John Pannucci Leads After Day 1 of Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em; 227 Remain
The players have bagged and headed home after Day 1 of Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The event cumulated 1,351 entries, generating a prize pool of $1,823,850, though only 227 players advanced to Day 2 with John Pannucci bagging the biggest stack with 235,400. Pannucci, with $33,797 in total live earnings, will be looking to make his first-ever WSOP cash of his career a memorable one.
However, first he will have to make the money, and with 227 players returning and only 203 set to make the money, some will be leaving empty-handed. With a min-cash worth $2,251, there is a decent chance the bubble will burst fast, but it is the $323,472 top prize as well as a prestigious gold bracelet that all will have their eye on.
Pannucci is followed in the counts by Akin Tuna (169,900), who, with $516,791 in total live earnings, will be a serious competitor on Day 2. It is 2016 November Niner Kenny Hallaert who completes the podium with a stack of 155,400. Hallaert will be looking to improve on his 7th place finish in this same event last year, where he cashed for $58,083.
Other notables coming into Day 2 include Kfir Nahum (151,400), Mark Radoja (54,000), Mikhail Semin (51,500), Matt Glantz (41,300), Victor Ramdin (23,500), Jimmy Guerrero (23,300), Richard Dubini (22,400) with Gaelle Baumann (14,900) and Dutch Boyd (11,800) as short stacks.
Many players and bracelets winners took a shot in this event after busting the Main Event but didn’t find a bag at the end of day such as: Daniel Negreanu, Tony Dunst, Allyn Shulman, Joe McKeehen, Max Silver, Todd Witteles, Jonathan Little, Bob Buckenmayer, Mike Watson, Olivier Busquet, Julien Martini and Kalidou Sow.
Play resumes Friday at 2pm with 10 more levels scheduled with a 15-minute break every two levels. There will be a dinner break after the sixth level (≈ 8:30 p.m.).
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and the big blind player and Costello checked. The third player bet 3,500 and only Costello made the call. 
. Costello checked once more and snap-called the all-in bet of her opponent for a stack around 30,000 with 
for a set of sevens. Her opponent, holding 
, was drawing dead and got eliminated after a 
fell on the river.
when the small blind bet 1,600. Christian Harder made the call and the dealer revealed a 
on the turn. The same action happened, this time for 4,500.
and after some thinking, the small blind announced all in for a stack of around 28,000. Harder thought about it for a minute and ended up making the call. His opponent turned over 
for trip eights and Harder quickly mucked 
for two pair.
and after two checks, Justin Liberto bet 2,000 into the pot. There was one fold and one call before Sergi Reixach raised it up to 8,000. Liberto went over him for around 10,000 all-in and with the other player passing, the two were heads up.
turn pushed Reixach way into the lead and the 
river kept him there, sending Liberto to the rail.
runout couldn't help him and he hit the rail.
and after Srinivasan and the initial player checked, the third player made a bet of 600. Both made the call and checked again on the turn 
completed the board on the river and Srinivasan bet 1,000. His opponent called and showed 
for trips, leaving Turner to collect the pot.
