The WSOP 2013

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Esfandiari

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Faraz Jaka

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Last night was mentla, pez is a hero

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Tokay where's your Matt Perrins interview?

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Tokay where's your Matt Perrins interview?

Not done it yet Sim.

Fingers crossed we can, though, hoping to bump into him once he has come down to earth.

[Tal]

You won't have to do it via videolink where he's wearing an orange jumpsuit, then?

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The Strip from the Voodoo Lounge

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Sam Grafton

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Mad Turk




After this, Turk was in a five way all in on Day1a!

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2013-world-series-of-poker/event-62-10-000-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/chips.67750.htm

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He was a dog in the hand

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scotty77

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Event #60: No-Limit Hold'em
EVENT IN PROGRESS:    Level: 21  |  Blinds: 6000/12000  |  Ante: 2000

    Buy-in: $1,500
    Prizepool: $3,430,350
    Entries: 2,541
    Remaining: 18

Daniel Cascado listed from the UK is 3/18

Lee Taylor cashed in 55th

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Event #61: Pot-Limit Omaha
EVENT IN PROGRESS:    Level: 17  |  Blinds: 3000/6000  |  Ante: 0

    Buy-in: $10,000
    Prizepool: $3,628,400
    Entries: 386
    Remaining: 40


Rickie Vedhara and Stephen Chidwick have cashed for the UK, Eoghan O'Dea for Ireland

Amongst those still in are Duhamel, Giannetti, Marchese, Alaei, Timoshenko, Cheong and Kravechenko

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Day 1a of the 2013 WSOP Main Event Concludes; Panesis Leads the Way
 

The first day of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event has come to a close, and what a way to kick off the greatest event on the face of the planet. Nearly 1,000 players took to action today, but it was Evan Panesis finishing on top of them all with 190,975 in chips. A couple hundred or so hit the rail before day's end, and official chip counts will be posted once received.

Day 1a is often known as the smallest and least star-studded of the starting days, but there were plenty of big names out in the field nonetheless. Arguably the most important player in the field today was the reigning champion Greg Merson, who delivered the "shuffle up and deal" speech before jumping in his seat for his title defense. Merson went on to finish with 81,600, giving him a very healthy stack moving forward.

Other notables in the field today were Joe Cada, Pius Heinz, Olivier Busquet, Brian Rast, Justin Bonomo, Elio Fox and Ivan Demidov, just to name a few. Heinz, the 2011 WSOP Main Event champion, was eliminated on the day when his opponent had rivered a Broadway straight against his trip sevens.

Things moved along nice and smooth in the event with not too much craziness happening, but then in the last level of the night, an insane five-way all-in pot went down on Table 443 in the Amazon Room that resulted in Mac Sohrabi winning a big main pot, Yurel Eminogla scooping a nice side pot, and the three other players being eliminated.

The advancing players will reconvene with those that survive from Day 1b for a joint Day 2 on Tuesday at 12 p.m.

 
Nick Crisp   184,075 appears as number 2 in the chip counts. This couldn't be Nick Crisp from Luton could it, the mild mannered betting shop manager and player of major fesitvals the world over?


We know tikay and Plinop got through

As there are about 700 players through, if you know of any more Brits going through to Day2 please post. If I see a full list I will do a comprehensive filter and list them all

[MereNovice]

I think the following is a comprehensive list of GB players who made it through day 1a in the Main Event.

5   Michael Wehner      GB   170325   /   445   /   2         
7   Yucel   Eminoglu      REDDITCH,   ,   GB   147425   Amazon   /   381   /   2   
13   Tomas Macnamara      NEWCASTLE,   GB   129900   Amazon   /   370   /   5
32   Liya Gerasimova      MOSCOW,   ,   GB   102950   Amazon   /   424   /   9   
34   Sean   Smith      Lowestoft,   ,   GB   101050   Amazon   /   430   /   5   
70   Eli Heath      Oxfordshire,   ,   GB   83325   Amazon   /   388   /   2   
121   Sebastian Gohr      BRIGHTON,   ,   GB   69000   Amazon   /   444   /   5   
131   Philip    Long      London, England,   ,   GB   67600   Amazon   /   388   /   4   
150   Jonathan Prince      HAMPSHIRE,   ,   GB   61300   Amazon   /   385   /   4   
163   Priyan de Mel   LONDON,   GB   58425   Amazon   /   380   /   9   
216   Martins Adeniya      LONDON,   ,   GB   50000   Amazon   /   435   /   5   
218   Mats   Rosen      London,   ,   GB   49875   Amazon   /   375   /   8   
289   Darren Judges      WALTHAM   ABBEY,   GB   41025   Amazon   /   386   /   4
307   Alistair Hill      REDLAND   BRISTOL,   GB   39675   Amazon   /   381   /   6
314   Marc Goschel      MANCHESTER,   ,   GB   39025   Amazon   /   368   /   2   
332   Cyrill Gustavsson      London,   ,   GB   37575   Amazon   /   418   /   4   
338   Mel Judah      LONDON,   ,   GB   36625   Amazon   /   398   /   3   
371   Mark   Oneill      Bristol,   ,   GB   33500   Amazon   /   377   /   5   
406   Tobyn Steeden      Suffolk,   ,   GB   30850   Amazon   /   437   /   1   
439   Victoria Coren      LONDON,   ,   GB   27500   Amazon   /   428   /   3   
522   Kevin   Oleary      SURREY,   ,   GB   18200   Amazon   /   376   /   3   
524   Peter   Gould      LONDON,   ,   GB   18100   Amazon   /   378   /   1   

Ms. Gerasimova is probably not 100% British. Apologies if there is a village called Moscow in deepest Norfolk.