The first day drew 1,300 entrants, with 960 advancing to Day 2 with some household names included.
The 2019 World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino officially kicked off. The first starting day attracted 1,300 runners, with 960 advancing to Day 2.
The current chip leader is Bryan Campanello, who bagged a massive stack of 417,500 after the five two-hour levels played off. Bryan is a bracelet winner, who triumphed in the 2013 $2,500 Razz event. He’s followed by fellow US player, Raymond Travis Rice, who ended the day with 335,000 and Timothy Su, who accumulated 297,300.
The first notable with a big stack is Jared Bleznick, who’s a regular guest in Bobby’s room, specializing in mixed-games. Bleznick will return with 189,100. There are many other notables, who had a successful Day 1A with the likes of Daniel Strelitz (185,300), former Main Event winner Qui Nguyen (180,500), Jeff Lisandro (180,100), high-roller regular Henrick Hecklen (175,200), Faraz Jaka (174,100) or Alex Foxen (173,200).
The former number one ranked online tournament player Niklas "lena900" Åstedt is also above the average with 129,300, just like Igor Kurganov (129,100), Connor Drinan (127,400) or 2003 Main Event champ, Chris Moneymaker (95,000).
The spiciest bust out of the day features Liv Boeree, who shoved his remaining 2,400 with and ran into the of Igor Kurganov’s. While this hand is pretty standard in terms of poker strategy, Igor being the boyfriend of Liv made it pretty funny.
Liv fell at the hands of his fiancé
The Q88 flop gave some extra outs for Liv, and she noted with a "Come on" and a smile, while Kurganov’s "Let me do it. I’ll never get the chance ever again," reply summed up pretty accurately what was at stake here. The turn and the river were blanks, meaning Liv was $10,000 poorer while a great story richer.
Thanks to the deep structure of the tournament, most of the players have plenty of room to maneuver, but there are some, who’ll need to have a quick start. High-roller regular, Dan Smith has 21,700, while professional angle-shooter, Alec Torelli only has 15,600.
Unlike them, many failed to become this year’s ME winner. Shane Warne, David Williams, Frank Kassela, Bryan Piccioli, Daniel Alaei, Chris Moorman, Brian Altman, Steven van Zadelhoff, and Brandon Adams all busted during the first day. Day 1B will kick off on Thursday at noon local time with five two-hour levels for the starters as well.
End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts
Bryan Campanello | 417,500 | 77,500 |
Raymond Travis Rice | 335,000 | 45,000 |
Timothy Su | 297,300 | 9,300 |
Quentin Roussey | 266,400 | 21,400 |
Takehiro Kato | 259,200 | -3,800 |
Charidimos Demetriou | 252,000 | 252,000 |
Craig Chait | 249,600 | -20,400 |
Stephen Graner | 247,100 | 57,100 |
Mark Zullo | 245,600 | 245,600 |
David Lolis | 245,100 | 100 |
Thomas Roupe | 238,800 | 238,800 |
Michael Miller | 235,800 | -10,400 |
Jonathan Braier | 231,500 | 231,500 |
Richard Barabino | 227,500 | 132,500 |
Alexander Yen | 225,400 | 225,400 |
Yuan Li | 218,900 | 218,900 |
Nidal Echaust | 217,400 | 217,400 |
Patrick Serda | 216,700 | 700 |
Aric Pluskat | 210,300 | 210,300 |
Paul Miller | 210,100 | 92,100 |
Juan Ignacio Pallotta | 209,000 | 209,000 |
Timothy Burt | 204,900 | 4,800 |
Kane Lai | 201,900 | 68,900 |
Joe Foresman | 196,400 | 196,400 |
David Ross | 194,700 | 194,700 |
Chris Dombrowski | 192,600 | 192,600 |
David Thomas | 191,100 | 191,100 |
Jesper Hougaard | 190,000 | 55,000 |
Benjamin Philipps | 189,900 | 189,900 |
Jared Bleznick | 189,100 | 123,100 |
Christopher MacFarland | 188,600 | 188,600 |
Jimmy Kebe | 188,200 | 200 |
Michael Marder | 185,700 | 125,700 |
Daniel Strelitz | 185,300 | 11,300 |
Pavao Vujnovac | 184,800 | 184,800 |
Johnnie Moreno | 184,000 | 0 |
Rory Brown | 181,100 | -18,900 |
Timothy McDermott | 181,100 | 181,100 |
Qui Nguyen | 180,500 | 65,500 |
Samuel Hughes | 180,300 | 180,300 |
Jeff Lisandro | 180,100 | 45,100 |
Sebastian Dornbracht | 178,200 | 178,200 |
Adria Diaz | 177,500 | 177,500 |
Robert Chudobiak | 177,100 | 177,100 |
Henrik Hecklen | 175,200 | 175,200 |
Anton Morgenstern | 174,400 | 36,400 |
Faraz Jaka | 174,100 | 57,600 |
Alex Foxen | 173,200 | -61,800 |
Georgios Karakousis | 173,000 | 94,500 |
Pierre Barthlemy | 172,200 | 172,200 |
Sara Hall | 171,400 | 25,400 |
Matthew Ellis | 171,100 | 171,100 |
David Rees | 170,400 | 170,400 |
Reed Hensel | 169,400 | 14,400 |
Daniel Nygard | 169,400 | 169,400 |
Gregory Fishberg | 168,800 | 168,800 |
Michael Burch | 168,300 | 168,300 |
Michael Laufer | 167,800 | 167,800 |
Ronni Borg | 167,100 | 167,100 |
William Tonking | 167,100 | 167,100 |
Mick Heder | 167,100 | 167,100 |
Kevin Igersheim | 167,000 | 30,000 |
Dong Guo | 166,800 | 166,800 |
Andrew Pacifico | 166,300 | 0 |
Perry Friedman | 165,300 | 0 |
Ziran Xiao | 165,300 | 165,300 |
Josh King | 165,100 | 165,100 |
Martin Kabrhel | 164,500 | 14,500 |
Philippe Dauteuil | 164,100 | 164,100 |
Luis Rodriguez Cruz | 164,100 | 164,100 |
Matthew Doyle | 163,700 | 62,300 |
Todd Poland | 163,400 | 163,400 |
Joseph Ardern | 163,200 | 163,200 |
Lewis Gallo | 162,400 | 162,400 |
Joey Weissman | 161,600 | 41,600 |
Paul Mannoni | 161,300 | 161,300 |
Ryan Berger | 161,200 | 161,200 |
Dan Owen | 161,200 | 46,200 |
Didrik Mantor | 159,900 | 159,900 |
Yee How Lee | 158,600 | 158,600 |
Marc Macdonnell | 158,300 | 18,000 |
Jordan Jurow | 158,300 | 158,300 |
Adam Levy | 157,100 | 87,100 |
Adam Swan | 154,700 | 13,700 |
Jason Bullock | 154,200 | 154,200 |
Jack Sinclair | 153,800 | 45,800 |
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | 152,400 | 31,400 |
Dmitry Yurasov | 152,100 | 152,100 |
Brian Green | 152,100 | -4,900 |
Maxx Coleman | 151,900 | 151,900 |
Robert Rini | 151,300 | 151,300 |
Dejan Pustoslemsek | 151,200 | 151,200 |
Steven Markowitz | 151,100 | 151,100 |
Michael Stembera | 150,800 | 150,800 |
Hector Meana | 150,300 | 150,300 |