Michael Watson Ends Day 1 Near the Lead in the Hunt for His First Bracelet in Event #10 $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO
The WSOP Online continued at GGPoker with some four-card action on Saturday with 975 entries coming out in full force in Event #10: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO to generate a $366,600 prize pool with $55,369 waiting up top for the winner at the end of Day 2.
Day 1 ended deep in the money with just a dozen survivors after 32 levels of play. China's "A LEI" will enter Sunday's final day of action with a chip-leading stack of 6,347,644.
Meanwhile, Mike Watson made a late run in his hunt for his first career WSOP braclet to finish second in chips with 6,003,154 with Noam "lamalo21" Garama ending the day in third place with 4,834,838.
Event #10 Day 1 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A LEI | China | 6,347,644 | 91 |
| 2 | Michael Watson | Canada | 6,003,154 | 86 |
| 3 | Noam "lamalo21" Garama | Israel | 4,834,838 | 69 |
| 4 | shrekpoker91 | Ukraine | 4,331,699 | 62 |
| 5 | Roland "Quina Quen" Czika | Hungary | 3,711,633 | 53 |
| 6 | Arkadiusz "Noksukow" Liszewski | Poland | 3,599,189 | 51 |
| 7 | WisdomTree | Georgia | 2,924,130 | 42 |
| 8 | Jingxiang "Fuzzy Wuzzy!" Ong | Singapore | 1,812,069 | 26 |
| 9 | Pulkit Goyal | India | 1,798,754 | 26 |
| 10 | Kingofeast | China | 1,518,834 | 22 |
| 11 | George Wolff | Canada | 1,074,912 | 15 |
| 12 | Vangelis "love4betting" Kaimakamis | Greece | 1,043,144 | 15 |
| Total | 39,000,000 | 557 | ||
| Average | 3,250,000 | 46 |
Other notable players still fighting for a bracelet are Pulkit Goyal, Jingxiang "Fuzzy Wuzzy!" Ong, George Wolff, and Vangelis "love4betting" Kaimakamis. Meanwhile, Mauricio "Promoking" Ferreira Pais, Andras Nemeth, Adam Owen, Tyler "TheRayGuy" Cornell, and James Chen were among the players to cash but come up short of the final day.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $55,369 |
| 2 | $40,033 |
| 3 | $28,944 |
| 4 | $20,927 |
| 5 | $15,131 |
| 6 | $10,940 |
| 7 | $7,910 |
| 8 | $5,681 |
| 9 | $4,819 |
| 10-11 | $4,087 |
| 12-15 | $3,466 |
Final Day Stucture
The final day will begin on Sunday, Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. GMT on Level 33, with blinds at 35,000/70,000 with an ante of 8,500. Levels will run for 15 minutes until the final table of seven is reached. Blinds will then roll back at the beginning of the final table so that the field sits with at least an average of 40 big blinds and the levels will increase a certain number of hands instead of by time until a winner is declared.
Make sure to return at 1 p.m. GMT on Sunday, August 15 to see who will win the WSOP Bracelet. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you the action until there is a winner.