Main Event Day 1 | 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond

10-22-2010 13:16 UTC-5

Brikis Stacking 'Em Early

donpeters

One of our PokerNews bloggers is Josh Brikis and he's out in the field today. Brikis came a bit late to the event, but was welcomed with a nice gift in the form of an opponent's entire stack just shortly after he sat down.

According to Brikis, he raised under the gun with two sixes and the big blind made the call. After a flop of {A-} {9-} {6-} , the big blind bet, Brikis raised, the big blind reraised, Brikis jammed and the big blind called. What did he have? Well, the old {A-} {9-} for top two pair against the set of sixes for Brikis. The board bricked out from there and Brikis won the pot, moving his stack to a nice 40,000 in chips.

Tags: Josh Brikis

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

10-22-2010 13:48 UTC-5

Nuts for Devonshire

donpeters

Action was checked by one player to Bryan Devonshire on the board of {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} . Devonshire fired a bet of 1,025 and after a minute of thought, his opponent made the call.

The river completed the board with the {3-Hearts} and the first player checked. Devonshire fired a bet of 2,625. Another minute went by as the player sat in the tank before deciding to call Devonshire's bet. Devonshire announced the nuts and tabled the {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} for a broadway straight. His opponent tossed his hand in face down and Devonshire was awarded the pot to push his stack to about 29,000.

Tags: Bryan Devonshire

10-22-2010 13:50 UTC-5

More Names

donpeters

We've spotted a couple more names in the field today. Sorel Mizzi, Jason DeWitt and Eddy Sabat are all here. Sabat joined the toughest table of these latecomers. He's seated with Josh Brikis, David Peters and Jeff Banghart. Brikis is to his immediate left with a stack over 40,000.

Tags: Eddy Sabat Jason DeWitt Jeff Banghart Josh Brikis Sorel Mizzi David Peters

10-22-2010 14:02 UTC-5

Break Number One

[user66118]

We've got three levels in the books for this Main Event, and the enormous field has been herded back out the double doors like a swarm of cattle. The first break is here, and this one's going to be a bit extended. We'll be away for 30 minutes, during which time the staff is going to try and clear the registration line and finalize the list of runners, which stands at 850 going into the break.

Back in a bit.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

10-22-2010 14:54 UTC-5

Chippies!

[user66118]

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Brikis	44,000 3,000	3,000
Craig Bergeron	32,000 12,000	12,000
Allen Bari	31,000 11,000	11,000

Matt Stout	31,000 11,000	11,000
Jonathan Aguiar	29,000 9,000	9,000

Jeff Banghart	28,000 8,000	8,000
Bryan Devonshire	24,000 -5,000	-5,000
Chad Brown	22,000 2,000	2,000
Todd Terry	21,500 1,500	1,500
Kyle Bowker	21,000

Eddy Sabat	20,000
Frank Kassela	20,000

Jason DeWitt	19,500 -500	-500

Jean Gaspard	19,500 -500	-500

Tom Marchese	19,000

Jason Mercier	18,400 -1,600	-1,600

Mike Leah	17,000 -3,000	-3,000

Adam Levy	16,000 -4,000	-4,000
Mohsin Charania	16,000 -4,000	-4,000

Sorel Mizzi	15,500 -4,500	-4,500
William Reynolds	13,000
Ian Wiley	12,000 -8,000	-8,000
David Peters	12,000 -8,000	-8,000

Chris Tryba	10,500 -9,500	-9,500

Dan O'Brien	9,000 -11,000	-11,000

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10-22-2010 15:05 UTC-5

Dealing with a Prince

donpeters

With approximately 12,000 in the middle former WSOP Circuit New Orleans champion Jean "Prince" Gaspard checked to his opponent on the turn with the board reading {K-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {J-Hearts} . The player fired out 5,500. Gaspard raised to 9,500, only 4,000 more thinking that's all the player had left. The player tossed in the extra 4,000, but still had a tiny bit more than that so some of the other players at the table piped up about the raise not being enough. Gaspard was instructed he made the raised to 11,000, or 5,500 more. He put in the extra amount and his opponent called all in.

Gaspard tabled the {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} and his opponent the {9-Diamonds} {8-Spades} . It was Gaspard's top pair versus the open-ended straight draw for his opponent.

The river completed the board with the {7-Spades} , pairing it with sevens and missing Gaspard's opponent's straight draw. Gaspard won the pot and sent the player to the rail, building his stack to about 45,000 in chips now.

"You guys gotta know I'm a gangsta, I don't go for stuff like that," said Gaspard. "Gotta know who you're dealing with, you're dealing with a prince!"

Tags: Jean Gaspard

10-22-2010 15:11 UTC-5

Full Tilt Doubles Championship on GSN!

donpeters

Tags: Full Tilt Poker

10-22-2010 15:14 UTC-5

A Fine Start for Faraz

[user66118]

Tom Marchese raised before the flop, and he found calls from Faraz Jaka and a gentleman in the big blind. Three-handed then, the flop came out {A-} {6-} {7-} rainbow, and Marchese continued out with 700 chips. Jaka raised to 2,000 straight, the big blind folded, and Marchese made the call.

That led the two pros heads up to the {8-} turn, and Marchese checked to the aggressor. Jaka fired again, 3,700 this time, and Marchese check-raised all in for about 12,000 or so. That's the last time he'd get to touch his chips. Jaka snapped with the {4-Hearts} {5-Hearts} , and Marchese's {A-} {8-} needed to fill up to keep him alive. It did not, though, and the raggy river sent him pacing over to tell his sob story to buddy William Reynolds at an adjacent table. We didn't hear the whole story, but we did hear Reynolds finish the conversation with a half-interested, "That's unfortunate, dude."

Jaka was likely the chip leader before that pot, and he's been given another big boost all the way up to about 81,000. Look out!

Tags: Faraz Jaka Tom Marchese