Watch: Hellmuth busts but WSOPC Commerce ME is officially huge

Phill Hellmuth goes all-in at WSOPC Commerce

Posted on: May 19, 2024 07:31 PDT

717 players entered the final Day 1 flight of the WSOP Circuit Commerce Main Event, creating a massive prize pool of $2,222,505. That number is very close to being a record for a WSOP Circuit event.

Brad Gafford is your chip leader with a stack of 989,000, with Johnny Bromberg in his slipstream. Shaun Deeb is sixth in chips; WSOP Main Event champ Daniel Weinman has 151,000, closely followed by Phil Laak with 112,000. You can find the full chip counts and all the event info on PokerOrg Instant. We're on the floor to catch every bit of drama and you can follow along with all the Day 2 action on Sunday.

One player who won't be making an appearance on Day 2 is Phil Hellmuth.

His bustouts can be legendary, but this one turned out to be hilarious rather than controversial.

You can watch Hellmuth go all-in (and all-out) while wearing Greg Goes All In's shades below. He threatened to stick them in the bin if he lost the hand, which gave Greg a sweat as well.

Weinman is a few weeks away from defending his WSOP Main Event title, but this one means a lot to him, too. "This isn't the biggest tournament stop of my life," he joked. "But, probably this year." Play along with Weinman in a huge hand from Day 1C below.

164 players bagged at the end of all the Day 1s, and will return in a merged field to the Commerce today to play for the huge first prize. Everyone left in is in the money. You can watch how Day 1C played out below.