Saturday, June 10, 2023 1:16 AM Local Time
Mike Allis Survives Huge Day 1c Field of $300 Gladiators of Poker
An intense day of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker has come to a close with the conclusion of Day 1c of Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker.
A massive 6,110 entries filled Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, bringing the total attendance for the event to over 14,600. With Saturday's Day 1d still to come and another large field expected, this event has a chance to become only the fifth tournament in WSOP history to exceed 20,000 entries. The $3,000,000 guarantee has been shattered, as the prize pool now stands at over $3.6 million with one more day of action still to come.
Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Richard Gao | United States | 3,105,000 | 62 |
| 2 | Peter Lee | United States | 3,100,000 | 62 |
| 3 | Vito Branciforte | Italy | 2,685,000 | 54 |
| 4 | Lindsay Jones | United States | 2,465,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Jason Aden | United States | 2,285,000 | 46 |
| 6 | Christopher Crutcher | United States | 2,285,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Ugur Secilmis | Turkey | 2,150,000 | 43 |
| 8 | William Rowlett | United States | 2,000,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Jiawei Mao | United States | 1,980,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Qiong Ding | United States | 1,880,000 | 38 |
Big Names In The Action
The field included numerous notable players who did battle throughout the day. Players failing to reach Day 2 included former Main Event champions Greg "Fossilman" Raymer and Jamie Gold as well as Patrick Leonard, Kyna England, JJ Liu, Joseph Altomonte, Ugur Secilmis, and Lexy Gavin-Mather.
One of the most notable of the 227 players that bagged is Mike Allis, who finished the day with 1,865,000 chips. Allis won his first bracelet last year by taking down Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop. His quest for a second bracelet was helped by a miracle turn and river to survive.
The Day 1c chipleader was Vito Branciforte, who will take 2,685,000 to Day 2. Also near the top of the charts was Jason Aden with 2,285,000, although the 3,405,000 score from Patrick White in Day 1a still tops the overall leaderboard.
Matt Johnston
"Chip and a Chair"
Making it to a Day 2 can sometimes be a long and winding road. Matt "Matty J" Johnston resumed play after the dinner break with 18,000, less than he would have to put in as the big blind. He was able to not only make the money, but also to bag 145,000 and continue on to Day 2.
Austin Carr also made Day 2 by bagging a single 5,000-value red chip. "It's my first WSOP," Carr told PokerNews. "Chip and a chair?"
Day 1d kicks off at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Surviving players will join the 507 that have already qualified for Sunday's Day 2. PokerNews will have continuing coverage of this event all the way until a bracelet is awarded.
Saturday, June 10, 2023 1:14 AM Local Time
Official End of Day 1c Chip Counts
| Richard Gao | 3,105,000 | 1,000,000  |
| Peter Lee | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 |
| Vito Branciforte | 2,685,000 | 0  |
| Lindsay Jones | 2,465,000 | 0 |
| Jason Aden | 2,285,000 | 0 |
| Christopher Crutcher | 2,285,000 | 2,285,000 |
| Ugur Secilmis | 2,150,000 | 1,170,000 |
| William Rowlett | 2,000,000 | 0 |
| Jiawei Mao | 1,980,000 | 0 |
| Qiong Ding | 1,880,000 | 0 |
| Florentino Deleon | 1,875,000 | 0 |
| Michael Allis | 1,865,000 | 1,865,000 |
| Timothy Miles | 1,850,000 | 1,850,000 |
| Boi Savatore | 1,800,000 | 1,800,000 |
| Aneris Adomkevicius | 1,790,000 | 1,790,000 |
| Jason Smith (NV) | 1,725,000 | -1,375,000 |
| Mark Simon | 1,685,000 | 905,000 |
| Raymond To | 1,670,000 | 1,366,000 |
| Bien Duc Nguyen | 1,660,000 | 1,660,000 |
| Marcus Little | 1,630,000 | 1,630,000 |
| Melanie Weisner | 1,625,000 | 775,000 |
| Jeff Saunders | 1,615,000 | 1,615,000 |
| Thomas Pitts | 1,615,000 | 207,000 |
| Nghia Nguyen | 1,590,000 | 1,590,000 |
| Jaehun Jung | 1,585,000 | 1,585,000 |
| Wade Wallace | 1,575,000 | 1,575,000 |
| Roger Holder | 1,565,000 | 1,565,000 |
| DID NOT REPORT 4 | 1,535,000 | 1,535,000 |
| Srikar Donapati | 1,535,000 | 1,535,000 |
| Chase Davis | 1,490,000 | 1,490,000 |
| Francois Claessens | 1,490,000 | 1,490,000 |
| Justin Bold | 1,470,000 | 1,470,000 |
| Pavlin Karakikov | 1,455,000 | 1,455,000 |
| Eric Sunde | 1,430,000 | 0 |
| Chao Chi Cong | 1,425,000 | 1,425,000 |
| Jesse Kertland | 1,370,000 | 1,370,000 |
| Jeffrey Haney | 1,360,000 | 1,360,000 |
| Dennis Cansino | 1,340,000 | 1,340,000 |
| Shaun Davis | 1,300,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Jose Obadia Chocron | 1,270,000 | 1,270,000 |
| Herbert Swan | 1,270,000 | 1,270,000 |
| Isidro Martinez | 1,250,000 | 0 |
| Joseph Batterman | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 |
| John Burch | 1,245,000 | 1,245,000 |
| Guy Even Tzur | 1,220,000 | 1,220,000 |
| Albert Youhana | 1,210,000 | 1,210,000 |
| Perumalla Manchiraju | 1,165,000 | 1,165,000 |
| Ilyas Muradi | 1,130,000 | 1,130,000 |
| Arash Asadabadi | 1,130,000 | 1,130,000 |
| Riley Stahley | 1,125,000 | 1,125,000 |
| Odlanier Torresnieves | 1,120,000 | 1,120,000 |
| Roberto Becni | 1,080,000 | 1,080,000 |
| Lucas Tae | 1,070,000 | 1,070,000 |
| Laura Luckett | 1,070,000 | 1,070,000 |
| Hejia Gao | 1,055,000 | 1,055,000 |
| Libby Wilson | 1,055,000 | 1,055,000 |
| Jeremy Walker | 1,050,000 | 1,050,000 |
| Dien Le | 1,030,000 | 1,030,000 |
| Waqas Seyal | 1,030,000 | 1,030,000 |
| William Hall | 1,015,000 | 1,015,000 |
| Dustin Brown | 1,000,050 | 1,000,050 |
| Gustavo Gutierrez | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Tim Niefer | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| SheLok Wong | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Richard Johnson | 985,000 | 985,000 |
| Michael Helander | 980,000 | 980,000 |
| Jouhan Allende | 970,000 | 970,000 |
| Armando DelPozo | 960,000 | 960,000 |
| William Hawkins | 945,000 | 945,000 |
| Jeffrey Petsche | 935,000 | 935,000 |
| Joshua Knose | 925,000 | 925,000 |
| Varun Uppal | 895,000 | 551,000 |
| Christopher Mcnally | 880,000 | 880,000 |
| Adrian Groza | 880,000 | 880,000 |
| Arthur Tkach | 865,000 | 865,000 |
| Tom Annelin | 860,000 | 860,000 |
| Ben Ross | 850,000 | 850,000 |
| Patrick Testoni | 845,000 | 845,000 |
| Joseph Gastilo | 845,000 | 845,000 |
| Nicholas Scalise | 840,000 | 840,000 |
| Jeffrey Thede | 830,000 | 830,000 |
| Brian Brooks | 825,000 | 825,000 |
| Parker Nitopi | 800,000 | 800,000 |
| Alex Myers | 800,000 | 25,000 |
| Jake Roos | 795,000 | 155,000 |
| Ramunas Medimas | 785,000 | 785,000 |
| Justin Lapka | 780,000 | 780,000 |
| Richard St. Peter | 780,000 | 780,000 |
| Jamie Whatmough | 770,000 | 770,000 |
| James Goff | 765,000 | 765,000 |
| Richard Yurich | 760,000 | 760,000 |
| Scott Goodman | 750,000 | 750,000 |
| Edward Recchion | 750,000 | 750,000 |
| Gene Pyo | 740,000 | 740,000 |
| Brian Topp | 740,000 | 740,000 |
| Dominick French | 735,000 | 735,000 |
| Jeffrey Tidball | 730,000 | 730,000 |
| Jeffrey Kiddy | 700,000 | 700,000 |
| Arthur Demmerley | 700,000 | 700,000 |
| Vygerdas Jonikas | 695,000 | 695,000 |
| Jeffrey Hutchison | 695,000 | 695,000 |
| Willie Smith | 695,000 | -355,000 |
| Nicholas Polacek | 690,000 | 690,000 |
| Dale Baum | 685,000 | 685,000 |
| Richard Schenzdavis | 685,000 | 685,000 |
| Dena Simon | 685,000 | 685,000 |
| Andre Allen | 680,000 | 680,000 |
| Christopher Perkins | 675,000 | 675,000 |
| Dragana Mackelprang | 660,000 | 59,000 |
| Robert Fisher | 655,000 | 655,000 |
| Matthew Omeara | 655,000 | 655,000 |
| Daniel Stepanian | 650,000 | 650,000 |
| Joshua Reichard | 645,000 | 500,000 |
| Bryan Rude | 645,000 | 645,000 |
| Scott Griffiths | 640,000 | 640,000 |
| James Shouldis | 635,000 | 0 |
| Jose Mendoza | 635,000 | 635,000 |
| Jose Contreras | 615,000 | 615,000 |
| Andrew Nemeth | 610,000 | 610,000 |
| Ali Shahni | 605,000 | 605,000 |
| Arley Gonzalez | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| Derek Powell | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| Duan Bin | 590,000 | 590,000 |
| Bernard Schrader | 590,000 | 590,000 |
| Olivier Murrachioli | 590,000 | 590,000 |
| Jacky Hieu | 585,000 | 585,000 |
| Steven Morey | 570,000 | 330,000 |
| Bud Lavassani | 570,000 | 570,000 |
| Scott Oconnell | 570,000 | 570,000 |
| James Mcmillan | 570,000 | 570,000 |
| Marcus Tomkins | 565,000 | 565,000 |
| Alon Zohar | 555,000 | 555,000 |
| Akindri Hashiguchi | 540,000 | 540,000 |
| Aaron Gunn | 540,000 | -630,000 |
| Hugh Merlino | 540,000 | 540,000 |
| John Bitakis | 535,000 | 535,000 |
| Larry Serebryany | 530,000 | 530,000 |
| Alexandru Moraru | 530,000 | 530,000 |
| Jason Hodges | 525,000 | 525,000 |
| Alan Kay | 520,000 | 520,000 |
| DID NOT REPORT 5 | 515,000 | 515,000 |
| Edwin Tramble | 510,000 | 510,000 |
| Brendan Wiley | 510,000 | 510,000 |
| Sean Barker | 505,000 | 505,000 |
| Sally Richman | 505,000 | 505,000 |
| John Dubard | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| Min-Sung Lee | 490,000 | 490,000 |
| Anne Leplay | 490,000 | 490,000 |
| Edward Brito | 485,000 | 485,000 |
| Ivan Mirkovich | 480,000 | 480,000 |
| Bradley Grossman | 475,000 | 475,000 |
| Douglas Acton | 475,000 | 475,000 |
| Luke Nishihara | 465,000 | 465,000 |
| Jacob Rich | 465,000 | 465,000 |
| Darren Wong | 460,000 | 460,000 |
| Francisco Fabregas | 460,000 | 460,000 |
| Oren Weiner | 455,000 | 455,000 |
| Christopher Battenfield | 445,000 | 445,000 |
| Joshua Morrow | 445,000 | 124,000 |
| Juan Reynoso | 440,000 | 440,000 |
| Ahmed Amin | 440,000 | 440,000 |
| Julio Cruz | 440,000 | 440,000 |
| David Hansmann | 440,000 | 440,000 |
| Rodrigo Dieguez | 435,000 | 435,000 |
| Stanislav Gordinosky | 435,000 | 435,000 |
| Tiep Bui | 435,000 | 435,000 |
| Denver Combs | 430,000 | 430,000 |
| Joshua Manrini | 430,000 | 430,000 |
| Kyllion Chafin | 425,000 | 425,000 |
| Thi Le | 425,000 | 425,000 |
| Marcin Sobczak | 425,000 | 425,000 |
| Geneva Santiago | 415,000 | 415,000 |
| Thai Ha | 410,000 | 410,000 |
| Eric Trexler | 395,000 | 395,000 |
| Max Fedorkins | 390,000 | 301,600 |
| Attakorn Donsakul | 390,000 | -140,000 |
| Russell Frederick | 390,000 | 390,000 |
| Arkadiusz Rusak | 375,000 | 375,000 |
| Henry Alexandre | 370,000 | 370,000 |
| Patrick Popowski | 370,000 | -165,000 |
| Jared Nott | 360,000 | 360,000 |
| Michael Kilker | 355,000 | 355,000 |
| Ivan Denev | 355,000 | 355,000 |
| Ty Costa | 350,000 | 350,000 |
| Howard Cornbleth | 350,000 | 350,000 |
| Malcolm Mcdougall | 350,000 | 350,000 |
| Yuta Kobayashi | 350,000 | 350,000 |
| Andy Perez | 345,000 | 282,000 |
| Brandon Price | 335,000 | 335,000 |
| Corey Freed | 330,000 | 330,000 |
| Andrea Sager | 320,000 | -225,000 |
| Manish Bhargava | 320,000 | 320,000 |
| Suman Chen | 315,000 | 315,000 |
| Eugene Kim | 305,000 | 305,000 |
| Leo Dafflon | 295,000 | 295,000 |
| Benjamin Buttonow | 290,000 | 290,000 |
| Lori Kilpatrick | 290,000 | 290,000 |
| Dan Bui | 280,000 | 280,000 |
| Shayne Priddy | 275,000 | 275,000 |
| Dorian Rios | 270,000 | 270,000 |
| Michael Woods | 270,000 | 270,000 |
| Ryan Lavars | 260,000 | 260,000 |
| Arnold Parrish | 260,000 | 260,000 |
| William Fike | 260,000 | 260,000 |
| Stephan Shewcraft | 245,000 | 245,000 |
| Anh Tran | 240,000 | 179,000 |
| Jimmie Follis | 240,000 | 68,000 |
| Dat Nguyen | 235,000 | 235,000 |
| Miguel Maldonado | 235,000 | 235,000 |
| Alejandro Pachecos-Rojas | 235,000 | 235,000 |
| Nikolaos Papathanasiou | 235,000 | 235,000 |
| Sam Ho | 230,000 | 230,000 |
| Christopher Bibb | 230,000 | 230,000 |
| Andrew Duo | 225,000 | 225,000 |
| Michael Marinaro | 225,000 | 225,000 |
| GABRIEL GARCIA | 210,000 | 210,000 |
| James Athanas | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| Dennis Raijer | 190,000 | 190,000 |
| Daniel Li | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| Jacob Powers | 149,500 | 149,500 |
| Matt Johnson | 145,000 | 145,000 |
| Timothy Krame | 145,000 | 145,000 |
| Wei-Chen Chien | 115,000 | 115,000 |
| Felicia Walton | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Austin Carr | 5,000 | -120,000 |
| Shilei Fan | 1 | 1 |
Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:30 AM Local Time
End of Day
The remaining 227 players are now bagging their chips as play has concluded for the day. Stay tuned to PokerNews for a full recap of the day.
Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:15 AM Local Time
Queen Versus Kings
Willie Smith was under the gun and raised to 55,000. The player in the cutoff raised all in and Smith called.
Cutoff:
Willie Smith:
The board was and the kings won.
| Willie Smith | 1,050,000 | 1,050,000 |
Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:13 AM Local Time
Roos Runs it Up
There was a player under the gun who went all in for about 135,000. Action folded to Jake Roos in late position who re-jammed for 515,000. Every other player folded and the cards hit their back.
Under the Gun:
Jake Roos:
The board ran out and Roos scored the knockout and the chips.
| Jake Roos | 640,000 | 640,000 |
Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:11 AM Local Time
Five More Hands
Tournament staff have announced that dealers will deal five more hands before play ends for the night. All players that bag will move on to Day 2 on Sunday.
Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:07 AM Local Time
Smith Triples to Massive Stack
Jason Smith raised under the gun for 90,000, the middle position jammed for 510,000 and the small blind also put his stack of 910,000 into the middle and Smith called.
Middle position player:
Small blind:
Jason Smith:
The board ran out and Smith tripled up with the flush.
| Jason Smith (NV) | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 |
Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:06 AM Local Time
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Friday, June 9, 2023 11:50 PM Local Time
Level 22 started
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Friday, June 9, 2023 11:47 PM Local Time
Secilmis Makes Tricky Two Pair
Action folded to Ugur Secilmis in late position who opened to 60,000. The action folded to the big blind who defended. The players were off to a flop heads up.
The flop hit the felt and Secilmis bet 40,000 when the action was checked to him. The big blind made the call.
The landed on the turn and the big blind checked again. Secilmis thought for only a moment before putting out a bet of 200,000. The big blind made the call again.
The landed on the river and this time the big blind thought for about a minute before putting out a blocker bet to the tune of 200,000. Secilmis snap called and they saw the hands.
The big blind turned over for top top and Secilmis rolled over for a very interesting turned two pair.
| Ugur Secilmis | 980,000 | 980,000 |
Friday, June 9, 2023 11:36 PM Local Time
Aden Takes No Prisoners
Action opened with a raise to 60,000 from the player under the gun and Jason Aden called next to act.
The player in middle position then reraised to 100,000 and the small blind four-bet all in for 450,000.
Action folded to Aden, who thought for a minute before calling and the player in middle position called off their remaining 15,000.
Middle Position:
Small Blind:
Jason Aden:
Aden immediately moved ahead on the board. He held his lead on the turn, and the river sent both of his opponents to the payout line.
| Jason Aden | 1,310,000 | 1,310,000 |
Friday, June 9, 2023 11:32 PM Local Time
A Few Notable Chip Counts
| Joseph Altomonte | 1,250,000 | 550,000 |
| Melanie Weisner | 850,000 | 530,000 |
Friday, June 9, 2023 11:26 PM Local Time
Swan Gains Some Chips
Larry Swan was in middle position and raised to 60,000 and the small blind called with just enough chips.
Small blind:
Larry Swan:
Swan won the pot with trip jacks when the board was .
| Larry Swan | 900,000 | 900,000 |
Friday, June 9, 2023 11:21 PM Local Time
Level 21 started
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Friday, June 9, 2023 11:09 PM Local Time
Sager Doubles Stack
The early position player announced, "all in", and Andrea Sager in the cutoff called.
Andrea Sager:
Early Position:
The early position was winning on the board of but the on the river gave Sager the win.
| Andrea Sager | 545,000 | 291,000 |
Friday, June 9, 2023 11:01 PM Local Time
Allis Rescued by Miracle Boat
Mike Allis, who won his first bracelet last year, had all of his money in the middle against another player with the board already reading
Mike Allis:
Opponent:
Allis would need running cards to win the hand. The turn helped, and the table erupted when the hit the river to give Allis eights full to double up.
| Mike Allis | 1,060,000 | 1,060,000 |
Friday, June 9, 2023 10:51 PM Local Time
Level 20 started
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Friday, June 9, 2023 10:40 PM Local Time
Myers Makes Quads
Action folded to a player in early position who went all in off a short stack. There was then another all in for about the same amount in late position and action folded to Alex Myers in the Big Blind who had both players covered. He didn't think for too long before pushing his chips into the middle.
The cards are tabled.
Early Position:
Late Position:
Alex Myers:
The flop caused some commotion at the table as Myers came from behind and hit top set. The turn gave Myers a full house and the late position player with kings was down to just two outs. Unfortunately for the player in late position, Myers made quads on the river and sent both players to the rail while giving himself new life in the tournament.
| Alex Myers | 775,000 | 775,000 |
Friday, June 9, 2023 10:28 PM Local Time
Final Break
Players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the day as tournament officials are racing off the yellow 1,000-value chips.
Friday, June 9, 2023 10:27 PM Local Time
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