On our last pass past the tournament clock, we noticed Day 1a already had 844 entrants. That number almost surpasses last year's total field of 872. With late registration still open, and Day 1b yet to come, you can bet your bottom dollar that the WSOP-Circuit Hammond Main Event is going to be huge!
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$60 | 648 | $314,280 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Costain | St. Clairsville, OH | $64,416 |
| 2 | Andrew Barfield | Mt. Sterling, IL | $39,866 |
| 3 | Alin Cotolan | Chicago, IL | $29,241 |
| 4 | Joel Casper | Chicago, IL | $21,745 |
| 5 | Thomas Matteucci | Berwyn, IL | $16,390 |
| 6 | Joshua Pender | Rockhill, SC | $12,518 |
| 7 | Joseph Stark | Lawrenceville, GA | $9,686 |
| 8 | Michael Sarmiento | Chicago, IL | $7,593 |
| 9 | Scott Carroll | Pekin, IL | $6,028 |
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The 2010 WSOPC Hammond Main Event Winner Kurt Jewell has dipped below his starting stack in the early levels of play. We found him calling a preflop raise of 200 in position and the flop fell 
. His opponent checked and Jewell bet 300, His opponent called and then checked dark before the 
turn hit the felt. Jewell checked behind and the river came 
. His opponent checked and Jewell checked behind him. His opponent tabled 
for the ace high flush and Jewell mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
That is what we heard shouted from across the room by none other than Dwyte Pilgrim. We made our way over to his table and discovered that he had moved all in for his last 8,000 into a pot of 15,000. The board read 
, and action was on Pilgrim.
Ever the gentleman, Pilgrim began to make small talk with our reporter, and eventually raked in the pot after his opponent folded. He is up to 23,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Every time we wander by Kathy Liebert's table, we noticed she is conversing with her table mates and seems to just be having a genuinely good time. In a recent hand, Liebert raised to 200 from early position and found three callers. When the flop fell 
, the big blind checked to Liebert, who put out a continuation bet of 600. The rest of the field got out of the way Liebert took down the small pot uncontested.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$100 | 202 | $195,940 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentin Vornicu | San Diego, CA | $50,943 |
| 2 | Duy Tran | Brentwood, TN | $31,470 |
| 3 | Michael Souza | San Diego, CA | $22,723 |
| 4 | Scott Schwalich | West Carrollton, OH | $16,688 |
| 5 | Nachman Berlin | Brooklyn, NY | $12,468 |
| 6 | Mark Kroon | Madison, WI | $9,474 |
| 7 | Kyle Cartwright | Bartlett, TN | $7,318 |
| 8 | Chad Hahn | Westfield, IN | $5,747 |
| 9 | Pradeep Buddharaju | Houston, TX | $4,585 |
Action folded around to an unknown player in the hijack and he raised to 150. After the cutoff folded, Kenny Nguyen put in a three-bet to 425, the blinds folded, and the hijack gave it up. "I have it again," Nguyen said with a big smile as he flipped over 
.
Nguyen is already up to 35,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Dwyte Pilgrim and three other opponents went to a flop of 
. Action checked around and the turn came 
. Again, action checked around and the river came . Action checked around to the player in the cutoff and he bet 1,300. Action folded around back to Pilgrim and after rechecking his cards he folded as well. Pilgrim is still right around the starting stack.
A woman raised to 350 from middle position and received only one caller, Steve Verrett on the button. When the flop came down 
, the woman fired out 500, Verrett called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
. The MP player again bet 500, but this time Verrett raised to 1,200. The woman called, and then proceeded to check the river.
Verrett took the opportunity to bet 3,100, only to have the woman throw out two T5,000 chips for a bet of 10,000. "Call," said Verrett, who only had 9,225, "Flush." He then tabled 
, which prompted his opponent to simply muck. Verrett is up to 23,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
