We missed the hand that sealed his fate, but we did see Mohsin Charania standing from his chair and meandering around the floor with that freshly eliminated look on his face. Apparently, we weren't the only ones who noticed.
"Mo! Mo! Are you out?!" came a recognizable voice from the distance. "Better luck next time, buddy. Maybe the 10K is your turn! You'll get 'em one of these times!"
Someone was yelling, but Charania couldn't spot the source. Finally, he turned his glance upward to find Jason Mercier and a band of hecklers perched way up on the mezzanine rail overlooking the tournament room. The two men exchanged smirks, and Charania continued his walk of shame, stopping occasionally to relay the details of his exit to his pals.
Kevin Saul raised from middle position to 2,200 and the player in the small blind made the call. The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. The small blind checked and Saul fired 2,500. His opponent folded and Saul won the pot, moving to about 75,000 in chips.
We've been hearing one account after another about the number of players that were freerolled into this event by the casino and by Harrah's. Some 200 seats were given away for this tournament, many of them awarded at random or high-carded away to players gambling downstairs in the poker room. We even heard one player saying that the strip club nearby was giving away seats to the tournament.
In any event, that inflation of the field has shown here today as we've had a few strange situations arise. The latest one occurred over here on the near side of the room, at one of the center tables. The player in Seat 6 caught our eye as he was playing every single pot for a big over-raise. He had built up a stack of about 70,000, and he seemed to be in no mood to hang on to them.
A little more eavesdropping and loitering around the table finally gave us the scoop. We overheard the young man saying that he was unable to return tomorrow for Day 2, and that he needed to be eliminated or build a massive stack trying. His table mates were in disbelief, and they asked him why he bothered to show up today. "They give you a free seat, you're gonna say no?" he responded.
Finally, though, someone got to him. It was Jason Kolpin who came in with a standard raise before Seat 6 reraised to something like 30,000. Kolpin shoved for just over 50,000, and his opponent quickly called with . Kolpin's were in fine shape, and they held on a board full of rags to earn him a massive double up and the chip lead. The player in Seat 6 was eliminated a few hands later, and we've just counted Kolpin down at 130,000, easily good enough for the chip lead right now.
"Just so you know I have above-average chips for the first time in like four events!"
That's what Adam Levy yelled out to us. He then went on to find out what the average was, which was just over 40,000, before he did in fact say he has more than that.
Sorel Mizzi fired out 6,200 on the board of into Kenny Nguyen. Nguyen raised to 16,700 after a couple of minutes in the tank. Mizzi thought for a minute and then mucked his hand, dropping back to 85,000 in chips. Nguyen moved to 80,000.
Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah, one of our favorite Circuit regulars, has just been relieved of the rest of his short stack. It was that took his remainder, Leah's rags running into the of David Kominski.
There was a sweat by the time the turn card rolled around, but the board was ultimately no help to Leah. He's out, but we'll likely see him back here in a couple days for the $10,000 Regional Championship event.
On the turn, there was a nice pot of around 15,000 in the middle between one player and Brett RIchey. The board read and Richey fired out 7,700. His opponent tanked for a minute or so and then said, "You guys didn't set this up, right? 'Cause I'd be pretty pissed." The player then thought a minute more before raising to 17,000. Richey moved all in for 29,700 and his opponent called after asking how much more the all-in raise was for.
Richey tabled the for an ace-high heart flush and his opponent showed the , drawing dead with just a pair of jacks. The river completed the board with the and Richey was able to double up. He now has just about 80,000 in chips and a Corona in front of him, that's the Brett Richey we know.
Charles "Woody" Moore has been eliminated. Moore has final tabled both WSOP Circuit events this season and won the last one in Southern Indiana, but won't be making it to a third final table in a row this time.
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and both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. The small blind checked and Saul fired 2,500. His opponent folded and Saul won the pot, moving to about 75,000 in chips.
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into Kenny Nguyen. Nguyen raised to 16,700 after a couple of minutes in the tank. Mizzi thought for a minute and then mucked his hand, dropping back to 85,000 in chips. Nguyen moved to 80,000.
that took his remainder, Leah's rags running into the 
board was ultimately no help to Leah. He's out, but we'll likely see him back here in a couple days for the $10,000 Regional Championship event.
and Richey fired out 7,700. His opponent tanked for a minute or so and then said, "You guys didn't set this up, right? 'Cause I'd be pretty pissed." The player then thought a minute more before raising to 17,000. Richey moved all in for 29,700 and his opponent called after asking how much more the all-in raise was for.
for an ace-high heart flush and his opponent showed the 
, drawing dead with just a pair of jacks. The river completed the board with the 
