Just About Set to Go. Again.
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The players have just begun taking their seats, and the Day 1b flight will be off and running in just a few minutes.
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$475,785
Entries
327
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1a Wraps with Ron McMillen Leading
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Day 1a of the WSOPC Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event saw 224 players taking to the felt. After nine levels of play the remaining 128 players bagged and tagged their chips to return for Day 2. In the end it was Ron McMillen leading the field with 143,400.
Close behind McMillen is Matt Keikoan with 120,000 and notables Sam Barnhart (80,400), JC Tran (26,400) and Gary DeBernardi (43,000) also remain in the field.
Notables that did not survive the day include: Mark "Pegasus" Smith, "The Captain" Tom Franklin, Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon, Joe Mongkol-ua-aree and Robert Castoire.
The surviving players will return alongside the Day 1b players for Day 2 at noon on Sunday. The Day 1b field will get underway at 7 p.m. PST. Be sure to follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com
Day 1a Bagging Up
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
We've just hit the end of Level 9, and that's pretty much it for Day 1a. We're going to go grab a few chip counts, and we'll be back to wrap this thing up shortly.
"Short-Handed on 36!"
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
That was the call from the dealer, and Table 36 is the table we've been watching all day. We hustled over there to see the seats of both Stan Quinn and Grant Hillman empty, and Sam Barnhart was stacking chips. We're not sure if the pair of 2010 finalists went out on the same hand or not, but they've both been eliminated, and Barnhart is up around 60,000 or so.
Keikoan Advancing
In middle position, Matt Keikoan opened to 1,800, and he found action in two places. The big blind would check and fold on the flop, and Keikoan continued out with 3,600 in the 
. The gentleman in postion called the bet, and it was heads up to the 
turn. Keikoan loaded again and fired another 7,600 into the pot. His opponent had about 28,000 total, and he eventually shoved them all in. Keikoan asked for the count, but he called as the dealer was still cutting down the stacks.
Showdown
Keikoan: 
Opponent: 
Mr. Opponent was drawing dead to two outs, and the river 
was a blank. Dragging that knockout pot, Keikoan climbs his way past the century mark to about 110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Das Monsterpotten
An incredible hand just occurred that gave us a new chipleader. Ron McMillen, Joe Mongkol-ua-aree and Adam Aronson all went to the flop of 
and action checked all the way around. The turn brought the 
, Aronson checked, Mongkol-ua-aree moved all in, McMillen called and then Aronson called as well. With three all ins the hands were turned face up.
Mongkol-ua-aree: 
Aronson: 
McMillen: 
McMillen had both players covered and raked the giant pot after the came on the river. Both Mongkol-ua-aree and Aronson were pretty shocked and both shook McMillen's hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000 |
That's Matt Keikoan!
Well, well, well. It only took us eight-plus levels to find Matt Keikoan in the field, possibly because he's hiding over there next to Annie LePage.
Keikoan is one of the few poker millionaires in the room, not to mention a past champion of this event. He won WSOP bracelets in 2008 and 2010, filling in the middle year with a victory in the $5,000 WSOPC Main Event here in Lake Tahoe in 2009. All told, he's got more than $1.8 million in poker winnings.
And he's doing quite well here today; Keikoan has about 80,000 at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000 | |
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Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Players Tightening Up
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
There's only a few minutes left in Level 8 and the just one more level before the Day 1a players bag and tag for evening. With the prospect of Day 2 looming many players have tightened up considerably.
Tran Keeping Busy
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Tran was pushing the action all morning long at his first table and nothing has changed now that he's been moved to a new table. He was in a hand with the board showing 
and Tran's opponent check-called 2,000. The river was the 
, his opponent check-folded after Tran bet 3,700.
The next hand Tran opened for 1,600 and the small blind called. The flop came 
, the small blind bet 2,500 and Tran called. The turn came 
, the small blind checked and Tran bet 3,800. The small blind folded and accidently flahsed his cards - we were unable to see what they were but we did see two face cards. Tran flashed his cards as well, but since we were standing behind him we were unable to his cards also.