2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Rincon

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Rincon

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$111,104
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,620
Prize Pool
$483,060
Entries
332
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Table Of Death Gets Deadlier

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

Speaking of Eddy Sabat and Bryce Yockey, we already mentioned that they were at the early table of death, as they were joined by David "ODB" Baker. Well the table had an empty seat, which was filled by Alex Masek, who as we said earlier has a runner up in a WSOP-C main event under his belt. However, despite all these big names, it is a relative unknown, Justice Litle, who seems to be the shark here. He is sitting with around 53,000, which by our counts is one of the top stacks in the room. We will be sure to keep tabs on this table as the day progresses.

Tags: Eddy SabatBryce YockeyAlex MasekDavid "ODB" BakerJustice Litle

Play The Board

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

We walked over to a nearby table and saw a nearly 25,000-chip pot being split in half. The board read {7-Spades}{k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} and the two tabled hands were {6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. Although we are not sure when or how the money went in, we're pretty positive that both players are excited to be getting chips back given their final hands.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
48,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jeff Blenkarn us
Jeff Blenkarn
46,500
-1,800
-1,800
Chris Summers
Chris Summers
41,500
-500
-500
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
41,000
-10,500
-10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Alex Masek us
Alex Masek
40,000
20,400
20,400
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
39,000
20,000
20,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Justice Litle
Justice Litle
38,000
-15,000
-15,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
28,500
10,500
10,500
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
27,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
23,800
4,800
4,800
Allen Carter
Allen Carter
20,700
-9,300
-9,300
WPT 1X Winner
Matthew Chang
Matthew Chang
19,500
Jonas Mackoff ca
Jonas Mackoff
17,500
-12,500
-12,500
Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
16,500
500
500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
15,500
1,500
1,500
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
12,050
-25,950
-25,950

Tehan Flushed With Chips

We got to Joe Tehan's table when he was heads up with his opponent in a pot that had about 3,500 in it. The board read a dangerous {7-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}, and it was checked to Tehan, who bet out 2,550. His opponent thought for about a minute before calling. The river came the {3-Spades}, and it was checked to Tehan again, who counted out a big bet of 6,600 and threw it in the middle. This forced his opponent to go deep in the tank.

He counted out his chips, and eyeballed Tehan's stack for over two minutes. He continued to think for another minute or so, counting out his chips to assess the damage. Finally, after nearly 3 minutes of thinking, he chucked in the call, and Tehan showed {a-Spades}{5-Hearts} for an ace high flush. His opponent started to shake his head, but didn't muck his hand yet. He continued to do this for about 15 seconds, before lifting his cards up. He started to flick his wrist, but stopped again, refusing to let go of his cards. After another 10 seconds, and a few shrugs of confusion from his table mates, Tehan's opponent finally threw his cards face up to the dealer, showing {8-Hearts}{10-Spades} for a lesser flush. Tehan finally took the chips he waited patiently for, upping his stack to 44,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
44,000
20,500
20,500
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Joe Tehan

Bonding Slipping

After one player limped, Lars Bonding raised from the cutoff to 1,400. The player to his left called and the remaining players got out of the way.

The flop was {8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Bonding checked before his opponent bet 1,600. Bonding called.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and once again Bonding check-called, this time for 2,100.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and both players quickly checked. Before Bonding had a chance to table his cards, his opponent flipped over {6-Hearts}{6-Spades} for a full house. Bonding mouthed the word, "Wow" as he slowly slid his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
14,000
-14,500
-14,500

Tags: Lars Bonding

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75