Die Limit-Experten waren beim WSOP Event #41, dem $1.500 Limit Hold’em Turnier gefragt. 596 Fans des Spiels mit begrenzten Einsätzen fanden sich an den Tischen im Rio Convention Center Las Vegas ein und bauten so einen Preispool von $804.600 auf. Der Min Cash auf Platz 90 bringt $2.246 und auf den Sieger warten das legendäre Armband und $173.568. Nur 174 Akteure überstanden die 10 Levels à 60 Minuten. Den Chiplead holte sich Brian Vollick aus den USA mit 71.500. Als einziger deutschsprachiger Teilnehmer war der Schweizer Eric Rabl mit von der Partie. Er konnte sich mit Rang 21 und 43.000 in Chips eine gute Ausgangsposition für Tag 2 erspielen.
Hier sind die Chipcounts von Tag 1:
| Rang | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets | Seat |
| 1 | Brian Vollick | United States | 71,500 | 36 | 5 |
| 2 | Rex Clinkscales | United States | 69,900 | 35 | 3 |
| 3 | Cody Riedel | United States | 68,600 | 34 | 7 |
| 4 | Kurt Maier | United States | 68,200 | 34 | 4 |
| 5 | Jeremy Heartberg | United States | 66,200 | 33 | 3 |
| 6 | Daniel Needleman | United States | 64,600 | 32 | 8 |
| 7 | Phil Goatz | United States | 64,200 | 32 | 7 |
| 8 | Jared Woodin | United States | 59,100 | 30 | 2 |
| 9 | Andrew Yip | Canada | 55,900 | 28 | 4 |
| 10 | Alan Bittikofer | United States | 55,300 | 28 | 1 |
| 11 | Frank Prior | United States | 52,400 | 26 | 1 |
| 12 | Michael Jex | United States | 49,300 | 25 | 1 |
| 13 | Rellie Sigua | United States | 48,400 | 24 | 9 |
| 14 | Yaser Alkeliddar | United States | 46,200 | 23 | 6 |
| 15 | William Romaine | United States | 45,100 | 23 | 6 |
| 16 | Phanora Prom | United States | 45,000 | 23 | 5 |
| 17 | Jesse Hampton | United States | 44,700 | 22 | 2 |
| 18 | Gordon Pike | United States | 43,900 | 22 | 3 |
| 19 | Robert Goodson | United States | 43,800 | 22 | 3 |
| 20 | Jon Seaman | United States | 43,000 | 22 | 7 |
| 21 | Eric Rabl | Switzerland | 43,000 | 22 | 9 |
| 22 | Benjamin Scholl | United States | 42,400 | 21 | 5 |
| 23 | Jordan Polk | United States | 42,100 | 21 | 5 |
| 24 | Philip Cordano | United States | 41,300 | 21 | 4 |
| 25 | Tai Ly | United States | 40,500 | 20 | 9 |
| 26 | Ivan Sapozhnikov | United States | 40,500 | 20 | 6 |
| 27 | Matt Szymaszek | United States | 40,300 | 20 | 1 |
| 28 | Jeff Shulman | United States | 40,000 | 20 | 5 |
| 29 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 40,000 | 20 | 8 |
| 30 | Cary Augustine | United States | 39,900 | 20 | 2 |
| 31 | Christopher Schaler | United States | 39,600 | 20 | 3 |
| 32 | Sean Berrios | United States | 39,500 | 20 | 3 |
| 33 | John Pires | United States | 39,200 | 20 | 7 |
| 34 | Benjamin Lazer | United States | 38,600 | 19 | 8 |
| 35 | Bryce Landier | United States | 38,300 | 19 | 6 |
| 36 | Matt Molinari | United States | 37,800 | 19 | 1 |
| 37 | Lloyd Scheibner | United States | 37,100 | 19 | 5 |
| 38 | Michael Lipner | United States | 37,000 | 19 | 3 |
| 39 | Scott Brown | United States | 36,700 | 18 | 3 |
| 40 | Matthew Dames | United States | 36,400 | 18 | 2 |
| 41 | Andrey Danilyuk | Russia | 36,400 | 18 | 1 |
| 42 | Matt Russell | United States | 36,300 | 18 | 6 |
| 43 | Chip Jett | United States | 36,000 | 18 | 2 |
| 44 | Kevin Song | United States | 35,800 | 18 | 9 |
| 45 | Dustin Sitar | United States | 35,000 | 18 | 7 |
| 46 | Amir Turkzadeh | United States | 35,000 | 18 | 6 |
| 47 | Jin Kim | United States | 34,900 | 17 | 7 |
| 48 | Robert Hilton | United States | 34,700 | 17 | 8 |
| 49 | Troy Skinner | United States | 34,600 | 17 | 8 |
| 50 | Michael Falk | United States | 34,000 | 17 | 8 |
| 51 | Penh Lo | United States | 33,900 | 17 | 9 |
| 52 | Paul Deng | United States | 33,000 | 17 | 6 |
| 53 | Andrew Rudisill | United States | 32,800 | 16 | 2 |
| 54 | Kevin Law | United States | 32,300 | 16 | 4 |
| 55 | Todd Barlow | United States | 32,100 | 16 | 3 |
| 56 | Peter Schneider | United States | 31,900 | 16 | 2 |
| 57 | Andrew Stevens | Canada | 31,700 | 16 | 5 |
| 58 | Karen Garibyan | United States | 31,700 | 16 | 3 |
| 59 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 31,600 | 16 | 4 |
| 60 | Evan Ross | United States | 31,300 | 16 | 9 |
| 61 | Daryn Firicano | United States | 30,800 | 15 | 6 |
| 62 | Ty Francis | United States | 30,500 | 15 | 1 |
| 63 | Louise Francoeur | United States | 30,200 | 15 | 7 |
| 64 | Andrew Beversdorf | United States | 30,100 | 15 | 9 |
| 65 | Clint Lieser | United States | 30,000 | 15 | 9 |
| 66 | James Dorrance | United States | 29,600 | 15 | 2 |
| 67 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | 29,600 | 15 | 4 |
| 68 | Oleg Chebotarev | Russia | 29,400 | 15 | 8 |
| 69 | Jan Suchanek | New Zealand | 29,200 | 15 | 1 |
| 70 | Phillip Riley | Canada | 29,200 | 15 | 9 |
| 71 | Ronald Matsuura | United States | 29,000 | 15 | 4 |
| 72 | Ly Le | United States | 29,000 | 15 | 5 |
| 73 | Daniel Idema | Canada | 28,000 | 14 | 1 |
| 74 | Warren Colman | United Kingdom | 27,500 | 14 | 4 |
| 75 | Kenny Shei | United States | 27,200 | 14 | 5 |
| 76 | Renato Disilvestro | United States | 26,500 | 13 | 7 |
| 77 | Guy Cicconi | United States | 26,400 | 13 | 3 |
| 78 | Michael Coombs | United States | 26,100 | 13 | 5 |
| 79 | Thomas Levesque | United States | 25,800 | 13 | 1 |
| 80 | Robert Michel | United States | 25,700 | 13 | 4 |
| 81 | Jeb Morrow | United States | 25,200 | 13 | 3 |
| 82 | Varadarajan Iyengar | United States | 24,900 | 12 | 1 |
| 83 | Jet Black | United States | 24,600 | 12 | 5 |
| 84 | Truong Nguyen | United States | 24,100 | 12 | 7 |
| 85 | Matthew Skrodzki | United States | 23,900 | 12 | 6 |
| 86 | Daniel Ospina | Colombia | 23,800 | 12 | 9 |
| 87 | Brandon Cantu | United States | 23,500 | 12 | 7 |
| 88 | Dave Alfa | United States | 23,400 | 12 | 8 |
| 89 | Kirk Tambara | United States | 22,700 | 11 | 5 |
| 90 | Nguyen Nguyen | United States | 22,400 | 11 | 2 |
| 91 | Terricita Gutierrez | United States | 22,400 | 11 | 3 |
| 92 | Francis Mariani | United States | 22,300 | 11 | 3 |
| 93 | Mark Bassaly | United States | 22,200 | 11 | 3 |
| 94 | Skip Plotnicki | United States | 21,700 | 11 | 8 |
| 95 | Anh Van Nguyen | Canada | 21,600 | 11 | 5 |
| 96 | Bernardo Gonzales | United States | 21,200 | 11 | 1 |
| 97 | Suk Lee | United States | 21,100 | 11 | 2 |
| 98 | David Forster | United States | 20,800 | 10 | 3 |
| 99 | Jose Olegario | United States | 20,800 | 10 | 5 |
| 100 | Daniel Vanvoorst | United States | 20,600 | 10 | 6 |
| 101 | Sean Chen | United States | 20,400 | 10 | 1 |
| 102 | Cyrus Samii | United States | 20,000 | 10 | 2 |
| 103 | Nick Tsoukalas | United States | 19,800 | 10 | 6 |
| 104 | Andres Risquez | United States | 19,800 | 10 | 1 |
| 105 | Brad Albrinck | United States | 19,800 | 10 | 6 |
| 106 | Daniel Huseman | United States | 19,500 | 10 | 3 |
| 107 | Robert Nehorayan | United States | 19,000 | 10 | 9 |
| 108 | Philip Tom | United States | 18,900 | 9 | 4 |
| 109 | Mark Radoja | Canada | 18,500 | 9 | 2 |
| 110 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 18,400 | 9 | 4 |
| 111 | Michael Lau | United States | 17,700 | 9 | 2 |
| 112 | Robert Yass | United States | 17,600 | 9 | 8 |
| 113 | Levon Torosyan | United States | 17,500 | 9 | 7 |
| 114 | Eric Seiler | United States | 17,200 | 9 | 1 |
| 115 | Alan Steinberg | United States | 16,900 | 8 | 9 |
| 116 | Svetlana Gromenkova | United States | 16,800 | 8 | 4 |
| 117 | Carlos Figueroafernandez | United States | 16,500 | 8 | 5 |
| 118 | John Galbraith | United States | 16,400 | 8 | 4 |
| 119 | Mitch Schock | United States | 16,200 | 8 | 1 |
| 120 | Travis Endersby | United States | 15,900 | 8 | 2 |
| 121 | Tom McCormick | United States | 15,800 | 8 | 4 |
| 122 | Connie Rim | United States | 15,800 | 8 | 7 |
| 123 | Angelo Karimalis | United States | 15,600 | 8 | 7 |
| 124 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 15,500 | 8 | 3 |
| 125 | Matthew Elsby | United States | 15,400 | 8 | 7 |
| 126 | Kai Wang | United States | 15,100 | 8 | 1 |
| 127 | Kurt Kachigan | United States | 14,900 | 7 | 6 |
| 128 | Carlos Rodriguez | United States | 14,900 | 7 | 3 |
| 129 | James Karamanis | United States | 14,400 | 7 | 3 |
| 130 | Kevin Gross | United States | 14,200 | 7 | 5 |
| 131 | Richard Spencer | United States | 13,400 | 7 | 4 |
| 132 | William Hagen | United States | 13,300 | 7 | 8 |
| 133 | Diego Cordovez | United States | 13,200 | 7 | 9 |
| 134 | Luan Do | United States | 12,800 | 6 | 9 |
| 135 | Douglas Carli | United States | 12,800 | 6 | 2 |
| 136 | John Lutes | United States | 12,400 | 6 | 8 |
| 137 | Scott Hilton | United States | 12,200 | 6 | 6 |
| 138 | David Gee | United States | 12,100 | 6 | 4 |
| 139 | Paul Cogliano | United States | 11,900 | 6 | 7 |
| 140 | Joe Brindle | United Kingdom | 11,900 | 6 | 8 |
| 141 | Ryan Olson | United States | 11,600 | 6 | 5 |
| 142 | David Leighton | United States | 11,600 | 6 | 6 |
| 143 | Christopher Bartley | United States | 11,600 | 6 | 6 |
| 144 | David Bach | United States | 10,800 | 5 | 2 |
| 145 | Richard Fuller | United States | 10,700 | 5 | 5 |
| 146 | Michael Thurman | United States | 10,200 | 5 | 8 |
| 147 | Marc Tokushige | United States | 10,000 | 5 | 4 |
| 148 | Grant Hansen | United States | 9,700 | 5 | 1 |
| 149 | David Nabutovsky | United States | 9,400 | 5 | 9 |
| 150 | Jason Duong | Canada | 9,200 | 5 | 6 |
| 151 | Robert Albrecht | United States | 9,000 | 5 | 8 |
| 152 | Ross Tesser | United States | 9,000 | 5 | 2 |
| 153 | Matthew Woodward | United States | 9,000 | 5 | 8 |
| 154 | Adam Tyburski | United States | 8,900 | 4 | 9 |
| 155 | Sergei Tolkachov | United States | 8,800 | 4 | 7 |
| 156 | Kenneth Gonzales | Canada | 8,600 | 4 | 8 |
| 157 | Ching Choy | United States | 8,300 | 4 | 2 |
| 158 | Sunil Nair | United States | 8,300 | 4 | 9 |
| 159 | Dutch Boyd | United States | 8,000 | 4 | 6 |
| 160 | David Soble | United States | 7,200 | 4 | 4 |
| 161 | Thomas Chung | United States | 7,100 | 4 | 2 |
| 162 | Saket Chadda | United States | 6,800 | 3 | 9 |
| 163 | Robert Kole | United States | 6,800 | 3 | 1 |
| 164 | Jack McClelland | United States | 6,000 | 3 | 9 |
| 165 | Bryce Clark | United States | 5,800 | 3 | 6 |
| 166 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 5,700 | 3 | 2 |
| 167 | Steven Iino | United States | 5,600 | 3 | 1 |
| 168 | Mickey Appleman | United States | 5,600 | 3 | 7 |
| 169 | Joshua Smith | United States | 5,400 | 3 | 7 |
| 170 | Preben Stokkan | United States | 5,000 | 3 | 8 |
| 171 | Duane Yoshioka | United States | 4,700 | 2 | 4 |
| 172 | Jimmy Fricke | United States | 2,500 | 1 | 6 |
| 173 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 1,000 | 0 | 5 |
| 174 | Maurice Mcclaine | United States | 1,000 | 0 | 7 |
Hier sind die Payouts:
| Rang | Preisgeld |
|---|---|
| 1 | $173.568 |
| 3 | $73.860 |
| 4 | $51.733 |
| 5 | $36.860 |
| 6 | $26.725 |
| 7 | $19.723 |
| 8 | $14.820 |
| 9 | $11.343 |
| 10-12 | $8.846 |
| 13-15 | $7.031 |
| 16-18 | $5.698 |
| 19-27 | $4.711 |
| 28-36 | $3.974 |
| 37-45 | $3.422 |
| 46-54 | $3.010 |
| 55-63 | $2.705 |
| 64-72 | $2.485 |
| 73-81 | $2.336 |
| 82-90 | $2.246 |
Quelle/Bildquelle: WSOP.com
