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Brandon Hall Leads the Field into Day 2 of $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Event
Yesterday's Day 1 of Event #15: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas hosted 2,454 entrants and generated a prize pool of $3,276,090, of which 369 players were to be paid. The bubble burst by the end of the day's proceedings and 161 players bagged and tagged chips for Day 2.
Brandon Hall was the chip leader after 17 levels of play yesterday. Hall will defend his stack against the remaining players in the second day of this event, who are all guaranteed at least $2,400.
Also bagging decent stacks were Stevens Chen, Matthew Moore, and Allan Le, winner of the 2016 $1500 Mixed PLO/8, Omaha/8, and Big O.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Hall | United States | 1,440,000 | 144 |
| 2 | Stevens Chen | United States | 1,100,000 | 110 |
| 3 | Mathew Moore | United States | 924,000 | 92 |
| 4 | Allan Le | United States | 800,000 | 80 |
| 5 | Michael Jagroo | United States | 798,000 | 80 |
| 6 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 774,000 | 77 |
| 7 | Adam Swan | United States | 765,000 | 77 |
| 8 | Jack O'Neill | United Kingdom | 762,000 | 76 |
| 9 | Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | Colombia | 762,000 | 76 |
| 10 | Dorian Rios | Venezuela | 752,000 | 75 |
Some notable players will be returning to compete on Day 2 include Maria Ho, James Romero, John Monnette, winner of four bracelets and a fourth place finish in this year's Event #9: $1,500 7 Card Stud, Upeshka De Silva, three time bracelet winner, and Bradley Jansen, the winner of this event in 2021.
Ho made a major comeback building up her chip stack from a short stack to a decent stack for Day 2. The defending champion Leo Soma was knocked out.
Players return today at 10:00 a.m. local time in Level 18 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante. Ten 60-minute levels will be played with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 23 (approximately 4:30 p.m.).
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