Main Event
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2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Choctaw
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Choctaw
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
808
Level
33
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Welcome to Choctaw!
Welcome to Durant, Oklahoma for the next stop on the World Series of Poker Circuit!
The Choctaw Casino Resort is host to the latest tour stop. Among those expected to play include poker Hall of Famer TJ Cloutier and Tom McEvoy. Plenty of players have earned themselves some points for the National Championship race and you can check out the leaderboard to see where everyone stands.
The tournament kicks off today at 12:00 pm local time here at Choctaw, about 40 minutes from now. PokerNews will be on the floor to bring you all the coverage. We'll see you in a bit!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Massive Turnout
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
At this point, there are a whopping 759 players registered.
Familiar Faces
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Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Because the field is so massive, the tournament is being spread over three locations at the moment. One of them is the Choctaw Ballroom where Senovio Ramirez III, Spencer "Tex" Hudson and Gus Voelzel are seated.
Upstairs in the poker room there are four tables being used and we spotted Justin "lockdownpokah" Allen grinding at one of them.
Notables From Center Stage
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
After out first pass through the "Center Stage" room, we've spotted Allen "Chainsaw " Kessler, Tom McEvoy, Ylon Schwartz, Manish Patel, and Chris Tryba.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Circuit Points Leaders Will Be Keeping an Eye on Each Other
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Brett Schwertley and Kevin Calenzo sit #1 and #2 atop the WSOP-C National Leaderboard and will be able to keep close tabs on how the other is doing today, as the two are seated just a table apart (Calenzo, though, has yet to take his seat).
Schwertley, having previously won a preliminary event at WSOP-C Hammond, took down a $555 No-Limit Hold‘Em 6-Max event a few days ago here at Choctaw to leap Caleno and grab the top spot. While both have all but punched their tickets to the Circuit National Championship in May, there is no doubt that both will be looking to create some separation at the top before things wrap up here at Choctaw.
Photos
Here are some photos of the action
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0