Event #63: $1,500 Six-Handed 10-Game Mix Dia 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-07-03 03:25 UTC-7

Bryn Kenney Leads Final 85

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Day 1 of Event #63: $1,500 Six-Handed 10-Game Mix has come to a close. After 10 full levels of play, Bryn Kenney emerged as the chip leader at the end of the night with 67,000 in chips.

The day began with 485 hopefuls hitting the felt with the hopes of winning the final mixed bracelet of the 2014 World Series of Poker. By the end of the day just 85 players bagged up and now have a real shot at achieving that goal. While Kenney bagged up the biggest stack in the room, other noteworthy players are right on his heels. Two-time bracelet winner Scott Clements consistently trended up the chip counts throughout the day and had a surge in the last few levels of the night. He bagged up 55,825 and will be a serious contender returning on Day 2. Justin Bonomo, who began his day with a Day 3 elimination in Event #59: $3,000 Omaha Hi-Low, hopped in this event and thrived as the day progressed. Bonomo bagged 49,050 and will be searching for his second career bracelet on Thursday.

The aforementioned players sit toward the top of the chip counts, but dozens of other familiar faces bagged up and will be in contention during tomorrow's play. Other players returning for Day 3 include Andrey Zaichenko (46,300), Sergey Rybachenko (45,250), Eric Wasserson (45,000), Mike Leah (37,625), Victor Ramdin (37,125), Randy Ohel (35,925), Allen Cunningham (35,075), Daniel Negreanu (30,150), Alex Rocha (22,600), Marcel Luske (20,200), Dutch Boyd (17,225), Chris Moneymaker (15,000), and Phil Laak (8,925).

While those players thrived throughout the day, others sat down only to see elimination before the day's conclusion. Players such as Maria Ho, Jimmy Fricke, Brandon Cantu, Max Pescatori, David Chiu, George Danzer, Gavin Smith, Mike Gorodinsky, Matt Glantz, Jeff Madsen, Calen McNeil, and Eli Elezra are just a small sample size of those to hit the rail.

Play resumes at 2 p.m. local time in the Amazon Room where the field will play another ten full levels on the quest through the money bubble and beyond. As always, PokerNews will be on hand throughout the day to provide live updates from the tournament felt.

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2014-07-02 16:35 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast Episode #232: One Drop Reaction feat. David Williams

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David Williams joins the PokerNews Podcast before the start of Day 3 of Event #59 to discuss Daniel Colman winning the BIG ONE for ONE DROP, his disregard for the media, and more. Jason, Donnie, and Rich continue the discussion in the second half of the show, and also talk about the "dispute" that lead to the Macau-based players skipping the $1 million tournament.

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2014-07-02 15:56 UTC-7

Event #63 Set to Begin

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There are only two events left before the $10,000 Main Event on the 2014 World Series of Poker schedule, and Event #63: $1,500 Six-Handed 10-Game Mix is one of them.

Ten-game was first introduced at the 2011 WSOP - it was the first time badugi was ever played during a bracelet event - and Chris Lee outlasted 430 opponents to win $254,955. In 2012, Vanessa Selbst was the victor, topping a field of 421 to earn $244,259, and last year it was Brandon Wong who bested a field of 372 to win $220,061.

The 10 games are of course no-limit hold'em, pot-limit omaha, no-limit 2-7 single draw, limit hold'em, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, stud, stud hi-lo eight-or-better, 2-7 triple draw, and badugi.

This year the buy-in was reduced to $1,500, and with players coming to down for the Main Event the field size is primed to be in the 400's once again.

The cards will be in the air shortly, so be sure to stay tuned for live updates from the event.

Tags: Brandon Wong