The prizepool and payouts have just been announced for the 2011 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event in Choctaw. There were 808 entrants today totaling $1,175,640 and 81 players will be paid starting at $2,897.
The final table will look like this:
1st
$232,706
2nd
$143,462
3rd
$105,764
4th
$78,828
5th
$59,537
6th
$45,552
7th
$35,290
8th
$27,680
9th
$21,979
For all of the prizepool information click the Payouts tab above.
After an opponent put in a raise from middle position, Kevin Calenzo called from the big blind.
"Check in the dark," said Calenzo. "Me too," replied his oppponent. That took care of the action on the flop, coming down .
Calenzo dark-checked the turn as well and when his opponent saw the hit, another check came. The river brought the and Calenzo quickly bet 3,600. His opponent called instantly and upon seeing Calenzo table for trips, showed for the flopped straigt.
The table got a good laugh out of how the hand played out. "What just happaned there?" asked a surprised Calenzo.
"Was afraid of that paired board," said his opponent.
Kenneth Burke is one of our resident chip leaders and recently opened for a raise preflop and got no action, which was unfortunate for him because he tabled a pair of aces.
"They call me 'The Skillet,'" he told us. "Because I fry everybody."
Right now he's frying the competition - he has 147,000 chips.
After some preflop action Daniel Makowski was heads up against an opponent with over 17,000 in the middle already. The flop fell and Makowski’s opponent led for 7,500. Makowski quickly raised to 18,000, his opponent moved all in and Makowski snapped it off.
Opponent:
Makowski:
Makowski held as the turn and river came , respectively, doubling him to 80,000 chips.
Allen Kessler was down to 8,000 at one point today. He's worked his way back to the starting stack after making a nice river call. The board read board and Kessler called his opponent's bet with , good enough to win the pot and move back to about 20,000.