Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Día 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Día 1 completado

2014-06-30 02:27 UTC-7

Raymond Chen Leads Record Field Chasing $403,483 in Event #56

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Nivel 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

While most of the focus at the WSOP today was on The Big One for One Drop, Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'Em Tournament was quietly setting a record of its own.

At the beginning of the first level on Day 1 there were 1,488 registered entrants but by the close of registration at the start of level seven that number had increased dramatically to 2,525, smashing the total of 1,837 who played last year.

A total prize pool of $2,272,500 has been generated paying 270 places starting at $1,840.The winner will get $403,483 as well as a gold WSOP bracelet.

The best placed man at the end of Day 1 to get his hands on that is Raymond Chen who dramatically seized the lead with just minutes of play to go. Chen returns as the chip leader on 130,400.

Second place is held by Neo Hoang with 127,400 who had a big stack for most of the day, and third place is Brian Altman with 106,900 who had the chance to grab the lead but lost a big pot near the end as he put it, "going for it."

The money bubble burst in the last level of the night, and as soon as that happened the remaining field dropped quickly from 270 to the 206 players who finished up with chips and will return tomorrow.

Some of the notables who turned up to play but failed to make Day 2 include Barry Greenstein, Phil Laak, Randy “nanonoko” Lew, Ryan Riess and Dutch Boyd. There were also a few big names that bought in at the last minute for ten big blinds but didn’t manage to last long, Ole Schemion, Andrew Lichtenberger and Martin Finger were among them.

Play resumes tomorrow at 1 p.m. when the field will play ten more levels or until the final table of nine is reached, whichever comes first. Join the PokerNews team for up to the minute news on big hands and bust outs on the march to another huge pay day here at the 45th World Series of Poker.

2014-06-30 02:25 UTC-7

End of the Day Chip Counts (total)

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Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Raymond Chen	130,400
Giang Hoang (Neo Hoang)	127,400 127,400	127,400
Brian Altman	106,900
Vinny Pahuja	99,500
Pavel Veksler	98,400 98,400	98,400
Matthew Wakeman	92,800
Gary Fields	91,800 91,800	91,800
Thomas Boivin	90,700 90,700	90,700
Larry Gurney	88,300 88,300	88,300
Christopher Chabris	86,200 86,200	86,200
Richard Milne	85,700 85,700	85,700
Steve Gross	80,800 80,800	80,800

Viktor Skoldstedt	79,800 79,800	79,800
Mike Kachan	78,000 78,000	78,000

Kevin To	77,800 77,800	77,800
Alexandru Masek	77,200 77,200	77,200
Mihails Morozovs	75,100 75,100	75,100
Joshua Haupt	73,700 73,700	73,700
Jamie Rosen	72,000 72,000	72,000
Perry Friedman	71,000 71,000	71,000

Matt Salsberg	70,600 70,600	70,600
Will Jaffe	70,100 70,100	70,100

DID NOT REPORT 2	68,500 68,500	68,500
Jose Gonzales	68,200 68,200	68,200
Ken Cheng	66,700 66,700	66,700

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2014-06-30 02:07 UTC-7

End Of Night Big Stacks

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There some frantic swapping of chips towards the end of play with Raymond Chen Seemingly the main beneficiary.

Brian Altman lost a big pot towards the end that would have given him the lead but as he told PokerNews as he bagged up, "I was going for it."

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Raymond Chen	130,400 4,600	4,600
Neo Hoang	127,400 7,400	7,400
Brian Altman	106,900 8,100	8,100
Vinny Pahuja	99,500

2014-06-30 01:55 UTC-7

Chen Grabs Lead Near the End Of Play

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Raymond Chen appears to have grabbed the lead in a huge pot in the last few hands of the day, eliminating an opponent in the process. He was all smiles as he stacked the chips.

Although he had very decent stack before, Chen clashed with another medium stack and got paid off on the river.