Serghei Lisiy Bags Big Chip Lead on Day 1a of the Little One for One Drop
On the first of two starting days of Event #8: Little One for One Drop, 304 entries including 42 re-entries were made and 51 players survived the day. Runaway chipleader at the end of the day was Serghei Lisiy, who bagged 463,000 points. Notables like six-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro, Uri Reichenstein and Barny Boatman also survived the first starting day.
Lisiy went on a tear during the final levels of the day, gobbling up chips of Catalin Pop and Robert Auer, among others, in the process. Behind Lisiy, Radek Castka finished in second place (324,100), while Artan Dedusha sits in third (321,600). Notables that didn't make it through include Ismael Bojang, Georgios Zisimopoulos, John Racener, Asi Moshe and Ryan Hughes.
Uri Reichenstein had a strong showing and topped the leaderboard for most of the day. Reichenstein lost a big pot with pocket queens against Vlado Banicevic's pocket nines during the penultimate level of the day and eventually ended up in fifth place with 221,800. Banicevic himself bagged 202,900, which puts him in the top ten. Allen Kessler and Jeff Lisandro survived the day with short stacks and bagged 42,200 and 34,900, respectively.
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time, the second of two starting flights will commence. Players will once again receive 20,000 in chips and 14 levels of 40 minutes each will be played. Follow PokerNews as we get closer to a brand-new winner of a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.