With 2,700 in the pot and a flop of , an unknown player in the big blind checked and WSOP bracelet winner Nick Jivkov fired out a bet of 650. The big blind then check-raised to 2,000, Jivkov made it 5,850 to go, the big blind called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
The big blind checked once again, and Jivkov put out another bet, this time 4,600. The big blind then check-raised for a second time by moving all in for just over 11,000. Jivkov had a little less behind and tanked for two minutes before folding and flashing the . The big blind then flashed the and Jivkov did not look pleased.
Jeff Myers opened with a standard raise from middle position and received a call from the woman in the small blind as well as Rex Clinkscales in the big. Three players then saw a flop of , and two checks put action on Myers. He promptly bet 600, the small blind called, and Clinkscales woke up with a check-raise to 2,225.
Myers proceeded to move all in for 3,300, the small blind folded, and Clinkscales made a hesitant call.
Clinkscales:
Myers:
Myers was way out in front with his big pocket pair, and Clinkscales needed some major help if he hoped to eliminate his opponent. The turn did give Clinkscales a gutshot straight draw, but the river failed to complete it.
With several events yet to be determined, the race for the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Champion is undetermined. Whoever captures that title, along with the eventual winner of the Main Event, will automatically qualify for the National Championship. Here's a look at the players who have qualified:
Yesterday, AP Phahurat of Team Run Good managed to make a deep run, but failed to make it through to Day 2. Phahurat fired a second bullet here on Day 1b, but he has met an early demise here in Level 4.
We saw Phahurat rise from the table, put on his backpack, and exit the tournament floor, so we quickly made out way over. When we arrived, Phyllis Blanton was being pushed the pot with the laid out in front of here. Phahurat's hand had already been mucked, but Matt Chang was kind enough to inform us that he had gotten his last 1,700 all in preflop with and failed to improve.
Michael Hahn won Choctaw Event #5. Picture courtesy of WSOP.
Over the course of the past two days, we've been updating you on the preliminary ring events that took place earlier this week here in Choctaw. In case you missed the ones we've covered thus far, here they are again for your reading pleasure:
Michael Hahn brought 717,000 chips to Day 2 of Event 5, a $365 No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Morey Green trailed him closely with 640,000 but the pair set themselves apart from the rest of the field, as the next closest stack belonging to Weldon Hyman who held 364,000.
Hahn rode his lead stack to the final table and began the tournament’s finale with almost 900,000 chips, or more than 100 big blinds. Green remained close behind, holding 777,000.
The pair embarked on a roller-coaster ride that saw Hahn relinquish the chip lead, but keep his cool and close the book on his first Circuit victory. Green finished third, recording his first WSOP-related cash. Hahn won $22,276, a WSOP Circuit gold ring and 50 points toward the Casino Championship.
“It changed pretty quickly,” Hahn said of the dynamic at the final table. “[Austin Buchanan] kind of got some chips early so it changed a little bit. Once the short stacks busted it was always changing and I went up and down quite a bit.”
The ups far outweighed the downs and Hahn donned his first WSOP Circuit ring with his friend, railbird and four-time Circuit champion, Kurt Jewell by his side.
The tournament’s second place finisher was Lynn Achey. Achey was the only player at the final table to have won a WSOP Circuit gold ring. He first won gold in 2008 at Grand Casino Tunica in a $500 buy-in event.
Achey began the heads-up battle Tuesday night with the chip advantage but eventually succumbed to Hahn’s solid play. He was awarded $13,774 for second. Hahn is a 27-year-old poker professional from Indianapolis. He attended Indiana University and received a degree in marketing management and entrepreneurship.
WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em
The turnout here in Choctaw has been amazing. Registration is still open, but already this Main Event is the third largest in WSOP Circuit history. Here's a look at the top five:
, an unknown player in the big blind checked and WSOP bracelet winner Nick Jivkov fired out a bet of 650. The big blind then check-raised to 2,000, Jivkov made it 5,850 to go, the big blind called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
. The big blind then flashed the 
and Jivkov did not look pleased.
, and two checks put action on Myers. He promptly bet 600, the small blind called, and Clinkscales woke up with a check-raise to 2,225.
turn did give Clinkscales a gutshot straight draw, but the 
river failed to complete it.
laid out in front of here. Phahurat's hand had already been mucked, but Matt Chang was kind enough to inform us that he had gotten his last 1,700 all in preflop with 
and failed to improve.
