Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$999,000
Entries
666
Level
35
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
20,000
Strickland Powers Through
Level 16
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Jamie Strickland, Clint Fawcett, and John Short were looking down at a flop of 
. Strickland tapped the table and Fawcett led at the pot for 9,300. Short flat called and Strickland tanked for a bit before moving out a raise to 30,300. Fawcett thought for a moment before releasing and Short followed suit. Strickland showed 
and let out a sigh of relief. With this pot he's now sporting a stack of about 115,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
A Look Back: Event #5
Level 16
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Tunica Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 300 | $90,000 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Loiacano | Mooresville, NC | $21,595 |
| 2 | Carter Myers | Breckenridge, MI | $13,349 |
| 3 | Marc Nellist | Loganville, GA | $9,686 |
| 4 | Robert Hankins | Murfreesboro, TN | $7,146 |
| 5 | Nicholas Melville | N/A | $5,360 |
| 6 | Erin Slaughter | Rowlett, TX | $4,084 |
| 7 | Nicolas Vaca-Rondon | Bogota, Colombia | $3,161 |
| 8 | Ricky Stanton | Bolivar, MO | $2,484 |
| 9 | Ronald Bowers | Cape Girardeau, MO | $1,982 |
Gurney-Goldman Grabs It
Level 16
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The player in the cutoff popped it up to 5,600 and Steven Gurney-Goldman called from the next seat over on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the flop came 
. The cutoff continued with 6,500 and Gurney-Goldman flat called.
Fourth street was the 
and the cutoff slowed down with a check. Gurney-Goldman moved 9,100 into the center. His opponent heaved a sigh.
"Can you beat jacks?" he asked Gurney-Goldman.
Gurney-Goldman sat motionless and did not reply to the question. Roughly a minute passed before his opponent let go of his hand, awarding Gurney-Goldman the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Race Off and Color Up
Level 16
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Tournament staff is racing off and coloring up the black t100 chips. After this we will play one more level before bagging and tagging.
Level: 17
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Brewington Doubles With Quads
Level 16
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
We missed the hand, but Carl Brewington was kind enough to recap the action for us. He opened with a raise holding 
and was three-bet by the player in the small blind. Brewington four-bet all in and his opponent snapped him off with 
.
Brewington flopped three diamonds, giving him flush outs, but he did not need them as the turn and river brought the two remaining kings to give him quads.
The next hand he called the all in of a short stacked player holding 
. The short stack was ahead with queens and stayed that way through the 
board and Brewington shipped 40,000 to his opponent. Still, after this series of hands, he's still sitting on about 440,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Fawcett Running Up His Stack
Level 16
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The flop read 
and Clint Fawcett was heads up with an opponent. Fawcett check-called a bet of 9,000 to see a the drop down on the turn and pair the board.
Fawcett tapped the table once more his opponent shot out 13,000. Once again Fawcett opted to stick around. Fifth street brought the 
and Fawcett checked for a third time. He called the 25,000 chip bet from his opponent and tabled 
. His queens and kings were the winning hand and he scooped up a pot that boosted his stack to around 355,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Lowenthal Loses Race to Bust
Level 17
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
After a series of raises before the flop, Eli Lowenthal got his entire stack in holding 
and was racing against an opponent's 
.
The board came down 
and Lowenthal was sent to the rail close to the end of the night here on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Three More
Level 17
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Tournament staff has announced three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.