Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:22 AM Local Time
UK's Richard Hasnip Leads Event #16 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed After Day 1
The 2019 World Series of Poker started with record-breaking numbers with players flooding in from all over the world and Event #16 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed wasn't any different. The tournament attracted 1,832 players and through 14 levels of play, 289 remain with 272 of getting paid. The minimum cash prize for those 272 players will be $2,252 with a first-place prize of $407,739 in addition to a WSOP gold bracelet.
The chip leader at the end of the day was Richard Hasnip of the United Kingdom who bagged up an impressive 559,000 chips at the close of play. Hasnip cashed in the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack yesterday, finishing in 210th place for $22,57 and jumped straight into this event.
Also progressing to Day 2 with healthy stacks are the likes of Bruce Uselman (490,000) followed by Johan Guilbert (476,000), Alex Lee Xiang Wie (475,000), Uri Reichenstein(424,000) and Linglin Zeng (419,5000.
The 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed event included many of the worlds best poker pros and those fortunate enough to make it to Day 2 include David Benyamine (316,500), 2018 WSOP player of the year Shaun Deeb (269,500), four-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (264,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Leng (202,500).
Other notables who were less-fortunate include, GPI's number one player Alex Foxen, 2017 WSOP Player of the Year Chris Ferguson, Matt Affleck, JC Tran, Michael Mizrachi, and Loni Harwood.
Players returning for Day 2 on Thursday will start 2 p.m. local and will play 60-minute levels compared to the 40-minute levels times played today.
Stay tuned to the PokerNews live reporting pages as we will be on the tournament floor providing you with all of the live updates.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 2:47 AM Local Time
End of Day 1 Chip Counts
Play has concluded and the field has bagged their chips for the evening.
Richard Hasnip | 559,000 | 99,000 |
Bruce Uselman | 490,000 | 490,000 |
Johan Guilbert | 476,000 | 476,000 |
Alex Lee | 475,000 | 5,000 |
Kai McCue-Unciano | 444,000 | 89,000 |
Uri Reichenstein | 424,000 | 424,000 |
Linglin Zeng | 419,500 | 19,500 |
Hans Joachim Hein | 416,500 | 416,500 |
Farhad Davoudzadeh | 402,500 | 402,500 |
Stephen Graner | 394,000 | -36,000 |
Nathan Pitts | 383,000 | 383,000 |
Ryan Brown | 382,500 | 382,500 |
Sammy Lafleur | 371,000 | 371,000 |
Roman Valerstein | 371,000 | 371,000 |
Chanracy Khun | 368,000 | 368,000 |
Daniel Podheiser | 364,000 | 364,000 |
Mike Takayama | 363,000 | 363,000 |
Blaine Statham | 352,000 | 317,000 |
Victor Suarez | 341,500 | 341,500 |
Quan Zhou | 335,000 | 335,000 |
Chris Johnson | 328,000 | 328,000 |
Michael Rossitto | 326,500 | 326,500 |
Chance Kornuth | 319,000 | 319,000 |
Pierce Mckellar | 317,000 | 317,000 |
David Benyamine | 316,500 | 218,000 |
Mark Morris | 314,500 | 314,500 |
Javier Icaza | 312,000 | 312,000 |
Asher Conniff | 290,500 | 265,500 |
Punal Patel | 287,500 | 287,500 |
Christopher Brewer | 283,500 | 283,500 |
Wim Ben Verhaegen | 283,000 | 283,000 |
Blake Boris-Schacter | 281,000 | 281,000 |
Marc Robinson | 280,000 | 280,000 |
Shaun Deeb | 269,500 | 34,500 |
Oswin Ziegelbecker | 268,500 | 268,500 |
Taylor Pollard | 266,000 | 266,000 |
Amir Mirrasouli | 265,000 | 265,000 |
Jeff Madsen | 264,000 | -91,000 |
Stuart Robinson | 258,500 | 258,500 |
Pavlo Veksler | 258,000 | 258,000 |
Heidi May | 258,000 | 258,000 |
Ronni Borg | 257,000 | 257,000 |
Alexandros Theologis | 253,000 | 253,000 |
Morten Mortensen | 252,000 | 252,000 |
Martin Stoyanov | 250,500 | 250,500 |
Haixia Zhang | 249,000 | 249,000 |
Brady Lu | 247,500 | 247,500 |
Jacob Powers | 247,000 | 247,000 |
Jose Pena | 246,000 | 246,000 |
Dmitry Yurasov | 246,000 | 246,000 |
Ivan Sergeyev | 244,000 | 244,000 |
William Firebaugh | 244,000 | 244,000 |
Zachary Gutierrez | 242,500 | 242,500 |
Ralph Wong | 240,500 | -28,500 |
Andy Spears | 240,500 | 130,500 |
Brady Osterman | 238,500 | 193,500 |
Geoffrey Tisserand | 238,000 | 238,000 |
Ashish Ahuja | 237,500 | 87,500 |
Michael Gagliano | 237,000 | 237,000 |
Onur Unsal | 236,500 | 64,500 |
Nicholas Dolen | 236,500 | 236,500 |
Farid Jattin | 234,500 | 234,500 |
Anna Antimony | 233,500 | 233,500 |
David Mowery | 233,000 | 233,000 |
Elliott Peterman | 232,500 | 232,500 |
William Derrick | 227,000 | 227,000 |
Anatoly Filatov | 226,500 | 226,500 |
Siddharth Mundada | 225,000 | 180,000 |
Ian Waldron | 224,000 | 224,000 |
Erkut Yilmaz | 223,500 | -82,500 |
Daniel Wendorf | 215,000 | 215,000 |
Isaac Baron | 211,500 | 211,500 |
Maximiliano Gallardo | 210,500 | 210,500 |
Ong Dingxiang | 209,000 | 209,000 |
James Hughes | 208,500 | 208,500 |
Arkadi Onikoul | 206,500 | 187,500 |
Alberto Hooker | 205,000 | 205,000 |
Adrian Apmann | 205,000 | 205,000 |
Steven Harper | 205,000 | 205,000 |
Ryan Leng | 202,500 | -137,500 |
Gerald Tejada | 200,500 | 200,500 |
Vahan Sudzhyan | 195,500 | 195,500 |
Robert Baluska | 193,500 | 193,500 |
Ben Farrell | 193,000 | 193,000 |
Hunter Cichy | 191,500 | 191,500 |
Dash Dudley | 191,500 | 139,500 |
Venkat Chivukula | 191,000 | 191,000 |
Benjamin Zamani | 190,000 | 190,000 |
David Sands | 187,500 | 187,500 |
Danny Illingworth | 187,000 | 149,000 |
Giovani Torre | 185,000 | 185,000 |
Mike Linster | 184,000 | 184,000 |
Jeffrey Williams | 181,500 | 181,500 |
Robert Defabrizio | 177,000 | 177,000 |
Hunter Frey | 177,000 | 177,000 |
Forouzan Sotoudeh | 177,000 | 177,000 |
Arash Ghaneian | 177,000 | 0 |
Damon Tucker | 176,500 | 176,500 |
Dane Tallen | 172,500 | 172,500 |
Kelly Wolfe | 172,500 | -57,500 |
Rittie Chuaprasert | 169,000 | 0 |
Julio Novo | 168,000 | 168,000 |
Vincas Tamasauskas | 167,500 | 167,500 |
Karen Sarkisyan | 167,000 | 167,000 |
Alex Queen | 167,000 | 167,000 |
Timothy Miles | 166,000 | 166,000 |
Arthur Conan | 165,000 | 165,000 |
Zachary Humphrey | 163,500 | 163,500 |
Luigi Santoro | 162,000 | 162,000 |
Tim Morrin | 162,000 | -18,000 |
Andrew Moreno | 160,500 | 160,500 |
Joshua Hersch | 159,500 | 159,500 |
Huy Nguyen | 159,500 | 159,500 |
Taylor Black | 155,500 | 38,500 |
Paul Strohm | 153,000 | 153,000 |
Andrew Wilson | 152,000 | 116,300 |
Nicolas Careme | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Daniel Melten | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Tyler Cornell | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Yirui Zhang | 149,500 | 149,500 |
Ray Henson | 148,000 | 148,000 |
Marton Czuczor | 148,000 | 148,000 |
Tyler Huculak | 147,500 | 147,500 |
Jonathan Borenstein | 146,500 | 146,500 |
Jiri Kocab | 146,000 | 146,000 |
Michael Boyle [Brian Boyle] | 144,000 | 144,000 |
Thomas Fuller | 143,000 | 143,000 |
Frank Funaro | 142,500 | 142,500 |
Benjamin Primus | 142,000 | 142,000 |
Joe Kuether | 141,500 | 141,500 |
Michael Katz | 141,000 | 141,000 |
Jia Tang | 141,000 | 141,000 |
Weiyi Zhang | 139,500 | 139,500 |
Victor Figueroa | 139,500 | 139,500 |
Michael Trivett | 139,000 | 139,000 |
Adam Brant | 139,000 | 139,000 |
Nipun Java | 137,500 | -12,800 |
John Amato | 137,000 | 137,000 |
Susan Sawyersmith | 136,500 | 136,500 |
Dhillon Rahulinder | 136,500 | 136,500 |
Adrian Mateos | 136,500 | 136,500 |
Matthew Gloier | 136,500 | 136,500 |
Ibrahim Naim | 136,500 | 136,500 |
Guy Pariente | 136,500 | 136,500 |
Amit Makhija | 136,500 | 136,500 |
Israel Hoke | 134,500 | 134,500 |
Leonardo Daviglus | 132,500 | 132,500 |
Kunuk Shin | 132,500 | 132,500 |
Aidan Hynes | 131,000 | 131,000 |
Jerry Payne | 129,000 | 129,000 |
Karim Chatur | 126,500 | 126,500 |
Brian Yoon | 125,500 | 125,500 |
Stephen Cartner | 125,500 | 125,500 |
James Romero | 125,000 | -15,000 |
Timur Margolin | 125,000 | 125,000 |
Scott Griffiths | 124,500 | 124,500 |
Alan Bittikofer | 124,500 | 124,500 |
Justin Adams | 123,500 | 123,500 |
Jan Christoph Von Halle | 123,500 | 123,500 |
Kyle Shigano | 122,000 | 122,000 |
Cameron Walker | 122,000 | 122,000 |
Carlos Guerrero | 121,000 | 121,000 |
Vadim Shlez | 121,000 | 121,000 |
Alex Rocha | 120,000 | 120,000 |
Patrick Berger | 120,000 | 120,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 119,500 | 119,500 |
Jan Bednar | 119,500 | 119,500 |
Josh King | 119,000 | 119,000 |
Elias Gutierrez | 118,500 | 118,500 |
Patrick Mitchell | 118,500 | 0 |
Shon Yamashita | 118,000 | 118,000 |
Amnon Filippi | 117,500 | 117,500 |
Yohwan Lim | 117,500 | 117,500 |
Tony Miles | 117,000 | 72,000 |
Anthony Calabrese | 116,500 | -113,500 |
Blaise Hom | 116,000 | 116,000 |
Greg Dyer | 114,500 | 114,500 |
James Iglinsky | 113,500 | -21,500 |
Jorge Cuello | 113,500 | 113,500 |
James Duke | 113,000 | 113,000 |
Jack Norris | 113,000 | 13,000 |
Raymond Wang | 112,500 | 112,500 |
Nabil Cardoso | 111,000 | 111,000 |
Benjamin Ledesma | 110,500 | 110,500 |
Igor Braylovskiy | 109,000 | -16,000 |
Eugene Tung | 107,500 | 107,500 |
Eric Christensen | 107,000 | 107,000 |
Nikolai Sears | 106,000 | 106,000 |
Lorinda Lisitza | 104,000 | 104,000 |
Samir Abid | 104,000 | 104,000 |
Jordan Cristos | 103,000 | 103,000 |
Terry Fan | 102,500 | 102,500 |
Connor Drinan | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Steven Grybas | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Gary Smith | 99,000 | 99,000 |
Paris Bence | 98,500 | 98,500 |
Ivan Deyra | 96,500 | 96,500 |
Peter Klevin | 96,000 | 96,000 |
Michael Sneideman | 95,000 | 95,000 |
Matthew Volosevich | 94,500 | 94,500 |
David Dibernardi | 94,500 | 94,500 |
Michael Mccarthy | 94,500 | 94,500 |
Gregory Guagnini | 94,000 | 94,000 |
Denis Conte | 93,500 | 93,500 |
Jeremy Menard | 92,500 | 92,500 |
Nan Li | 92,500 | 92,500 |
Michael Cantrell | 91,500 | 91,500 |
Hung-Sheng Lin | 91,500 | 91,500 |
Craig Hartman | 91,000 | 91,000 |
Mans Montgomery | 88,500 | 88,500 |
Michael Stecker | 87,000 | 87,000 |
Tomas Geleziunas | 87,000 | 87,000 |
Henry Lu | 86,500 | 86,500 |
Artem Metalidi | 86,000 | 86,000 |
Muhammad Abdel Rahim | 85,000 | 85,000 |
Mathew Stewart | 84,000 | 84,000 |
Emil Gramatikov | 84,000 | 84,000 |
Weicheng Lee | 83,500 | 83,500 |
Matthew Marcou | 82,500 | 82,500 |
James Clifford | 82,500 | 82,500 |
Alan Snow | 82,000 | -78,000 |
Tobias Peters | 81,000 | 0 |
Stanley Lee | 81,000 | 64,000 |
Donald Angstead | 81,000 | 81,000 |
Nick Palma | 80,500 | 55,500 |
Giuseppe Pantaleo | 79,500 | 79,500 |
Dario Sammartino | 79,500 | 79,500 |
Lanny Levine | 78,000 | 78,000 |
MARCELO GIORDANO MENDES | 77,000 | 77,000 |
Pablo Mariz | 75,500 | 75,500 |
Doug Morgan | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Ankush Mandavia | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Michael Scoma | 74,500 | 74,500 |
Fernando Brito | 72,500 | 72,500 |
Morgan Machina | 72,000 | 72,000 |
Kevon Bakhtiari | 72,000 | -148,000 |
Idris Ambraisse | 70,500 | 70,500 |
Romain Nussmann | 69,000 | 69,000 |
Stuart Taylor | 68,500 | 68,500 |
Jeonggyu Cho | 67,000 | 67,000 |
Ian Steinman | 67,000 | -22,000 |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 67,000 | 67,000 |
Joshua Atkinson | 66,500 | 66,500 |
Justin Young | 66,000 | 66,000 |
Albert Yzaguirre | 64,500 | 64,500 |
Jeremy Baldisseri | 63,500 | 63,500 |
Cameron Marshall | 63,000 | 63,000 |
Men Nguyen | 62,500 | -14,500 |
Scott Davies | 62,500 | -147,500 |
Vincent Moscati | 61,000 | 61,000 |
Dalton Brinker | 60,500 | 60,500 |
Ryan Franklin | 59,000 | 59,000 |
Christopher Ahrens | 58,500 | 58,500 |
Mike Dentale | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Marquis Mccain | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Robert Bickley | 58,000 | 58,000 |
James Edminister | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Vincent Li | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Lachezar Petkov | 57,000 | 57,000 |
Metin Aksoy | 57,000 | 27,000 |
Brook Whisenant | 56,500 | 56,500 |
Frank Williams | 56,500 | 56,500 |
Pablo Fernandez Campo | 55,500 | 55,500 |
Lynn Franklin | 53,500 | 53,500 |
Jared Griener | 53,500 | 1,000 |
Xiaoqiong Liu | 53,000 | 53,000 |
Martin Kozlov | 51,500 | 51,500 |
Gabriel Luchetta | 49,400 | 49,400 |
Sriharsha Doddapaneni | 45,000 | 45,000 |
Carlos Garcia | 44,500 | 44,500 |
Jason Brauda | 44,000 | 44,000 |
Orson Young | 41,500 | 41,500 |
Allen Chang | 40,500 | 40,500 |
Wojciech Barzantny | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Pat Lyons | 40,000 | -10,000 |
Luis Pinho | 34,500 | 34,500 |
James Burns | 32,500 | 0 |
John Mccullough | 32,000 | 32,000 |
Alexander Condon | 31,500 | 31,500 |
Marcello Azevedo | 30,500 | 30,500 |
Paul Dhaliwal | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Luigi Curcio | 29,500 | 29,500 |
Karl Pirkopf | 27,000 | 27,000 |
Frank DeGeorge | 25,500 | -14,200 |
Arkan Dawoud | 25,150 | 25,150 |
Paulo Villena | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Michael Abratique | 24,000 | 24,000 |
Daniel Iachan | 22,500 | -18,500 |
Keith Swartzfager | 12,500 | 12,500 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 2:27 AM Local Time
YoH ViraL Over 500,000 Chips
Johan 'YoH ViraL' Guilbert was just seen raking in a few small pots at the end of the day with, having built his stack to around 560,000 chips.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 2:26 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
There has been an announcement that there are three more hands to be played at each table before play will conclude for the evening.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 2:15 AM Local Time
Bakhtiari Gets Lucky, Survives All In
Kevon Bakhtiari found himself on the right side of lady luck after he was all in for his remaining chips with the board reading .
Kevin Bakhtiari:
Opponent:
Bakhtiari was way behind the flopped set of his opponent but as luck would have it, he managed to get running spades on the turn and river giving him a flush and the win.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 2:13 AM Local Time
Climbing the Ranks
With play midway through the final level of the night, there are a handful of growing stacks visible throughout the Amazon room.
Alex Lee | 470,000 | 470,000 |
Richard Hasnip | 460,000 | 460,000 |
Stephen Graner | 430,000 | 430,000 |
Linglin Zeng | 400,000 | 90,000 |
Jeff Madsen | 355,000 | 355,000 |
Kai McCue-Unciano | 355,000 | 355,000 |
Ryan Leng | 340,000 | 195,600 |
Erkut Yilmaz | 306,000 | 306,000 |
Steve Harper | 269,000 | 269,000 |
Patrick Mitchell | 240,000 | 144,000 |
Shaun Deeb | 235,000 | 166,000 |
Tim Morrin | 180,000 | 180,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 2:06 AM Local Time
Wolfe Wakes Up With Cowboys
A player from early position moved all in 35,000. Action folded around to Kelly Wolfe in the big blind who called.
Wolfe:
Opponent:
Wolfe woke up with a monster hand in the big blind with kings and he would stay ahead as the board ran out and he eliminated his opponent.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:59 AM Local Time
Ernesto Knocks One Out
A player was all in for 36,000 from under the gun and both the player on the button and Javier Ernesto in the big blind had chips in front of them that were equal to a call. Ernesto and the player on the button checked down the runout.
All-In Player:
Javier Ernesto:
The player on the button sent his cards into the muck pile and thus they were not exposed as Ernesto won the pot with ace-high and finds himself among the largest stacks in the room.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:53 AM Local Time
Level 14 started
Level: 14
Blinds: 1500/3000
Ante: 3000
Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:49 AM Local Time
Fireworks Go Off On A Six High Board
Igor Braylovskiy opened from late position with a raise to 6,000, he was called by the big blind player.
Braylovskiy bet 10,000 after the flop was checked to him. His opponent then raised to 21,000 and Braylovskiy checked his cards very quickly then moved the rest of his chips in the middle. His opponent called for an extra 31,000.
Braylovskiy:
Opponent :
Braylovskiy was ahead with his overpair and nothing would change as the turn and river came the and Braylovskiy doubled up.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:33 AM Local Time
Weissman Wins Flip To Double
A player on the button opened the action with a raise to 7,600 and Joey Weissman announced he was all in from the small blind. After getting a count of 67,000, Weissman's opponent made the call.
Joey Weissman:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Weissman secured the double.
Joey Weissman | 139,000 | 110,500 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:24 AM Local Time
Calabrese Gets Monster Double Up With Cowboys
Anthony Calabrese got the rest of his 105,000 chips in pre-flop and got one caller from the button.
Calabrese:
Opponent:
Calabrese had his opponent dominated and nothing would change as the board ran out and he got a very nice double.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:13 AM Local Time
Level 13 started
Level: 13
Blinds: 1000/2500
Ante: 2500
Thursday, June 6, 2019 12:59 AM Local Time
Chip Counts at Final Break
Players are on their final 15-minute break of the night. Here are some chip counts from around the room.
Taylor Firebaugh | 305,000 | |
Onur Unsal | 172,000 | |
Taylor Black | 117,000 | 10,000 |
David Benyamine | 98,500 | -35,000 |
Ian Steinman | 89,000 | -38,000 |
Men Nguyen | 77,000 | 52,000 |
Bradley Myers | 56,000 | 22,000 |
Pat Lyons | 50,000 | 42,800 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 12:57 AM Local Time
Revniaga Gets Much Needed Double Up
Action folded around to Vlad Revniaga on the button who moved all in for 27,000 and he was called by the small blind player.
Revniaga:
Opponent:
The flop came and Revniaga had hit his ace on but his opponent flopped a backdoor nut flush draw.
The turn would pair the board with the and Revniaga just needed to dodge a club heading to the river.
The river came the and gave Revniaga the double up he needed,
Vlad Revniaga | 140,000 | 140,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 12:51 AM Local Time
Prize Pool Announced!
The tournament director has announced that the total number of entrants into the tournament has been finalized at 1,832. There will be 272 players to make it into the money with a min-cash of $2,252. The eventual winner will take home a first place prize of $407,739 in addition to a WSOP gold bracelet.
Full payout information will be posted shortly, so be sure to stay tuned.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 12:47 AM Local Time
Ahuja Stays Aggressive, Wins Pot
The player from middle position opened with a raise to 4,000 and action folded around to Ashish Ahuja in the big blind who re-raised to 9,000, his opponent called.
The flop came and Ahuja bet out 13,000, his opponent called.
Ahuja kept the pressure on after the came on the turn and he put his opponent all-in. After some deliberation, his opponent mucked his hand and Ahuja raked in a nice sized pot.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 12:26 AM Local Time
Chip Counts from Amazon Purple
Here are a few chip counts as the evening continues and some large stacks are beginning to emerge.
Nipun Java | 150,300 | 22,300 |
Ryan Leng | 144,400 | 56,400 |
Jordan Young | 111,000 | |
Michael Mizrachi | 53,000 | 33,000 |
Jared Griener | 52,500 | 9,000 |
Darren Rabinowitz | 29,000 | 1,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 12:22 AM Local Time
Level 12 started
Level: 12
Blinds: 1000/2000
Ante: 2000
Thursday, June 6, 2019 12:22 AM Local Time
Linde Eliminated
Action folded around to Dylan Linde who moved all-in for 20,000 from middle position, he was called by Don Angstead from the button.
Linde:
Angstead:
The flop came and Linde was still trailing the ace-high of Angstead.
The on the turn would put Linde in the lead and he just needed to dodge an ace on the river for a much double up
Unfortunately, the dealer put out the on the river and Linde was eliminated by Angstead.
Don Angstead | 220,000 | 220,000 |
Dylan Linde | 0 | -60,000 |