Hutter, Soyza, Tsoukernik, Kanit & Calamusa Bag Big at the End of Day 1
Day 1 of Event #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed has come to an end after ten levels of poker with 212 players progressing. Barry Hutter bagged a massive 400,000 chips, with Alexandros Theologis (227,300), Michael Soyza (209,400) and Leon Tsoukernik (203,200) also running up their initial 30,000 starting stacks.
A total of 750 entrants took their seats in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, which marked a extensive increase from the 621 received in this event 12 months ago. Furthermore, with late registration open until the start of play on Day 2, the number of entrants is likely to rise even more.
Mustapha Kanit joined the action in level 8 and, just two hours later, he was sat with a stack worth 185,000. Pierre Calamusa (194,000), Saya Ono (186,600), David Yan (156,200), Marc MacDonnell (131,900), Roberto Romanello (127,000), Faraz Jaka (124,300), and Anatoly Filatov (112,000) are also among those who will return with high hopes of a very deep run.
WSOP bracelet winners Ryan Laplante (102,000), Dietrich Fast (97,000), Niall Farrell (92,000), Ankush Mandavia (90,600), and Ben Heath (59,400) also remain in contention. Six-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu joined in on the action half-way through the day in a bid to secure his 13th cash of the 2019 series. Despite the Canadian being able to triple his starting stack at one point, his run came to an end during the final level of the day.
Fellow WSOP bracelet winners Michael Gathy, Liv Boeree, Martin Jacobson, Preston Lee, Jason Mercier, Sam Soverel, and Paul Volpe also hit the rail alongside the likes of Tony Miles, Cary Katz, Ali Imsirovic, Patrick Leonard, Patrick Serda, Benjamin Rolle, and Talal Shakerchi.
The blinds in level 11 will begin at 1,000-2,000-2,000 big blind ante when the action resumes at 2 PM on Tuesday, July 2, with another ten 60-minute levels scheduled to be played.
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