Table Pairings
Level 1: 150-300, ante
Seven tables are up and running, but players are continuing to arrive and we expect more to take their seats soon.
For now, here are some table pairings:
Table 20: Mohsin Charania, Chris Bjorin, Steven Silverman, Dan Shak, Cary Katz
Table 21: Tom Marchese, Farzad Bonyadi, David Peters, Barry Shulman
Table 22: Andrew Lichtenberger, Cliff Josephy, Erick Lindgren, Paul Klann
Table 30: Shawn Cunix, Ryan D'Angelo, Alex Phahurat, Marvin Rettenmaier, Jeremy Ausmus, Faraz Jaka
Table 31: Kai Chang, Curt Kohlberg, Brandon Steven, Andy Frankenberger
Table 32: Byron Kaverman, Matt Salsberg, David Chiu, Ben Hamnett, Eli Berg
Table 33: Jake Cody, Justin Young, Daniel Negreanu, David Sands, Noah Schwartz, Artem Litvinov
Season XI Champions in bold
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12:33 PM, 05/18/13
Plan for the Day
Level 1: 150-300, ante
The field will play five 90-minute levels today with a 15-minute break at the end of each level. Play should end tonight a little after 8:30 p.m. PT. Players can enter or purchase a single re-entry throughout Day 1.
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12:17 PM, 05/18/13
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1: 150-300, ante
The blinds are now 150-300 for the start of the first 90-minute level of the day here at the WPT World Championship. Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, Kimberly Lansing, Tony Dunst, and the Royal Flush Girls were all on hand for the announcement of "Shuffle up and deal!"
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12:15 PM, 05/18/13
Day 1 About to Begin
Level 1: 150-300, ante
Day 1 at the $25,500 World Poker Tour World Championship begins at noon PT at Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is the crown jewel of WPT schedule and all of the previous champions from Season XI will be in the field.
Players can enter or purchase a single re-entry during the first eight levels of the tournament, so players can enter the tournament up until 5 p.m. PT on Day 2 on Sunday, May 19. Players will start with 100,000 and blinds begin at 150-300.
We will have a star-studded field in the Bellagio Poker Room today. Previous champions of this tournament include Alan Goehring, Martin De Knijff, Tuan Le, Joe Bartholdi, Carlos Mortensen, David Chiu, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, David Williams, Scott Seiver, and Marvin Rettenmaier.
Tune back in at noon to follow all of the action from the WPT Live Updates team here in Las Vegas.
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11:37 AM, 05/18/13