David Tovmasyan Leading The Field Going Into Day 2
Day 1 of Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas saw 1,080 players buy into the event and create a $2,469,750 prize pool, a figure that should rise thanks to late registration remaining open for two more levels. Only 407 of those starters bagged up chips when the curtain came down on the day's proceedings.
David Tovmasyan claimed the overnight chip lead; he carries over a stack of 325,500 chips. Tovmasyan’s biggest WSOP cash to date came in 2015 for slightly over $45,000. Should he continue in this form, Tovmasyan will blow that prize out of the water.
Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Tovmasyan | United States | 325,500 | 163 |
| 2 | Barry Hutter | United States | 311,500 | 156 |
| 3 | Jarrett Bates | United States | 311,500 | 156 |
| 4 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 300,000 | 150 |
| 5 | Christina Gollins | United States | 298,000 | 149 |
| 6 | Stephen Song | United States | 297,600 | 149 |
| 7 | Michael Scarborough | United States | 288,500 | 144 |
| 8 | John Reiter | United States | 286,000 | 143 |
| 9 | Yi Wei Peng | Taiwan | 285,000 | 143 |
| 10 | Alexandros Theologis | United States | 283,000 | 142 |
Other leading stacks include Barry Hutter (311,500) Calvin Anderson (300,000), Stephen Song (297,600), Alexandros Theologis (283,000), and Chance Kornuth (226,000).
A number of noted players also made the cut as Day 1 finished up. Faraz Jaka bagged 184,600 moving into Day 2 . He joins fellow Day 2 players Maria Ho (76,500), Heidi May (40,500), Kathy Liebert (97,000), Niall Farrell (81,500).
Sadly, it was the end of the road for the likes of Jake Daniels, Eddy Sabat, Matt Berkey, Nacho Barbero, Chris Brewer, and British grinder Scott Margereson.
Day 2 of this exciting event shuffles up and deals at 12:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, June 9th. Late registration remains open for the first two one-hour levels before slamming shut and starting the march towards the money places; official payouts will be published once the final attendance is confirmed.
Players return to Level 11 where the blinds are 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000. Of course, PokerNews will be on hand to bring you all of the action, as it happens, from this and every other bracelet-awarding event of the 2022 WSOP. Why not check out some of the other events while you wait for the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em to resume?