Event #40: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

Event #40: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet

Day 1 Completed

06-20-2018 01:21 UTC-8

Kihara Looking for Bracelet #2 After Bagging $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Day 1 Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

After ten levels of player, just 51 players remain from a field of 205 that entered the $2,500 Big Bet Mix. This eclipsed the mark of 197 set last year. Leading the counts is former bracelet winner Naoya Kihara with 119,700.

"Last year, the first year this event took place, I made a Day 3 so I couldn't play it," said Kihara, "This year I was playing in cash games at the Bellagio, but I couldn't focus on those games. So I just cleared my mind and jumped in this. And I got lucky!"

Kihara won his bracelet back in 2012 in a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed event and had to weather his fair share of storms today. At one point he got kings in against the deuces of Jan Suchanek, only for his opponent to make backdoor quads. This put him down to 35,000 but he soared back up to bag a healthy stack.

Also bagging up a big stack is Dario Sammartino with 117,000. Sammartino is coming off the back of a third place in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship, his only cash of the WSOP so far, but last year he registered four top-10 finishes including a third place in Event #6: $111,111 HIGH ROLLER for ONE DROP.

Other notables still in contention include $50,000 Poker Player's Championship runner-up John Hennigan (111,850), who's having a monster series, last year's final tablist Andrew Kelsall (66,200) as well as Mike Matusow (72,300), Eli Elezra (70,000), David "ODB" Baker (41,075), Barry Greenstein (27,375), and Brian Rast (23,150).

There were multiple bracelet-winners aplenty during the early levels, with Brian Hastings, David Bach, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, John Monnette and Chris Vitch all joining in, creating a stacked field for the relatively modest buy-in of $2,500.

Iraj Parvizi lead this event last year after Day 1, but he would bust early on today, along with Jameson Painter, Mike Gorodinsky, Max Kruse, Robert Mizrachi and Phillip Hui. Players had the option of a single re-entry, and a number of the players eliminated early on took advantage of this.

The payouts were also confirmed today, with over $120,000 for first place.

Position	Payout (USD)
1	$122,138
2	$75,477
3	$49,541
4	$33,344
5	$23,028
6	$16,329

With the swings of the big bet mix starting to show, the chip lead changed hands throughout the day, with Bruno Fitoussi, Randy Ohel, John Racener and Ryan Riess all having spells atop the counts.

After registration closed, it looked like Jeff Lisandro would bag the chip lead after scooping a huge Big O pot to sit with over 130,000. However, the Australian would slip back down the counts as Kihara and Sammartino battled it out for the end of day chip lead. Eventually, it was the Japanese that would claim the top spot.

Coverage continues on Wednesday, June 20 from 2 p.m. here on PokerNews with the tournament expected to play down to a final table.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Brian Hastings Bruno Fitoussi Chris Vitch Dario Sammartino David Bach Iraj Parvizi Jameson Painter Jeff Lisandro John Monnette John Racener Max Kruse Mike Gorodinsky Mike Matusow Phillip Hui Randy Ohel Robert Mizrachi Ryan Riess

06-20-2018 01:17 UTC-8

Day 2 Seating and Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Amazon	429	1	Marcel Vonk	Netherlands	43,675	55
Amazon	429	2	Jeff Lisandro	Australia	109,450	137
Amazon	429	3	Joseph Couden	United States	37,100	46
Amazon	429	4	Brian Brunner	United States	25,375	32
Amazon	429	5	Perry Green	United States	34,000	43
Amazon	429	6	Bruno Fitoussi	France	49,950	62

Amazon	430	1	Ty Stafford	United States	43,025	54
Amazon	430	2	Scott Bohlman	United States	114,000	143
Amazon	430	3	Scott Clements	United States	60,650	76
Amazon	430	4	Naoya Kihara	Japan	119,700	150
Amazon	430	5	Yan Shing Tsang	Hong Kong	42,000	53
Amazon	430	6	Tyler Meservy	United States	33,500	42

Amazon	431	1	Eli Elezra	United States	70,000	88
Amazon	431	2	Brian Rast	United States	23,150	29
Amazon	431	3	Magnus Edengren	Sweden	28,750	36
Amazon	431	4	Per Hildebrand	Sweden	30,750	38
Amazon	431	5	Randy Ohel	United States	66,250	83
Amazon	431	6	Mike Wattel	United States	16,650	21

Amazon	437	2	Michel Leibgorin	France	56,100	70
Amazon	437	3	John Hennigan	United States	111,850	140
Amazon	437	4	Steven Tabb	United States	34,600	43
Amazon	437	5	Mike Matusow	United States	73,200	92
Amazon	437	6	Chris Ferguson	United States	13,800	17

Amazon	438	1	Jake Schwartz	United States	48,000	60
Amazon	438	2	Shaun Deeb	United States	65,750	82
Amazon	438	3	David "ODB" Baker	United States	41,075	51
Amazon	438	4	Todd Barlow	United States	22,300	28
Amazon	438	5	Stuart Rutter	United Kingdom	77,250	97

Amazon	439	1	Ismael Bojang	Germany	12,400	16
Amazon	439	2	Warwick Mirzikinian	Australia	43,600	55
Amazon	439	3	Jeremy Harkin	United States	66,400	83
Amazon	439	5	Marco Johnson	United States	34,050	43
Amazon	439	6	Daniel Harmetz	United States	100,000	125

Amazon	445	1	Ryan Hughes	United States	41,725	52
Amazon	445	2	Andrew Kelsall	United States	66,200	83
Amazon	445	3	Jim Collopy	United States	36,750	46
Amazon	445	4	Dario Sammartino	Italy	117,650	147
Amazon	445	5	Barry Greenstein	United States	27,375	34
Amazon	445	6	Alex Difelice	United States	59,000	74

Amazon	446	1	Raymond Henson	United States	64,500	81
Amazon	446	2	Aaron Rogers	United States	73,325	92
Amazon	446	3	Shiva Dudani	United States	44,000	55
Amazon	446	4	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	84,100	105
Amazon	446	5	Jeffrey Mitseff	United States	11,000	14
Amazon	446	6	Maria Ho	United States	18,575	23

Amazon	447	1	Noah Bronstein	United States	21,475	27
Amazon	447	2	Joao Vieira	Portugal	25,700	32
Amazon	447	3	Max Pescatori	Italy	44,450	56
Amazon	447	4	John Racener	United States	88,400	111
Amazon	447	5	Daniel Weinman	United States	59,875	75
Amazon	447	6	Jerry Wong	United States	59,812	75

06-20-2018 01:15 UTC-8

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	119,700 50,700	50,700

Dario Sammartino	117,650 66,650	66,650

Scott Bohlman	114,000 114,000	114,000

John Hennigan	111,850 24,850	24,850

Jeff Lisandro	109,450 -20,550	-20,550

Daniel Harmetz	100,000 100,000	100,000
John Racener	88,400 45,400	45,400

Brandon Shack-Harris	84,100 36,100	36,100

Stuart Rutter	77,250 27,250	27,250
Aaron Rogers	73,325 73,325	73,325
Mike Matusow	73,200 7,200	7,200

Eli Elezra	70,000 36,000	36,000

Jeremy Harkin	66,400 66,400	66,400

Randy Ohel	66,250 26,250	26,250

Andrew Kelsall	66,200 40,200	40,200

Shaun Deeb	65,750 36,750	36,750

Ray Henson	64,500 44,500	44,500
Scott Clements	60,650 16,650	16,650

Daniel Weinman	59,875 -13,125	-13,125

Jerry Wong	59,812 19,812	19,812

Alex Difelice	59,000 -1,000	-1,000
Michel Leibgorin	56,100 -8,900	-8,900
Bruno Fitoussi	49,950 -50	-50
Jake Schwartz	48,000 48,000	48,000
Max Pescatori	44,450 -6,750	-6,750

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06-20-2018 00:49 UTC-8

Difelice Doubles With Flush Over Flush

Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

All the cards were dealt when we arrived at the table. Alex Difelice had in front of him and his opponent had laying in front of him.

The board on the table was and the dealer was counting Difelice's chips because he just earned himself a full double-up right before the end of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Difelice	60,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Alex Difelice

06-20-2018 00:34 UTC-8

Nines Are No Good for Negreanu

Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Dario Sammartino opened the betting action by raising to 2,500. The only player to call was big blind Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu drew two and Sammartino only drew one.

Both players checked after the draw and Sammartino put a out there. Negreanu laughed and showed and Sammartino tabled the rest of his hand, to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	51,000 18,000	18,000

Daniel Negreanu	23,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Dario Sammartino

06-20-2018 00:30 UTC-8

Final Level Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Cousineau	Busted
Rainer Kempe	Busted
Adam Owen	Busted

06-20-2018 00:21 UTC-8

Green Doubles Through Sammartino

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Perry Green was all in for 20,050 from the small blind and Dario Sammartino called.

Green drew one and sounded relieved when Sammartino also drew one.

Perry Green:
Dario Sammartino:

Green went first and showed a . Sammartino peeled his card and showed a and Green doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Perry Green	41,000 9,000	9,000

Dario Sammartino	33,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Perry Green

06-20-2018 00:20 UTC-8

Lisandro Wins Huge All-In Pot for the Chip Lead

Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Big O

The under the gun player had raised to 1,500 and the player in the small blind called. Jeff Lisandro was the big blind and he decided to raise it up to 6,000. Both players called and there was a big pot brewing.

The flop was and the player in the small blind decided to lead out with a pot-sized bet of 18,600. Lisandro called and the preflop raiser folded his hand.

The was the turn and that's where all the chips went to the middle. The player in the small blind pushed all-in for about 25,000 and Lisandro called.

Jeff Lisandro:
Small Blind:

The river was the and there was no low on the board possible. Lisandro won the huge pot with just his pair of aces, eliminating his opponent in the meantime. Lisandro is now the chip leader of the tournament with just over 40 minutes left to play on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Lisandro	130,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: Jeff Lisandro

Level: 10

PLO/PLO8/Big O/PLTD: Ante 125 - SB 400 - BB 800
NLHE: Ante 200 - SB 400 - BB 800