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Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Bally's Main Event Mania
Bally's "Main Event Mania" $1,500 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Bally's Main Event Mania
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$76,950
Total Entries
57
Level
21
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
12,000
Players Left 1 / 57
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Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After a button open by Randall Webb and a small blind call, Viny Lima made it 14,800. Webb stuck around and it was heads up to 
. Lima bet 9,400 and Webb quickly shoved all in. Lima double-checked his cards and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
45,800
17,200
|
17,200 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Kevin Ward opened in middle position for 3,000 and got three callers. He continued for 6,000 on the 
flop. Only Lewis Robledo, on the button, called. On the 
turn, Ward quickly shoved for about 28,000, and Robledo was out of there in a hurry.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
60,000
20,600
|
20,600 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
208,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
64,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
|
39,400
9,800
|
9,800 |
|
|
38,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
32,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
27,800
80,200
|
80,200 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
On a 
flop, Jeremy Brown bet 3,200 from the cutoff after his opponents in the blinds checked to him. Small blind Corel Theuma called, and big blind Roger Vi woke up with 10,900. Brown clicked back to 20,200, chasing away Theuma. Vi called though, and the turn brought a 
.
Vi checked, Brown shoved, and Vi thought briefly before calling off his last 26,300.
Vi: 
Brown: 
Brown was crushed and did not improve on the 
river.
"I mucked ace-deuce like an asshole," Theuma said with a sigh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
35,400
69,600
|
69,600 |
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Originally, Bally's Main Event Mania $1,500 Main Event called for Day 1 to play through 15 levels. Now, an altered plan has been put in place.
Instead of 15 levels, just 12 will be played today. That will leave registration open until the start of Day 2, which will remain scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday. In theory, that should allow for many more entries as players run out of steam in the other major event taking place in town.
As part of the new plan, tonight's dinner break will be nixed and a normal 15-minute break will instead occur after Level 9.
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Over the past couple of weeks, action has continued as Bally's dealt a variety of tournaments in a variety of games to continue Main Event Mania, each one allowing players to accrue points for the festival leaderboard that awards a $10,000 WSOP Main Event seat.
James Poper was one of the winners, taking the last event before Christmas when he shipped the $250 Big O for $4,472.
After Christmas, several more events went down, including a $400 H.O.R.S.E. won by Gary Bolden for $7,987 and a $600 2-7 Triple Draw that went to Denis Nesterenko for $7,702.
| Date | Event | Entries | Prize pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23 | Event #18: $250 Big O $250 | 67 | $14,070 | James Poper | $4,472 |
| Dec. 26 | Event #19: $800 No-Limit Hold'em $800 | 25 | $17,825 | Matthew Faust | $7,602 |
| Dec. 27 | Event #21: $600 No-Limit Hold'em $600 | 25 | $13,000 | Greg Giannokostas | $5,545 |
| Dec. 27 | Event #22: $400 HORSE $400 | 77 | $25,795 | Gary Bolden | $7,987 |
| Dec. 28 | Event #23: $400 No-Limit Hold'em $400 | 54 | $18,090 | Ben Moschel | $6,077 |
| Dec. 28 | Event #24: $600 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw $600 | 41 | $21,320 | Denis Nesterenko | $7,702 |
| Dec. 29 | Event #25: $600 No-Limit Hold'em $600 | 8 | $4,160 | Paul Eidem | $2,571 |
*Note: Events #20 and 26 did not run
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
The players have taken their second 15-minute break of the day.
