Will Givens Bags the Chip Lead in Event #81: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
Day 1 of Event #81: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack attracted 1,921 entrants to create a total prize pool of $1,352,384 with 289 players making the money with a minimum payout being $1,280 After a long fourteen hours of play, only 121 players remain.
Will Givens, who has over $2.6 million dollars in live earnings, will enter Day 2 with the chip lead in his quest for his second taste of WSOP gold. Marc Lange (1,865,000), William Blais (1,500,000), Jonathan Press (1,470,000), Christine Park (1,460,000), and Nikolay Yosifov (1,380,000) of the top stacks captured.
$800 NLHE Deepstack Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Givens | United States | 2,440,000 | 81 |
| 2 | Marc Lange | United States | 1,865,000 | 62 |
| 3 | William Blais | Canada | 1,500,000 | 50 |
| 4 | Jonathan Press | United States | 1,470,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Christine Park | Canada | 1,460,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | 1,380,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Eduardo Amaral | Brazil | 1,310,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Serhii Holodiuk | Ukraine | 1,305,000 | 44 |
| 9 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 1,270,000 | 42 |
| 10 | John O'Neal | United States | 1,210,000 | 40 |
This event drew a few notables such as five-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, recent WSOP bracelet winner Pat Lyons, Women Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert, and the 2020 Main Event Champ Damian Salas.
All remaining players who bagged will return for Day 2 on Friday, Nov. 19 at 12 p.m. and will start on Level 23 with the blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante. The dinner break to be determined tomorrow and it will play down to a winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
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landed on the river, giving Park a set for another double up.
only improving Givens to four-of-a-kind quad queens and eliminating an opponent from the field.
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and Holodiuk checked to the preflop raiser as well before he fired 100,000. Shaker snap-folded and Holodiuk ripped all-in for a little over 800,000 and the raiser snap-called off his 520,000 before Shaker mucked his hand.
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which was no help to Spriggs and he was eliminated. Givens now holds a massive chip lead late on Day 1 of this one.
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