Michael Mizrachi, Maria Ho and Joe McKeehen Progress to Day 2
Day 1 of Event #58 of the World Series of Poker, the $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, has ended. After ten hour-long levels, 115 of the 263 entrants put their chips in their bags and progressed to Day 2.
"Am I one of the chip leaders?" asked Gregory Josephson while he was bagging his 241,000 chips. It seems like he is not only one of the top stacks but the biggest stack on the first day of the competition. He is one of the few players who have more than 200,000 chips. Daniel Maczuga (217,500) is also on this big stack list.
Justin Lapka (176,000) and JJ Liu (165,000) are also way above average. The same goes for six-time WSOP champion Michael Mizrachi, who filled his overnight chip bag with 163,000 chips.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Josephson | United States | 241,000 | 96 | 48 |
| 2 | Daniel Maczuga | United States | 217,500 | 87 | 44 |
| 3 | Kyle Dilschneider | United States | 194,500 | 78 | 39 |
| 4 | Andrew Barfield | United States | 184,000 | 74 | 37 |
| 5 | Matthew Mortensen | United States | 177,000 | 71 | 35 |
| 6 | Justin Lapka | United States | 176,500 | 71 | 35 |
| 7 | Dan Shak | United States | 175,000 | 70 | 35 |
| 8 | Yingui Li | China | 168,000 | 67 | 34 |
| 9 | JJ Liu | United States | 165,000 | 66 | 33 |
| 10 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 163,000 | 65 | 33 |
Other notable players to look out for on Day 2 include Maria Ho (126,000) or Benny Glaser (83,000), and Japan's Ryutaro Suzuki (87,500). Almost all day long, the Japanese player had Eli Elezra on his left; Elezra comes back on June 26 with 52,500 chips.
Towards the bottom of the chip counts, we find players such as Joe McKeehen. The 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion will have 14 big blinds (34,500) at the restart on Day 2.
On the contrary, Day 1 wasn't successful for almost 150 players. The 2021 WSOP Champion Koray Aldemir didn't reach the end of the day. Neither did Kristen Foxen, Shimizu Nozomu, Robert Campbell, six-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings, or Pedro Marques.
The 115 remaining players come back on June 26, at 1:00 p.m. local time at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 of the event. They will restart on Level 11, with blinds of 1,500/2,500 and limits of 2,500/5,000. They will and play ten more levels, each lasting 60 minutes, before wrapping up.
The bubble should burst during those ten levels, as 40 players will be in the money, with a min-cash worth $4,837. The tournament director announced a total prize pool of $702,210, with a top prize of $165,250 for the champion, along with a prestigious bracelet.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $165,250 | 8-9 | $14,619 |
| 2 | $102,132 | 10-11 | $10,819 |
| 3 | $72,681 | 12-17 | $8,061 |
| 4 | $52,056 | 18-23 | $6,046 |
| 5 | $37,526 | 24-29 | $5,668 |
| 6 | $27,228 | 30-35 | $5,290 |
| 7 | $19,886 | 36-40 | $4,837 |
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