Obara Leads Way; Norton Chasing Second Bracelet in a Week
A total of 997 entrants played in Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, creating a prize pool of $2,661,990 and a first-place prize of $474,102. Only 41 hopefuls remain to take home a World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet.
Leading the way is Jun Obara who bagged 3,010,000 chips on Day 1. Obara gradually built the chips throughout the day including a big pot early in the day when he made aces full against two opponents and got a full triple up. Bagging second is chips was Rostyslav Sabishchenko with a total of 2,020,000. However, not far behind them is Chad Norton who bagged 1,090,000. Norton won his first WSOP gold bracelet this week after taking down Event #46: No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack and earning himself $214,830 and will be looking to repeat.
Many other bracelet winners are still in the mix, including Brian Rast (1,665,000), Manig Loeser (1,375,000), Sejin Park (920,000), Georgios Sotiropoulos (770,000) and Alan Sternberg (505,000).
Other notables still chasing the victory include, John Gallaher, (1,700,000), Uri Reichenstein, (1,660,000), and Romain Lewis (1,335,000).
The action is set to kick off at 2 p.m. at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in the Amazon Gold section. The blinds will return at 15,000/30,000/30,000. Levels will be 30-minutes each and there will be a 15-minute break after every four levels. Play will continue until a champion is crowned.
Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Remaining Payouts
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $474,102 |
| 2 | $293,102 |
| 3 | $201,913 |
| 4 | $141,478 |
| 5 | $100,827 |
| 6 | $73,107 |
| 7 | $53,946 |
| 8-9 | $40,525 |
| 10-12 | $31,002 |
| 13-18 | $24,160 |
| 19-24 | $19,187 |
| 25-30 | $15,534 |
| 31-36 | $12,826 |
| 37-42 | $10,803 |
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runout and he was eliminated from the tournament.
flop and Mattsson was able to hold as the board completed with the 
on the turn and the 
turn did give Sternberg a little sweat as it paired the board bringing possible chop outs, but the board completed with the 
on the river and secured his double-up.
, for Mackoff's queens to hold. Loosli was left with only 15,000 after the hand and was seen walking out of the tournament room shortly after.
flop hit the felt. Rast tossed out 20,000 and after a clock was called, Andler tossed in his last four chips. 
, pairing Benitez's king. The 
, giving Reichenstein a set and Gallaher the nut flush. Reichenstein couldn't find a paired board as it completed with the 
