WSOP Event #39 Day 1 – Paez Claims Early Lead

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The $1.5k Seven Card Stud event was another that got underway today as Day 1 played out with 558 players opting to take a chance. They were condensed down to just 155 to be returning on Day 2 a little later today after they played through eight levels.

Raul Paez will be the happiest with his performance after finishing at the top of the chip counts with a total of 58,400. He will however be looking over his shoulder at the most successful player of all time at the World Series Of Poker in Phil Hellmuth with 40,200 chips in second place.

To make matters worse, he has other big name players near the top with big stacks including Joe Hachem, Mike Leah, Dutch Boyd and Mike Sexton.

End of Day 1 #WSOP Stud 8/b: I'm one of chip leaders w 40,200. 558 started, 155 left, ave 16,000. Going for 99th cash AND Bracelet #14!

— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) June 22, 2013

Didn't want to update till I got the day2 monkey off my, and I just did in th stud Hilo 🙂 now to come back tomorrow and win! @wsop

— Joe Hachem (@JosephHachem) June 22, 2013

They are a scary bunch to have behind you but he will be happy that there were some names that didn’t make the cut on Day 1 such as Vanessa Selbst, Marcel Luske, Brandon Cantu, George Danzer, Ana Marquez, David Bach and Martin Staszko.

Early exit Stud/8. Anyway, you can't run hot in EVERY tournament. Probably take a little break until the PLO/8 on Tuesday.

— david bach (@gunslingerbach) June 22, 2013

The Current Top Ten!

Raul Paez – 58,400

Phil Hellmuth – 40,200

Matt Vengrin – 31,600

Mike Leah – 31,600

Layne Flack – 28,000

Joe Hachem – 24,000

Tom Koral – 23,200

Aaron Steury – 22,900

Reza Golestani – 20,700

Yuval Bronshtein – 20,000

Though the money bubble has yet to be busted, 56 of the players will be finishing this event in the money. Below we have listed what the top payouts will be, whilst the minimum will be $2,809.

The Top Ten Payouts!

1^st – $184,590

2^nd – $114,109

3^rd – $71,736

4^th – $51,488

5^th – $37,552

6^th – $27,834

7^th – $20,964

8^th – $16,037

9^th – $12,459

10^th – $12,459

Check back tomorrow to see who can turn this Stud event into a real chance of a gold bracelet. Could Hellmuth really have a chance at adding another bracelet to his huge collection? Well, if he can make Day 3, there is every chance of that happening.

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