London resident Matthieu Rodriguez continued to climb. He opened in early position to 25,000 and a player went all in on the button for 200,000. Rodriguez called.
Player at risk: 10♥10♦
Matthieu Rodriguez: A♦J♣
The board came A♥K♥8♠3♠J♠ and Rodriguez knockout another player to take the lead with around 480 players left.
Chino Rheem has secured his third cash of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in this year’s World Series of Poker Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack, but with a stack of 2,450,000 he will be looking to make his deepest run of the year in the concluding action on Day 2, and perhaps secure that elusive first bracelet. Rheem has racked up those chips in his usual brash, fun-loving, aggressive style, while navigating a field of 3,778 that shattered last year’s field of 2,812.
That record-breaking field generated a prize pool of $2,659,712, of which first place will receive $339,033. All of the remaining 238 players will receive at least $1,977.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Chino Rheem
United States
2,450,000
82
2
Pat Lyons
United States
2,360,000
79
3
Paul Grande
United States
2,055,000
69
4
Li Yan
United States
1,815,000
61
5
Antoine Saout
France
1,620,000
54
6
Alphonsus Yoon
Canada
1,600,000
53
7
Ryan Goindoo
Trinidad & Tobago
1,600,000
53
8
Tsubasa Sasaki
Japan
1,595,000
53
9
Camille Brown
United States
1,535,000
51
10
David Bullinger
United States
1,520,000
51
Scattered across the wide field many notable names bought into the event, including WSOP Main Event Champions Ryan Reiss and Koray Aldemir (1,465,000;) and bracelet winners Martin Finger, Mike Leah, Anthony Marquez, Blair Hinkle, Leo Margets, Adrian Buckley, Eric Baldwin, Pat Lyons, and Tommy Nguyen.
Other notable players include Paul Grande (2,055,000), Antoine Saout (1,620,000), Sebastien Comel (1,260,000), Haoqi Xie (1,050,000), and Matthieu Rodriguez (1,000,000).
Koray Aldemir
Play resumes on June 19 with a 10:00 a.m. local time restart at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, and play down to a winner. There will be 15-minute breaks every four levels and a dinner break that is to be decided.
The players come back to Level 23, which means blinds are 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante.
Follow all the action right here on PokerNews to see who is crowned the next WSOP champion.
