Yu and Johns Looking to go Back-to-Back as Day 1 Complete
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After 10 hour-long levels of min-betting, Day 1 of Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship is in the books and 41 players remain from the 120 that started.
Bagging the chip lead was Ben Yu (360,000) who entered at the end of registration after winning his second WSOP bracelet in Event #34: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship only a few hours before. In just two levels, Yu was amazingly able to over septuple his starting stack and is looking to win back-to-back $10,000 Championship events.
Also looking to go back-to-back but in a different way is Ian Johns (272,000) who is second in chips. Johns is looking to defend his title in this very same event from last year's WSOP where he beat a field of 110 players for $290,635.
Rounding out the top three in chips is Daniel Negreanu (260,500) who is looking to improve on his second-, third- and sixth-place finishes in this year's WSOP and earn his seventh gold bracelet.
Other big stacks include Kevin Song (246,500), Michael Ross (240,000) and Phil Hellmuth (225,500).
Some notables who failed to make it through the day were multiple bracelet winners Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel and Mike Matusow, who ran 
into 
near the end of the day to bust.
Play resumes Tuesday at 2 p.m. so be sure to follow all of the updates at PokerNews.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Brock Parker | United States | 176,500 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Jared Talarico | United States | 121,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Ray Henson | United States | 78,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | John Monnette | United States | 53,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Dan Shak | United States | 124,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Aaron Sacks | United States | 110,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Ian Johns | United States | 272,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Aron Dermer | United States | 128,500 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Bryan Lazarski | United States | 39,500 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 225,500 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | 147,500 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 59,500 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 82,500 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Jon Turner | United States | 104,000 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Tom McCormick | United States | 190,500 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Ben Yu | United States | 360,000 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 8 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 105,000 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Michael O'Grady | Australia | 112,000 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Ryan Turner | United States | 54,000 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Todd Witteles | United States | 54,000 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Terrence Chan | Canada | 80,500 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Mark Klecan | Canada | 211,000 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Eric Froehlich | United States | 107,000 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 144,500 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Kevin Song | United States | 246,500 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 170,500 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 2 | Jeff Thompson | United States | 153,500 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 160,000 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Sean Berrios | United States | 187,500 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Joe McKeehen | United States | 209,000 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 130,500 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 7 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 185,000 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 8 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 132,500 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Jameson Painter | United States | 24,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Bryce Landier | United States | 91,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Michael Ross | United States | 240,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Ayman Qutami | United States | 169,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Mike Schneider | United States | 197,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | JC Tran | United States | 190,500 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 115,500 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 260,500 |
flop, Bonomo checked, Tran bet, Bonomo raised, and Tran called. 
and Bonomo bet. Tran called and the river was the 
. Bonomo bet, Tran raised and Bonomo called. 
for the second-nut flush, good for the pot.
and over 30,000 in the pot, Hellmuth bet in the big blind. Mizzi raised, Hellmuth made it three bets, and Mizzi called. 
river, Hellmuth bet and Mizzi called. 
. 
and Ramos was eliminated.
, giving Chidwick a better hand with aces and jacks with a king kicker to eliminate Moore.
flop, Henson bet and the button called. The turn was the 
and Henson bet again. The button folded and the hands were tabled. 
didn't change that. Henson won the hand and eliminated Sammartino and the other all-in player.
and Ramos bet. McKeehen called and the turn was the 
, good for the pot.
river, Johns checked again, his opponent bet, and Johns check-raised again. His opponent called and Johns tabled 
. The board ran out 
. Negreanu's hand just kept getting better and he knocked out his opponent.
