2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
$385,909
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$2,304,000
Entries
1,536
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
250,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Day 1b Concludes with Liou On Top

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Phillip Liou - Overall chip leader
Phillip Liou - Overall chip leader

Day 1b of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Horseshoe Hammond attracted 677 runners. Play was undoubtedly slower during the second starting flight, but Phillip Liou still managed to bag up bunches of chips. He finished the day on 347,500 and topped the pack.

The field didn't quite reach the 835 entries from Day 1a, but there were still plenty of notables in the mix. Some of the names in action were WSOP gold bracelet winners Robert and Michael Mizrachi, Robert Cheung, Brian Hastings, Bob Slezak, Gavin Smith and Nick Jivkov. All of them were eliminated, though, and it was Michael Mizrachi going home the earliest.

Mizrachi's trip to Hammond only lasted about a half an hour into Level 3 before he eliminated by Ghaleb Zayed. From under the gun, Zayed raised to 425 with the blinds at 75/150. Mizrachi was next to act and made the call. Everyone else folded, prompting a {J-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop from the dealer. Zayed bet 425, and Mizrachi raised all in for a little under 4,000. Zayed quickly called with top set — {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} — to have Mizrachi's {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} in bad shape. The turn came the {7-Diamonds} and river the {10-Hearts} to send Mizrachi to the rail.

Chad Brown, Victor Ramdin, Jean Gaspard, Matt Brady, Allen Kessler and Matt Affleck were also bounced to the rail as the field was whittled down over the course of the day.

Of those to advance from Day 1b's field were Eddie Ochana, Faraz Jaka, Joseph Elpayaa, Ryan Julius and Tom Koral. They'll be amongst those returning to join up with the remaining 170 players from the first starting flight for Sunday's Day 2.

Speaking of that Day 2, the cards will be in the air at noon local time. Registration will remain open until the start of Day 2, allowing players who haven't entered, or those who have only fired one bullet, to get into the action with 20,000 in starting chips. PokerNews will be back on Sunday with all of the live coverage and we hope to have you around then.

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Official Chip Counts from Day 1a/1b (full)

Player Chips Progress
Phillip Liou
Phillip Liou
347,500
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
276,000
Kenneth Felten
Kenneth Felten
267,500
Jackson Kimball
Jackson Kimball
266,000
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
261,400
Nicola DiTrapani
Nicola DiTrapani
259,400
Ashly Butler
Ashly Butler
255,800
Anthony Bizzoni
Anthony Bizzoni
254,000
Cheryl Snedden
Cheryl Snedden
246,100
Ronald Lee
Ronald Lee
236,900
Porfirio Mendez
Porfirio Mendez
226,000
Filip Jabbour
Filip Jabbour
215,000
Brian Odonoghue
Brian Odonoghue
214,000
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
WSOP 1X Winner
209,800 129,800
Nick Grippo us
Nick Grippo
205,800
Travis Lauson us
Travis Lauson
203,500 -26,500
Kennii Nguyen us
Kennii Nguyen
203,000
Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle
WSOP 1X Winner
200,900 200,900
Matthew Schwarmann
Matthew Schwarmann
200,200
Jacob Bazeley us
Jacob Bazeley
199,200
Ping Liu
Ping Liu
196,400
Pedro Rios
Pedro Rios
193,200
Herb Heidbrick
Herb Heidbrick
189,700
Kalpesh Shah
Kalpesh Shah
186,300
Joshua Williams
Joshua Williams
183,400

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Mendes With a Monster

There was over 200,000 in the middle when we reached Chris Moon's table, and two people were all in. Moon still had cards, but there was a player to act in front of him.

"I'll tell you what happened after," Moon assured us.

The player in the tank begrudgingly folded, and Moon quickly folded behind him. The player who was all in and at risk is named Porfiro Mendes, and according to Moon he open-jammed 92,000 into a pot of around 18,000. The player on his direct left re-shoved, having Mendes covered.

Mendes: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}
Re-Shover: {8-Spades}{6-Spades}

The turn and river came {5-Clubs}, {j-Clubs}, and Mendes doubled to more than 200,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Porfiro Mendes
Porfiro Mendes
205,000

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Bondi Jams

When we reached the table, Bob Bondi was all in for 67,000 with about 30,000 in the middle. The flop had already fallen {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, and the action was on Travis Lauson. Faraz Jaka was also in the hand.

Lauson was deep in the tank, and eventually called the clock on himself. You aren't allowed to call the clock on yourself however, so Jaka did the honors. Lauson took an extra 45 seconds to fold, and Jaka quickly folded behind him.

Bondi flashed the {a-Diamonds} a few times then tabled both of his cards: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Travis Lauson us
Travis Lauson
170,000 -30,000
Bob Bondi
Bob Bondi
105,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
95,000 -73,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Bluff from Ochana

The cutoff seat opened with a raise to 4,000 before Eddie Ochana fired in a reraise from the small blind to 11,800. The big blind flatted, then the cutoff seat called as well.

The three players saw the flop come down {J-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, and Ochana bet 13,200. Both of his opponents folded, and Ochana won the pot. He showed the {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Eddie Ochana us
Eddie Ochana
168,000 3,000

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