2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$111,812
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$475,785
Entries
327
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Roll Call!

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

A small field coupled with small blinds and slow action leaves time to look over the field. Here's what we see:

3 Beanies
7 Hoodies with the hood pulled up
11 Pairs of sunglasses
5 Pairs of Apple ear buds
2 Pairs of Beats by Dre headphones
1 Pair of Bose headphones

Action?

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

The recent action has been dreadfully slow here during the first three levels, and most of the players are more interested in the football games on TV than the poker tournament they've payed $1,600 to enter. Or for some, double that.

But the USC/Oregon game has just ended, drawing the attention back to the felt. We'll see if the action picks up.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Rockets > Ladies

Lisa Hale and another player saw a flop of {10-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {3-Spades}. Hale moved all in with a shortish stack and and was called.

Hale: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}
Opponent: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}

The board completed {5-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} and Hale doubled up to 25,700.

Player Chips Progress
Lisa Hale
Lisa Hale
25,700

Tags: Lisa Hale

Adding Eighty

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

We've seen a pretty steady trickle of new players into the field since the evening flight began, and the number of registrants has ticked up to 80. That moves us up over 300 total players for the combined Day 1, and registration will remain open until play begins on Day 2 at noon.

Sy Bests Lawrence

Five players tossed in 325 to see a flop after Shawn Lawrence opened in middle position. The flop came {Q-Spades} {5-Spades} {4-Hearts} and after two checks Lawrence bet 1,100 and Jason Sy called from the big blind. The turn was the {J-Hearts} and Sy check-called 2,200. The paired the board with the {J-Spades} and both players checked.

Sy tabled {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} and Lawrence flashed a queen as he mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Sy
Jason Sy
23,000
Shawn Lawrence
Shawn Lawrence
17,000

Tags: Jason SyShawn Lawrence

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

A Familiar Trio

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Grant Hillman and Drew Caseri are both back in the field for this evening session, looking for repeat runs to the final table. Both men were felted during the morning flight, and they're on their last bullets here with the maximum $3,200 committed this Main Event.

We've also spotted Donna Jetter, a lady we mentioned briefly earlier. She, too, final tabled this event last year, but she's chosen to go with only a single bullet here in the evening flight.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0