Ramiro Petrone Bags Day 1 Chip Lead, Joseph Cheong Bags Big
Day 1 of Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas saw 1,511 players buy into the event and creating a prize pool of $4,034,370, a number that is certain to rise as late registration is still available for the first two levels on Day 2. Of those 1,511 entrants, only 596 players found a bag for Day 2 by the end of the night.
Ramiro Petrone bagged the biggest stack of the night, finishing with 367,000 chips.
Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramiro Petrone | Argentina | 367,000 | 184 |
| 2 | Luis Pinho | Portugal | 360,500 | 180 |
| 3 | Jiacong Zhang | United States | 348,000 | 174 |
| 4 | Lachezar Petkov | Bulgaria | 327,000 | 164 |
| 5 | Sebastien Grax | France | 305,000 | 153 |
| 6 | Colton Blomberg | United States | 296,000 | 148 |
| 7 | Harlan Karnofsky | United States | 280,000 | 140 |
| 8 | Alen Tenorio | Brazil | 268,000 | 134 |
| 9 | Daron Greenblatt | United States | 267,500 | 134 |
| 10 | Lyudmil Ivanov | Bulgaria | 266,000 | 133 |
Other notable players to advance to Day 2 include Michael Gathy (240,000), Joseph Cheong (228,000), Ryan Leng (200,000), winner of Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Benjamin Ector (140,000), Kristen Foxen (98,000), Maria Ho (97,500), Daniel Negreanu (72,000), and winner of Event #24: $1,500 Razz David "ODB" Baker (53,500)
Notable players to fall before the end of the day include Alex Foxen, Chance Kornuth, Brad Owen and Chris Moneymaker
Day 2 begins at 10:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, June 20. Late registration will remain open for the first two levels of the day, after which a final prize pool and payouts will be confirmed.
Play will resume on Day 2 with the blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000. Stay tuned to Pokernews for all the action from this and every other bracelet event at the 2023 WSOP.