Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Buy-in
$4,700
Prize Pool
$1,764,330
Entries
387
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Day 1 Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
173,400 | |
|
165,000 | |
|
147,500 | |
|
131,700 | -3,300 |
|
128,700 | |
|
125,800 | 500 |
|
|
125,400 | |
|
123,100 | 13,100 |
|
117,600 | 200 |
|
|
116,000 | |
|
115,300 | 17,300 |
|
112,700 | |
|
112,500 | |
|
112,300 | 58,300 |
|
112,025 | 25 |
|
111,700 | 23,700 |
|
107,400 | |
|
101,100 | |
|
|
100,900 | |
|
|
100,500 | |
|
99,800 | |
|
|
96,200 | |
|
94,700 | 64,700 |
|
|
94,400 | |
|
94,000 | 44,000 |
Day 1 Complete With Tryba Leading The Way
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
After eight levels of play, Day 1 of the 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun is complete. A field of 387 came to play, creating a prize pool of $1,746,330 and a $450,000 first-place prize. Only 230 will be returning for Day 2 and at the top of counts is Chris Tryba with 173,400. (There is one player who listed 217,000, but we are skeptical...)
Tryba won a huge pot near the end of Level 8 to vault to the chip lead. The board read 
and it hit three players. Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov held middle set of sevens, one-time chip leader Mehrdad Yousefzadeh held top set of jacks, and Tryba help 
for a flush draw. It got there in a big way as the river brought the 
, much to Tryba's delight.
Not far behind is PokerStars Team Pro Vanessa Rousso with 125,300. Late in the day, Rousso absolutely caught fire during what she called, "The sickest level of her life." Also with six figures is PokerStars Team Pro Victor Ramdin (123,000), Adam Junglen (117,600), Mike "Little Man" Sica (112,700), John D'Agostino (112,500) and Carlos Moretensen (107,400).
Still in the field is 2010 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun Champion Vanessa Selbst. She bagged up 87,600 and will be looking for the back-to-back. Others that will be returning for Day 2 are Faraz Jaka (54,500), PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier (30,800), Amnon Filippi (29,000), Jeff Madsen (26,200), and Matt Glantz (12,200).
On the other end of the spectrum, several big names were unable to make it through to Day 2. Team PokerStars Pros Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, and David Williams could not get anything going at all and were eliminated early on. Joining them on the rail as the day went on were Bryn Kenney, Kathy Liebert, Melanie Weisner, Dan Heimiller, Chau Giang, and Erick Lindgren.
Play resumes tomorrow at Noon EST where we expect another eight levels to be played. Be sure to keep it here with PokerNews as we continute to provide all of the exciting action. Until then, good night from Connecticut!
Monsterpotten Moves Tryba into the Lead
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
We were late to the party, but we'll tell you what we know. On a flop, a betting war broke out three ways between Chris Tryba, Eugene Katchalov, and Mehrdad Yousefzadeh. Everyone's money went in, Tryba's 53,200, Katchalov's ~75,000, and Yousefzadeh with the covering stack and the best hand.
Showdown
Tryba:
Katchalov: 
Yousefzadeh: 
Tryba was sort of stuck in the middle during the betting, and he ended up having little choice but to commit his full stack on the draw. Katchalov would have given anything to have nine outs to work with, but he was drawing dead to the case seven.
Turn: 
That's a miss, and Yousefzadeh was on the verge of taking an enormous lead on this Day 1.
River:
That smacks Tryba right in the spades, giving him a big triple up and the chip lead. Katchalov was pretty gloomy as he shipped the rest of his chips across the felt, and Yousefzadeh collected the side pot to minimize his losses.
Tryba was pretty humble in victory. As we walked away from the table, we could hear him talking about how lucky he got. Pointing to Katchalov's vacant seat, he said, "The best player in the tournament just got knocked out. He's good, I'm just lucky." Lucky or good, Tryba is the chip leader with 180,000 now.
Lee Doubles
An under-the-gun player opened to 1,700 and found two callers from middle position, including Bernard Lee. The player in the small blind popped it to 6,900 and action folded to Lee. He shoved for roughly 44,000 and his the other caller got out of the way. The player in the small blind called with pocket jacks, racing with Lee's 
.
Fortunately for Lee, the board ran out 
to secure to the double as Day 1 nears its end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000 | 62,000 |
Runner-Runner Nines for Mercier
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Jason Mercier just doubled up with the against two queens. Mercier was all in preflop for 13,150 and the board ran out 
to give him the double up.
Mermelstein Shows Ace High
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
From middle position, Aaron Mermelstein raised to 2,050. Jeff Papola called from the button and the player in the big blind also called. The flop came down 
and the big blind checked. Mermelstein bet 3,200 and Papola folded. The big blind made the call.
The turn card was the and the big blind bet 6,500. Mermelstein raised to 25,000 right away. His opponent tanked and tanked, eventually folding. Mermelstein showed the 
for just ace high and won the pot.
Mermelstein Crushes DeWitt
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Aaron Mermelstein shoved the river on a board of 
into Jason DeWitt. DeWitt tanked long and hard before making the call for 55,075. Mermelstein showed the 
for a full house and DeWitt mucked.
DeWitt was knocked all the way back to 3,000 in chips and was eliminated a few hands later. Mermelstein now has about 145,000 in chips.
Mercier's Top Set Smashed
On the flop of 
, Jason Mercier bet 3,150. Jerry Wong raised to 8,000 and the third player in the hand behind him made the call. Action got back to Mercier and he tanked for a bit before reraising to 20,300. Action fell back on Wong and he took a minute before moving all in for 76,625. The third player in the hand gave it up and Mercier snap-called with the 
. Wong tabled the for a flush and straight draw.
The turn brought the , which completed the flush for Wong. He wasn't in the clear yet as Mercier could pair the board to win the hand. It wasn't in the cards for Mercier as the river completed the board with the and he couldn't fill up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | |
|
30,000 | -85,000 |
Team PokerStars Update
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
152,000 | 24,000 |
|
|
115,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
110,000 | 15,000 |
|
85,000 | 25,000 |
|
77,000 | 35,000 |
|
39,000 | -35,000 |
|
39,000 | -3,000 |
|
35,000 | 7,000 |
|
34,500 | -8,000 |
|
24,500 | 500 |
|
23,000 | 6,000 |
|
21,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
14,000 |