$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Bryant Miller, Cezer Boylan Bag Big on Day 1a of the $1,700 WSOPC Harveys Tahoe Main Event
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The opening flight of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Tahoe $1,700 Main Event is a wrap! A total of 157 entries made it to the Harveys Tahoe poker room in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, for the first of two Day 1 flights in the centerpiece event of this WSOPC series, and played down to 26 players.
At the end of the night, it was Bryant Miller bagging the biggest stack, finishing the night with 424,000. Closely following on the chip leaderboard are Cezer Boylan (317,000), Wendy Freedman (306,000), and Arish Nat (290,000).
The 26 surviving players from Day 1a will come back Sunday, and join the survivors of Saturday's Day 1b flight in a combined field for Day 2.
Other notable players putting chips in a bag at the end of Day 1a include Kyle Cartwright (259,000), Brad Miller (253,000), Rickey Evans (235,000), and Giuseppe Pantaleo (215,000).
Some of the notables playing on Day 1a, but not making it through, included Scott Sanders, the defending champion in this event. Other big names coming through Harveys on Day 1a, but not making it to the end of the night, included JC Tran, Aram Zobian, Sam Cosby,Ian Steinman, Lee Markholt, Brett Murray and Vanessa Kade.
All of those names are eligible to fire another bullet and enter the Day 1b flight, as the WSOPC Harveys Tahoe Main Event allows one entry and re-entry per flight.
Day 1a play ended with no time remaining in Level 15, as the original field of 157 had trimmed down to 26 players, or 16 percent of the field. Day 1b will operate under the same rules, with play ending when 16 percent of the field remains, or at the end of Level 16, whichever comes first.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team, as Day 1b of the Main Event commences at 11 a.m. Saturday.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
424,000 | |
|
317,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
306,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
290,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
259,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
253,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
235,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
215,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
||
|
198,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
194,000 | |
|
182,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
181,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
177,000 | |
|
177,000 | |
|
154,000 | |
|
151,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
140,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
127,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
110,000 | |
|
108,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
101,000 | |
|
|
97,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
89,000 | |
|
|
66,000 | |
Day 1a Concludes
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The Day 1a bubble burst just before break, and the 26 surviving players are bagging for the night. Those 26 will come back for Day 2 Sunday at noon.
End of day chip counts and a recap will follow shortly.
One More Elimination
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
With 27 players remaining, Day 1a is one elimination away from wrapping up for the night. The surviving 26 players at the end of the night will advance to Day 2 on Sunday.
Nat Bets River, Gets Fold, Exhales
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Facing an open raise and a call, Arish Nat three-bet from the small blind, and got a call from the hijack.
Nat continuation bet for 20,000 on the 
flop, and the hijack called. Both players then checked the 
turn.
The river came 
, Nat bet 65,000, and the opponent folded. Nat let out a pronounced exhale, then collected his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000 |
Pantaleo Pressures Miller
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Giuseppe Pantaleo checked from early position on a 
flop, and Brad Miller bet 7,000.
Pantaleo put in the check-raise to 21,500, and Miller thought over for awhile before deciding on a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
192,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
144,000 | |
|
|
||
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Knockout for Nally
Level 14
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Wes Nally, from under the gun, and a player on the button got all of the chips in preflop, with Nally having the opponent covered.
Button: 
Wes Nally: 
Nally was well behind preflop, but the flop came out a favorable 
for Nally's holdings. The turn came 
, giving the button some hope, but the river 
clinched the KO for Nally.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 |
Evans Adds to the Tower
Level 14
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Rickey Evans has emerged as one of the top stacks in the room as Day 1a winds down, and he added to that total in a recent four-way pot.
With 
on the board, action checked to Evans in the cutoff. Evans bet 14,000, getting folds from Paul Richardson on the button, Brad Miller on the big blind, as well as Josh Prager in early position.
The draw at this table is one of the toughest in the room, and at the moment Evans leads the pack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
240,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
120,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
63,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |