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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:34 AM Local Time
Preflop, Aaron Cummings raises on the button to 550. He gets reraised to 1,700 from an early-position limper. Cummings sizes up his opponent, thinks it over, and calls.
The flop comes .
The early-position player bets 1,600. Cummings shoves from the button and gets insta-called.
The early-position player then tables and Cummings shows .
The turn and river come two red rags. Cummings rakes in the pot, sardonically calls out "Chip leader," while pointing to himself.
Aaron Cummings - 10,000
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:32 AM Local Time
Brandon Barnette, who won the 2015
Casino Employees Event for $75,704, is sitting two seats to the left of Gary Kochalka, who finished fourth in the same event for $22,315. Last year's event marked the first WSOP cash for each player.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:32 AM Local Time
Following a flop of with about 700 in the pot, Chad Holloway checks from under the gun and the player on the button bets 400. Holloway calls.
The turn is the and Holloway checks to his opponent, who bets 1,100. Holloway calls.
The river is the and Holloway checks for a third time. His opponent bets 2,000 and Holloway calls after a few moments.
The player on the button shows for a set of jacks, Holloway mucks, and his opponent collects the pot.
Chad Holloway - 1,400
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:30 AM Local Time
Dan Goldman limps the small blind and Aaron Lashlee raises to 200 from the big blind.
The flop comes and Goldman checks. Lashlee makes it 250 and Goldman calls.
The turn is the and Goldman checks again. Lashlee bets 800 and Goldman raises to 2,000. Lashlee then goes all in and Goldman eventually folds. As the dealer pushes the pot to Lashlee, Goldman goes through the action, out loud, to himself. Lashlee now has over 7,000 and Goldman is sitting just over 3,000.
Aaron Lashlee - 7,100
Dan Goldman - 3,200
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:27 AM Local Time
The day just got off to a great start for William Stanford.
He raises to 125 from late position on a table with seven players. Both of the blinds call. The flop is and the small blind bets 150. The big blind raises to 325, Stanford calls, and the small blind calls. A hits the felt on the turn, and the small blind checks. The big blind bets 525, and Stanford is the only caller. After a river card, the big blind bets another 525, but this time Stanford raises to 3,500. His opponent considers the situation for a short time, then folds. Stanford drawls "Just quads," and turns over his cards to show .
William Stanford - 7,400
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:22 AM Local Time
Former WSOP Dealer of the Year Shaun Harris is one of the day's first casualties. Harris is overheard cursing his luck as he leaves the tournament room. "Damn! Aces!" he mutters under his breath. It's not clear whether Harris held the pocket aces or ran into them, but regardless, he's been sent to the rail less than 15 minutes into Day 1.
All is not lost yet, though, as Harris still has his re-entry option available, should he choose to use it.
Shaun Harris - 0
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:17 AM Local Time
Chad Holloway, the 2013 WSOP Casino Employees Event winner, is in the field. That year he took home $84,915 and the gold bracelet, which remains his biggest cash to date. He has $121,843 in total earnings and is fresh off a ninth-place finish in the Run It Up Reno Main Event. The $2,050 prize was his first cash of 2016.
Chad Holloway - 5,000
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:15 AM Local Time
Although cards have been in the air for only a few minutes, it hasn't taken long for the first player to hit the rail... at least temporarily. This is a single re-entry event, with late registration and re-entries available through the end of Level 6, so nobody's day is over yet.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:04 AM Local Time
Tournament Director Jack Effel takes the stage to open the action for this 2016 World Series of Poker. "It's time to play a little poker," he begins. "It's time to win some bracelets. It's time to build some bankrolls. It's time to destroy some bankrolls. It's time to have some fun."
Effel thanks the casino employees in attendance this morning, joining the room in the summer's first round of applause. He runs through the rules and announcements, along with the schedule of play for Day 1. He also reminds players that they can use the new WSOP ChipIn feature to update their own chip counts within the live coverage.
"This is going to be a fun-filled two days of play," Effel says. "Let's get this thing started. Best of luck, players. Dealers, shuffle up and deal."
With that, Event #1 is underway in the Brasilia Room. The board shows just less than 600 players registered so far.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:03 AM Local Time
| Level: | 1 | | Blinds: | 25/50 | |
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 10:56 AM Local Time
Per the WSOP's social media czar, Kevin "Kevmath" Mathers, over on the official @WSOP Twitter account:
Currently 517 entered in #wsop1 - $565 Casino Employees NL Hold'em, starting at 11. Late registration/single re-entry until end of Level 6
We'll update as more player registrations are processed.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 7:23 AM Local Time
Welcome to live coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker.
Before the biggest names in poker take to the felt, casino employees from around the world take center stage under the WSOP spotlight in Event #1, $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em. Last year's employees' event drew 688 entries and emerging victorious was Brandon Barnette for $75,704.
Players begin with 5,000 in tournament chips, but there are a few changes in the structure of this year's event worth noting. A single re-entry is allowed during the registration period, which closes after Level 6 (roughly 2:20 p.m.), and there is a 90-minute dinner break scheduled for the end of Level 12 (roughly 5:40 p.m.). Day 1 levels are 30 minutes long and the schedule calls for 20 levels to be played, with the day's action concluding following the 5,000/10,000 blind level.
The cards are set to be in the air at 11 a.m., so be sure to keep it here throughout the day for live updates on all the action.