2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Caesars Palace Las Vegas

Main Event
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Event Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$153,599
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Total Entries
496
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 496
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Day 1 Completed

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Cody Slaubaugh us
Cody Slaubaugh
401,900
Profile photo of Adam Hui ca
Adam Hui
306,500
Profile photo of Mary Jones us
Mary Jones
304,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian England us
Brian England
303,600
Profile photo of Luther Lewis
Luther Lewis
298,400
Profile photo of Andrew Watson us
Andrew Watson
235,000
Profile photo of Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
222,500
Profile photo of Scott Epstein us
Scott Epstein
219,500
Profile photo of Duy Tran us
Duy Tran
218,000
Profile photo of Alex Santiago
Alex Santiago
210,600
Profile photo of Michael Sortino us
Michael Sortino
202,900
Profile photo of Amanda Baker us
Amanda Baker
186,300
Profile photo of Dave Stann us
Dave Stann
181,600
Profile photo of John Kulish
John Kulish
181,400
Profile photo of Jeremy Heartberg us
Jeremy Heartberg
180,700
Profile photo of Mark Jeans
Mark Jeans
170,700
Profile photo of Ray Ru
Ray Ru
170,000
Profile photo of Derrick Kuenzel
Derrick Kuenzel
164,200
Profile photo of Matthew A. Leecy
Matthew A. Leecy
163,400
Profile photo of Vasilis Lazarou
Vasilis Lazarou
160,900
Profile photo of Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
157,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jon Seaman us
Jon Seaman
156,100
Profile photo of Chris Johnson us
Chris Johnson
155,000
Profile photo of Anthony Lazar us
Anthony Lazar
154,300
Profile photo of Stepan Dzhigarkhanyan
Stepan Dzhigarkhanyan
151,800

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Day 1 Complete; Slaubaugh Slaughtering the Competition

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Cody Slaubaugh
Cody Slaubaugh

Day 1 is in the books for the World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Palace $1,600 Main Event. A starting field of 496 players came out and generated a prize pool of nearly $715,000. Of that, nearly $154,000 will be awarded to first place and the top 54 spots will be paid out. At the end of the day today, Cody Slaubaugh has the most chips with 401,900. Behind him is Adam Hui with 306,500 and Mary Jones with 304,500.

Some of the notables who turned up for the event included 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela, 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang and 2006 WSOP Main Event champion Jamie Gold. Those three were joined by Allen Cunningham, James Van Alstyne, Dennis Phillips, Bryan Micon, Eric Froehlich and Dutch Boyd. Unfortunately, all of those players failed to make it out of Day 1 and won’t be collecting this WSOP Circuit title.

On the other side of things, Chad Brown, Erica Schoenberg, Amanda Baker, Andrew Watson and Alex Santiago all did very well on Thursday and will be returning on Friday to continue the quest.

Day 2 kicks off to noon local time here in Las Vegas tomorrow, so be sure to stay tuned for all of the live action then as only PokerNews can bring it to you!

Tags: Cody Slaubaugh

Mess with the Dragon and You'll Get Burned

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Spitting fire now
Spitting fire now

Action folded to the player on the button and he moved all in for 40,400. David Pham reraised all in for a tiny bit more at 43,000 from the small blind. No one else was in the hand.

Pham: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}
Button: {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

The board ran out clean for Pham with the {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{5-Spades} coming down to give him a flush. He sent his opponent packing and moved to about 90,000 in chips.

Tags: David Pham

Fricke Cut in Half

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There was 20,000 in chips already in the pot when the big blind bet 20,000 on a flop of {q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Jimmy Fricke had the button and raised to 75,000, just enough to set the big blind all in. That player quickly called with {10-Spades}{3-Clubs}, trip treys, against Fricke's {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, two pair queens and treys. The turn and river blanked out, cutting Fricke's stack in half to 76,000 and doubling his opponent to 150,000.

Tags: Jimmy Fricke

Big Stack Alerts

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

A couple of players are now crushing more than 300,000 in chips. Cody Slaubaugh is rocking the biggest stack we've seen with 370,000. He's followed by Mary Jones, who is also north of 300,000. Other big stacks include Adam Hui (250,000) and Andrew Watson (240,000).

Tyner's Steal Fails

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Action folded to Nancy Todd Tyner on the button and she moved all in. The small blind quickly called all in and the big blind folded. Tyner said, "You caught me, I was bluffing," as she tabled the {K-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. The small blind rolled over the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}.

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Tyner was knocked all the way back to 11,000. Her opponent was all in for 31,200.

Tags: Nancy Todd Tyner

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Never Count Out Chad Brown

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Chad Brown has had a tumultuous 2011. After having surgery to remove a massive tumor from his abdomen, he returned to the poker table and won his first tournament back, a $2,000 event at Wynn. He's in great shape here today after winning a sizable pot with trip 6s. On a three-way flop of {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, action checked to Brown on the button. He bet 7,300 and was called by one opponent. That player check-called another 10,000 on the {5-Diamonds} turn and 15,000 on the {j-Diamonds} river. Brown then opened his {a-Spades}{6-Spades} to collect the pot and climb to 150,000.

Tags: Chad Brown

Stann Times Two

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The post-dinner play hasn't been kind to Dave Stann. He found himself sitting behind 55,000 and in the small blind with {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}. After a player in early position opened with a standard raise, Stann put all 55,000 at risk. The under-the-gun player asked for a count, saying that he would "probably call". When he saw the amount was around 50,000, he calld with {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}. Pocket queens won this race, {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}.

Stann is up to about 115,000.

Tags: Dave Stann

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