Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$1,710,000
Entries
1,140
Level
35
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
20,000
Break #2
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
Three more levels are in the books, which means it's time for a 15-minute break.
"I Don't Want to be a Douche"
After a player had limped in the hijack, Will "Monkey" Souther raised to 1,175 from the cutoff. The button then called, the blinds folded, and the limper got out of the way. That made it heads-up action to the flop, which came down 
.
Both players checked, as they did on the 
turn, and the 
peeled off on the river. The button then tabled 
. "I didn't check the river," Souther stated. Indeed, he hadn't; nonetheless, Souther mucked his hand and said, "I don't want to be a douche [by betting."
The man known as "Monkey" is down to 21,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Farrar With a Big Stack After a Bizarre Hand
While perusing around the tournament room, we noticed that there is a big stack (70,000 chips) on Table 29. There was no one sitting there at first, yet without needing to ask, one of the players gave us the scoop.
According to the player at the table, Mark Farrar and an opponent were heads up on a board of 
. Farrar, who called bets on both the flop and turn, was faced with a bet of 5,000 on the river. Intending to call, he fumbled two oversized chips across the betting line.
The floor was called, and they ruled that Farrar would have to at least put in a minimum raise of 10,000. He did so begrudgingly, and his opponent apologized before moving all in.
Farrar tanked for over a minute, then called. His opponent "only had a pair of deuces," while Farrar tabled two tens.
After his fortuitous mistake, Farrar now sits with one of the larger stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
In addition to the players who qualify by winning either a WSOP Circuit Main Event or Casino Championship, the players who earn enough points on the National Leaderboard will earn a seat into the National Championship. Here's a look at the top ten leading into the Choctaw stop:
WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten*
| Player | Points | Rings | Cashed | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Clinkscales | 167.5 | 0 | 7 | $38,368 |
| Yossi Azulay | 165 | 0 | 12 | $79,218 |
| Wendy Freedman | 150 | 1 | 5 | $55,755 |
| Charles “Woody” Moore | 150 | 0 | 7 | $46,997 |
| Caufman Talley | 142.5 | 2 | 5 | $82,963 |
| Aaron Massey | 142.5 | 1 | 5 | $55,252 |
| Trevor Deeter | 127.5 | 1 | 8 | $37,898 |
| Alex Masek | 127.5 | 2 | 6 | $37,163 |
| Carter Myers | 125 | 1 | 6 | $49,713 |
| Joshua Pender | 125 | 1 | 7 | $44,657 |
*Leading up to the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant stop.
One for Lawrence; Clinkscales on the Rise
A player in early position opened for 600 and cleared the field all the way around to Matt Lawrence, who three-bet to 2,100 from the big blind. The original raiser called, the flop came down 
, and Lawrence continued for 3,100. It proved enough to get the job done as the early-position player folded. Despite winning that pot, Lawrence is still down from the last time we check in with him.
Meanwhile, we've spotted Rex Clinkscales in the field, and he's already worked his stack up to 52,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | |
|
16,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Nguyen Out, Flack In
Huy Nguyen's seat is empty, and there are no chips at the table, so we can only assume that the 2011 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant champion as been eliminated.
There is a new, very interesting character at his former table however - Layne Flack.
"Back-to-Back" Flack won two WSOP bracelets in both 2002 and 2003, and has a grand total of six altogether. Flack also has over $4.5 million in live career tournament earnings, with his biggest score ($577,725) coming at the 2008 WSOP, where he won his sixth and (thus far) final bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Big Pot for McCormick
We didn't catch all the action, but we did see Tom McCormick fire out a big bet of 8,000 after his opponent in the small blind had checked on the river with a board reading 
.
There was already 11,000 in the pot, and the small blind ended up making the call to balloon it to 27,000! McCormick rose from his chair and tabled 
for a full house, which was good as his opponent could only muster trips with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Photos from Day 1a
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25