2015 World Series of Poker

Just a few days after "The Italian Pirate" Max Pescatori won the $1,500 Razz event, the $10,000 edition kicked off with 103 players taking to the felt, which created a prize pool of $968,200. Of that, $271,105 is reserved for the winner, while 16 players will earn a minimum payday of $17,098.

After five two-hour levels, just 63 players remained with Abe Mosseri and Brock Parker tied for the chip lead with 140,900 in chips. Others who bagged and tagged were Hani Awad (122,200), Jyri Merivirta (113,800), Shaun Deeb (94,700), Dan Shak (80,300), David Bach (61,000), Jonathan Duhamel (58,000), and Erik Seidel (56,000).

Brian Hastings was the first to bust the event, but he wasn't the last as players like Stuart Rutter, Naoya Kihara, Daniel Negreanu, Richard Ashby, Eric Crain, Bill Chen, Mickey Doft, Chris "Fox" Wallace, and defending champ George Danzer joined him on the rail.

Players will return at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday for another full day of action.