Friday, July 8, 2011 1:35 AM Local Time
From the starting field of 897 player, 560 of them survived Day 1a long enough to bag up chips at night's end. Here are the stacks they'll come back to on Monday's Day 2a.
Fred Berger | 209,500 | 2,500 |
Shane Sigsbee | 182,600 | |
Kyle Burnside | 159,050 | |
Cedric Annen | 155,400 | 0 |
Michael Bena | 150,350 | |
Lynne Mitchnick | 145,675 | |
Juan Perez | 143,425 | |
David Diaz | 139,150 | |
Christopher Macfarland | 135,350 | |
Philipp Gruissem | 133,050 | 69,050 |
Jake Abdalla | 131,450 | |
Gregory Kaplan | 129,175 | |
Brendan Taylor | 127,925 | |
Wesley Pantling | 126,450 | |
Magnus Persson | 126,450 | |
Geoffrey Rasmussen | 125,650 | |
Corrie Wunstel | 121,050 | |
Hayden Fortini | 118,500 | |
Sebastian Ruthenberg | 117,000 | 87,000 |
Jonas Klausen | 116,075 | |
John Barron | 115,750 | |
Jonathan Dimmig | 114,900 | |
Mike Zook | 114,375 | |
Tri Huynh | 113,450 | |
Brian Booth | 112,675 | |
Phillip Reed | 110,225 | |
Robert Kolbe | 109,425 | |
Justin Cereste | 108,950 | |
Robert Thompson | 108,775 | |
Thomas Luce | 108,225 | |
Vladimir Geshkenbein | 107,850 | |
Zaher Samaan | 107,625 | |
Pietermichae Degoede | 104,625 | |
Andreas Zachai | 104,375 | |
Raymond Rahme | 103,950 | 73,950 |
Richard Barabino | 103,775 | |
Jamie Armstrong | 103,000 | |
Balazs Biri | 101,900 | |
Naoya Kiraha | 101,325 | |
Michael Vo | 101,250 | |
Niall Farrell | 101,150 | |
Robert Mathis | 101,025 | |
Daniel Buzgon | 101,025 | |
Brian Hacker | 99,800 | |
Nikita Nikolaev | 99,750 | |
Mario Silvestri | 99,425 | |
Olivier Busquet | 98,975 | 68,975 |
Luke Staudenmaier | 96,050 | |
Zheng Tang | 95,300 | |
Konstantin Maslak | 95,150 | |
Jared Zito | 95,025 | |
Sasa Stancic | 94,825 | |
Thomas Joanides | 94,200 | |
Amir Sonsino | 93,750 | |
Ben Tollerene | 92,025 | |
Joseph Burrows | 92,025 | |
Eric Mata | 91,975 | |
Jeffrey Keswin | 91,900 | |
Fatima Moreira De Melo | 91,500 | 61,500 |
Greg Byard | 91,150 | |
Steven Schlesinger | 90,175 | |
Joshua Mullen | 90,125 | |
German Teitelbaoum | 90,025 | |
Heinz Pius | 89,550 | |
Kriston Cudmore | 87,850 | |
Soi Nguyen | 87,325 | 57,325 |
Markus Lehmann | 86,075 | |
Andrey Martsev | 85,750 | |
James Marrone | 85,400 | |
Eric Liu | 85,225 | |
Sarah Bilney | 85,000 | |
Ray Qartomy | 84,800 | |
Michael Cook | 84,775 | |
Frederick Chase | 84,075 | |
Sami Kelopuro | 82,850 | |
Lex Veldhuis | 82,350 | |
Clement Tripodi | 81,025 | |
Matthias Holz | 80,600 | |
Ruslan Gazaev | 80,325 | |
Gregory Bastin | 80,300 | |
Josh Neufeld | 78,800 | |
Jackson Baber | 78,500 | |
Tim Mcelhannon | 78,425 | |
Dan Schmiech | 77,575 | |
Jens Kyllonen | 77,250 | |
David Dalesandro | 77,075 | |
Marco Melder | 76,550 | |
Hungcheng Hung | 76,100 | |
Mark Eddleman | 75,925 | |
Anselmo Villarreal | 75,600 | |
Robert Wiercinski | 75,325 | |
Seth Baker | 74,825 | |
Zbigniew Pakleza | 74,800 | |
Sean Grover | 74,375 | |
Farid Labib-Kiyarash | 73,975 | |
Henry Strasser | 73,825 | |
Mark Shanta | 73,675 | |
Philippe Bouchard | 73,575 | |
Chris Bjorin | 73,575 | 58,575 |
Archie Karas | 73,325 | |
Tiago Lopes | 72,575 | |
Zachary Fahmie | 72,525 | |
Joshua Gaytan | 71,975 | |
Jeremiah Degreef | 71,925 | |
Samuel Ngai | 71,775 | |
Jason Sackler | 71,500 | |
Barry Shulman | 71,150 | 41,150 |
Filippo Candio | 71,150 | 41,150 |
Steven van Zadelhoff | 70,575 | |
David Randall | 70,375 | |
David Farber | 69,775 | |
Ernesto Panno | 69,600 | |
Per Strom | 69,000 | |
Court Harrington | 68,950 | |
Matthew Aquino | 68,950 | |
Marcelo Ruano | 68,650 | |
Johnny Kitchens III | 68,250 | |
Annette Obrestad | 68,125 | 38,125 |
Josh Brikis | 68,025 | 38,025 |
Scott Schwalich | 67,425 | |
Kai Herold | 67,200 | |
Lukas Baumer | 66,950 | |
Thomas Bentham | 66,800 | |
Douglas Winters | 66,550 | |
Aaron Overton | 66,425 | |
Tom Bedell | 66,400 | |
Charles Pacheco | 66,375 | |
Sean Seese | 66,150 | |
Ryan Smith | 66,075 | |
Mark Teltscher | 66,075 | |
Jeff Dumas | 66,000 | |
Kyne Elmouloua | 66,000 | |
Dan Perper | 65,925 | |
Andrew Webking | 65,900 | |
Derek Chisholm | 65,800 | |
Victor Ayala | 65,200 | |
Scott Dorin | 65,000 | -8,000 |
Atheer Gappi | 64,850 | |
Asa Smith | 64,800 | |
Lee Salean | 64,375 | |
Mauro Stivoli | 64,125 | |
Ankush Mandavia | 63,900 | |
Matthias Much | 63,775 | |
Matt Colletta | 63,675 | |
WeiKai Chang | 63,550 | |
Jason Alexander | 63,150 | 33,150 |
Ruslan Prydryk | 63,100 | |
Maurizio Agrello | 63,050 | |
Kenny Nguyen | 62,700 | 32,700 |
Nicholas Katovsky | 62,375 | |
Kevin Mcgowan | 61,850 | |
David Cloutier | 61,575 | |
Mickey Appleman | 61,150 | 31,150 |
Michael Doherty | 61,150 | |
Florian Langmann | 61,100 | |
Ronnie Jackson | 60,675 | -84,325 |
Dennis Born | 60,650 | |
David Corsello | 60,475 | |
Timothy Basile | 60,425 | |
Robert Dixon | 60,425 | |
Mihails Morozovs | 60,100 | |
Shane Douglas | 60,025 | |
Mark Cole | 59,450 | |
Eric Haddad | 59,375 | |
Jeremy Geneaudelamarlie | 59,100 | |
Allan Le | 58,875 | |
Jaspreet Panchhi | 58,750 | |
Dmitry Kuzmin | 58,600 | |
Laurence Houghton | 58,550 | |
James Franey | 58,450 | |
Andrew Jenkins | 58,325 | |
Robert Reist | 58,150 | |
Evan Jarvis | 58,025 | |
Neil Webber | 57,775 | |
Derrick Jackson | 57,500 | |
Phillip Huckins | 57,425 | |
John Cernuto | 57,225 | 27,225 |
Jani Sointula | 57,175 | 27,175 |
Markus Gonsalves | 57,025 | |
Bruno Politano | 56,500 | |
Scott Mayfield | 56,375 | |
Roger McDow | 56,100 | |
Dan Sztenderowicz | 55,850 | |
Ivan Freitez | 55,650 | |
Adam Hsu | 55,650 | |
Nicolas Babel | 55,600 | |
Gary McDonald | 55,200 | |
Tristan Clemencon | 55,150 | |
Steve Ryan | 55,000 | |
Cesar Fuentes | 55,000 | |
Flavio Ferrari Zumbini | 54,850 | |
Saar Wilf | 54,275 | |
Dana Parham | 54,250 | |
Frederick Deguzman | 54,150 | |
Jacques Balzan | 54,125 | |
Vince Van Patten | 53,975 | |
Daniel Bertelsen | 53,425 | |
Matthew Schreiber | 53,325 | |
Christopher Vaniter | 53,050 | |
Andrew Shack | 52,750 | |
Carlos Boyd | 52,400 | |
John Franciosi | 52,000 | |
Didier Garcia | 51,650 | |
Kyle Jackson | 51,475 | 30,275 |
Chamath Palihapitiya | 51,350 | |
Barry Hamilton | 51,250 | |
Kazuhito Oshima | 51,225 | |
Thomas Pires-Trigo | 51,100 | |
Isaac Hagerling | 50,875 | |
Leslie Morgan | 50,825 | |
G Vanstrydonck | 50,800 | |
Scott Freeman | 50,700 | |
Isaac Baron | 50,650 | 21,650 |
Matt Sterling | 50,500 | |
Garry Goss | 50,500 | |
Jose Pereira | 50,450 | |
Zhen Cai | 50,325 | |
Julie Farkas | 50,000 | |
Mark Frenkel | 50,000 | |
David Orr | 49,900 | |
Christopher Orourke | 49,850 | |
Andrew Youngblood | 49,750 | |
Benjamin Spindler | 49,425 | |
Marc Goschel | 49,300 | |
Jeremy Wien | 49,150 | |
Gary Klionsky | 48,925 | |
Jonathan Zarin | 48,925 | |
Nils Rabe | 48,750 | |
James Dempsey | 48,750 | 14,650 |
Dana Kellstrom | 48,400 | |
Joseph Lovelady | 48,350 | |
Richard Bassing | 47,975 | |
Viktors Zajarnijs | 47,950 | |
Vasily Tsapko | 47,725 | |
Hai Le | 47,700 | |
Keith Reynolds | 47,225 | |
Robert Weekes | 47,100 | |
Jannsen Mercado | 47,075 | |
Frank Calo | 47,000 | |
David Stogel | 46,850 | |
Jens Colbin | 46,800 | |
Brian A Altman | 46,750 | |
Jason Bigelow | 46,750 | |
Austin Hayre | 46,675 | |
Marcos Canton | 46,650 | |
Rich Salomon | 46,525 | |
Tom Carpenter | 46,500 | |
Clayton Newman | 46,300 | -9,700 |
Jeff Joseph | 45,975 | |
Lasell King | 45,950 | |
Daniel Moses | 45,875 | |
John Hands | 45,775 | |
C Thomas Sego | 45,375 | |
Nachman Berlin | 45,000 | |
Daniel Hirleman | 45,000 | |
Gianluca Mattia | 44,850 | |
Michael Michnik | 44,800 | |
Steve Rosen | 44,750 | |
Kevin Howe | 44,625 | |
Dennis Frankenberger | 44,575 | |
Robert Willis | 43,900 | |
Eli Elezra | 43,775 | 13,775 |
Mads Wissing | 43,300 | |
Lubor Dedic | 43,200 | |
Drew Leitman | 43,075 | |
Reuben Struthers | 42,650 | |
Xinyuan Zhou | 42,650 | |
Ludvik Ludviksson | 42,600 | |
Petr Targa | 42,575 | |
Yngve Steen | 42,550 | |
Bruce Rosen | 42,525 | |
Jordan Kelly | 42,175 | |
Fabian Marrer | 42,050 | |
Kumar Hari | 41,950 | |
Michel Bittan | 41,800 | |
Ryan Mattson | 41,775 | |
Matthew Letourneau | 41,450 | |
David Chase | 41,375 | |
Kaung Lin | 41,350 | |
Marion Waddell | 41,150 | |
John Hartery | 41,075 | |
Daniel Weinman | 40,950 | 17,450 |
Dan Fleyshman | 40,800 | |
Buck Ramsay | 40,600 | |
Todd Jackson | 40,575 | |
Ronald Mcdonald | 39,925 | |
Manuel Bevand | 39,700 | |
Roman Gwildies | 39,500 | |
Eric Sfez | 39,475 | |
Anthony Newman | 39,325 | |
Mark Darner | 39,175 | |
Jay Kinkade | 38,825 | |
Jordan Knackstedt | 38,675 | |
Tay Nguyen | 38,600 | |
Kristina Holst | 38,550 | |
Richard Talaber | 38,525 | |
George Danzer | 38,500 | 8,500 |
Benjamin Mclean | 38,425 | |
Fouad Eladli | 38,275 | |
Loic Sa | 37,975 | |
STOLZMANN STEVE | 37,625 | |
Karl Weber | 37,425 | |
Jeffrey Mahoney | 36,900 | |
Ronald Paolucci | 36,850 | |
Mads Aamot | 36,825 | |
Darya Hulyk | 36,825 | 6,825 |
Bingjian Ren | 36,825 | |
Janno Cazemier | 36,500 | |
Galen Cranston | 36,450 | |
Steven Genovese | 36,200 | |
Marsha Wolak | 36,125 | -33,875 |
Michael Drummond | 36,000 | |
Brigette Lau | 35,975 | |
Tomas Macnamara | 35,950 | |
Jason Lilly | 35,900 | |
Richard Teatum | 35,575 | |
Kenneth Churchill | 35,525 | |
Duane Wellnitz | 35,475 | |
Gareth Teatum | 35,200 | |
Peter Nguyen | 35,000 | |
John Esposito | 35,000 | |
Wayne Boich | 34,975 | |
Ted Nguyen | 34,800 | |
Seyed Madani | 34,650 | |
Martin Tonnesen | 34,525 | |
Aaron Donovan | 34,400 | |
Randy Pfeifer | 34,300 | |
Anthony Moses | 34,275 | |
James Steen | 34,200 | |
Matan Krakow | 34,200 | |
Ivan Kocic | 34,075 | |
Alex Smith | 34,075 | |
Thomas Finneran | 34,000 | |
Ilan Boubli | 34,000 | |
Ilkin Amirov | 34,000 | |
Johnny Chan | 34,000 | |
Michael Meredith | 33,950 | |
Ronald Stanley | 33,850 | |
Matthew Allen | 33,850 | |
Bob Slezak | 33,775 | |
Gregory Merson | 33,750 | |
Michael Stevens | 33,700 | |
George Mcdonald | 33,575 | |
John Cardwell | 33,575 | |
Bill Mullins | 33,525 | |
Corey Emery | 33,475 | |
Ryan Hall | 33,400 | |
Sung Yi | 33,225 | |
Steve Rassi | 32,950 | |
Jean Stpierre | 32,950 | |
Gavin Cochrane | 32,900 | |
Eugene Yanayt | 32,800 | |
Jeremie Guez | 32,750 | |
Jeet Shetty | 32,750 | |
Jack Schanbacher | 32,700 | |
Richard Fullerton | 32,625 | |
Ryan Snickles | 32,375 | |
Justin Lowe | 32,025 | |
John Brooks | 31,925 | |
Santiago Nadal | 31,675 | |
Justin Morgenstern | 31,675 | |
Joel Schreiber | 31,525 | |
Mikhail Yakovlev | 31,450 | |
Lisa Hamilton | 31,350 | -7,250 |
Vincent Vanderfluit | 31,275 | |
Johnny Lodden | 30,925 | 925 |
Bill Chen | 30,825 | 825 |
Ben Roberts | 30,725 | |
Jonathon Poche | 30,725 | |
Ted Slocum | 30,575 | |
Omar Hikary | 30,575 | |
David Cowling | 30,550 | |
Chris George | 30,425 | |
Piper Kassela | 30,400 | |
Jordan Rich | 30,400 | |
Carter Harris | 30,325 | |
Tarcisio Ferreira | 30,300 | |
Salim Zakhem | 30,100 | |
John Erwin Owens | 30,000 | |
Mel Judah | 29,950 | -50 |
Jared Pacifici | 29,875 | |
Alper Sar | 29,825 | |
Georg Lehmann | 29,825 | |
Eric Ford | 29,800 | |
Jeff Carris | 29,575 | |
Tom McCormick | 29,275 | -725 |
Can Kim Hua | 29,200 | |
Michael Gagliano | 29,175 | |
Robert Mikuski | 29,100 | |
James Schleck | 28,950 | |
Johannes Heldens | 28,925 | |
Ira Rothblut | 28,725 | |
James Smyth | 28,700 | |
Al Ethier | 28,675 | |
Joseph Ressler | 28,675 | |
Joel Bryant | 28,600 | |
Peter Voltz | 28,550 | |
Rick Mata | 28,500 | |
Alex Jacob | 28,475 | |
Kent Hunter | 28,375 | |
Timothy Salvador | 28,350 | |
Joshua Chait | 28,200 | |
Kersten Burkhardt | 28,100 | |
Stephen Costello | 28,100 | |
Christopher Johnson | 27,850 | |
Rob Hollink | 27,800 | |
Michael Frazin | 27,800 | |
Michael Fong | 27,775 | |
Ryan Hasler | 27,675 | |
Adam Johnson | 27,600 | |
Karim Zitouni | 27,475 | |
Gerardo Muro | 26,925 | |
DID NOT REPORT | 26,825 | |
Lucas Molina | 26,750 | |
Ted Weinstock | 26,700 | |
Tim Kahlmeyer | 26,675 | 2,675 |
Dan Casetta | 26,675 | |
Ivan Mamuzic | 26,475 | |
Eldon Diamond | 26,475 | |
Frederick Kennedy | 26,300 | |
Fernando Lopes | 26,300 | |
Toni Ojala | 26,050 | |
Peter Ippolito | 25,975 | |
Michael Ium | 25,850 | |
Doug Kim | 25,450 | |
Najib Kamand | 25,425 | |
Ronald Lee | 25,250 | |
Thomas Jamieson | 25,225 | |
Yong Lu | 25,175 | |
Robert Stevanovski | 25,150 | |
James Park | 25,075 | |
Cameron Hamilton | 25,050 | |
Duane Weaver | 24,850 | |
Robert Mullen | 24,750 | |
Richard Woodall | 24,650 | |
Pat Pezzin | 24,600 | -5,400 |
Rolf Slotboom | 24,225 | |
Jeremy Mayeur | 23,800 | |
Camil Debsia | 23,750 | |
Jeff Blenkarn | 23,725 | |
Romain Meyer | 23,525 | |
Eduardo Santi | 23,250 | |
Sammy Farha | 23,225 | |
John Nixon | 22,850 | |
Damjan Radanov | 22,775 | |
Todd Baker | 22,650 | |
Marjo Nikkinen | 22,175 | |
Takatsugu Sasaki | 22,150 | |
Yannick Bonnet | 22,075 | |
Dany Georges | 22,050 | |
Rudy Blondeau | 22,000 | |
Christophe Pommier | 22,000 | |
Jeremy Lordge | 22,000 | |
Tommy Le | 22,000 | |
Heinz Kamutzki | 21,850 | |
Guy Cicconi | 21,700 | |
Hung La | 21,575 | |
Evan McNiff | 21,400 | |
Maxwell Troy | 21,400 | 9,400 |
Leo Labbe | 21,375 | |
John George | 21,200 | |
Terry Wheeler | 21,200 | |
Brian Hastings | 20,950 | |
Urs Kohler | 20,900 | |
Matthew Newcombe | 20,900 | |
Neville Darrell | 20,900 | |
Vincent Maglio | 20,800 | |
Zachary Cooke | 20,525 | |
Jerry Kane | 20,525 | |
Anthony Wright | 20,375 | |
Joshua Teekell | 20,175 | |
Joseph Casale | 20,100 | |
Jeff Williams | 20,075 | |
Brian Hamilton | 20,075 | |
Jeremy Underwood | 19,975 | |
Jeannette Levitt | 19,625 | |
Mark Peterson | 19,350 | |
Zef Oroshaj | 19,125 | |
Harvey Larocque | 19,075 | |
Hugo Perez | 18,800 | |
Travis Powell | 18,500 | |
Robert Goicoechea | 18,250 | |
Roy Carter | 18,200 | |
Matt Glantz | 18,000 | |
Fawz Bennis | 17,825 | |
Joshua Roberts | 17,800 | |
Martin Spillmann | 17,700 | |
Paolo Orlandi | 17,650 | |
Sergey Sharanov | 17,350 | |
Glen Peake | 17,275 | |
Kelly Edwards | 17,200 | |
Collin Henderson | 17,175 | |
Cuong Ngoc Nguyen | 16,975 | |
Lee Markholt | 16,775 | -13,225 |
Jeanfrancois Talbot | 16,750 | |
Marco Virzi | 16,700 | |
Estelle Denis | 16,570 | |
Ronald Lauzon | 16,400 | |
Edward Teems | 16,125 | |
Dara O'kearney | 16,125 | |
Dewey Tomko | 15,950 | -2,050 |
Richard Mask | 15,925 | |
Michael Harris | 15,925 | |
Christopher Kline | 15,550 | |
Dutch Boyd | 15,500 | -14,500 |
Michael Jukich | 15,500 | |
Manuel Fernandez | 15,100 | |
Ethan Foulkes | 14,850 | |
Jeffrey Saunders | 14,675 | |
Tatjan Pasalic | 14,425 | |
Istvan Toro | 14,350 | |
Simon Gunther | 14,050 | |
Ohad Yannay | 14,000 | |
Joel Dodds | 14,000 | |
Martin Schaffel | 13,975 | |
Laurie Hilton | 13,800 | |
Stephen Mao | 13,775 | |
David Mckenna | 13,525 | |
Richard Wyrick | 13,450 | |
Fabrice Touil | 13,400 | |
David Harville | 13,375 | |
Bart Verbanck | 12,925 | |
Kevin Schaffel | 12,925 | |
Bryan Feldman | 12,900 | |
Nail Aliyev | 12,850 | |
Aaron Mccready | 12,650 | |
Ernesto Margolis | 12,000 | |
Russell Thomas | 11,725 | |
Jonathan Gaynor | 11,525 | |
James Ray | 11,275 | |
Denny Man | 11,000 | |
Bradley Marsh | 10,800 | |
Bulat Bikmetov | 10,450 | |
Maria Ho | 10,275 | -19,725 |
Daniel Didech | 10,025 | |
Joe Gotlieb | 9,900 | |
Mitch Schock | 9,825 | -30,175 |
Yan Chen | 9,800 | |
Sean Nolan | 9,600 | |
Dwight Derringer | 9,550 | |
Christopher Odonnell | 9,275 | |
Kevin Eyring | 8,650 | |
Louise Duffy | 8,475 | |
Robert Woolley | 8,325 | |
Lisandro Gallo | 8,250 | |
Alexander Regler | 7,950 | |
Herbert Marshall | 7,900 | |
Joel Mack | 7,075 | |
Ari Goott | 6,600 | |
Victor Ilyukhin | 5,650 | |
Bradley Kondracki | 5,400 | |
Micah Larimore | 4,975 | |
Yann Enzinger | 4,300 | |
Tom Pirie | 3,275 | |
Benjamin Odom | 1,350 | |
George Hemphill | 1,225 | |
DNR | 1 | |
Elisabeth Capua | 1 | |
Barbara Stahlecker | 1 | |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:58 PM Local Time
Day 1a of the 2011 WSOP Main Event is now in the books! It appears that our chip leader at the end of play today was Fred Berger who finished the day with 209,500 in his stack. One of the other biggest stacks belonged to Shane Sigsbee who accumulated a total of 182,600.
A total of 897 players took to the felt today in what is generally known to be as the smallest Day 1 starting field. We were told by the WSOP staff at the beginning of the day that on average, Day 1a accounts for 17% of the total Main Event participants. If this holds true, we can expect a total of 5,276 players to take part in the Main Event this year.
For having such a "small" number of players to start the day, we certainly weren't lacking when it came to familiar faces. Notable players still in the hunt include Sebastian Ruthenberg, Annette Obrestad, Jason Alexander, Lex Veldhuis, Fatima Moreira De Melo, Olivier Busquet, Josh Brikis, and Mickey Appleman.
A number of well known players also hit the rail today. At the beginning of play today four former Main Event Champions took to the felt, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Greg Raymer, and Jerry Yang, but Chan was the only one to survive the day. Other players eliminated include Vanessa Selbst, Isaac Haxton, John Hennigan, Randy Lew, Chip Jett, and Tom Schneider.
Also eliminated were Adam Levy who finished 12th in last year's Main Event, and Matt Affleck who made deep runs in the Main Event in the past two years (80th in 2009 and 15th in 2010).
Two of last year's "November Nine" were spotted in the field today, Filippo Candio and Soi Nguyen, and both survived and will continue on to Day 2. Perhaps we'll see one of them make the final table two years in a row.
A number of players choose to don interesting hats or outfits in an attempt to get themselves noticed by the roaming cameras of the ESPN crew, but our award for best costume of the day has to go to Richard Wyrick who showed up after the dinner break in a Snow White costume. Someone even gave him an apple, but we don't think Wyrick ever decided to take a bite; probably a wise decision on his part.
Roughly 560 players survived the day and they will join with the players who come out of Day 1c to form our Day 2a field which will resume play at 12:00pm PST on Monday July 11th.
Last year Jonathan Duhamel bested a field of 7,319 players to take home the top prize of $8,944,310. Who will be the next Main Event Champion? Only time will tell, so make sure to stick with us here at PokerNews for all your WSOP updates.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:43 PM Local Time
The players are bagging and tagging and we will have our recap for you shortly.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:42 PM Local Time
We missed most of the action on this big hand, but the player who benefited from it, Cedric Annen, recapped the action for us. The board read , and Lodden had led out for 8,500. Annen raised it up to 19,000, and Lodden put in a reraise of 40,000. Annen called, leaving himself 27,000 behind. The river came the , and Lodden and Annen got the rest of it in.
Lodden:
Annen:
Lodden had made a straight on the turn that improved to a flush on the river. However, Annen had made a higher flush on the river, which gave him a huge double up, while Lodden ends his day on a sour note.
Cedric Annen | 155,400 | |
Johnny Lodden | 20,925 | -81,075 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:42 PM Local Time
On the final hand at her table, Evelyn Ng ended up all in for her last 11,450 chips in the big blind against the player in the small blind.
Ng:
Small Blind:
Ng would need some help to stay alive but the board ran out and she was eliminated just as all the other players started to bag up their chips.
Evelyn Ng | 0 | -14,000 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:28 PM Local Time
A big gathering around Johnny Chan's table caught our attention. When we arrived Chan was facing a decision for most of his stack as an opponent was all in on a board. Chan, with about 29,000 behind, was in the tank for a good while before laying down .
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:21 PM Local Time
It looked like there was at least 6,000 in the pot already with the board reading . Tristan Clemencon bet 4,625 from under the gun and Pat Pezzin tanked before he threw in the chips for the call. Clemencon turned over for the ace high flush which was good when Pezzin mucked as the two headed in opposite directions towards the end of the day.
Tristan Clemencon | 53,000 | 16,000 |
Pat Pezzin | 21,700 | -18,300 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:20 PM Local Time
The board showed and there was about 7,000 in the middle when a player in late position bet 3,500, and George Danzer, sitting to his left called the bet. The river brought the and another bet from Danzer's opponent, this time for 8,000. Danzer hemmed and hawed for about a minute, then tossed out the calling chips with a somewhat displeased look.
He became even less enthused at the sight of his opponent's hand -- for trip eights -- in response to which Danzer mucked his cards. The German slips a little to 58,000 as we start to approach the end of Level 5.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:07 PM Local Time
We might just have a new chip leader after we walked up to see Fred Berger winning a huge pot to bust Scott Montgomery.
The board read with two hearts on the flop and Berger had for a flush draw on the flop that turned into trips by the end. Montgomery had for top pair on the flop and two pair by the end.
It appeared as though the 56,000 that Montgomery had in front of him went in on the river but no matter when it went in, it now belongs to Berger as Montgomery is out. After stacking up his chips, it looked like Berger might be the first to crack the 200,000 chip mark with around 207,000. With a little under a half hour left in the day, we'll see if Berger can hold onto his big stack to end the day atop the leaderboard.
Fred Berger | 207,000 | |
Scott Montgomery | 0 | -72,000 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:02 PM Local Time
Three players, including Brian Hastings in the small blind, saw a flop come . It checked around to the player on the button who bet 1,500, then Hastings pushed out a reraise to 5,300. The player in the cutoff folded, and the player on the button thought a beat before folding as well.
Hastings has been up and down a bit today, but now sits with 31,100 -- just a touch above the starting stack, though now below the average in the room which is presently around about 46,000.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:53 PM Local Time
A middle position player limped, the hijack raised to 1,500, and Olivier Busquet called from the button. The big blind also called, then MP limper repopped it to 4,000. Just Busquet and the big blind called the reraise, and the three of them saw the flop come .
It checked to Busquet who fired 6,500, and both of his opponents folded. Busquet has been steadily accumulating chips all day, and now sits with more than 130,000.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:42 PM Local Time
We came into this hand when we saw a ton of chips in the middle and an all in player.
The board read and Benny Spindler had already been in the tank for a couple minutes. There was around 30,000 in the pot and Emilio Boyd had shoved his last 16,200 from the small blind on the river. After another five or so minutes passed, someone at the table called the clock on Spindler. The camera crews rushed over as did a floor person and Spindler was given one minute. After time was up, Spindler still hadn't acted and his hand was dead.
Matt Glantz told Boyd, "Show the bluff for the camera crews." Boyd declined and threw it into the muck. He scooped the big pot and moved up to around 50,000. Spindler was still left with 35,000 but he looked on the verge of tears after the obviously frustrating hand.
Emilio Boyd | 50,000 | |
Benny Spindler | 35,000 | -6,000 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:34 PM Local Time
Mel Judah raised to 1,000 in middle position and the button shoved for 2,775 total. Judah called as the players turned up their hands.
Judah:
Button:
Judah was slightly ahead until the flop came down to have him drawing dead only to running aces. The on the turn sealed the double up for the button and the river was the . The small hit dropped Judah below the starting stack.
Mel Judah | 27,500 | -500 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:28 PM Local Time
Nachman Berlin, runner-up to Andre Akkari in Event No. 43 ($1,500 NLHE), had built up his starting stack early on today but recently has found himself running in place a bit.
Just now Berlin watched an early position player raise to 1,000, then Berlin reraised to 3,800, forcing folds all around, including from the original raiser.
On the next hand, Berlin was playing the aggressor again, opening with a raise to 1,025 from the hijack seat. The player on the button reraised to 2,600, the blinds folded, and Berlin called.
The flop came and Berlin checked. His opponent bet 2,500, and Berlin quickly called. The turn brought the and another check from Berlin. This time his opponent fired 6,000, and Berlin instantly tossed his cards to the dealer.
Berlin finds himself right about at 30,000 as we approach the halfway point of Level 5.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:23 PM Local Time
Picking up the action on a board, a series of raises between Filippo Candio and an opponent ensued. It culminated with Candio all in for 32,900 with looking to dodge his opponent's straight outs of . The river was the , securing the double for Candio.
Filippo Candio | 77,000 | 37,000 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:18 PM Local Time
Right before dinner break, Faraz Jaka was up to around 65,000 and well above average. When we stopped by his table about five minutes ago, he had clearly fallen a bit and had just scooped a pot that put him back in the 30,000 range. But just now when we came back, he had his bag in his hand and was leaving his table.
We missed the hand but right afterward he tweeted "Busted UTG raise1k I 3bet to 2.7k w/ AA he calls w/ k10o flop 689 he check calls, turn K I bet 7k he raises 15k I shove 14k more he calls, river K Bye"
A tough beat for Jaka who is known for being especially loose and aggressive with his play. Jaka had a tough WSOP with only one cash in the form of a 28th place finish in the $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. Either way, his exciting play and colorful outfits will be missed from the WSOP as we wrap up with the Main Event
Faraz Jaka | 0 | -22,000 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:16 PM Local Time
It looked like Tatjana Pasalic limped in late position and the big blind checked his option as the two saw a flop come down. The big blind checked to Pasalic who was standing and asked, "Why are you laughing at me?" to the big blind before she checked as well.
Both players checked the turn too and when the fell down on the river, the big blind checked one last time. Pasalic was done with checking now and threw out an orange T5,000 chip but it sounded like she announced 2,000.
Whatever the amount was, it was good enough to get the big blind to fold as Pasalic clapped her hands and said, "Yay!" The player to her right told us, "Make sure you write that down", so here you go Sir.
Tatjana Pasalic | 23,000 | -2,000 |
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:14 PM Local Time
Three players had built a pot of about 7,000 before the arrival of the flop. The small blind checked, Derek Chisholm fired 4,500 from early position, then the player to his left reraised to 11,000.
The small blind folded, and Chisholm thought for a moment before declaring he was all in. His opponent rechecked his cards, then wordlessly set them forward, conceding the pot.
Chisholm has pushed up to about 78,000 now.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:05 PM Local Time
It folded around to Rolf Slotboom on the button, who carefully checked his cards. Carefully so as not to tip over the tall column of chips he has sitting before him, topped by a number of black chips, a few yellows, a couple of oranges, and a precariously balanced box of wintergreen-flavored Tic Tacs.
The toboggan-wearing Dutch player looked down from underneath his mirrored visor glasses, looked at his cards, and raised to 1,325.
It folded to the short-stacked player in the big blind. "Please let me have something," he said, noting with distress his sub-5,000 chip stack. "Now would be the time." He looked at his cards, exhaled, and folded face up -- . Slotboom showed one card -- the -- and took the small pot, adding the chips to his tower. Slotboom has about 26,000 now.
On the next hand there was a raise and reraise and it folded back to Mr. Short Stack.
"Now would be the time," he said.
"You say that every hand!" grinned Slotboom.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:01 PM Local Time
It was folded around to Dan Fleyshman who raised to 900 on the button. Rob Hollink called from the big blind and then check-called an 1,125 bet from Fleyshman on the flop. Both players checked the turn and Hollink led for 3,100 on the river. Fleyshman made the call and was shown the of Hollink which was good to take down the pot.
Rob Hollink | 44,000 | 14,000 |
Dan Fleyshman | 30,000 | -2,500 |