Noam Bags Heaps After Day 1 of $1,500 Dealers Choice
Day 1 of Event #10: $1,500 Dealers Choice has concluded after 10 one-hour levels of exciting mixed game action. In its fifth year on the schedule, this tournament has become one for some of the biggest names to try their hand in a spread of 20 total games and today was no exception with a record-setting field of 470 entrants.
Danny Noam was a player to watch throughout the entire day, having been seen with the chip lead from an early point in the tournament. By the second break, he already had around 70,000 in his stack and built it up to 81,100 before it was time to bag for the night.
Other players to bag large stacks included Al Barbieri (65,800), Ryan Leng (62,800), Frankie O’Dell (51,500), Chris Ferguson (46,600), and Greg Mueller (45,300).
There were many more notable players to advance to Day 2, such as Dzmitry Urbanovich (33,700), Benny Glaser (27,200), David Benyamine (23,700), Barry Greenstein (21,600), and Mike Matusow (21,400). Many other players including Greg Raymer, Shaun Deeb, James Obst, and Brandon Shack-Harris did not advance.
Day 2 will resume Tuesday at 2 p.m. local time with another 10 levels scheduled, each for one hour. Seventy-one players will make it in the money, with a min-cash of $2,250 guaranteed. The winner of the tournament will receive a WSOP gold bracelet and the first place prize of $144,957.
When play resumes tomorrow, limit flop and draw games will return to levels of 500/1,000. Stud games will have a 200 ante, 300 bring-in, and 1,000 completion. No Limit and Pot Limit games will be played at 300/500 with a 500 big blind ante, with draw games having an 800 big blind ante. There will be 15-minute breaks after every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 16. Come back for all the action as the PokerNews team will be bringing updates from the floor every step of the way.