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We apologize for the sporadic nature of our updates for this Day 1 so far. It appears that the router powering our desk has decided to misbehave badly, and it's apparently quite hard to find someone to remedy that issue during a Sunday blizzard in Lake Tahoe.
The casino's IT staff is doing what they can, but we're told that there are "no guarantees".
Ted Bort limped from the cutoff seat and the button limped behind. The small blind completed and the big blind checked to see the flop come 
. Action checked through to Bort and he bet 600. The button raised to 2,000. After the two blinds folded, Bort gave it some thought and then folded as well. He's sitting with 27,400 after this hand.
The players are off for a 10-minute break. They'll play three more levels before taking a one-hour dinner break right around 6:30 p.m.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The cards are back in the air!
We walked up to a four-way pot in time to see the dealer put 
out on the flop. The first three players checked to the button, and the player there made a bet of 2,800. Aaron Kanter called, Tom Franklin folded, and action came to Ted Bort, the last to act. After a moment of thought, he announced an all in for 18,625 total. The initial bettor called all in for just less than that amount, and Kanter got the message and ducked out of the way.
"Good call," Bort said. "Great call." He turned up 
for the draw, and his opponent's 
had flopped top two pair. The dealer didn't make Bort wait, dropping the pot-clinching 
right onto fourth street. There was no bark from Bort, but he did let out a couple loud shrieks of joy as he ran off through the ropes to high-five his buddy in the bleachers.
Action folded around to the small blind and he raised to 1,200. WSOP-C Southern Indiana winner Woody Moore made the call in the big blind and the flop came down 
. The small blind fired 2,500 and Moore called.
The turn brought the 
and the small blind checked. Moore checked right behind him to see the 
complete the board on the river. The small blind checked and Moore tossed out a bet of 6,000. His opponent tanked for about two minutes and then raised all in for 8,300 total, just 2,300 more. Moore quickly called.
The small blind tabled 
for ace-king high and lost to Moore's 
for trip tens. Moore won the pot, busted the player and sent his stack up to about 45,000 chips.
"Captain" Tom Franklin fired a bet of 5,500 on the final board of 
. His opponent tanked for a couple minutes and then made the call, to which Franklin tapped the table and mucked his hand. His opponent had the show per rules of the WSOP Circuit and opened up the 
for ace high. Franklin was knocked down to 14,600 after failing to be able to pick up this pot.
Officially 246 players have bought into this WSOP Circuit Championship event in Lake Tahoe. Their Benjamins have generated a prize pool worth $354,240 with the payouts being distributed among the final 27 players. The bottom payout level is worth nearly twice the buyin, and the five-figure pay days start with 7th place ($12,611). Going up from there, each of the top five will pocket more than $20,000, and there's more than $50,000 guaranteed to each of the final two players. Whoever wins that last heads-up duel will walk away with $86,789, a shiny new piece of bling, and a golden ticket to the $1,000,000 season-ending National Championship freeroll.
Woody Moore saw a flop from the small blind against David Robinson in the big blind. The first three community cards were dealt the 
and Moore fired 1,200. Robinson made the call.
The 
was added on the turn and Moore led out with a bet of 2,100. Robinson put in more than that, raising to 7,000. Moore gave it some thought. He mulled it over for about 45 seconds and then mucked, dropping back to 40,000 in chips. Robinson improved to 31,000.
