Lander Lijo was seen raking in a healthy-sized pot with James Calderaro being the one to pay out the chips.
The full board of 2♥7♥5♦3♠4♣ was laid out on the table and Lijo's K♣K♥ was the winner as Calderaro's hand was already in the muck.
Alexandru Papazian opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 5,500. The button called before Felipe Ketzer three-bet to 19,000 from the small blind. Only Papazian called.
Ketzer checked the 10♥7♦2♦ flop over to Papazian who fired 12,500 into the middle. Ketzer tossed his cards into the muck while Papazian added to his table leading stack.
Action folded around to Owen Dodd in the small blind who limped in for 2,500. Mathew Frankland was sitting in the big blind and wanted to play for more, bumping things up to 10,000. Dodd reraised to 43,500 before Frankland moved all in for 200,000. Dodd gave it a thought but eventually released his hand.
On a board of 10♥6♣3♠6♥, Stephen Song ended up calling off his stack of around 50,000 on the turn after Jessica Teusl put him all in.
Stephen Song: Q♣3♥ 
Jessica Teusl: J♦10♣
Song never received any help on the 5♥ river which meant he was eliminated in one of the opening hands of the day.
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the $10,000 6-Handed.
Nível: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
After an eventful Day 1 in Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship, 151 players will return for the second day of play at 1 p.m. which takes place at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
There were a total of 418 entries on Day 1 but that number will almost certainly rise as late registration remains open until the end of Level 11 (around 2 p.m.). The prize pool and payout information can be expected shortly after registration closes.
It's Taiwan's James Chen that leads the pack after he amassed a stack of 502,500 chips throughout Day 1. Hot on his heels are the likes of Scott Ball (475,500), Alejandro Lococo (383,000), and Adrian Mateos (360,000), the latter of which was deep in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event but was cruelly eliminated after his aces were cracked on Day 5.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Chen | Taiwan | 502,500 | 201 |
| 2 | Scott Ball | United States | 475,500 | 190 |
| 3 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 426,000 | 170 |
| 4 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 383,000 | 153 |
| 5 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 360,000 | 144 |
| 6 | Paulius Plausinaitis | Lithuania | 353,000 | 141 |
| 7 | Sergi Reixach | United Kingdom | 345,000 | 138 |
| 8 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 333,000 | 133 |
| 9 | Tzur Levy | Israel | 320,000 | 128 |
| 10 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 314,000 | 126 |
The defending champion, Alexandre Reard, is also still in the mix with a stack of 63,500 chips. Reard banked $1,057,663 for his victory back in 2023 after topping a field of 550 entries, which saw the Frenchman bag his second WSOP bracelet.
An array of $25K Fantasy Draft players are still in the mix with the aforementioned Chen, Ball, and Mateos plus Aram Zobian (228,000), Andrew Lichtenberger (197,500), Toby Lewis (158,000), Joao Simao (151,500), Adam Hendrix (120,900), Samuel Laskowitz (105,500), Renan Bruschi (100,000), Wing Po Liu (95,500), Stephen Song (65,000), & Brian Yoon (42,500).
The plan for the day is to play ten 60-minute levels with those that successfully navigate their way through then coming back for Day 3 tomorrow, Monday July 15.
When play gets underway at 1 p.m. the blinds will be at Level 11 — 1,000/2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500. The average stack sits at just over 166,000 chips, which is slightly more than 66 big blinds.
Make sure to keep yourself updated on this event plus the final two tables of the WSOP Main Event right here on PokerNews.
Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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