Dzmitry Urbanovich Bags Day 1 Chip Lead of $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day 1 of Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud has come to an end at the 2023 World Series of Poker with Dzmitry Urbanovich emerging as the Day 1 chip leader after amassing 292,000 through 15 levels of play.
The event drew a total of 339 players, which surpassed last year's field of 329 and generated a total prize pool of $480,600. Only 101 of them will return to the action today. The final 54 players will make the money with the eventual winner taking home a cool $110,800 in addition to a WSOP bracelet.
Urbanovich, who has an EPT title and more than $6 million in reported tournament earnings, built his stack steadily throughout the day and is in pole position to make a run at his first WSOP bracelet.
Other notables who survived into Day 2 include Shaun Deeb (255,500), Victor Ramdin (187,500), John Cernuto (123,000), Ari Engel (115,000), Barry Greenstein (97,500), and Nick Schulman (241,500), who scooped a massive pot late in the day to bag as one of the chip leaders.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 292,000 | 37 |
| 2 | Chris Hundley | United States | 261,500 | 33 |
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 255,500 | 32 |
| 4 | Nick Schulman | United States | 241,500 | 30 |
| 5 | John Monnette | United States | 222,500 | 28 |
| 6 | Joseph Villella | United States | 208,000 | 26 |
| 7 | Ben Yu | United States | 191,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Tim Frazin | United States | 189,500 | 24 |
| 9 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 187,500 | 23 |
| 10 | Kevin Iacofano | United States | 185,500 | 23 |
Among the less fortunate were Brandon Shack-Harris, Eli Elezra, Ethan "Rampage" Yau, Alex Foxen, David Williams, and Daniel Negreanu — all of whom busted out before the day's end.
Absent was defending champion Alex Livingston, who instead was running deep in overlaying Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha. Livingston ended up getting third place in the event for $235,062.
The remaining 101 players will return June 3 at 1 p.m. to play an additional 12 levels, which will be extended to 60 minutes each. The money bubble will burst once the field gets down to 54 players as mentioned before.
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