$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Started
$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Started
The second and final starting flight for the $1,700 Main Event is set to begin at the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica. Day 1b is expected to be the larger of the two starting days after 150 total entries were recorded on Day 1a.
Last night, Lytle Allen bagged an impressive chip lead with 374,000 chips, leading the final 24 players after a full 16 levels of poker were completed. The defending champion Kyle Cartwright also bagged up a decent-sized stack with 204,000 chips after needing two bullets to get through the day.
While some of the notables have already locked up their spot in Day 2, there will be plenty of others returning for another effort today. Each player will be given a starting stack of 30,000 chips which is good for 300 big blinds in the opening two levels at 100/100. The levels will be 40 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level nine.
Late registration will remain open until the start of level 13 and each player will have the option of a single re-entry should they require it. The cards will go in the air at 11 a.m. local time and will conclude at roughly 12:30 a.m. after a full 16 levels are played or until 16% of the field is reached.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the updates throughout the day so keep it locked here.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The tournament director has gone over some of the rules for the players and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal on Day 1b of the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Larry Riggs |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Asaf Benshushan |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Aaron Gamino |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
David Ruddle
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Grant Hart | 30,000 | |
Christopher Lane | 30,000 | |
Tiffany Keathley |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Christopher Nunnally
|
30,000 | |
Harold Evans |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
After a limp from early position, Darren Martin raised it up on the button. He was called by Jessie Bryant in the big blind along with the limper. The flop came and the action checked to Martin who continued for 1,100. Bryant called and the other player folded.
The turn brought the and Bryan led out with a bet of 2,600. Martin thought for a minute but decided to send his cards to the muck, allowing Bryant to pick up the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jessie Bryant | 32,000 | |
Darren Martin | 28,000 |
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PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit at Horseshoe Tunica, but that is just one of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #8: $600 No-Limit Hold’em attracted 238 runners and created a $122,570 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 36 players including Matt South (4th - $9,001), Blake Barousse (8th - $3,057), Tiffany Keathley (13th - $1,692), Russ Head (20th - $1,274), Brett Apter (23rd - $1,144), and Adam Lamphere (30th - $993).
In the end, Sam Washburn beat Trent Bennett in heads-up play to win the title for $28,101 and his second gold ring (the first came two years ago when he won the WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica Main Event for $188,068). The win came just a couple months after he won the RGPS Hard Rock Tulsa stop.
“This was huge, I wanted to win in Tunica. It was very exciting, there were good players,” Washburn said after his victory. “I’m retired and I play for fun. I’m strictly a recreational player. I probably do seven or eight events a year, that’s about it. But I’ve had a lot of success in the last couple of years, it’s been great.”
Final Table Results
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sam Washburn | Yellville, Arkansas | $28,101 |
2 | Trent Bennett | Fulton, Mississippi | $17,367 |
3 | Trenton Marbut | Sterrett, Alabama | $12,385 |
4 | Matthew South | Florence, Alabama | $9,001 |
5 | Matthew Zola | Riverside, Connecticut | $6,669 |
6 | Joseph Welch | Hot Springs, Arkansas | $5,040 |
7 | Jose Cavazos | Houston, Texas | $3,885 |
8 | Blake Barousse | Lafayette, Louisiana | $3,057 |
9 | Hoyt Lance | Ringgold, Georgia | $2,457 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
In a three-bet pot, Christopher Lane in the big blind was heads-up with David Harmon on the button. The flop came and Lane led out for 2,500 into a pot of around 3,000 and Harmon called.
The landed on the turn and Lane fired out another bet of 3,000 which Harmon called. The paired the board on the river and Lane tossed in another bet of 6,000. Harmon deliberated for a minute before making the call. Lane flipped over for two pair and Harmon mucked his cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Lane |
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
David Harmon | 19,500 |