Event #46: No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack

It was an action-filled Day 1 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel as players packed both the Brasilia and Amazon rooms for Event #46: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (8-Handed). A total of 2,053 entries were logged on the starting day to create a $1,445,312 prize pool, and after a long 22 levels, a field of 120 players found a Day 2 birth.

Leading the charge after chips were put into bags was Alejandro Andión who collected a massive 2,400,000 to end the night. Andión was seen sitting with a decent stack in the latter stages of the tournament but catapulted to the top of the counts after flopping the nut straight with king-jack.

Event #46 Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Other players to bag big after Day 1 include Tommaso Briotti (1,675,000), William Blais (1,600,000), Koray Aldemir (1,380,000), and Xiao Yu (1,345,000).

The $800 price point was certainly a factor in the huge turnout, but plenty of big names also showed up for Day 1. Some notable players that found a Day 2 birth included Taylor Howard (1,160,000), Maxwell Young (1,130,000), two-time WSOP bracelet winner James More, all-time WSOPC ring leader Maurice Hawkins (375,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Marquez (250,000).

The field played through 22 half-hour levels on Day 1, and Day 2 is scheduled to play down to a winner, with 30-minute levels. The action restarts at noon Monday at Level 23, with the blinds at 15,000/30,000/30,000. The remaining players will be battling it out for the coveted WSOP bracelet and the first-place prize of $214,830.

Remaining Payouts

Pok Kim raised all in for 55,000 from the button, the small blind player called and then called the 280,000 three-bet jam KL Cleeton made from the big blind.

Pok Kim:   
KL Cleeton:   
Small Blind Player:   

Cleeton was ahead with his made hand of queens until the     flop fell giving Kim trip kings.

The   turn improved Kim to a full house, securing her triple-up, while Cleeton faded a club on the river as the   secured his a double-up worth 225,000.

KL Cleeton	550,000	270,000
Pok Kim	160,000	35,000

Larry Dragon was all in and at risk holding the    and was in big trouble vs the    of Kevin Wang.

The flop came     to look bleak for Dragon. The turn as the   and the river the   as the dealer dealt them so quickly that dragon barely knew what hit him as he was suddenly saved by runner-runner trips to commit regicide against Wang's kings.

Kevin Wang	715,000	715,000
Larry Dragon	260,000	260,000

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The players went on their final 20-minute break of the night. Players will return and play three more levels.

Before the tournament director could announce the hand-for-hand process, action was paused while the tournament clock read 309 players remaining.

After all the dealers stood up, the tournament directors counted all tables and players.

Once they were finished, the tournament director announced the players had made it into the money as four players were eliminated before starting the hand-for-hand process.