Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT Day 1 is a Wrap
Day 1 of Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT is in the books after 120 tables found their respective winner. A total of 1,025 players started today, and 120 of them are cashing for at least $4,837, but they will all have their sights set on the first prize of $257,764 and that gold WSOP bracelet.
The first player to secure his spot for Day 2 was Jose Ramos, knocking John Pires out with two pair. Wilson Darella made quads to advance through to Day 2 and was noticeably happy about this, cheering out loud from the middle of the room.
Other notable names advancing to Day 2 are 2016 November Niners Vojtech Ruzicka and Kenny Hallaert, 2011 November Niner Martin Staszko, and bracelet winners Kevin MacPhee, Carlos Mortensen, Kevin Eyster, and Chris Moorman.
Others were not so lucky. Govert Metaal was knocked out by Andrew Brokos, Cory Waaland by Tirza Sanders, Cate Hall by Alexandre Rivero, and Danny Suied by Jonathan Little. Sam Cohen, Mike Matusow, Annette Obrestad, Jonathan Tamayo and Tobias Peters also failed to win their heads-up battles.
Play resumes Friday at noon for all 120 players, so make sure to keep following all the updates here at PokerNews.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Kevin Eyster | United States | 65,100 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 2 | John Phan | United States | 65,400 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 3 | Alex Goulder | United Kingdom | 59,400 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 4 | Zachary Smiley | United States | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Kevin MacPhee | United States | 65,000 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 6 | Jonathan Maher | United States | 58,400 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 7 | Alex Rocha | United States | 65,200 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 8 | Joseph Barnard | United States | 59,500 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 9 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | 59,700 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 10 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 65,100 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 1 | Jose Montes | United States | 59,550 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 2 | Young Sik Eum | United States | 66,100 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 3 | Paul W Lee | United States | 61,100 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 4 | Wilson Lopes | United States | 59,400 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 5 | Vincent Renzo | United States | 59,700 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 6 | Ian Modder | Canada | 58,900 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 7 | Jonathan Little | United States | 65,600 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 8 | Alan Spotts | United States | 65,800 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 9 | Quan Tran | United States | 63,300 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 10 | Zakir Lakhani | United States | 64,700 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 1 | Joe Cook | United States | 65,300 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 2 | Derek Wolters | United States | 64,900 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 3 | Jonathan Borenstein | United States | 64,500 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 4 | Martin Weiemann | Germany | 59,475 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 5 | Matthew Ernst | United States | 57,100 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 6 | Brian Kelly | United States | 65,900 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 7 | Daniel Dangoor | United States | 65,200 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 8 | Dennis Zollo | United States | 58,900 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 9 | Linglin Zeng | China | 59,300 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 10 | Michael Cooper | United States | 65,800 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 1 | Chris Brand | United States | 65,400 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 2 | James Cappucci | United States | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 3 | Kevin Davis | United States | 64,800 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 4 | Tirza Sanders | United States | 59,800 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 5 | Xavier Rios | United States | 65,525 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 6 | Josh Weiss | United States | 59,800 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 7 | Robert Kuhn | United States | 63,900 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 8 | Martin Staszko | Czech Republic | 65,600 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 9 | Daniel Strelitz | United States | 65,275 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 10 | Frank Williams | United States | 65,600 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 1 | Rodeen Talebi | United States | 65,800 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 2 | Curt Kohlberg | United States | 64,700 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 3 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 65,700 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 4 | Steve Foutty | United States | 65,200 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 5 | Raghav Bansal | India | 59,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 6 | Josh Kay | United States | 59,700 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 7 | Nathan Bjerno | United States | 59,200 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 8 | John Kim | United States | 64,875 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 9 | Mikhail Semin | Russia | 64,000 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 10 | Douglas Hartwick | Canada | 58,800 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 1 | Joel Micka | United States | 59,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 2 | Matthew Haugen | United States | 58,900 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 3 | Ben Maya | United States | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 4 | Thiago Nishijima | Brazil | 64,900 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 5 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | 58,800 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 6 | Timothy Mcdermott | United States | 59,200 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 7 | Chris Bell | United States | 64,200 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 8 | Alexandre Rivero | Brazil | 66,000 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 9 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | 65,900 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 10 | Gerald Chaplick | United States | 65,100 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 1 | Kyle Cartwright | United States | 65,600 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 2 | Ian O'Hara | United States | 65,600 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 3 | Titan Leard | United States | 59,300 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 4 | Christopher Gordon | United Kingdom | 64,800 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 5 | Everett Carlton | United States | 65,200 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 6 | Shola Akindele | United Kingdom | 64,700 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 7 | Phachara Wongwichit | Australia | 65,900 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 8 | Tony Tran | United States | 59,000 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 9 | Aaron Henderson | United States | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 10 | William Draper | United States | 65,900 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 1 | Alexandru Masek | United States | 65,400 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 2 | Benjamin Geisman | United States | 66,100 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 3 | Toby Boas | United States | 64,800 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 4 | Sean Shah | United States | 65,400 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 5 | Tim West | United States | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 6 | Adam Krach | United States | 65,700 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 7 | Thomas Scholze | Germany | 64,700 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 8 | Jesse Yaginuma | United States | 65,800 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 9 | Timothy Chang | United States | 58,500 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 10 | David Machowsky | United States | 64,700 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 1 | Andrew Brokos | United States | 63,900 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Erle Mankin | United States | 64,600 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Bryce Daifuku | United States | 59,100 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Pierre Merlin | France | 59,700 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Jan Nakladal | Czech Republic | 59,700 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Christopher Leong | United States | 59,500 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 7 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 64,700 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 8 | Jingwu Cai | United States | 65,400 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 9 | Alexander Richmond | Canada | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 10 | Arin Youssefian | United States | 63,900 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 1 | Kevin Visentin | United States | 65,000 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Joseph Wertz | United States | 65,500 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 3 | Rajaee Wazwaz | United States | 59,200 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 4 | Yiyang Feng | United States | 59,300 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 5 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 64,900 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 6 | Paul Leckey | Ireland | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 7 | Joe Ramos | United States | 59,200 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 8 | Frederick Li | United States | 65,800 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 9 | Richard Alsup | United States | 59,300 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 10 | Terry Fan | Taiwan | 63,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 1 | Ross Ward | United States | 59,000 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 2 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 3 | Michael Scarborough | United States | 65,600 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 4 | Marek Ohnisko | Czech Republic | 59,800 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 5 | Russell Thomas | United States | 59,500 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 6 | Carlos Mortensen | United States | 64,500 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 7 | Philip Tom | United States | 59,300 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 8 | Ryan Tamanini | United States | 65,900 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 9 | Damien Leforbes | United States | 65,900 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 10 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 1 | Stefan Jedlicka | Austria | 59,625 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 2 | James Gilbert | United States | 64,900 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 3 | Raghuram Jonnalagedda | United States | 59,300 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 4 | Mohsin Virani | United States | 64,600 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 5 | Michael Zigomanis | Canada | 59,600 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 6 | Taylor Paur | United States | 65,300 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 7 | Hassib Younan | Australia | 59,300 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 8 | James Czarnecki | United States | 59,000 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 9 | Michael O'Grady | Australia | 59,800 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 10 | Matas Dilpsas | Latvia | 64,900 |