Tony Ruberto leads the final 243 players of today's $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event, amassing a stack of 178,200. Today's event started with 1,736 entrants. After Day 1, Ruberto is only 6,000 ahead of the second stack, Florens Feenstra (171,700). Alan Bertenshaw (147,800), Jamil Kanji (129,9000) and Chris Karambinis (123,100) also bagged hefty stacks.
Of course, a few notables made a showing today, but didn't manage to hold up until the end. Those no longer with us include Antonio Esfandiari, Pius Heinz, Layne Flack, David Williams, Maria Ho, Jennifer Tilly and Annette Obrestad, among many others.
We did find a few notables still in contention after Day 1, including Mark Teltscher (113,100), Jonathan Tamayo (91,900), Josh Arieh (79,800), Chris Johnson (75,100), Erik Seidel (58,000), David Peters (44,600), Blair Hinkle (36,900) and Amit Makhija (37,000).
The 243 survivors from today will be back tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Amazon Room to play some more cards. As always, check in with PokerNews for live updates and chip counts during the action tomorrow for Day 2 of this $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event.
We just caught an exciting pot with Chris Karambinis, where he four-bet all in to take down a sizable pot and nearly double his stack.
The flop read , and Karambinis checked. His opponent bet 4,700 into the 12,000 pot. Karambinis then raised to 10,700, putting some pressure on his opponent who returned fire with a three-bet to 18,700.
Karambinis quickly four-bet with an all-in, later saying that he had a great read on his opponent. His opponent folded, and Karambinis took down a 30,000 pot to bring his stack up to 85,000.
We found Lauren Kling opting to check-call a sizable turn bet with the board reading . The river brought a , and Kling checked once more. Her opponent bet 9,700, which covered much of Kling's stack. After going into the tank for about two minutes, she made the call.
"You got it," her opponent said. Kling turned over to take the pot with second pair.
Chris Moorman on the button, and his neighbor in the cut off, just got all their chips in pre flop. Moorman was already short with about 4,400 in chips, and must have been excited to see . His opponent had that one hand that is better than kings though: . Moorman was already halfway gone before the river was dealt, and rightfully so: | | .
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Eddie Blumenthal found himself in rough shape against queens.
Eddie Blumenthal opened to 300 under the gun, and a player in middle position moved all in for about 2,200. A player in late position jammed as well for around 5,000. Blumenthal, who covered both of his opponents, thought briefly before calling.
Blumenthal:
Middle position:
Late position:
The player in late position was in great shape up against two shared overcards. The flop came , and everything was still roses for him. A on the turn and on the river kept it that way, and he took most of Blumenthal's stack and all of the other player's.
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Players will start with stacks of 7,500 today.
Good morning, and welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em here at the 2013 World Series of Poker. Cards will be in the air at 12 noon, and we will see 11 levels played today, each lasting one hour. Stacks will be fairly deep to begin with, as each entrant will start with a stack of 7,500 and blinds of 25 and 50.
Last year, American Joey Weissman bested a field of 1,607 players to earn $694,609 and a WSOP gold bracelet. Notable pros Vanessa Selbst, Pius Heinz and Jonathan Little made deep runs, but nobody could stop Weissman's run through the tournament. Last year's field also coincided with the $50,000 Players' Championship, so a similarly large field and large prize pool seems likely this year.
All of the important updates will be popping up right here throughout the day, so be sure to stay tuned for what develops. While you wait, check out the interview with Steve Sung who won his second bracelet last night in the $25,000 six handed:
, and Karambinis checked. His opponent bet 4,700 into the 12,000 pot. Karambinis then raised to 10,700, putting some pressure on his opponent who returned fire with a three-bet to 18,700.
. The river brought a 
, and Kling checked once more. Her opponent bet 9,700, which covered much of Kling's stack. After going into the tank for about two minutes, she made the call.
to take the pot with second pair.
. Moorman was already halfway gone before the river was dealt, and rightfully so: 
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, and everything was still roses for him. A 
on the river kept it that way, and he took most of Blumenthal's stack and all of the other player's.
