Wooram Cho has already had some impressive results here at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov. He's cashed in six separate events so far, most notably having made the final table in Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha, finishing seventh for €28,100. Today he continued on his succesful trajectory at this year's WSOPE by bagging the Day 1 chip lead for Event #10: €2,000 8-Game Mix, finishing the night 604,000 chips, worth 60 big blinds.
Cho has more than twice as many chips as nearly all other players going into Day 2, with the only exceptions being his two closest challengers, Dainius Antanaitis (497,000) and four-time bracelet winner Max Pescatori (355,000).
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wooram Cho | South Korea | 604,000 | 30 |
| 2 | Dainius Antanaitis | Lithuania | 497,000 | 25 |
| 3 | Max Pescatori | Italy | 355,000 | 18 |
| 4 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 296,000 | 15 |
| 5 | Maurizio Melara | Italy | 285,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Ian Bradley | United Kingdom | 248,000 | 12 |
| 7 | Daniel Habl | Germany | 231,000 | 11 |
| 8 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russian Federation | 198,000 | 9 |
| 9 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 190,000 | 9 |
| 10 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | 186,000 | 9 |
Today's event drew a field of 97 total entrants to create a prize pool of €170,477, 24 of whom managed to bag and tag at the end of the night. Among the notables to survive fourteen 40-minute levels include Nacho Barbero (296,000), Roland Israelashvili (190,000), Jerry Odeen (175,000), Ole Schemion (157,000), Viktor Blom (145,000), winner of Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Wing Po Liu (128,000), Anson Tsang (116,000), Oleksii Kovalchuk (115,000), Michael Rodrigues (100,000), Hok Lee (90,000), and Renji Mao (32,000).
Other notables from today's Day 1 who did not manage to find a bag at the end of the night include Michael Rocco, Hal Rotholz, Axel Hallay, Felipe Ramos, Roman Hrabec, Stuart Rutter, Aaron Duczak, James Chen and Jonathan Pastore.
Day 2 will begin tomorrow, November 9th, at 1:00 p.m. local time, with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and limits at 10,000/20,000. Only 15 will make the money and be guaranteed at least a min-cash of €3,092. However, all eyes will undoubtedly be on the top prize of €47,770 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
PokerNews will also be back for Day 2, providing live updates as the field whittles down toward the money bubble.
