Berry Johnston called the all in of a short-stacked opponent at his table moments ago.
Johnston’s 
was dominated by his opponent’s 
, but the board ran 
giving him a six-high straight and the pot.
With the KO Johnston is up to 31,000 chips.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Players are now on an 80-minute dinner break. See you then!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000 | |
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57,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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55,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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54,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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31,000 | |
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30,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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13,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
The prizepool and payouts have just been announced for the 2011 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event in Choctaw. There were 808 entrants today totaling $1,175,640 and 81 players will be paid starting at $2,897.
The final table will look like this:
| 1st | $232,706 |
| 2nd | $143,462 |
| 3rd | $105,764 |
| 4th | $78,828 |
| 5th | $59,537 |
| 6th | $45,552 |
| 7th | $35,290 |
| 8th | $27,680 |
| 9th | $21,979 |
For all of the prizepool information click the Payouts tab above.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
After an opponent put in a raise from middle position, Kevin Calenzo called from the big blind.
"Check in the dark," said Calenzo. "Me too," replied his oppponent. That took care of the action on the flop, coming down 
.
Calenzo dark-checked the turn as well and when his opponent saw the 
hit, another check came. The river brought the 
and Calenzo quickly bet 3,600. His opponent called instantly and upon seeing Calenzo table 
for trips, showed 
for the flopped straigt.
The table got a good laugh out of how the hand played out. "What just happaned there?" asked a surprised Calenzo.
"Was afraid of that paired board," said his opponent.
Calenzo is down to about 15,000.
Kenneth Burke is one of our resident chip leaders and recently opened for a raise preflop and got no action, which was unfortunate for him because he tabled a pair of aces.
"They call me 'The Skillet,'" he told us. "Because I fry everybody."
Right now he's frying the competition - he has 147,000 chips.
After some preflop action Daniel Makowski was heads up against an opponent with over 17,000 in the middle already. The flop fell 
and Makowski’s opponent led for 7,500. Makowski quickly raised to 18,000, his opponent moved all in and Makowski snapped it off.
Opponent: 
Makowski: 
Makowski held as the turn and river came , respectively, doubling him to 80,000 chips.
Allen Kessler was down to 8,000 at one point today. He's worked his way back to the starting stack after making a nice river call. The board read 
board and Kessler called his opponent's bet with , good enough to win the pot and move back to about 20,000.
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