Alejandro Andión Bags Heaps After Day 1 of Event #46: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (8-Handed)
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
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Andion | Argentina | 2,400,000 | 80 |
| 2 | Joel Orum | Canada | 1,705,000 | 57 |
| 3 | Tommaso Briotti | Italy | 1,675,000 | 56 |
| 4 | Jonas Wexler | United States | 1,630,000 | 54 |
| 5 | William Blais | Canada | 1,600,000 | 53 |
| 6 | Koray Aldemir | Austria | 1,380,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Xiao Yu | United States | 1,345,000 | 45 |
| 8 | Virab Zakaryan | United States | 1,345,000 | 45 |
| 9 | Itzhak Ashkenazi | Israel | 1,325,000 | 44 |
| 10 | Gregory Giannokostas | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
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
| Place | Prize Money |
| 1 | $214,830 |
| 2 | $132,802 |
| 3 | $98,269 |
| 4 | $73,271 |
| 5 | $55,279 |
| 6 | $42,031 |
| 7 | $32,254 |
| 8 | $24,982 |
| 9 | $19,533 |
| 10-11 | $15,417 |
| 12-13 | $12,286 |
| 14-16 | $9,886 |
| 17-24 | $8,033 |
| 25-32 | $6,591 |
| 33-40 | $5,463 |
| 41-48 | $4,573 |
| 49-56 | $3,868 |
| 57-64 | $3.305 |
| 65-72 | $2,853 |
| 73-80 | $2,489 |
| 81-99 | $2,195 |
| 100-135 | $1,956 |
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as Event #46: $800 No-Limit Deepstack 8-Handed plays to a winner on Monday.