Event #62: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty

Another brand new event was introduced to the 2015 Wold Series of Poker schedule, the $1,500 Bounty event which got underway with quite some anticipation, as it would see each player receive $500 for eliminating a fellow player from the tournament. A total of 2,178 entrants turned out which generated a prize pool of $2,940,300 - with $1,089,000 of that being put aside to pay out all the bounties in play.

By the time play ended there were 281 remaining and it was Christopher Brammer (pictured above) who ended the day with the chip lead with 242,100 in chips. In a distant second was Liv Boeree who bagged 168,600 in chips. Rounding out the top three was William Foxen who will bring 163,900 in chips to Day 2.

Plenty of pros would make it through to Day 2 including Anton Smirnov (144,900), Zo Karim (129,100), Stephen Graner (106,400), Leif Force (92,600), Eric Baldwin (87,800), Celina Lin (73,000), Faraz Jaka (48,900), Steve Dannenmann (47,000), Gavin Smith (59,100), JC Tran (79,900) and Eddy Sabat (23,200).

Those that would come out to play but not see the end of the day included Garry Gates, Chad Holloway, Chino Rheem, Ben Yu, Mike Leah, Martin Finger, Sorel Mizzi, Joseph Cheong, Stephen Chidwick, Chris Moorman, Matt Waxman, PokerStars Team Pros Jake Cody and Randy Lew as well as three past WSOP Main Event champions - Chris Moneymaker, Joe Cada and Martin Jacobson.

Play will resume at 1 p.m local time later today. WSOP.com will be there as players battle it out with their primary focus to firstly make the cash before continuing their good form and making it to a final table.