Double Bracelet Winner Timur Margolin Among Leaders After Day 1 of Event #22: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold��Em
Day 1 of Event #22: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold��em of the 50th Annual World Series of Poker has officially wrapped up and after ten levels of 30-minute play, only 430 players remain in the field. The event attracted 3,253 players, making a total prize pool of $2,927,700 and walking away from Day 1 as one of the chip leaders was former double WSOP bracelet winner Timur Margolin who bagged a whopping 1,333,000 in chips. He won't sit too comfortably on Day 2, however, with Jorden Fox (1,075,000) and Christopher Andler (1,062,000) not too far behind.
Event #22: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold��Em drew in some of the top players and those returning for Day 2 action include British former Heavyweight boxing legend Audley Harrison (563,000), Blair Hinkle (526,000), Andrew Lichtenberger (422,000), Bernard Lee (360,000), Jennifer Tilly (330,000), Maria Ho (298,000), and Maria Konnikova (229,000).
Unfortunately, not everyone managed to make it through to Day 2 and some notables that fell short include 15-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, GPI's number one player Alex Foxen, 2019 WSOP bracelet winner Brett Apter, Dylan Linde, Matt Affleck, and another British boxer and former Heavyweight Champion of the World, David Haye.
The 430 remaining players will return for Day 2 on Monday, June 10, at noon local time and will play down until there is a winner crowned. When they return, play will resume at Level 21 which features 40-minute levels with a small blind of 8,000, big blind of 16,000, and a big blind ante of 16,000. Twenty levels of play are scheduled with a 15-minute break after every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after the ninth level at approximately 6:30 p.m.
Who will take home the first-place prize of $426,692 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet? Tune in tomorrow as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the action from the floor until a new bracelet winner has been confirmed has been made so make sure to follow the updates throughout the event.