2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Choctaw

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Choctaw

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$232,706
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
808
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Allen Chipping up Early

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jeff Early called us over to his table up in the poker room to tell us about a hand he recently played.

"I just got three-outed by him," he said pointing to Justin Allen.

We didn't get the full story from Early, but apparently the flop came queen-high and he held {a-}{q-}. Allen check-raised him all in with a lesser queen and made two pair on either the turn or river.

"It was a 30K pot," Early lamented. "He f***ed me pretty bad."

Allen couldn't help but laugh, and now sits with about 33,000 chips.

Tags: Justin AllenJeff Early

Schwartz Folds To The Six-Bet Shove

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

On the button, James Lee raised to 525. Jeremy Schwartz (third place on the WSOP-C National Leaderboard) called from the small blind and in the big blind, John Butler made it 1,525 to go. Lee four-bet to 3,375, Schwartz called, and Butler five-bet shoved for about 6,500 total. Not to be outdone, Lee six-bet shoved for more than 40,000. Schwartz got out of the way and the hands were revealed.

Lee: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Butler: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}, securing the double for Butler.

The end result?

Butler: Doubled to about 16,000
Lee: Slipped to about 39,000
Schwartz: About 17,000

Tags: James LeeJeremy SchwartzJohn Butler

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Choctaw Doubles

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

Yes, you read that right.

Justin Kruger is known as "Choctaw" around these parts because he randomly shouts it out loud from time to time. He final tabled a $550 preliminary event this week, finishing 7th for $8,456, and just doubled here in the Main Event.

According to Kruger a player limped in front of him and he raised to 625. Four players called, including the original limper, and the flop fell {5-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{j-Diamonds}. Kruger led for 1,125 and everyone folded except for one opponent who raised to 3,125. Kruger four-bet to 8,000, his opponent shoved for effectively 20,000 and Kruger called.

Opponent: {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Kruger: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}

Kruger needed to fade his opponent's straight and flush outs, but he didn't sweat long because the {5-Spades} turned giving him a winning full house. The {4-Diamonds} rivered but it was too late, Kruger turned an unbeatable hand and doubled to 45,000 chips.

Tags: Justin Kruger

Bigger Stacks Emerging

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

Justin "Choctaw" Kruger is up to about 60,000 after cracking an opponent's aces.

After a {10-}{9-Spades}{4-Spades} flop, Kruger called an opponent's bet of 1,300 and saw the {7-Spades} turn card. Facing a bet of 3,400, Kruger moved all in with the bigger stack. His opponent immediately called all in for about 12,00 with {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}, needing a spade on the river to catch up to Kruger's {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. The river was a safe {K-Clubs} for Kruger who has now tripled his starting stack.

Meanwhile Jeremy Schwartz has overcome a rocky start to chip up to roughly 50,000.

Tags: Jeremy SchwartzJustin Kruger