partypoker Presents: WPT500 Day 1F Updates

Onward to Day 2! Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante Day 1F has just wrapped up inside the poker room, and the 34 surviving players are headed over to join the rest of the Day 2 field. There will be 22:22 left in the 1,000/4,000/8,000 level when play resumes, and the cards should be in the

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Dany Willis
Updated · 1 July 2021
Wpt 500

Onward to Day 2!

Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Day 1F has just wrapped up inside the poker room, and the 34 surviving players are headed over to join the rest of the Day 2 field.

There will be 22:22 left in the 1,000/4,000/8,000 level when play resumes, and the cards should be in the air shortly.

Day 2 Seat Draw (Partial)

Level 16: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

T

S

Player

Chips


.


25

1

Giuseppe Ruvolo

113,000


.


25

2

Alex Tarango

500,000


.


25

3

Michael Sanders

348,000


.


25

4

Mike Christiansen

288,000


.


25

5

Macario Escobedo Jr.

188,000


.


25

6

David Fung

263,000


.


25

7

Yongshuo Zheng

163,000


.


25

8

Derek Updeghoff

434,000


.


25

9

Eric Holtz

186,000


.


26

1

Jean Manzinali

94,000


.


26

2

Brian Benhamou

327,000


.


26

3

Tom Spruitenburg

71,000


.


26

4

Mike Leah

287,000


.


26

5

Ole Schemion

341,000


.


26

6

Alan Levin

280,000


.


26

7

Stanislav Barshak

261,000


.


26

8

Jonathon Halfmann

138,000


.


26

9

Richard (Tommy) Santana

411,000


.


27

1

PJ Grace

201,000


.


27

2

Daniel Chan

219,000


.


27

3

Laury Vanlerborghe

247,000


.


27

4

Tam Van Nguyen

207,000


.


27

6

Ardys Reed

223,000


.


27

7

Charles Gonzales

230,000


.


27

9

Oran Haynes

270,000


.


28

1

David Sidler

185,000


.


28

2

Adam Foster

510,000


.


28

3

Marechal Guillaume

120,000


.


28

4

Richard Wong

302,000


.


28

6

Bill Watchman

274,000


.


28

7

Brian Hartner

520,000


.


28

8

Brian Ethans

179,000


.


28

9

Mohsin Charania

221,000


.


29

2

Christian Harder

961,000


.


29

3

Keith Crowder

205,000


.


29

4

Darrel Dier

408,000


.


29

5

Lynn Samples

241,000


.


29

6

Bruce Knight

60,000


.


29

7

Greg Mandel

91,000


.


29

8

Brent Bibby

360,000


.


29

9

Richie Albanese

374,000


.


30

1

Jesse McEuen

117,000


.


30

2

Dan O’Brien

379,000


.


30

3

Tom Dobrilovic

139,000


.


30

4

Claudio Pollin

190,000


.


30

6

Dominic Biondi

193,000


.


30

8

Carson Ha

224,000


.


31

4

Peter Cheng

112,000


.


31

5

Steve Hiltz

373,000


.


31

6

Nicola Basile

315,000


.


31

8

Tuan Vu

170,000


.


32

1

Elie Payan

269,000


.


32

2

Mihail Karasoulis

388,000


.


32

3

Gloria Whimper

369,000


.


32

5

Bodo Sbrzesny

382,000


.


32

6

Raymond Steiner

197,000


.


32

8

Kane Lai

308,000


.


32

9

Mark Darner

895,000


.


33

1

Israel Banadera

459,000


.


33

2

Kevin Saul

715,000


.


33

4

Erik Nielsen

85,000


.


33

5

Gerard Muro

157,000


.


33

6

Markus Lackner

489,000


.


33

7

Chris Kostoulas

434,000


.


33

8

Thinh Do

264,000


.


34

2

Christian Baud

540,000


.


34

3

Jeffrey Ray

527,000


.


34

4

Javier Figueroa

506,000


.


34

8

Jay Hong

356,000


.


34

9

Vittorio Lungavite

377,000


.


35

1

Luis Nargentino

221,000


.


35

2

Abid Mohamed

364,000


.


35

3

Massoud Eskandari

575,000


.


35

5

David Tuthill

245,000


.


35

6

Joe Nelligan

704,000


.


35

7

John Del Rossi

188,000


.


35

8

Paolo Massa

220,000


.


35

9

Pola Litsky

671,000


.


36

1

Andrew Badecker

288,000


.


36

2

Soufine Messadek

1,143,000


.


36

4

Jonathan Rivera

440,000


.


36

5

Logan Trindade

97,000


.


36

6

Terry Kelley

293,000


.


36

7

Daniel Fusco

147,000


.


36

8

Joseph Vacarro

135,000


.


36

9

Jason Murai

128,000


.


37

1

Mike Sexton

102,000


.


37

2

Yorane Kerignard

172,000


.


37

4

David Aslanyan

228,000


.


37

6

Luke Marlar

502,000


.


37

7

Kazu Oshima

431,000


.


37

8

Joseph Stegeman

257,000


.


37

9

Bobby Espina

175,000


.


38

1

Robert Garcia

226,000


.


38

2

Sean Yu

280,000


.


38

3

Ron Barak

275,000


.


38

4

Terry Fleischer

897,000


.


38

5

Andrew Micali

192,000


.


38

6

Michael Conners

755,000


.


38

8

Gregory Katayama

103,000


.


38

9

James Rome

291,000


.


39

1

Luis Garla

407,000


.


39

3

Pasi Heinanen

262,000


.


39

5

Carlos Hurtado

153,000


.


39

6

Scott Montgomery

767,000


.


39

7

Chun Li

262,000


.


39

8

Yung Hwang

504,000


.


40

1

Thupten Thondup

310,000


.


40

4

Halli Pinson

221,000


.


40

5

Eric Sfez

288,000


.


40

6

Vernon Bludson

88,000


.


40

7

Jason Dollinger

251,000


.


41

1

Harris Schnall

307,000


.


41

2

Alessio Fratti

127,000


.


41

4

Johan Mueller

190,000


.


41

5

Aaron Belardo

277,000


.


41

6

Yehonathan Levy

420,000


.


41

7

Andreas Krause

160,000


.


41

8

Paul Kerr

508,000


.


41

9

Dung Nguyen

294,000


.


42

1

David Mehr

485,000


.


42

2

Mark Napolitano

131,000


.


42

3

Rob Fenner

198,000


.


42

4

Pouya Tavallodi

736,000


.


42

5

Jamie Kerstetter

482,000


.


42

7

Bjorn Gustafsson

228,000


.


42

8

Todd Hoopfer

494,000


.


42

9

Jared Woodin

446,000


.


43

1

Jorge Lay

190,000


.


43

3

Jonas Ten Cate

370,000


.


43

4

Marie-Pier Simard

345,000


.


43

5

Naji Abdo

282,000


.


43

7

Todd Hoch

86,000


.


43

8

Reggi Trotter

147,000


.


43

9

Timothy Stroud

97,000


.


44

1

Yaron El Kayam

25,000


.


44

3

Gerald Dunn

143,000


.


44

4

Jay Pinkussohn

392,000


.


44

5

Chris Kassela

161,000


.


44

6

Ryan Valentinsen

246,000


.


44

7

Antonino Karman

464,000


.


44

9

Jackie Saltzman

187,000

Interview with Adam Pliska

Level 18: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante

Want to know which Asian capital is hosting a WPT event for the first time in Season XIII? Watch the interview with Adam Pliska to find out:

http://youtu.be/G60SOEB93Sc

Having a Breakdown

Level 16: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

All of the tables in the main tournament room have been broken, and the Day 2 bags are coming out on the tables.

The remaining Day 1F field is now in the poker room and approaching the money bubble. The final 82 earn a payday, and we’ll have to get down to 34 before we can restart Day 2.

The clock shows 88 remain.

150 Remain

Level 16: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

That’s the number on the clock, and it’s ticking down quickly.

No word yet on the official field size, or how many we’ll play to for this 1F flight.

Remembering Chad Brown

Level 14: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

The poker world is in mourning this week with the news of Chad Brown’s passing.

Chad’s friends and family have organized a tournament in his honor this Sunday at Binion’s. There are several prizes added by PokerStars, and the WPT is going to donate three WPT500 seats, as well.

Really, though, it’s not about the prizes.

Please join us at Binion’s this Sunday for a memorial ceremony (4:00 p.m.) and the first-annual $225 + rebuys charity poker tournament in memory of Chad.

For more information, click here » Press Release

Latecomers

Level 14: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Melanie Weisner and Brian Rast are among the very last entries in the feld.

We should have the official numbers for field size and prizepool shortly.

SITREP

Level 14: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

The big board shows 684 unofficial entries for today’s Turbo flight. Wow!

There are currently 300 remaining, and they are falling as fast as the floormen can handle right now.

Who Says?

Level 8: 300-600, 75 ante

https://twitter.com/MikeSexton_WPT/status/486916809883283456

One In, One Out

Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante

Jerry Yang has been eliminated.

Mike Sexton has joined.

The USPs of the WPT500

Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante

https://twitter.com/subiime/status/486907218969632768

He’s right, you know? There aren’t too many events where you can show up at 8:00 a.m. with $565 in your hand and walk away less than 24 hours later with close to $300,000.

The Shadow

Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante

2007 WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang enters the field.

Tyler Patterson – Live Pro

Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante

https://twitter.com/TylerPoker/status/486903198687322112

Faces in the Crowd

Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante

These familiar faces were spotted in the room at varying stages of awakeness.

Tyler Patterson
Jason Young
Matt Affleck
Ronit Chamani
Dan Shak
Scott Baumstein
Ray Foley
Chance Kornuth
Chris Tryba
Andy Frankenberger
Yves Farges

Turbo Tidbits

Level 4: 100-200, 25 ante

Each level is 15 minutes this morning, and the abbreviated schedule sees some levels shrugged off in favor of brevity.

Registration for this event will close promptly at 10:30 a.m.

The plan is to reach the 5% mark before Day 2 begins at 1:00 p.m., and it looks like it’s going to be close.

Alternate calls are certianly coming quicker, as well. Number forty was just called to line up.

Tweeters

Level 2: 50-100, ante

https://twitter.com/mcmattopoker/status/486898595719684096

https://twitter.com/Gregm305/status/486898078608154624

https://twitter.com/JYoungpoker/status/486898254815039488

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Level 2: 50-100, ante

The cards are in the air, and this Turbo Day 1F is under way!

Note that the blinds are correct, but the level numbers are not necessarily, as this Turbo structure is an abbreviated one.

Blinds are 50/100 for the first level.

“Turbo Time!”

Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Those are the words of partypoker qualifier Max Droege as he enters the tournament area with sleep in his eyes and a cup of strong coffee in his hand.

Today is the Turbo Day 1F, the last chance to advance to the knockout stages of the partypoker Presents: WPT500 at ARIA Resort & Casino.

We have more than 600 players registered for this flight, and the plan is to reduce that number to 5% of itself before 1:00 p.m.

It’s a turbo flight, so the live updates are going to follow suit. Cards fly in a moment!

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