Maximal sechs Spieler pro Tisch heißt es beim $1.500 Sixhanded No Limit Hold’em Event, das gestern als neuntes Turnier der diesjährigen World Series of Poker (WSOP) startete. 1.459 Spieler nahmen teil und tatsächlich wurden auch die 144 bezahlten Plätze erreicht.
No Limit Hold’em ist für viele ein „Push or fold“ Spiel. Shorthanded geht es noch ein wenig schneller und so verwunderte es nicht, dass sich die Reihen sehr schnell lichteten. Neben Tobias Reinkemeier und Frank Blümlein waren natürlich auch wieder einige Stars auf Braceletjagd – Jonathan Little, Clonie Gowen, Joe Sebok, Eric Froehlich, Jeff Madsen, Justin Bonomo, Ciaran O’Leary und auch Rap-Star Nelly.
Rappen kann er offenbar besser als pokern, denn Nelly zählte zu den Early Bustouts. Damit war er in guter Gesellschaft, denn auch Justin Bonomo, Jonathan Little, Jeff Madsen, Mark Vos und TJ Cloutier kamen nicht allzu weit.
Dario Minieri präsentierte sich in Höchstform. Da kann auch schon mal passieren, dass er auf einem Board von 








Kurz vor Ende von Tag 1 wurde auch der Bubble Boy gefunden. Mit Pocket Jacks war Jason Dreibelbis gegen Pocket 8s all-in. Am River die 8 und Jason ging leer aus. Doug Lee eliminierte dann noch zwei Spieler gleichzeitig und konnte so die Führung erobern. Rund 140 Spieler blieben übrig. Wie es den deutschen Spielern ergangen ist, wird der Chipcount zeigen.
| Rang | Name | Stadt | Land | Chip Count | Table # | Seat # |
| 1 | Fox, David | Coram | NY | 186.600 | 60 | 2 |
| 2 | Freire, Richard | Miami | FL | 172.100 | 70 | 1 |
| 3 | Squires, David | Hanson | MA | 169.300 | 65 | 5 |
| 4 | Lipkin, Robert | Buffalo Grove | IL | 168.100 | 74 | 1 |
| 5 | Aldridge, Ken | Pleasant Garden | NC | 157.800 | 64 | 6 |
| 6 | Clavet, Mathieu | Saint Augustin de Desamaures | QC, Canada | 152.700 | 70 | 3 |
| 7 | Lee, Doug | Calgary | AB, Canada | 152.300 | 69 | 3 |
| 8 | Puzantyan, Allan | Montreal | QC, Canada | 135.400 | 68 | 5 |
| 9 | Mackoff, Jones | Vancouver | BC, Canada | 131.200 | 58 | 3 |
| 10 | Gonsalves, Markus | San Diego | CA | 129.000 | 64 | 4 |
| 11 | Slaubaugh, Cody | Rugby | ND | 120.600 | 74 | 2 |
| 12 | Bansi, Praz | London | United Kingdom | 115.400 | 70 | 5 |
| 13 | Waxman, Matthew | Parkland | FL | 112,00 | 66 | 1 |
| 14 | Smith, Jeremiah | Las Vegas | NV | 102.900 | 63 | 6 |
| 15 | Minaya, Manny | Tampa | FL | 101.900 | 69 | 1 |
| 16 | Heroy, Rob | Charlotte | NC | 100.800 | 67 | 2 |
| 17 | Gee, David | Gilbert | AZ | 100.000 | 64 | 1 |
| 18 | Gould, Peter | London | United Kingdom | 95.700 | 74 | 4 |
| 19 | Powell, Joshua | Chilliwack | BC, Canada | 90.500 | 61 | 2 |
| 20 | Sukkar, Edward | Selby Township | MI | 89.000 | 68 | 2 |
| 21 | Kenny, Bryn | Long Beach | NY | 87.200 | 75 | 2 |
| 22 | Toye, Robert | New Orleans | LA | 86.000 | 59 | 4 |
| 23 | Cavella, Carman | Turnersville | NJ | 85.700 | 63 | 5 |
| 24 | Firestone, Bobby | Santa Barbara | CA | 84.300 | 67 | 4 |
| 25 | Ansari, Adil | Odenton | MD | 80.600 | 72 | 5 |
| 26 | Fuller, Thomas | Boulder | CO | 79.800 | 64 | 2 |
| 27 | Daneshgar, David | West Village | CA | 77.700 | 61 | 6 |
| 28 | Robb, Richard | Seneca | SC | 77.600 | 63 | 2 |
| 29 | Peters, David | Toledo | OH | 77.300 | 69 | 6 |
| 30 | Burkholder, Troy | San Diego | CA | 76.900 | 62 | 6 |
| 31 | Zartman, Kyle | Sherwood | CA | 76.200 | 69 | 5 |
| 32 | Ludovic, Lacay | Paris | France | 74.100 | 71 | 3 |
| 33 | Bhatti, Deepak | Long Beach | CA | 72.300 | 73 | 1 |
| 34 | Henke, Ramin | Kornwestheim | Germany | 71.300 | 65 | 1 |
| 35 | Crane, Ward | Bevea | OH | 70.600 | 62 | 2 |
| 36 | Shea, Daniel | Dallas | TX | 70.300 | 62 | 1 |
| 37 | Sheehan, Tim | Decatur | GA | 70.200 | 59 | 3 |
| 38 | Berry, Brent | Port Angeles | WA | 69.700 | 67 | 3 |
| 39 | Bolden, Gary | St. Louis | MO | 69.300 | 66 | 5 |
| 40 | Chen, Bill | Lafayette Hill | PA | 68.700 | 75 | 3 |
| 41 | Fish, Darryll | Las Vegas | NV | 67.900 | 60 | 6 |
| 42 | Gavatin, Mats | Stockholm | Sweeden | 67.800 | 60 | 1 |
| 43 | Busch, Mark | Pittsburgh | PA | 65.300 | 60 | 3 |
| 44 | Casey, Jim | Naperville | IL | 65.100 | 70 | 6 |
| 45 | Witteles, Todd | Las Vegas | NV | 64.600 | 59 | 6 |
| 46 | Densing, Jack | Blue Point | NY | 63.300 | 61 | 1 |
| 47 | Sheng, Paul | San Francisco | CA | 62.700 | 72 | 3 |
| 48 | Yockey, Bryce | Torrance | CA | 62.500 | 75 | 6 |
| 49 | Brown, Allan | Glasgow | UK | 61.700 | 68 | 6 |
| 50 | Stein, Sam | Hidden Hands | CA | 59.300 | 71 | 4 |
| 51 | Clark, Justin | Rocklin | CA | 59.100 | 71 | 1 |
| 52 | Radonjic, Peter | Vancouver | BC, Canada | 58.600 | 62 | 4 |
| 53 | Gilbert, Benjamin | Studio City | CA | 57.800 | 59 | 2 |
| 54 | Finne, Timothy | Fanwood | NJ | 57.600 | 73 | 4 |
| 55 | Furey, Charles | Bridgewater | NJ | 57.100 | 75 | 5 |
| 56 | Hegeman, Kyle | Port Jefferson | NY | 56.000 | 71 | 6 |
| 57 | Fyshe, Adam | Ottawa | ON, Canada | 54.900 | 69 | 2 |
| 58 | Cubeta, Dave | Falls Church | VA | 54.100 | 62 | 5 |
| 59 | Nyffeler, Andre | Mahwah | NJ | 52.300 | 61 | 4 |
| 60 | Scatchard, Dave | Scottsdale | AZ | 52.300 | 66 | 2 |
| 61 | Parille, Joe | Las Vegas | NV | 51.900 | 64 | 5 |
| 62 | Brown, Rodney | Brea | CA | 49.900 | 59 | 1 |
| 63 | Furst, Rafael | Las Vegas | NV | 47.400 | 74 | 5 |
| 64 | Steely, Chase | Williamsburg | KY | 42.100 | 72 | 2 |
| 65 | Sass, Alan | Las Vegas | NV | 40.800 | 70 | 4 |
| 66 | Nguyen, Anh Van | Toronto | ON, Canada | 40.000 | 61 | 5 |
| 67 | Dilda, Eric | San Francisco | CA | 38.800 | 63 | 1 |
| 68 | Mao, Nick | Long Beach | CA | 35.400 | 75 | 1 |
| 69 | Barratt, Ronan | Sydney | Australia | 35.200 | 74 | 6 |
| 70 | Whybrew, Wesley | Lansing | MI | 34.500 | 71 | 5 |
| 71 | Ford, Robert | Johnstown | PA | 33.700 | 67 | 5 |
| 72 | Young, Justin | Henderson | NV | 33.300 | 58 | 1 |
| 73 | Melnick, Jason | Brooklyn | NY | 32.900 | 72 | 1 |
| 74 | Awada, Joe | Las Vegas | NV | 32.900 | 65 | 3 |
| 75 | von Schlemmer, Mark | Lawrence | KS | 31.700 | 69 | 2 |
| 76 | Stevens, Don | Syracuse | NY | 31.600 | 61 | 3 |
| 77 | Blumlein, Frank | Frankfurt | Germany | 31.400 | 73 | 6 |
| 78 | Banks, Jared | Los Angeles | CA | 31.400 | 63 | 4 |
| 79 | Wasick, Matthew | Albion | MI | 30.600 | 66 | 6 |
| 80 | Coetzer, Conrad | Johannesberg | South Africa | 30.600 | 68 | 1 |
| 81 | Abramowicz, David | Sunfish Lake | MN | 29.200 | 74 | 3 |
| 82 | McNally, Steve | Henderson | NV | 28.800 | 73 | 2 |
| 83 | Conrad, Monica | Hemet | CA | 28.500 | 62 | 3 |
| 84 | Fortin, Patrick | Quebec | QC, Canada | 28.300 | 68 | 4 |
| 85 | Wan, Jeffrey | Staten Island | NY | 26.800 | 73 | 3 |
| 86 | Stout, Matthew | Las Vegas | NV | 26.400 | 71 | 2 |
| 87 | Inselberg, David | Long Beach | CA | 26.000 | 67 | 6 |
| 88 | Baker, David | Rochester Hills | MI | 25.700 | 69 | 4 |
| 89 | Mortensen, Carlos | Henderson | NV | 25.600 | 60 | 4 |
| 90 | Israelite, David | Washington | D.C. | 25.400 | 66 | 4 |
| 91 | Cserhati, Zsolt | Budapests | Hungary | 24.800 | 72 | 6 |
| 92 | LaPointe, Troy | Arlington | VA | 23.200 | 60 | 5 |
| 93 | Lord, Stephen | Yorba Linda | CA | 22.700 | 75 | 4 |
| 94 | Yerushalaim, Ben | Las Vegas | NV | 22.200 | 73 | 5 |
| 95 | Haxton, Isaac | Las Vegas | NV | 21.700 | 70 | 2 |
| 96 | Enis, Ryan | Corinth | MS | 18.600 | 58 | 4 |
| 97 | Wilds, Mark | Biloxi | MS | 17.800 | 63 | 3 |
| 98 | Douglas, Shane | Priest River | ID | 11.200 | 66 | 3 |
| 99 | Batell, Michael | Las Vegas | NV | 11.100 | 58 | 5 |
| 100 | Juczenko, Eugene | Kingswood | Australia | 10.500 | 58 | 6 |
| 101 | Sanders, Jason | Simi Valley | CA | 10.000 | 64 | 3 |
| 102 | Maguire, James | Phoenix | AZ | 9.400 | 68 | 3 |
| 103 | Smith, Luke | New York | NY | 7.000 | 65 | 6 |
| 104 | Atkinson, Bruce | Brighton | United Kingdom | 6.700 | 65 | 4 |
| 105 | White, Bruce | Gilbert | AZ | 3.600 | 72 | 4 |