Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$932,655
Entries
641
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
McColgan Leads Day 1b
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Day 1b of the 2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Main Event is in the books, and Kevin McColgan leads the way with 112,500 chips.
The second flight of the Main Event attracted 244 runners, making the Day 1 total 619 entrants. Players who have already used one bullet – or want to register for the first time – may do so before play resumes tomorrow.
The defending champion Brian Ali was eliminated during Day 1a and didn’t enter the second flight, but fellow final tablists John Andress, Patrick Houchins, and Roland Israel will all return for Day 2. Israel finished Day 1a with over 50,000 chips, while Andress and Houchins navigated there ways through Day 1b, finishing with 61,300 and 57,000 respectively.
McColgan, who won a heads-up side event in Hammond, quietly accumulated chips during Day 1b. His table was tough, but he continued chipping up, and will start Day 2 as one of the chip leaders. Ari Engel was also continuously trending up during Day 1b. He won a large, more than 30,000-chip pot with 
on a 
board, and finished the night with 64,200 chips.
Josh Brikis skipped the first flight of the Main Event today because he was too busy fighting for a WSOPC ring in a $1,000 preliminary event. Brikis failed to capture the elusive ring, but he finished in second place, earning him $24,341. He late-registered for Day 1b after grabbing a bite to eat, and ran his stack up to 35,400 chips.
Other notables who survived include Christian Harder (26,000), Joe Palma (100,000), Alemu Makonen (90,000), and Kurt Jewell (88,500).
There were several notables who were unable to survive the second flight of the Main Event however, including Mike Leah, Amanda Musumeci, Chris Klodnicki, Adam Lippert, and Chris Tryba.
Play will resume here at Caesars Atlantic City at noon tomorrow. Don’t forget to set your clocks for daylight savings (spring forward!), and be sure to check back in for all of the up-to-the-minute details.
Three More Hands
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The tournament clock reads 5:00, and the staff pulled a tre from the deck, signifying that there are three more hands tonight.
Crane Nearly Felted
Russell Crane moved all in preflop and Gus Schokter also shoved, but was covered by Crane. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled.
Crane: 
Schokter: 
The board ran 
and Schokter doubled up, leaving Crane with under 2,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000 | |
|
2,000 | -41,000 |
Trip Sevens for Engel
Ari Engel check-called a bet from an opponent with the board reading , and the turn brought the . Ari checked again, and his opponent tossed out three orange T1,000 chips. Engel again called.
The completed the board, and Engel checked a third time. The player fired another 4,000, and Engel check-raised to 13,850. Engel's opponent was very confused, but after tanking for nearly two minutes he called. Engel turned over for trip sevens, and his opponent begrudgingly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 37,000 |
Big Double for Houchins
There was around 5,000 in the middle, and the dealer fanned 
. Patrick Houchins was heads up with a player for the side pot, and there was a third player all in already, vying for the main pot.
The player checked to Houchins tossed who out 7,000.
"All in," the player announced.
"Do you really have queen-jack????" Houchins asked, flabbergasted. He tanked for about half a minute before finally calling.
| Houchins | |
| Opponent |  |
| Short-stacked Player |   |
The turn (
) and the river (
) both bricked, and Houchins doubled to over 50,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 25,000 |
Moar Photos
John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
John Pappas, the Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), is in town today and gave a speech concerning the state of poker at the Trump Taj Majal tonight. WSOP Media Director Nolan Dalla and Wendeen Eolis both attended the speech and were pleased with his message. In attendance were various politicians and lawmakers, casino executives and investors.
Event #4
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Ring Event #4 No Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$45 | 495 | $144,045 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Navid | Centreville, VA | $30,969 |
| 2 | Rexford McCaffrey | Millville, NJ | $19,147 |
| 3 | Todd Brenn | Tallmadge, OH | $13,988 |
| 4 | Brian Grzywaczewski | Montgomery, NY | $10,969 |
| 5 | Edward Shade | Hurricane, WV | $7,799 |
| 6 | Robert Cochrane | Hagerstown, MD | $5,949 |
| 7 | Rajiv Khanna | Floral Park, NY | $4,602 |
| 8 | Chris Reslock | Atlantic City, NJ | $3,611 |
| 9 | Thomas Savitsky | Randolph, NJ | $2,873 |
Event #3
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Event #3 No-Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$55 | 253 | $122,705 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Croft | Sumter, SC | $30,062 |
| 2 | Joseph Stuckey | Hicksville, NY | $18,575 |
| 3 | Michael Muscatello | Seaford, NY | $13,420 |
| 4 | Samuel Elderfield | Nanaimo, BC | $9,876 |
| 5 | Jonathan Sorscher | Lynbrook, NY | $7,399 |
| 6 | James Governa | Richboro, PA | $5,638 |
| 7 | Abraham Faroni | Penn Valley, PA | $4,368 |
| 8 | Alex Rocha | S. Setuaket, NY | $3,439 |
| 9 | Brian Ali | Brooklyn, NY | $2,751 |