Adam Friedman Among Chip Leaders After Day 1
Play has concluded on Day 1 of Event #7: $1,500 Limit Hold'em, and after 15 levels of action, Dana Davidson (208,500) leads the pack, with Mike Leah (200,000) and Nicholas Goedert rounding out the top three places in the chip counts.
Mixed game specialist Adam Friedman (156,500) also bagged a big stack as another day of high-octane poker action ended at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dana Davidson | United States | 208,500 |
| 2 | Mike Leah | Canada | 200,000 |
| 3 | Nicholas Goedert | United States | 186,500 |
| 4 | Mack Khan | United States | 184,500 |
| 5 | Phil Goatz | United States | 182,500 |
| 6 | Nick Schulman | United States | 180,500 |
| 7 | Joe Nalbandyan | United States | 178,500 |
| 8 | Jason Duong | Canada | 175,500 |
| 9 | Aaron Barham | United States | 170,000 |
| 10 | Omar Mehmood | United States | 169,500 |
Some of the notable players remaining in the field include Nick Schulman (180,500), Jim Collopy (85,000), Patrick Leonard (79,500), Justin Pechie (74,500), Erick Lindgren (56,500), and Joe McKeehen (14,900). Bill Klein (79,000), a staple on high-stakes poker live streams, also remains.
Not everyone survived the action. Over the course of 15 levels of play, the likes of two-time WSOP bracelet winner Humberto Brenes, 2020 WSOP bracelet winner Nick Guagenti, and Ben Ross, the 2022 runner-up in this same event, were sent to the rail.
Only 169 players out of the starting field of 527 remain, and with it, their dreams of winning a coveted WSOP bracelet are still alive. Of the remaining playing field, 80 will make it into the money.
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 2 inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The players are scheduled to play ten hour-long levels on their way towards the money places and then the final table. The Day 2 action starts on Level 16, with blinds at 2,000-4,000, and 4,000-8,000 limits.
The PokerNews team will be there providing all the live updates and chip counts as the field continues to get whittled down on Day 2, so join us from 1:00 p.m. on June 2.