Three players; Mun Nguyen, Shannon Shorr and Charles Moore all contested the flop of with roughly 900 in the middle preflop.
Nguyen pushed out a continuation-bet of 500 with Shorr making the call before Moore check-raised to 3,000. Nguyen quickly called as Shorr mucked before the dealer delivered the on the turn.
Moore continued his aggression with a 6,000-chip bet only to have Nguyen quickly push out 15,000. Moore didn't hesitate in calling as the completed the board.
Moore splashed in his final 1,275 and Nguyen made the call for his tournament life showing his . Unfortunately for the WSOP Circuit Atlantic City Pot Limit Omaha Champion, it would be Moore's that would see him pushed the pot to claim the title of early chip leader with roughly 43,000 and change.
From middle position, Robert Scott limped in. Action folded to Casey Hayes in the small blind and he completed the bet before Seneca Easley checked in the big blind. The flop came down and action checked around. The turn added the to the board and paired it up with another hockey stick. Hayes bet 150, Easley raised to 450, Scott flatted and Hayes folded.
After the completed the board on the river, Easley led with a bet of 675. Scott put in a raise to 1,800 and Easley called, showing the for trip sevens. Scott held better with pocket aces for a full house and won the pot.
Matt Waxman opened to 300 from middle position and found three callers from the button, small and big blind.
The flop was greeted by a 850-chip continuation-bet from Waxman which forced his three opponent's cards into the muck as Waxman moved to 17,200 in chips.
On a board reading and about 5,600 in the pot, Kevin Manley checked from the hijack and allowed Kyle Cartwright to bet 3,050 from the button. Manley looked frustrated as he showed the and promptly mucked.
Not since Dwyte Pilgrim has a player found such success on the WSOP Circuit as 23-year-old Kyle Cartwright. It all began in February when Cartwright, who had only $2,000 to his name, decided to play his first major live tournament at the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Tunica. Amazingly, he played four events at that stop and took home gold rings in two of them: Event #20 $345 No Limit Hold’em ($25,678) and Event #44 $345 No Limit Hold’em ($31,111). His performance earned him enough points to make him the Harrah’s Tunica “Casino Champion”, for which he was awarded a spot in the National Championship.
Two months later in St. Louis, Cartwright added another pair of cashes to his résumé. One was a minor 42nd-place finish in Event #5 $345 No Limit Hold’em for $751, but the other was a $142,290 score for a victory in Event #30 $1,600 Main Event. The latter win also came with a spot in the National Championship; however, since Cartwright had secured his seat in Tunica, the second spot will be awarded to another points-competitor from the National Leaderboard.
Cartwright, a graduate from the University of Memphis, only has four WSOP Circuit cashes, all within nine weeks of each other and three of them victories in ring events. Quite the impressive feat considering the record for most rings is only four -- a tie between Mark “Pegasus” Smith and Men “The Master” Nguyen, both of whom have been traveling the circuit for years. An even better comparison would be to Pilgrim, who also made his name on the WSOP Circuit.
Pilgrim’s rise to fame came during the 2007-2008 season when he scored his first WSOP-Circuit cash at the Caesars Atlantic City stop. It was a modest $2,877 win for a 17th-place finish in Event #4 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em. Almost a year later, 364 days to be exact, Pilgrim won his first ring in the WSOP-C Caesars Atlantic City Event #4 $560 No Limit Hold’em, good for $83,955. Three weeks later, Pilgrim won the $5,150 Circuit Championship Main Event at Harrah’s Rincon for his second ring and $125,775. His third and final ring came a year later in Event #8 $340 No Limit Hold’em at Harrah’s Rincon during the 2009-2010 season. Although Cartwright hasn’t been on the circuit nearly as long as Pilgrim, their victories in two smaller buy-in events, as well as a Main Event Championship, are eerily similar.
Pilgrim vs. Cartwright
Player
Rings
WSOP-C Cashes
Earnings
Dwyte Pilgrim
3
23
$506,238
Kyle Cartwright
3
4
$199,830
Perhaps the most interesting similarity between these two is that they are currently seat at the same table, side-by-side; however, while Cartwright is often considered the next Pilgrim, the latter has position on the former.
As we all know, the National Championship is a $1,000,000 freeroll. OF the 100-player field, only ten will be paid with $300,000 going to the victor. Here is a look at the payouts for this tournament:
On the flop of , Joshua Evans and Joel Merwick checked to Allie Prescott. Prescott bet 600 and only Merwick made the call to see the peel off on the turn. Both players checked and the river landed with the . After Merwick checked, Prescott bet 1,500. Merwick folded and Prescott won the pot.
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with roughly 900 in the middle preflop.
on the turn.
completed the board.
. Unfortunately for the WSOP Circuit Atlantic City Pot Limit Omaha Champion, it would be Moore's 
that would see him pushed the pot to claim the title of early chip leader with roughly 43,000 and change.
and action checked around. The turn added the 
to the board and paired it up with another hockey stick. Hayes bet 150, Easley raised to 450, Scott flatted and Hayes folded.
completed the board on the river, Easley led with a bet of 675. Scott put in a raise to 1,800 and Easley called, showing the 
flop was greeted by a 850-chip continuation-bet from Waxman which forced his three opponent's cards into the muck as Waxman moved to 17,200 in chips.
and promptly mucked.
peel off on the turn. Both players checked and the river landed with the 
. After Merwick checked, Prescott bet 1,500. Merwick folded and Prescott won the pot.
we found James Anderson checking from the small blind to his lone opponent in the big blind Nadir Babck.