Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Ziua 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em

Ziua 1 terminat

2013-05-30 01:29 UTC-8

Trivett Holds Sizable Lead

Nivel 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A larger-than-expected field of 898 players entered Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em. After 11 levels and over 14 hours, we've seen that number chopped down to 55.

Michael Trivett leads the way with 133,900 chips, putting him well clear of Sean Small's second-place stack of 103,700. Small boasts four World Series of Poker Circuit final tables on his resume. Rounding out the top five stacks are Chad Holloway (99,400), Wyatt Gibson (96,900) and Kevin Weathers (91,300).

Play resumes tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Amazon Room here at the Rio, where where the field will be pared down to a winner who will claim $84,915 in prize money and a WSOP bracelet.

Taguri: Chad Holloway Kevin Weathers Michael Trivett Sean Small Wyatt Gibson

2013-05-30 01:19 UTC-8

End-of-Day Chip Counts (complet)

Nivel 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Michael Trivett	133,900	41,400

Sean Small	103,700	44,700

Chad Holloway	99,400	54,600

Wyatt Gibson	96,900	96,900

Kevin Weathers	91,300	26,300

Troy Wilcoxon	86,700	41,300

John Harris	84,400	9,400

John Podobnik	74,800

Robert Jones	74,700	46,900

Steven Karr	73,300

Christopher Derossi	72,700

Tyrone Smith	72,600	-13,400

Van Vo	72,200

Daniel Anton	69,700

Michael Barela	68,000

Sergio Gonalez	67,400

Jake Revelle	66,300

Dennis Glover	65,800

Hieu Le	65,400	-21,600

Kevin Kalthoff	60,100

Vincent Petrino	59,700

Josh Cahlik	58,300	-3,200

Farres Boutros	55,800

Frank Nguyen	55,200

Kaylan Tangermann	54,500

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2013-05-30 00:45 UTC-8

Cahlik Caught Bluffing

Nivel 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On a board of , Josh Cahlik fired out 7,000. His opponent insta-called.

"You got it," Cahlik said, and his opponent revealed before taking the pot.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Josh Cahlik	61,500	-20,500

Taguri: Josh Cahlik

2013-05-30 00:39 UTC-8

Rubino Doubles Through Anton

Nivel 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

David Rubino raised all in for 8,700 from middle position with and on his direct left, Danny Anton called with .

The board ran out giving Rubino a flush and a double up. Anton still has a healthy stack of around 65,000.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Danny Anton	65,000	65,000

David Rubino	21,400	3,625

Taguri: Danny Anton David Rubino

2013-05-30 00:29 UTC-8

Harris Uses Aggression

Nivel 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A player in middle position raised to 4,700, the button called, and John Harris squeezed to 12,000 from the small blind. The middle-position player called, and the button folded. Harris saw no reason to slow down on the flop, continuation-betting 15,000. His opponent asked for a rough count, but folded shortly thereafter.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
John Harris	75,000	4,000

Taguri: John Harris

2013-05-30 00:19 UTC-8

Weathers Busts A Player

Nivel 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Kevin Weathers opened to 3,100 from middle position and the player on his direct left raised all in for 11,600. Weathers showed and his oppoonent turned over .

The pocket fours of Weathers took the pot with a board of .

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Kevin Weathers	65,000	65,000

Taguri: Kevin Weathers

2013-05-30 00:17 UTC-8

Poon's Aces Cracked

Nivel 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A player under the gun raised to 3,600, and Tommy Poon made it 8,000 to go in the hijack. The player UTG called, and a flop of prompted him to move all in for 12,200. Poon snap-called, revealing . His opponent was in bad shape with , and things looked more dire after a turn. A miracle hit the river, causing Poon to rock back in his chair in amazement as he was forced to double his opponent up.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Tommy Poon	27,000	-32,000

Taguri: Tommy Poon

Nivel: 11

Blinduri: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

2013-05-29 23:44 UTC-8

Final Break of the Night

Nivel 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The players have gone on a final 20-minute break, after which one more level will be played before Day 1 ends.