Main Event
Day 1 Started
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
Prize Pool
$924,000
Entries
616
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1a Almost Set to Kickoff
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the World Series of Poker Circuit. The seventh stop of the season brings us to Harrah's Resort Atlantic City.
Last year's Main Event drew a field of 618 entries and was taken down by Tuan Phan for $188,830. As is the case with the all of the circuit Main Event's, Day 1 will be broken down into two sessions, offering players the chance to re-enter in the evening if they fail to survive the first session.
Among those we expect to participate in today's affair include Amanda Musumeci, Josh Brikis, Kurt Jewell, Aaron Massey, Micah Raskin, and Drazen Ilich. A field similar to last year's 618 entries is expected.
Play is set to begin at 11:00am local time, about half an hour from now, so be sure to keep it here throughout the day as the first step is taken to find out who the next WSOP circuit Main Event champion will be.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Day 1a Is Underway
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Cards are in the air and the first flight of Day 1 has begun. Today will see both "Day 1a" and "Day 1b" play out, with each flight lasting for nine 40-minute levels. This is also a re-entry event, meaning if a player busts here during Day 1a, he or she can re-enter this evening for Day 1b.
It looks like a good-sized field has already started to develop. Back in a few to let you know who we are seeing among the players gathered around the tables.
Who's Here?
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More Familar Faces
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Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Making Points
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
"Sorry for that cooler I put on you."
So said Aaron Massey just now as he arrived to his seat at Table 26. The comment was directed toward Jared Jaffe seated a few seats to his left, and was in reference to a hand from Event #7, the $1,000+$125 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament that ended late last night.
"Ah, it happens," shrugged Jaffe, one of several the Chicagoan had knocked out during his deep run. "At least you used the chips, right?" "Almost!" grinned Massey, and Jaffe nodded at Massey's point.
Indeed, Massey made it all of the way to a second-place finish last night, finishing runner-up to James Gilbert of nearby Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Here are the results from that $1K event that drew 196 entrants:
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Atlantic City Ring Event #7 No-Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
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| $1,000+$125 | 196 | $192,717 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
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| 1 | James Gilbert | Bensalem, PA | $50,106 |
| 2 | Aaron Massey | Chicago, IL | $30,952 |
| 3 | Gino Levrini | Las Vegas, NV | $22,349 |
| 4 | Mitchell Martin | Bronx, NY | $16,414 |
| 5 | Marc Remmes | Montauk, NY | $12,263 |
| 6 | Yossi Azulay | Chicago, IL | $9,318 |
| 7 | Timothy Faro | Geln Burnle, MD | $7,198 |
| 8 | Jeuel Cato | Newark, NJ | $5,652 |
| 9 | Keith Block | Pomona, NY | $4,510 |
Also making that final table was Yossi Azulay who finished sixth, which gave him enough points to catapult into first position currently on the WSOP-C National Leaderboard. Massey also picked up points with his finish, pushing into a tie for third at the moment. In addition to other qualifiers, players who earn enough points on the National Leaderboard will be able to buy-in to the National Championship in May 2013.
Here's what the top of the WSOP Circuit National Leaderboard looks like this morning as our event gets started:
WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten
| Player | Points | Rings | Cashed | Earnings |
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| Yossi Azulay | 165 | 0 | 12 | $79,218 |
| Charles “Woody” Moore | 150 | 0 | 7 | $46,997 |
| Rex Clinkscales | 145 | 0 | 6 | $35,499 |
| Caufman Talley | 142.5 | 2 | 5 | $82,963 |
| Aaron Massey | 142.5 | 1 | 5 | $55,252 |
| Ashly Butler | 112.5 | 1 | 4 | $25,415 |
| Ari Engel | 105 | 1 | 4 | $68,762 |
| Blake Barousse | 102.5 | 2 | 3 | $59,916 |
| John Dolan | 100 | 1 | 4 | $63,916 |
| Austin Buchanan | 92.5 | 0 | 5 | $40,964 |
Late Arrivals
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Jewell Keeps Firing
Kurt Jewell had slipped down to less than half the starting stack (20,000) by the first part of Level 2, but just now opened with a middle position raise in an effort to reverse the trend.
Jewell picked up three callers, and the four of them saw the flop come 
. Jewell fired a continuation bet of 400, and two of his opponents stuck around. The turn brought the 
and a bet of 1,050 from Jewell, and this time just one opponent called.
The river brought the 
, putting a third deuce on board, and this time Jewell promptly set out his remaining stack of about 6,500. His opponent tanked for some time before finally letting his hand go.
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