WSOP Event #58 Day 1b – Dutt Claims Overall Lead
The second and final opening day flight in the $1,111 ‘Little One For One Drop’ saw another 2,523 players take to the felt to bring the overall total up to 4,756 across both days, this number was then drastically shortened to just 588 who will now go onto join the 428 that beat Day 1a into Day 2.
The leader from Day 1b actually proved to be the overall leader in the event after the haul made by Suraj Dutt of 90,125 was enough to beat out the top score of 85,225 made by Mikolaj Zawadzki on Day 1.
He found also found himself ahead of some real notables on the day, with PokerStars Team pro Humberto Brenes, Brynn Kenney, Bryan Piccioli, Antonio Esfandiari and Barry Greenstein found in the chasing pack right behind him.
Welp @MastaP89 convinced me to late reg the #droplet last minute w/ 20bbs. Started w 4k, played 4 lvls, ended w 56.7k. Restart 300/600 tmrw.
— Bryan Piccioli (@theczar19) July 5, 2013
4756 entries for the $1111 Little One for One Drop. 940 left after day 1. Average is 22k. I have 38k. 63BB. #wsop58
— Barry Greenstein (@barrygreenstein) July 5, 2013
The are some more notable names a little further back in the pack that cannot be counted out just yet too as Vladimir Geshkenbein, Joseph Cheong, Toby Lewis, Victor Ramdin, Ronnie Bardah and Mike McDonald all managed to build sufficient stacks to see them progress into Day 2.
Though they are not at the top end of the counts they will still be counting their blessings that they are still in the event as others couldn’t quite make it. Amongst those that did suffer elimination on Day 1b were Phil Ivey, Pius Heinz, Joe Cada, Carlos Mortensen, Chris Moorman, Phil Laak and T.J Cloutier. Ivey was in fact the very last elimination of the evening, further compounding his poor WSOP so far.
The Top Ten From Day 1b!
Suraj Dutt – 90,125
Philip Meulyzer – 86,950
Humberto Brenes – 67,750
Bryn Kenney – 58,000
Bryan Piccioli – 56,700
Henry Van Tran – 56,250
Antonio Esfandiari – 53,000
Senovio Ramirez III – 51,500
Gaetano Buda – 50,000
Richard Dubini – 49,800
Catch Day 2 of the event in our report tomorrow after the action which starts at 1pm ET finishes up after another gruelling session at the felt. Also, do not forget that a certain Main Event is starting up on Saturday, so make sure you have us bookmarked to stay on top of the action.
