2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Bicycle Casino

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Bicycle Casino

Final Results
Winner
Baptiste Chavaillaz
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$216,275
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$1,081,500
Entries
721
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Chips from Flight 1b

Several players have been chipping up, and chipping down. Bruce Buffer has also joined the field here in flight 1b. "You should've seen the beat I just took," Buffer said. "Usual aces cracked on the river for a 110,000 pot."

Here are some recent chip counts from flight 1b:

Player Chips Progress
David Tuchman us
David Tuchman
61,600
20,525
20,525
Allan Le us
Allan Le
55,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 1X Winner
James Woods us
James Woods
46,000
20,000
20,000
Tripp Kirk us
Tripp Kirk
40,000
7,100
7,100
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
32,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Phan us
John Phan
31,000
5,000
5,000
Doug Lee ca
Doug Lee
26,000
9,500
9,500
Suzie Zhao
Suzie Zhao
24,500
-10,800
-10,800
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
19,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bruce Buffer us
Bruce Buffer
19,000
-6,500
-6,500
Phi Nguyen us
Phi Nguyen
12,500
-6,200
-6,200
WSOP 2X Winner

Level: 7b

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Tuchman Getting His Black Belt

Just before the break we caught David Tuchman winning another big pot. After some preflop action, Tuchman and two others were in the pot heading to the flop which fell {9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{10-Spades}. The player in the small blind checked and Tuchman bet 1,350 and got one caller from the hijack.

The {Q-Hearts} fell on the turn and this time Tuchman bet 3,125, which his opponent quickly called.

After the {7-Hearts} fell on the river Tuchman fired out a huge bet of 11,125. And after a long tank and a pained fold from his opponent, Tuchman raked in the pot.

"I had two pair," his opponent said after the flop. "You have my f***ing number."

After the hand Tuchman moved up to almost 65,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
David Tuchman us
David Tuchman
64,700

Few More Late Registrants

Now that Day 1a is all wrapped up, some of the players who busted out of there have come over to Day 1b. Here's a list of those players, along with a couple others that slipped through the cracks

Player Chips Progress
Alex Masek us
Alex Masek
33,000
33,000
33,000
Robert Cheung ca
Robert Cheung
31,175
31,175
31,175
WSOP 1X Winner
Bobby Suer
Bobby Suer
19,725
19,725
19,725
Lynda Tran us
Lynda Tran
19,400
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
18,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Rex Clinkscales us
Rex Clinkscales
16,325
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
14,100
-19,900
-19,900
$25K Fantasy
Bruce Buffer us
Bruce Buffer
12,275
-6,725
-6,725
Phong Nguyen us
Phong Nguyen
11,500

Allan Le: Day 1b Chip Leader

Allan Le built a huge stack on Day 1 of the Harrah's Rincon Main Event, only to lose it on a giant flip when his queens were chased down by his opponent's ace king. Well he's back at it here today, and so far, he's built his stack up to 92,000. This is good enough to be one of the bigger stacks in Day 1a, and over here at 1b, it is good enough for the chip lead here in Level 7.

Player Chips Progress
Allan Le us
Allan Le
92,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Allan Le

Tuchman Takes a Hit

After a hot start, David Tuchman is falling back to earth. In one of the latest hands we saw, a player limped into the pot prompting Tuchman to raise to 1,300. The player on the button called, as well as the original limper.

The flop fell {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and the limper checked. From there, Tuchman bet 2,800 and the button folded. Then the limper announced a raise, throwing out a chip to call, and announcing that he was all in for 14,450.

It didn't take Tuchman long to call and the cards were on their backs.

Tuchman: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}
Limper: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

The turn was a meaningless {2-Spades}, as was the {4-Diamonds} river, and they did not give Tuchman any of his outs. He dropped to just over 32,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
David Tuchman us
David Tuchman
32,200
-32,500
-32,500

The Razor Gets Cut

We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but the always nice Eric Baldwin was kind enough to give us a brief breakdown of how John "The Razor" Phan was eliminated. Phan was shortstacked, and shoved his last 2,500 with {q-}{j-}. Unfortunately, it was not able to hold up against the {q-}{10-} of his opponent. Phan was eliminated, but will have the option to come back for Day 2 tomorrow, as he did not enter into Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
John Phan us
John Phan
Busted

Tags: John Phan

Level: 8b

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50