Bryan Pimlott raised from the hijack and James Little reraised in the cutoff. The action folded back to Pimlott who just called to see a flop of A♥Q♠3♦.
Pimlott checked to Little who continued with a bet and Pimlott called. The turn was the 7♥ and Pimlott checked again. Little made another bet and Pimlott check-raised this time. Little called off his last 500 chips and the cards were tabled.
James Little: A♦10♥
Bryan Pimlott: A♣J♥
Both players flopped a pair of aces but it was Pimlott with the better kicker. The 5♣ on the river changed nothing and Little was bounced late on Day 1.
Thomas Taylor raised it up in the cutoff and was called by Dale Eberle on the button. The flop came Q♥9♣4♦, and Taylor continued with a bet. Eberle stuck in a raise, and Taylor called.
The turn was the 5♥, and Taylor check-called a bet from Eberle. The 10♥ landed on the river, and Taylor took over the betting lead again. Eberle just called, and Taylor showed 10♠9♠ for two pair. Eberle flipped over K♥J♠ for a straight and was awarded the pot.
Day 1 of Event #58 of the World Series of Poker, the $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, has ended. After ten hour-long levels, 115 of the 263 entrants put their chips in their bags and progressed to Day 2.
"Am I one of the chip leaders?" asked Gregory Josephson while he was bagging his 241,000 chips. It seems like he is not only one of the top stacks but the biggest stack on the first day of the competition. He is one of the few players who have more than 200,000 chips. Daniel Maczuga (217,500) is also on this big stack list.
Justin Lapka (176,000) and JJ Liu (165,000) are also way above average. The same goes for six-time WSOP champion Michael Mizrachi, who filled his overnight chip bag with 163,000 chips.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
Big Bets
1
Gregory Josephson
United States
241,000
96
48
2
Daniel Maczuga
United States
217,500
87
44
3
Kyle Dilschneider
United States
194,500
78
39
4
Andrew Barfield
United States
184,000
74
37
5
Matthew Mortensen
United States
177,000
71
35
6
Justin Lapka
United States
176,500
71
35
7
Dan Shak
United States
175,000
70
35
8
Yingui Li
China
168,000
67
34
9
JJ Liu
United States
165,000
66
33
10
Michael Mizrachi
United States
163,000
65
33
Other notable players to look out for on Day 2 include Maria Ho (126,000) or Benny Glaser (83,000), and Japan's Ryutaro Suzuki (87,500). Almost all day long, the Japanese player had Eli Elezra on his left; Elezra comes back on June 26 with 52,500 chips.
Towards the bottom of the chip counts, we find players such as Joe McKeehen. The 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion will have 14 big blinds (34,500) at the restart on Day 2.
On the contrary, Day 1 wasn't successful for almost 150 players. The 2021 WSOP Champion Koray Aldemir didn't reach the end of the day. Neither did Kristen Foxen, Shimizu Nozomu, Robert Campbell, six-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings, or Pedro Marques.
The 115 remaining players come back on June 26, at 1:00 p.m. local time at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 of the event. They will restart on Level 11, with blinds of 1,500/2,500 and limits of 2,500/5,000. They will and play ten more levels, each lasting 60 minutes, before wrapping up.
The bubble should burst during those ten levels, as 40 players will be in the money, with a min-cash worth $4,837. The tournament director announced a total prize pool of $702,210, with a top prize of $165,250 for the champion, along with a prestigious bracelet.
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$165,250
8-9
$14,619
2
$102,132
10-11
$10,819
3
$72,681
12-17
$8,061
4
$52,056
18-23
$6,046
5
$37,526
24-29
$5,668
6
$27,228
30-35
$5,290
7
$19,886
36-40
$4,837
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