Main Event Day 1 | 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City

12-08-2012 14:25 UTC-4

Ali Back in the Ring, Seeks Second Atlantic City Ring

Shamus

A late position raise to 500 over at Table 25 earned three callers, including Brian Ali from the small blind. Ali is back here in Atlantic City looking to win another WSOP-C Main Event title after taking down the WSOP-C Atlantic City Caesars event last year.

All four players checked the monotone flop. Then the turn brought the and another round of checks.

The river was the , and Ali fired a 1,000 into middle. It folded around to the original raiser who made it 2,000, and Ali called the raise. His opponent tabled for a Broadway straight, and Ali mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Ali	17,500 -2,500	-2,500

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12-08-2012 14:32 UTC-4

Jewell Doubles

Mickey Doft

All in for 10,725, Kurt Jewell has managed an early Level 4 double up. The final board read and Jewell's bested his opponent's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kurt Jewell	22,000 8,500	8,500

Tags: Kurt Jewell

12-08-2012 14:36 UTC-4

Chip Counts From Around the Room

Mickey Doft

Aaron Massey just stopped by our desk to inform us of some bad news.

"Bluffed it all off guys," he said.

He'll be back for Day 1b later tonight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dean Schultz	25,500 -4,000	-4,000
David Stefanski	23,000 3,000	3,000
Sirous Jamshidi	21,000 1,000	1,000
Cherish Andrews	19,000 -1,000	-1,000
Brett Schwertley	19,000 -1,000	-1,000
Doug Carli	18,000 -2,000	-2,000
Ralph Massey	17,000 -3,000	-3,000
Mike Sica	16,000 -4,000	-4,000

Roland Israelashvili	15,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jared Jaffee	15,000 -5,000	-5,000
Matt Matros	14,500 -5,500	-5,500
Craig Bergeron	14,000 -6,000	-6,000
Josh Brikis	12,000 -8,000	-8,000
David Diaz	10,700 -9,300	-9,300
Robert Hwang	5,000 -15,000	-15,000
Aaron Massey	Busted

12-08-2012 14:39 UTC-4

California Gurls in Atlantic City

Shamus

Both Matt Glantz and Chris Klodnicki have arrived to join the battle. Glantz made it about a half-hour before Klodnicki did, although we were hearing about Klodnicki earlier via Glantz's Twitter account. That's where we also heard what Glantz has been rocking to through his first few orbits today.

Matt Glantz
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Playing #HarrahsWSOPc main blasting @katyperry in my headphones while playing Open Face w @SLOPPYKLOD on Ipad. #justanothersaturdayDecember 08 2012

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Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	22,000 2,000	2,000
Chris Klodnicki	20,000

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Matt Glantz

12-08-2012 14:55 UTC-4

Matros, Cutler Up; Brikis Down

Shamus

Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Matt Matros is here, sitting at Table 28 a couple of spots away from Josh Brikis.

Matros was just now involved in a hand in which he raised to 500 from middle position and got callers from both blinds. The flop came , and when checked to Matros bet 600, with both opponents calling. All three then checked down the turn and river.

The big blind flipped over for the straight, and Matros and the other player mucked. Matros has chipped up a little from the starting stack to this point, presently sitting with about 24,000.

Things haven't gone quite as well thus far for Brikis today, although he did have a decent run in an earlier event here at WSOP-C Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, having final tabled Event #6 where he finished sixth.

Alan Culter won that event. He's here, too, and has about 30,000 as we near the end of Level 4. Here are the results from Event #6:

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Atlantic City Ring Event #6 Six-Handed NLHE

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$65	329	$100,016

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Alan Cutler	Vernon Hills, IL	$23,504
2	Cuong Phung	Atlantic City, NJ	$14,532
3	John Hinds	Greenville, North Carolina	$10,555
4	Benjamin Grise	Indianapolis, IN	$7,796
5	Robert Willis	Bellmawr, NJ	$5,853
6	Josh Brikis	Pittsburgh, PA	$4,464
7	Ronald Citrenbaum	Springfield, NJ	$3,458
8	Wu Zhou	State College, PA	$2,718
9	Jennifer So	New Brunswick, NJ	$2,169

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Cutler	30,000 10,000	10,000
Matt Matros	24,000 9,500	9,500
Josh Brikis	10,500 -1,500	-1,500

Tags: Alan Cutler Josh Brikis Matt Matros

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

12-08-2012 15:04 UTC-4

More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Buzgon	45,000 25,000	25,000
Jamie Kerstetter	28,500 -500	-500
Lee Childs	27,000 7,000	7,000
Vinny Pahuja	26,000 -1,000	-1,000
John Cernuto	23,000 3,000	3,000

Roman Valerstein	22,000 2,000	2,000
Matt Glantz	20,500 -1,500	-1,500
William Klevitz	19,000 -1,000	-1,000
Dave Inselberg	19,000 -1,000	-1,000
Amanda Musumeci	18,000 -2,000	-2,000
Ken Silberstein	17,000 -3,000	-3,000
Nicholas Palma	17,000 -3,000	-3,000
Micah Raskin	16,000 -4,000	-4,000
Brian Ali	15,000 -2,500	-2,500
Adam Lippert	14,000 -6,000	-6,000
Aaron Overton	13,500 -6,500	-6,500

12-08-2012 15:07 UTC-4

Level 5 Arrivals and Busts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Baumstein	20,000
Kyle Bowker	20,000

Robert Hwang	Busted
Nick Jivkov	Busted

12-08-2012 15:17 UTC-4

Andrews, Garcia Each Step Aside

Shamus

We were standing between a couple of tables, one of which finds Cord Garcia battling with a short stack, the other Cherish Andrews having chipped up so far today, and both players were involved in hands at their respective tables.

At Andrews's table, she'd opened for 500 from the cutoff, then a player in the blinds reraised to 1,700, and she called. Then when her opponent fired big at a flop, Andrews stepped aside.

In Garcia's hand, the pot was considerably larger — up over 9,300 — when a flop came and his opponent playing from the hijack seat pushed all in for about 14,000. Garcia (on the button) spent some time counting out his remaining chips to see that he was covered, and eventually let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cherish Andrews	30,000 11,000	11,000
Cord Garcia	9,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Cherish Andrews Cord Garcia

12-08-2012 15:20 UTC-4

Bowker Busts

Mickey Doft

Kyle Bowker sat in his seat for no longer than 10 minutes before he was sent to the rail.

With only a few thousand in the pot and the board reading , action was on Bowker who was faced with a decision for his remaining stack (about 19,000) after his opponent bet well more than 20,000.

Bowker mulled it over for a few moments before sliding in his chips to call, happy to see his miles ahead of his opponent's . The turn kept Bowker ahead, but the spiked on the river and Bowker was quickly out the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Bowker	Busted

Tags: Kyle Bowker