Christopher Vitch Leads After Day 1 of the $1,500 8-Game Mix
Day 1 of Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed attracted a field of 472 players, creating a prize pool of $637,200, and at the end of an exhausting 10 levels of play it is Christopher Vitch who leads the remaining players advancing to Day 2.
It was tight at the top between Vitch and Alex Luneau (72,400) for the chip lead at the end of the day, but Vitch eliminated David Bach in one of the last hands of the night where he flopped a flush against the Aces of Bach in Pot-Limit Omaha.
There were bracelet winners galore at the start of the day, with many names taking the opportunity to play in an oft-spread mix of poker variants such as 8-Game. These included David "Bakes" Baker, Chris Bjorin, Marcel Vonk, Kenneth Aldridge, Vanessa Selbst, Bruno Fitoussi, David Diiorio, Anthony Zinno, Jared Bleznick and Konstantin Puchkov. None of these players would advance to Day 2.
Early chip-leader was Walter Treccarichi who eliminated a player after flopping a set against his opponent's set of nines, but never really kicked on from his early peak and exited quietly shortly before the final break of the day.
Defending champion Paul Volpe registered late but didn't last long as he too was eliminated before the end of play.
There are still some big names left in the field ahead of Day 2, most notable of whom is Daniel Negreanu who bagged up 57,300 after chipping up early, and using relentless aggression in his pursuit of yet another deep run at this year's WSOP.
Other names include five-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier (11,700) and his wife Natasha Mercier (11,900), three-time bracelet winners Barry Greenstein (3,800) and Eli Elezra (22,400), and former November Niner Josh Beckley (33,000).
Seventy-one players will cash and the money bubble is expected to burst tomorrow, with 71st place worth $2,259. However, tomorrow is all about putting players in as good a position as possible for making a deep run towards the first prize of $145,577 and the much-coveted WSOP bracelet.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Randy Ohel | United States | 23,700 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Steve Hohn | United States | 29,100 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Jerry Wong | United States | 44,800 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Joseph Couden | United States | 25,600 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Kevin Debord | United States | 29,800 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Brady Redington | United States | 21,500 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | Timothy Frazin | United States | 31,800 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Fabrice Soulier | France | 60,400 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Kyle Bowker | United States | 17,200 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Ted Jivkov | United States | 14,800 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Ryan Himes | United States | 16,600 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Richard Sklar | United States | 56,200 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Zachary Richards | United States | 28,000 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 49,800 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Abdel Hamid | United States | 39,200 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Brian Brubaker | United States | 12,700 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Gavin Griffin | United States | 16,500 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Gabe Paul | United States | 10,700 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 2 | Pablo Cobo | Spain | 5,900 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Joe Serock | United States | 23,400 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 57,300 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Barry Greenstein | United States | 3,800 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Tom Schneider | United States | 59,800 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Joshua Gibson | United States | 15,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Christian Nolte | Austria | 61,300 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Sachin Bhargava | United States | 61,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Nicholas Seiken | United States | 18,400 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Kenneth Po | United States | 10,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Chase Bianchi | United States | 11,700 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 28,600 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 2 | Andrew Barber | United States | 53,600 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 3 | Masayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 49,600 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 4 | Jeffrey Mitseff | United States | 51,900 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Yueqi Zhu | China | 27,400 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 6 | Marc Berman | United States | 8,100 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 1 | Jesse Hampton | United States | 38,800 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 2 | Jennifer Tilly | United States | 40,500 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 3 | Carol Fuchs | United States | 57,300 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 4 | Christopher Kruk | Canada | 44,600 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 5 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 10,000 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 6 | David Levi | United States | 19,000 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 1 | Chris Back | Canada | 26,900 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 2 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 29,000 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 3 | Vinicius Collaco | Brazil | 41,900 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 4 | Richard Monroe | United States | 32,000 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 5 | Jacob Boyle | United States | 23,700 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Dustin Sitar | United States | 64,800 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Joshua Beckley | United States | 33,075 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Daniel Habl | Germany | 26,500 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Roger Barbour | United States | 20,300 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Joseph Ranciato | United States | 22,800 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Wendy Freedman | United States | 48,900 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Jason Riesenberg | United States | 24,300 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 1 | Viktor Celikovsky | Czech Republic | 41,700 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 2 | Mark Gallo | United States | 28,200 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Aaron Duczak | Canada | 16,100 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 4 | David (Wes) Self | United States | 3,900 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Ron Ware | United States | 18,400 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Ronald Elkins | United States | 46,700 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Vladimir Shchemelev | Russia | 63,800 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Andrew Rennhack | United States | 24,400 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Clifford Ziff | United States | 67,000 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Eli Elezra | United States | 22,400 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Gregory Jamison | United States | 37,000 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Damjan Radanov | United States | 58,000 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 1 | David Wells | United States | 52,900 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 44,800 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Natasha Mercier | United States | 11,900 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | James Newberry | United States | 3,200 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Robert McKeithen | United States | 15,100 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | United Kingdom | 36,100 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Anthony Lazar | United States | 24,800 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Phillip Hui | United States | 25,300 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Alexander Freund | Austria | 29,400 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Bradley Helm | United States | 16,000 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 49,600 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Dennis Morrison | United States | 94,900 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Jason Rivkin | United States | 74,000 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Stephen Woodhead | United Kingdom | 14,100 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Christopher Sensoli | United States | 80,200 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Andrii Nadieliaiev | Ukraine | 9,600 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 98,700 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Paul Sokoloff | Canada | 19,500 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Hope Williams | United States | 31,500 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Jimmy Fricke | United States | 35,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Joon Park | United States | 40,600 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Troy Thompson | United States | 26,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Mike Watson | Canada | 42,800 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 1 | Michael Ross | United States | 63,100 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Joseph Saccone | United States | 20,300 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Zachary Milchman | United States | 37,800 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Chip Jett | United States | 31,800 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Georgii Belianin | United States | 49,700 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 25,300 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 1 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 88,100 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Jason Mercier | United States | 11,700 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 3 | Karim Bevans | United States | 36,900 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 5 | Jason Viriyayuthakorn | United States | 64,500 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 6 | Donald Markwardt | United States | 22,300 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 1 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 23,800 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 2 | Michael Fant | Belgium | 18,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 4 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 45,600 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 5 | Alex Luneau | France | 72,800 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 6 | Brant Hale | United States | 9,200 |
* One additional DID NOT REPORT with no allocated seat