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2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$354,240
Entries
246
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
It's a Circuit Winterfest
Welcome back to another stop along the 2010/2011 World Series of Poker Circuit! We're up in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and if you're going to be joining us here, you better pack your scarfs and gloves because it's cold. Since we arrived at Harvey's Lake Tahoe last night, a consistent sprinkle of snow has been coming down. The is the other side of paradise, away from sunny beaches, bikinis and the ocean. We're up in the mountains -- about 6,000 feet up in the mountains -- and if you being surrounded by tall trees and snow, this is your place. It's absolutely beautiful up here and a great stop for the tour.
Play kicks off at 12:00 PM PST and a field of around 200 runners is expected. Although the snow is beautiful, it may actually hurt the attendance as it's making it more difficult to get up and down the mountain. We can tell you that we've already spotted Woody Moore, winner of WSOP-C Southern Indiana and the man who never misses a WSOP-branded event, Howard "Tahoe" Andrew. Shiva Dudani and Charlie Wiper are also here. Oh, and we heard the barking coming from the one and only Ted Bort. He came barking through the tournament area just a few moments ago.
We're about 20 minutes away from start time, so stay tuned for all of the live coverage as only the PokerNews Live Reporting team can bring it to you!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up And Deal!
The announcements have been made the the cards are in the air. It was announced that the field size is looking to be over 200 players, which is quite an awesome number given the weather conditions outside that threatened to hurt players traveling in.
Sightings in the Field
As we mentioned before in our intro post, we've got Woody Moore, Howard "Tahoe" Andrew, Shiva Dudani and Ted Bort in the field today. Joining them, we've spotted Jim Pechac and Andrew Malott.
John "Cowboy" Land has also been spotted cutting out bets in the field. Land is from Frisco, Texas and holds not one, but two WSOP Circuit rings. Both came in prelim events last season at Harrah's Rincon and Harrah's Tunica.
We've also got a couple newly-minted Circuit ring winners in the field. Phillip Hui won Event #2: $345 No-Limit Hold'em. He bested a field of 407 to claim the first-place prize of $26,257. Matt Hughes is also sporting a brand new piece of jewelry after winning Event #17: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. He beat out 118 others and won $16,730. We'll see if either of these two can make a splash in the Main Event here in Tahoe or if any other of the prelim winners show up.
Malott Trends Up to Start
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Andrew Malott opened to 150 from the cutoff seat, and the gentleman on the button was the only caller as they went heads up to the flop.
It rolled out 
, and Malott check-called a bet of 225. The 
on the turn drew checks from both players, and Malott led out with 750 on the 
river. His opponent paid him off; Malott showed 
for two pair, and he's moving in the right direction to start the day.
Numbers Looking Good
The board reads 228 right now and that's a great number for this event. That number should rise a bit more while registration stays open and all those late sleepers roll in. With expectations around 180-200 as the snow came in this weekend, well over 200 runners is amazing. When we get a final tally, we'll let you know.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
A Few Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
18,700
-1,300
|
-1,300 |
|
15,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Meet Tahoe
It doesn't matter if it's Las Vegas or New Orleans, Southern California or Southern Indiana, if the banner says "World Series of Poker", Howard Andrew is coming to play. And with a nickname like "Tahoe", there was little doubt we'd see him in the field today.
"Tahoe" Andrew is a native of Pleasanton, California, and he is the proud owner of two WSOP gold bracelets. He won them a day apart from one another in 1976, taking down the $1,000 "Businessman's" and $2,500 preliminary events. Since that year, he's never missed the World Series of Poker Main Event, a streak that was extended to 35 consecutive years in 2010. That's more than you and me put together, and it's the longest streak running.
"Tahoe" was mentioned in the 1978 WSOP Media Guide alongside the likes of Johnny Moss, Chip Reese, Puggy Pearson, and Bobby Hoff. He was universally known as the guy most likely to get his chips into the middle light, always putting pressure on his opponents in a time when the game was admittedly more straight-forward. Since then, he's played just about everything you can think of, racking up close to $1.4 million in tournament earnings. Even well into his seventies, "Tahoe" is still booking results, finishing in 3rd place at the $5,000 Circuit Championship in Rincon earlier this year.
If "Tahoe" can cash here this week, it'll be his 20th career WSOP payday.