Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
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
Hillman Climbing
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The gentleman under the gun opened the pot to 1,500, and Aaron Kanter called two seats over. From the big blind, Grant Hillman stuck in a three-bet to 4,800 total, and the initial raiser moved all in for 22,675. That quickly folded Kanter, but Hillman was facing a big decision. The call represented about half his stack, and he tanked for a minute or so before saying something along the lines of, "I'm not good enough to fold this," as he plunked in the call.
Showdown
Hillman: 
Opponent: 
The flop was a disaster for the all-in player as it came 
to pull Hillman into a huge lead with two to come. The 
turn ended any drama right there, eliminating another player and moving Hillman up into big-stack territory. He appears to be the chip leader in the room right now, stacking up a pile of just less than 70,000 chips.
Woody Pecked
We caught up with the action on the turn in a hand involving three players, one of whom was WSOP-C Southern Indiana winner Woody Moore. The first player, Junior Merafuentes, checked and the next player bet 700 on the board of 
. Moore put in a raise to 3,800 and Merafuentes called. The other player folded.
The river completed the board with the 
. Merafuentes checked and immediately Moore moved all in for 27,575. Merafuentes went into the tank, eventually piping up and saying, "Oh my gosh… sorry guys." A few moments later he added, "Sick, this is so sick."
Another half a minute or so ran by and then Merafuentes made the call. Moore showed the 
for just a pair of threes to go along with the kings on board. Merafuentes tabled the 
for trip kings and won the pot. He had Moore covered and sent the WSOP-C Southern Indiana champion out the door.
Merafuentes now has 75,000 in chips.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Brown Can't Call That Much
Steve Brown open-limped from middle position and the player in the hijack seat limped as well. The button also limped and after the small blind folded, the big blind checked his option.
The flop came down 
and action check around to the player on the button. He fired 1,775 and only Brown made the call.
The turn brought the and Brown checked. The button fired a big bet of 10,000. Brown couldn't call and mucked his hand. He's still got 82,000 in chips though.
No More Tickling
On the flop of 
, "Captain" Tom Franklin checked to Aaron Kanter. Kanter fired 1,500 and Franklin made the call.
The turn completed a possible heart draw with the 
hitting the felt. Franklin led out for 2,500 and Kanter mucked his hand.
"No more tickling," said Franklin.
What'd He Just Say?
A player in middle position opened his second consecutive pot to 1,600, and Ted Bort was one of two callers to come along to the flop.
It brought 
, and the raiser continued out with another 1,600 chips. Bort asked for an eyeball of his stack before raising to 4,000, and that was enough to win him the pot.
"Don't mess with the big dog!" Bort said. "Bow-wow yippee-o bow-wow."
Bort is up to about 27,000 again.
DeWitt Done
We were just thinking, "I wonder how many chips Jason DeWitt has" when we looked up to see him walking past our desk. He had a shirt in one hand, an empty bottle of water in the other, and he was slowly meandering through the room and towards the exit. He stopped off at a buddy's table, and although we're too far away to have heard the bad beat story, there was a lot of shrugging and shaking of the head and frowning, and DeWitt eventually made his way out into the maze of slot machines on the casino floor.
DeWitt's Main Event is over.
Chips for Dinner
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
146,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
133,000 | |
|
78,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
60,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
54,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
41,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
29,300
-4,700
|
-4,700 |
|
25,600
-4,400
|
-4,400 |
|
||
|
|
21,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
14,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
7,500
-2,900
|
-2,900 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Ding!
We've got 9 levels behind us, and the players are off for a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume at 7:30 p.m. local time.