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2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

$10,400 WPT World Championship
Giorni 1a
Event Info

2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

Risultati finali
Vincitore
Mano Vincente
k3
Premio
$5,678,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,400
Montepremi
$40,000,000
Entries
3,835
Informazioni Giocatori - Giorno 1a
Entries
609
Giocatori Rimasti
202

$10,400 WPT World Championship

Giorno 1a iniziato

Alan Keating Bags Big Stack on Day 1a of WPT World Championship

Alan Keating (*courtesy WPT)
Alan Keating (*courtesy WPT)

Hustler Casino Live fan favorite Alan Keating, who rarely plays tournaments, finished Day 1a of the $40 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship on Tuesday with a healthy chip stack.

The loose-aggressive player who routinely VPIP's in the 80% or higher range was among a large group of big name players who competed in the opening session of the historic $10,400 buy-in tournament. Many of those high-profile players found a bag and will come back on Saturday for Day 2.

A total of 609 players showed up to play the first of four Day 1 flights, six fewer than last year. But there was only three opening sessions in 2022, and there is expected to be a number of players registering for one of the later flights upon returning to Las Vegas from The Bahamas where the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise series is currently taking place.

Keating Running Hot

Alan Keating
Alan Keating (*courtesy WPT)

The poker world last saw Keating earlier this month in the first-ever 24-hour live-stream on Hustler Casino Live. He was back in action at Wynn Las Vegas chasing what figures to be a prize pool that exceeds the $40 million guarantee.

On Day 1a, he began with 100,000 chips and quickly spun it up. Late in the session, Keating hit a lucky runner-runner to bust a player and crack the 800,000-chip mark. In that hand, he had QJ on a flop of 1063 and bet out 15,000. But his opponent moved all in for 130,000, a big enough raise to convince just about anyone other than Alan Keating to fold.

Unfortunately, for the other player who had K10, he was up against Keating, who decided what the heck and called. In most cases, the player with top pair would be ecstatic to get called in that spot, but the turn K and river 9 gave the high-stakes recreational player a winning straight.

Huge First Day

Darren Elias
Darren Elias (*courtesy WPT)

When the final card of the night was dealt, only 202 players remained. Those who bagged small stacks can enter one of the other three Day 1 starting flights in hopes of carrying over a larger stack. And anyone who busted on Day 1a can give it another try until registration closes on Friday evening.

There were plenty of big stacks at the end of the first session, but none bigger than Jeff Hakim, who left the Encore Ballroom with 998,000. Keating, with 957,000 chips, is the closest to Hakim.

Darren Elias, the only player in World Poker Tour history with four titles, did what he so often does — bag a monster stack (564,000). The WPT G.O.A.T. is also looking to extend his WPT records for cashes (48) and final table appearances (13).

Other notables who bagged and advanced to Day 2 include Ben Lamb, David Pham, Arden Cho, Patrick Leonard, Cliff Josephy, and many others.

2023 WPT World Championship Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerChip Count
1Jeff Hakim998,000
2Adekunle Olonoh972,000
3Alan Keating957,000
4Arden Cho798,000
5Jeremy Joseph773,000
6Jon Borenstein745,000
7John Myung712,000
8Patrick Leonard706,000
9Tjan Tepeh695,000
10George Tomescu676,000

For full Day 1a chip counts,visit WPT.com

Day 1b kicks off Wednesday at 11 a.m. local time in Las Vegas. Stay tuned to WPT.com for live reporting updates throughout the day, and right here at PokerNews for exclusive coverage of the WPT World Championship.

*Images courtesy of World Poker Tour

Tags: Alan KeatingArden ChoBen LambCliff JosephyDarren EliasDavid PhamJeff HakimPatrick LeonardWorld Poker TourWPTWPTWC23

$10,400 WPT World Championship

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