Wednesday, July 11, 2018 2:16 AM Local Time
Jordan Polk Bags the Chip Lead After Day 1 of the $1,500 Mixed Hold'em/Omaha
Day 1 of Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed at the 2018 World Series of Poker attracted 707 entries with just 123 moving on to Day 2 on Wednesday, July 11.
When registration closed after the eighth level, the prize pool was totted up with $954,450 on the line. The top 107 places will get paid with anyone who makes the money guaranteed at least $2,240. Awaiting the eventual champion is, of course, a shiny, new WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize worth $197,461.
After ten 60-minute levels, the Day 1 chip lead belonged to Jordan Polk. Polk bagged 148,500 to end Day 1 at the top of the counts. The closest player chasing him down was WSOP bracelet winner, Peter Eichhardt with 127,800. Ryan Leng (116,300), Jon Turner (98,100), and Terrence Schehen (90,700) round out the top stacks.
The day did not go as well for some others with the likes of Eli Elezra, Shaun Deeb, Mustapha Kanit, Mike Sexton, Bryce Yockey, Max Silver, David Prociak, Mike Leah, and Kristen Bicknell all busting long before registration closed.
A bunch of notables decided to register last minute just as registration came to a close. Justin Bonomo, Jack Salter, Ben Yu, Anthony Zinno, Darryll Fish, Chris Ferguson, Justin Liberto, and Rainer Kempe all entered as Level 9 began. Only Liberto (47,500) and Kempe (25,300) tossed chips in a bag,
Other notables moving on to Day 2 include 2018 Event #30 champion, Ryan Bambrick (62,100), Christina McAlpin (54,400),Joe Hachem (41,000), Michael Mizrachi (30,000), Daniel Negreanu (22,800), Eric Baldwin (19,900), and Brian Hastings (17,700)
The remaining players will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Wednesday afternoon for Day 2 action with cards getting back in the air at 2pm. The blinds will kick off at 500/1,000. Another ten levels are on the agenda with the event expected to play down to a winner on Thursday.
Stay tuned to the blog as PokerNews will be on the floor providing live coverage until the last card comes off the deck and the WSOP's latest champion is crowned.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 2:08 AM Local Time
End of Day Chip Counts
| Jordan Polk | 148,500 | -12,500  |
| Peter Eichhardt | 127,800 | 41,800  |
| Ryan Leng | 116,300 | 14,300 |
| Kyle Ho | 102,200 | 102,200 |
| Jon Turner | 98,700 | 44,700 |
| Harry Pozefsky | 93,700 | 93,700 |
| Yohei Inasaki | 92,400 | 92,400 |
| Alexander Ziskin | 91,800 | 91,800 |
| Zachary Hench | 90,906 | 90,906 |
| Terrence Schehen | 90,700 | -7,800 |
| William Migely | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Michael Wang | 89,000 | 89,000 |
| Akash Malik | 85,200 | 85,200 |
| mayank jaggi | 82,500 | 82,500 |
| Victor Vacher | 81,600 | 81,600 |
| Pablo Melogno | 77,800 | 77,800 |
| Alexander Kobbeltvedt | 75,700 | 75,700 |
| Jonathan Bryan | 75,300 | 75,300 |
| David Valdez | 73,200 | 73,200 |
| Vincent Moscati | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| Fernando Brito | 70,200 | 62,700 |
| Andrew Peplinski | 67,800 | 67,800 |
| Georgii Belianin | 67,200 | 67,200 |
| Quinn Bruno | 67,000 | 67,000 |
| Dan Matsuzuki | 67,000 | 67,000 |
| Scott Lenter | 65,900 | 65,900 |
| Tony Hartmann | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Enrico Rudelitz | 64,700 | 64,700 |
| Jesse Vilchez | 63,200 | 63,200 |
| Charalampos Lappas | 63,000 | -11,000 |
| Garrett Garvin | 62,800 | 62,800 |
| Michael Rocco | 62,600 | 62,600 |
| Ryan Bambrick | 62,100 | -24,900 |
| Vanessa Luna | 61,500 | 61,500 |
| Mark Liedtke | 60,600 | 60,600 |
| David Paredes | 60,000 | 30,000 |
| Jesse Yaginuma | 56,500 | 56,500 |
| Rumen Nanev | 55,300 | 8,300 |
| Daniel Laidlaw | 55,200 | 55,200 |
| Alex Venovski | 55,100 | 55,100 |
| Steve Foutty | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Roussos Koliakoudakis | 54,600 | 54,600 |
| Maria Mcalpin | 54,400 | 54,400 |
| Mark Busnardo | 54,000 | 54,000 |
| James Sileo | 53,300 | 53,300 |
| Kevin Iacofano | 51,800 | 51,800 |
| Tim Kleemann | 51,700 | 51,700 |
| Jerome Bradpiece | 51,600 | 51,600 |
| Federico Quevedo | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Sakura Sugawara | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Robert Nehorayan | 49,900 | 49,900 |
| Keith Donovan | 49,300 | 49,300 |
| Jason DeWitt | 49,200 | 49,200 |
| Arkadi Kilman | 47,600 | 47,600 |
| Justin Liberto | 47,500 | 40,000 |
| John Gallagher | 47,400 | 47,400 |
| Samuel Welbourne | 47,200 | 47,200 |
| Carlos Hey | 44,600 | 44,600 |
| Mr Mcswiney | 43,400 | 43,400 |
| Lamont Davis | 42,400 | 42,400 |
| Joe Hachem | 41,000 | -1,000 |
| Matthew Kelly | 40,900 | 40,900 |
| Christian Rudolph | 39,700 | 39,700 |
| Pavol Guris | 36,500 | 36,500 |
| Owais Ahmed | 35,900 | 14,900 |
| Rocco Palumbo | 32,000 | 32,000 |
| Michael Mizrachi | 30,000 | -7,000 |
| David Callaghan | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Steve Zolotow | 29,900 | 7,400 |
| Iori Yogo | 29,300 | 29,300 |
| Eoghan O'Dea | 28,500 | 28,500 |
| Kranthi Varikuti | 28,100 | 28,100 |
| Stephen Whitaker | 27,900 | 27,900 |
| Steve Sung | 27,400 | 27,400 |
| Mark Radoja | 25,800 | 3,800 |
| Rainer Kempe | 25,300 | 17,800 |
| Yuval Bronshtein | 24,100 | 24,100 |
| Gary Friedman | 23,900 | 23,900 |
| Jesse Sylvia | 23,800 | 23,800 |
| Kyle Knecht | 23,600 | 23,600 |
| Shawn Morales | 23,300 | 23,300 |
| Takashi Ogura | 23,200 | 23,200 |
| Marc Rivera | 22,800 | 22,800 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 22,800 | -11,700 |
| Jeff Siegal | 22,000 | 22,000 |
| Thomas Kim | 21,700 | 21,700 |
| Michael Cuevas | 21,200 | 21,200 |
| Daniel Neilson | 20,900 | 20,900 |
| Jesse Howells | 20,500 | 20,500 |
| Eric Baldwin | 19,900 | -100 |
| Todd Ritson | 19,700 | 19,700 |
| Minh Trinh | 18,500 | 18,500 |
| Gary Kosakowski | 18,200 | 18,200 |
| Ryan Lenaghan | 18,100 | 18,100 |
| Jesse Fujarczyk | 17,900 | 17,900 |
| Brian Hastings | 17,700 | -30,300 |
| Adam Hendrix | 17,700 | 17,700 |
| Grzegorz Wyraz | 17,500 | 500 |
| Alexandre Fradin | 17,400 | 17,400 |
| David Margi | 17,100 | 17,100 |
| Cari Zieske | 16,800 | 16,800 |
| Eric Penner | 16,500 | 16,500 |
| Victor Figueroa | 16,500 | 16,500 |
| Sandeep Vasudevan | 15,400 | 15,400 |
| Omar Lakhdari | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Jose Ferro | 14,600 | 14,600 |
| Orvial Holt | 13,400 | 13,400 |
| Anton Morgenstern | 13,300 | 13,300 |
| Michael Binger | 11,100 | 11,100 |
| Paul Sokoloff | 10,900 | 10,900 |
| Marc Daubach | 10,500 | 10,500 |
| Peiyao Luan | 10,300 | 10,300 |
| Ari Engel | 9,800 | 9,800 |
| Nellie Park | 9,600 | 9,600 |
| James Dempsey | 9,600 | 9,600 |
| Vlad Darie | 9,400 | 9,400 |
| Joseph Marchal | 9,100 | 9,100 |
| Nathan Willis | 8,400 | 8,400 |
| Cliff Josephy | 8,300 | 3,300 |
| Willie Smith | 6,200 | 6,200 |
| Timothy Vukson | 5,800 | 5,800 |
| James Gilbert | 5,500 | 5,500 |
| Jan Stein | 2,200 | 2,200 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:54 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
The clock has been paused and each table will play three more hands before the players bag their chips for the night.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:38 AM Local Time
Duong Dominated by Nanev
It was unclear how many bets it took for Jack Duong and Rumen Nanev to get it in, but all of the chips went in the middle preflop with Duong at risk.
Jack Duong:
Rumen Nanev:
The board ran out and Duong failed to improve, busting late on Day 1.
| Rumen Nanev | 47,000 | 17,000 |
| Jack Duong | 0 | -17,000 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:17 AM Local Time
Top Five Stacks in the Room
| Jordan Polk | 161,000 | -3,000 |
| Ryan Leng | 102,000 | 35,000 |
| Ryan Bambrick | 87,000 | 18,000 |
| Christina McAlpin | 87,000 | 45,000 |
| Peter Eichhardt | 86,000 | 86,000 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:04 AM Local Time
Final Level of the Day
The action has rolled over into Level 10 which is the last level on Day 1. At the end of the level, the surviving players will bag their chips and return to the tables on Day 2 at 2 p.m
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:02 AM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Jordan Polk | 164,000 | |
| Terrence Schehen | 56,000 | |
| Brian Hastings | 48,000 | -6,000 |
| Christina McAlpin | 42,000 | -31,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 42,000 | 5,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 34,500 | -10,500 |
| Mark Radoja | 22,000 | |
| Justin Bonomo | 0 | -7,500 |
| Matt O'Donnell | 0 | -7,500 |
| Zach Gruneberg | 0 | -7,500 |
| Daniel Ospina | 0 | -7,500 |
| Chris Hunichen | 0 | -22,000 |
| Max Pescatori | 0 | -3,000 |
| Allen Kessler | 0 | -5,000 |
| Andrew Barber | 0 | -12,000 |
| Joe Serock | 0 | -5,000 |
| Tyler Patterson | 0 | -8,000 |
| Craig Chait | 0 | -7,500 |
| Loni Harwood | 0 | -7,500 |
| David Peters | 0 | -13,000 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:02 AM Local Time
Level 10 started
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 12:42 AM Local Time
Prize Pool & Payout Structure Released
With registration closed, the official numbers are in. Event #72 drew a total of 707 entries creating a prize pool worth $954,450. The top 107 places will earn a prize.
Anyone who makes the money is guaranteed at least $2,240. Making the final table will lock up $17,945 and awaiting the eventual champion is, of course, a shiny, new WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize worth $197,461.
There are 160 players remaining.
For a full prize pool breakdown check out the 'Payouts' tab.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 12:30 AM Local Time
Cooler Ends Saliba's Night
Hold'em
Unfortunately for Vivian Saliba, a cruel cooler has ended her night late on Day 1. Saliba picked up queens in the small blind and got her chips in the middle. Sadly, Charalampos Lappas had woken up with pocket aces on the button and no help came on a jack-high board sending Saliba to the rail.
| Charalampos Lappas | 65,000 | 28,000 |
| Vivian Saliba | 0 | -26,500 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 12:25 AM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
| Ryan Bambrick | 69,000 | -11,000 |
| Ryan Leng | 67,000 | 35,000 |
| Jon Turner | 54,000 | 27,400 |
| Matt Salsberg | 45,000 | 9,000 |
| Charalampos Lappas | 37,000 | |
| David Paredes | 30,000 | 6,000 |
| Vivian Saliba | 26,500 | 10,000 |
| Steve Zolotow | 22,500 | -4,500 |
| Eric Baldwin | 20,000 | 1,000 |
| David Peters | 13,000 | |
| DJ MacKinnon | 5,000 | -6,500 |
| Cliff Josephy | 5,000 | -2,500 |
| Dantonio Brown | 0 | -17,000 |
| Connor Drinan | 0 | -6,200 |
| Darryll Fish | 0 | -7,500 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 12:11 AM Local Time
The Latest of Entries
| Justin Bonomo | 7,500 | |
| Jack Salter | 7,500 | |
| Ben Yu | 7,500 | |
| Anthony Zinno | 7,500 | |
| Darryll Fish | 7,500 | |
| Chris Ferguson | 7,500 | |
| Justin Liberto | 7,500 | |
| Rainer Kempe | 7,500 | |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 12:02 AM Local Time
Level 9 started
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:47 PM Local Time
Final Break of the Night
The final break of the night is upon the field which brings the T-25 chip race off as well as the end of registration.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:40 PM Local Time
Two More Additions
| Nicholas Seiken | 7,500 | |
| Cliff Josephy | 7,500 | |
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:25 PM Local Time
Bambrick Busts a Player
PLO
Donning his 2018 Event #30 WSOP gold bracelet, Ryan Bambrick is also donning a new stack after a recent pot where he nearly doubled up by eliminating an opponent.
With about 15,000 in the middle, the player in the big blind bet pot on the flop of a board. Bambrick moved all in for about 26,000 and his opponent called off for the remainder, having about 25,500.
Ryan Bambrick:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Bambrick made a straight to send his opponent to the rail.
| Ryan Bambrick | 80,000 | 48,000 |
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:20 PM Local Time
Latest Comings and Goings
| Michael Mizrachi | 7,500 | |
| Ray Henson | 7,500 | |
| Dylan Linde | 0 | -7,500 |
| Jeff Madsen | 0 | -29,000 |
| Valentin Vornicu | 0 | -6,500 |
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:03 PM Local Time
Saliba Loses a Bit
PLO
Vivian Saliba opened to 2,250 under the gun and was called by the player in the big blind. Both players checked an flop and the hit the turn.
The player in the big blind led with a bet of 3,000 and Saliba called to see the [ land on the river. Saliba would fold when her opponent fired 8,000.
| Vivian Saliba | 16,500 | -6,500 |
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:55 PM Local Time
Last Level for Late Reg
There is just one hour remaining before registration on Day 1 comes to a close. There is a 15-minute break at the conclusion of the level and registration will close when Level 9 kicks off.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:48 PM Local Time
Level 8 started
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75