86,000.

A new field of players will begin fresh tomorrow for Day 1B of the tournament. What big name pros will take their shot at a bracelet? Of those, who will be fortunate enough to make it through to Day 2? Join us tomorrow at noon local time as PokerNews brings you all the hands, chip counts, and action from Day 1B of Event #47.

When we arrived at the table, the board read       and Roberto Romanello has kings face up in front of him. Kings were good and Romanello is now up to 23,000 chips.

We've just saw Jeff Sarwer stacking chips, he told us that this time his pocket jacks were good against an opponents ace queen.

Sarwer is now up to 31,000 chips.

Scott Montgomery, who won the last $1,000 event less than a week ago, raised to 1,800 from the cutoff and only the small blind called.

The small blind checked the     flop, allowing Montgomery to bet 1,400. The small blind thought about it for a short period of time before mucking. Montgomery is up to around 33,000 and in great shape to make Day 2.

Players are now on a 20 minute break!

In middle position, André Akkari opened the pot with a 1,100-chip raise. Jonhy D'Silva, in the big blind, moved all in for an additional 3,525 chips and Akkari called.

Showdown

Akkari:   

D'Silva:   

The       board gave D'Silva a full double up.

The floor was called to Table 23 to help resolve an incident that had developed. What happened was the player in Seat 4 announced "all in," but failed to put any chips in the pot. Not knowing Seat 4 had moved all in, the player in Seat 9 raised to 1,200.

The question was, did that 1,200 have to stay in the pot since Seat 4 had announced he was all in? Bob Smith, the same floor who was announcing the final table when Phil Ivey won his eighth gold bracelet, came to the table. He listened to the circumstances and ruled that since no chips were put in the pot, he was going to allow Seat 9 to take his bet back.

The floor acknowledged that the dealer should have made Seat 4 put something in the pot and most of the table agreed with the ruling, especially Seat 9.

We didn't catch the action but we saw Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi doubling up his opponent in Seat 1. The dealer had mucked Mizrachi's cards, but Seat 1 was showing    on a       board.

The hand left Mizrachi crippled with just 2,775 in chips.

We just saw Melanie Weisner hit the rail, we're not sure about the action but she's out of the tournament.

Jeff Sarwer is leading table 24 since the first hands of this tournament. Sarwer is now up to 30,000 chips after bust another player.

Sarwer raised on the button and the player on the small blind, with about 6,000 chips on his stack, moved all in. Sarwer called with    and his opponent had   .

A board full of blanks gave the pot to Sarwer.