Main Event
Day 1 Started
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$1,548,000
Entries
1,032
Level
37
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
50,000
The First-Ever WSOP Circuit Main Event in Canda About To Kick Off
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here at the River Rock Casino in the lovely Vancouver, British Columbia! We're here live in the River Rock Theatre where the stage and seats have been removed to make room for 46 poker tables. Throughout the day spectators will line up in the balcony section of the theatre to observe the battles occurring across the felt throughout this prestigious room.
This event is a history-making stop on the WSOP Circuit as it is the first stop ever to occur in Canada. That means the eventual winner of this event will have extra bragging rights as he or she will be able to call themselves the first winner of a WSOP Circuit Main Event in Canada.
Today marks the first of three starting flights. Those to still have chips in front of them at the end of the day will move onto Day 2 on Sunday. The unfortunate souls that bust from play today will have the option to fire two more bullets if they so desire both on Days 1b and 1c. Players will play 15 40-minute levels today before bagging and tagging for the end of the night.
Be sure to stay tuned to our coverage of this exciting stop on the WSOP Circuit. As always, PokerNews will be on hand to provide you with all of the latest from the felt!
Slight Delay
There has been a slight delay in starting. Cards will be in the air soon.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up And Deal!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Cards are officially in the air here in the River Rock Theatre!
Some Familiar Faces
Here are some of the familiar faces we foound from an initial pass through the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Giesbrecht Grabs Some
We caught up to see three players looking at a flop of 
. The player under the gun fired out a bet of 450 and another late position player called. Sean Giesbrecht threw out a raise to 1,500 and the original bettor got out of the way.
The 
dropped down on the turn and it was checked to Giesbrecht. He continued his aggression with 3,200 and his opponent thought for a while before finally deciding to muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000 | 4,000 |
Ruocco Bets Out Affleck
The board read 
and there was already well over 8,000 in the middle. Vince Ruocco was heads up and first to act against Matt Affleck.
Ruocco moved a single 5,000 chip into the middle and Affleck pondered his action for around ninety seconds before finally letting go of his cards. Ruocco scooped up the pot and added a healthy amount to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,800 | 8,800 |
|
|
17,000 | -3,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
A Look Back: Event 1
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 410 | $123,000 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Kim | Surrey, BC | $27,059 |
| 2 | Charles “Woody” Moore | Las Vegas, NV | $16,722 |
| 3 | Glenn Land | Coquitlam, BC | $12,219 |
| 4 | Chen Yong | Richmond, BC | $9,072 |
| 5 | Evan Thomas | Victoria, BC | $6,841 |
| 6 | Jeremy Howe | Delta, BC | $5,236 |
| 7 | Nguyen Phan | Vancouver, BC | $4,066 |
| 8 | Curtis Berntsen | Vancouver, BC | $3,203 |
| 9 | David Rogue | Vancouver, BC | $2,558 |