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Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond
Regional Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,101,800
Total Entries
226
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 226
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Medic’s Opponent Mucks Full House – 5:51 PM
Five players saw the flop come down 
in a limped pot. The first two players checked and then Miguel Borrero checked. Nenad Medic bet 900 and the next player called. Everyone else folded.
The turn card brought the 
and Medic fired 2,300. His opponent made the call and the two saw the 
fall on the river. Medic opted to check. His opponent fired 6,500 and then Medic check-raised to 23,000. His opponent tanked for quite some time before open folding the 
, laying down a full house. Medic gave a little smirk and scooped the pot without showing. He moved to 75,000 in chips.
Brady Shoves the River – 5:59 PM
Matt Brady and Faraz Jaka both checked the flop of 
and then the was added on the turn. Brady fired 1,000 and Jaka made the call. The 
fell on the river and Brady moved all in for 5,400. Jaka didn’t make the call, sliding his hand forward as a fold. Brady won the pot, but is still pretty short with just 9,150 chips in his stack.
Mercier Busts One – 6:18 PM
The board read 
and the pot had about 13,000 in the middle. Jason Mercier bet 12,000, just covering his lone opponent in the land. After a good four minutes thinking it over, his opponent called all in and showed 
. Mercier, though, turned over 
and went on to win the pot, eliminate his opponent, and increase his stack to about 78,000.
Binger Aggressive Post Flop – 6:23 PM
The under-the-gun player raised to 800 and Justin Smith called from the next seat. Nick Binger called from the small blind and made for a three-handed flop to be seen. The first three community cards came down 
and Binger checked to the preflop raiser. He fired 1,200 and that knocked Smith out of the way. Binger was then up again and check-raised to 3,600. His opponent called.
The turn card was the to pair the board. It didn’t slow Binger down as he fired out 5,700. His opponent took 20 seconds to himself and then spun his hand into the muck.
Mizzi Doubles Through Bohlman – 6:32 PM
Sorel Mizzi was all in for about 6,500 with 
and was up against Scott Bohlman’s 
. The flop came down 
, ending this one pretty quickly. The fell on the turn and Mizzi commented, “Why couldn’t you have aces so this could be really sick?” The river card was just a formality and Mizzi is up to about 15,000. Bohlman slipped to 32,000.
With the end of that level, the players went on a 75-minute dinner break.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Somehow Lee Finds Victory in the One - 4:55 PM
There was a raise to 550 and three players called, including Bernard Lee from the small blind. The flop came down 
and Lee checked. Kyle Bowker fired 1,200. Everyone folded back to Lee and he raised to 3,125. Bowker reraised to 5,000 and then Lee moved all in. Bowker called and tabled the 
, putting Lee's 
in bad shape.
Fortunately for Lee, the turn was the 
and the river the 
to give him two pair and the winning hand, somehow coming from behind in this one to win a big pot and double up to 55,000 in chips.
O’Brien Takes Most of Bergeron’s Chips – 4:56 PM
With 12,175 in the pot and the board reading 
, Craig Bergeron was facing a decision for 16,200 chips from Dan O’Brien. After a little while Bergeron called, mucking his hand when O’Brien turned over 
.
O’Brien: Up to roughly 47,000
Bergeron: Down to about 5,200
Kings Are Good for Binger - 5:00 PM
With over 5,000 chips in the middle, we got to the table with the board reading 
and Justin Smith in the tank. He was facing a bet of 4,100 from Nick Binger. After a couple minutes of though, Smith tossed in the chips to make the call. Binger tabled the 
and Smith mucked his hand. Binger increased to 46,000 in chips with this pot.
Kenney Doubles – 5:01 PM
A short-stacked Bryn Kenney got his remaining 4,400 into the middle on a board that read 
with 
. His opponent had and Kenney safely doubled through to about 12,000 when the 
river card fell.
Bergeron Eliminated - 5:03 PM
On the flop of , Craig Bergeron was all in for his last few thousand chips and called by two opponents. The turn paired the board with the and both remaining players checked. The river was the and both players checked again.
Bergeron held the having flopping the nut straight, but the second of the two players who called his all-in bet held the and turned a full house. Bergeron was sent to the rail.
Only in Hammond - 5:09 PM
On the board of , Alex Keating fired 1,300 and was called by Chris Klodnicki. The river completed the board with the and Keating checked. Klodnicki thought and then fired 2,100. Keating tanked for a bit, apologized if he was inadvertently slow rolling and then made the call.
Klodnicki mucked his hand when Keating called and then Keating mucked as well, opting not to show. The dealer pulled in Keating's hand into the muck pile and then Kenny Nguyen asked, "What if I want to see that hand? Doesn't he have to show?"
Normally, the winning hand always has to be shown at most venues, but not here in Hammond. The dealer explained the rule as did a floor person who said that only here in Hammond is it a rule that the winning hand doesn't have to be shown if the other player mucks. He also explained that no one else at the table can request to see the hand.
Adams For President - 5:12 PM
We caught up to the action a bit late, but Brandon Adams and an opponent somehow managed to build a pot of about 18,000 chips preflop. They both checked the 
, bringing the on fourth street. Adams considered for a while before settling on a bet of 8,000, and his opponent check-called without too much delay.
The river drew another check from the unknown gentleman, and Adams quickly moved all in for about 14,000 total. The fold came quickly from across the table, and the Full Tilt Red Pro has moved up to about 48,000 with that pot.
Peters Looking For a Book – 5:14 PM
On the turn, the board showed , and David Peters led out into the pot with a bet of 6,300. He was up agaist Barry Greenstein, a copy of his book Ace on the River tucked neatly under the Bear's chair. Greenstein called the bet to see the river, and the filled out the board. Peters thought it over for a bit, eyeing up the stack of his opponent. After a minute or so, Peters grabbed his tower of high-denomination chips and plunked them into the pot, enough to cover Greenstein.
A quick fold gave the pot to Peters, and Greenstein is down around 24,000 or so.
Carroll Bluffs His Way to Six-Figures – 5:17 PM
After a player in early position opened the pot with a raise, James Carroll re-raised to 1,350 from the cutoff. Action folded around to opening raiser and he four-bet to 3,550. Carroll called and the flop ran down 
.
It was checked to Carroll and he bet 4,800, receiving a quick call. The hit the turn and this time, Carroll's opponent led out 6,000. Carroll called, landing the on the river. His opponent checked after about 30 seconds and Carroll asked to see how much his opponent had behind. After seeing it was about 11,000, Carroll bet 15,000 and his opponent winced in discomfort, folding his hand.
Carroll turned over for ace high as he collected the chips, increasing his stack to about 110,000.
Selbst Strides Ahead - 5:19 PM
We picked up the action on the turn as the dealer put the fourth card down on a board. David Baker was heads up, and he checked. Vanessa Selbst (who's been active in her typical fashion today) slid out 3,800, and Baker flicked in the call.
The river was the , and Selbst put one more bet in the pot, making it 9,300 to see her cards. Baker wasn't sure whether or not he wanted to, and he took several long minutes to think it over. He was statue-still for a good while, eventually shifting in his chair and trying to engage his opponent in a little friendly banter. Selbst wasn't giving anything up, though, and Baker eventually dropped the calling chips into the pot with some hesitation.
Selbst tabled , and Baker tapped the felt in acknowledgement. He double-checked his hole cards, studying them for 10 or 15 seconds to make sure he couldn't beat that before returning them to the dealer. “Nice hand, Vanessa,” he said, taking a hit down to about 35,000. Selbst, on the other hand, is up to 60,000, doubling her starting stack here in the first 5 levels.
Table Talk – 5:28 PM
Allen Bari - “If (Matt) Stout is the one that busts me, I'm taking all my chips and throwing them in the garbage. I swear to god, I'm not even kidding.”
Recent Eliminations - 5:40 PM
Allen Bari and McLean Karr have been eliminated. Matt Stout didn't get either of them, so the chips are still on the table.
Madsen Eliminated, Jetten Crippled – 5:45 PM
With the board reading , Jeff Madsen was all in for about 10,000 and another opponent was all in for roughly 24,000. Jetten tanked for about two minutes and called, showing .
Madsen turned over , while the third player had for bottom set. The turn card and 
river card sealed Madsen’s fate, eliminating him just as Level 6 started. Jetten is down to about 5,000
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Levy Runs Into Aces – 3:48pm
With about 7,000 in the pot and the board reading , Adam Levy was faced with a bet of 4,000 from his opponent. After a little while in the tank Levy called, mucking when his opponent tabled . Levy fell to about 14,000.
Carroll Climbing – 3:53pm
Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened to 500 under the gun and next to act James Carroll made it 1,350 to go. Jonathan Tamayo called from Carroll’s immediate left and action folded around to Timoshenko, calling as well.
The flop came down and all three players checked. Timoshenko bet 2,400 when the hit the turn and only Carroll called. The river was the and both checked. Carroll tabled , good enough to win the pot and up his stack to about 92,000.
Lee Runner-Runners Bowker to the Rail - 3:57pm
Bernard Lee and Kyle Bowker went to war on a flop of . Bowker bet 1,200 and Lee raised to 3,125. A re-raise from Bowker followed along with a shove from Lee, with the much bigger stack. Bowker called all in with , having Lee’s destroyed. However, the turn and river ran out a miraculous and to clinch the hand for Lee, upping his stack to 56,000 and sending Bowker to the rail.
Stocz Misclicks? - 4:08 PM
Sorel Mizzi opened to 450 from middle position, and Charles Wiper three-bet to 1,150. Eric Stocz cold-called in the big blind, and Mizzi called the extra as well to go three ways to the flop.
It came 
, and Stocz led out with a big overbet of 10,000. Mizzi folded quickly, but Wiper wasn't going anywhere. He moved all in, and Stocz, with just 3,500 left, was forced to fold his 
. Wiper's had flopped a full house, and Stocz claimed that he meant to bet 2,000 instead of 10,000.
Either way, the last of Stocz chips went into a pot just a couple hands later, and he was unable to survive his all in, exiting here early on Day 1.
Mercier Three-Bets Preflop, Folds On River - 4:20 PM
From under the gun, a player raised to 600. Jason Mercier was in the next seat and reraised to 1,750. Action folded back around to the original preflop raiser and he made the call.
The flop came down 
and the first player checked. Mercier didn't bet, tapping the table behind before the dealer placed the 
out on the turn. Both players checked again.
The river card was the and the first player paused for a moment. He then fired out 2,100. Mercier gave one last check back at his hand before tossing it into the muck, relinquishing the pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Stout WIns On Flop - 2:40 PM
From under the gun, Allen Kessler limped. Matt Stout limped from the cutoff seat and then Jordan Morgan called from the button. The player in the small blind completed before Frank Kassela raised to 850 from the big blind. Kessler and Stout were the only two who came along to see the flop.
The flop came down all one color and all the same suit, . Kassela and Kessler checked. Stout fired 1,700 and both his opponents folded.
Jaka's River Bet Wins Against Karr - 2:41 PM
McLean Karr raised from the cutoff seat to 400 and was called by Faraz Jaka in the next seat on the button. The two players saw the flop come down 
and Karr fired 625. Jaka called to see the 
come out on the turn. Both checked and the river completed the board with the . Karr checked and Jaka fired 2,000. Karr let it go and Jaka won this pot.
Klodnicki Can't Call - 2:48 PM
After the player in the hijack seat raised to 400, Chris Klodnicki reraised to 1,100. The original raiser called and the two saw a flop of . The hijack checked and Klodnicki checked behind.
Fourth street brought the 
and the hijack fired 1,500. That prompted a short pause from Klodnicki, but he eventually folded his hand.
Binger Falling - 3:04pm
Nick Binger is down to about 22,000 after running into the nuts. He check-called bets of 2,000 and 5,000 on the turn and river of a board, but saw his opponent roll over for the straight. Binger tossed his cards into the muck, quietly saying he had a set.
Selbst Gets The Better of Jaka Again – 3:11pm
With the board reading 
, Faraz Jaka bet roughly 1,300 into a pot of about 2,000. Vanessa Selbst raised to 3,800 and Jaka called, mucking when Selbst showed 
.
Selbst: Up to about 52,000
Jaka: Down to about 15,000
Aguiar in Agony - 3:16 PM
We picked up the action a bit late, joining the pot as the dealer put the turn card onto a . We'll infer that Jonathan Aguiar was the preflop raiser based on his under-the-gun position, but he checked on fourth street. His lone opponent, Gavin Smith stuck out a bet of 2,125, and Aguiar flicked in the call.
That brought them to the river, and Aguiar knocked the table one last time. Smith wasn't slowing down, and he tossed two orange chips into the pot for a bet of 10,000 straight. Aguiar would spend the next couple minutes in the tank, a pained look on his face as he toyed with the decision.
“You have, like, four-seven?” Aguiar half-asked. “Or the deuce-four? Must be nice to have one of those stray fours.” It was another couple minutes of torture in the tank for Aguiar, but he eventually uncapped his cards and returned them to the dealer. He's back to 34,000 now, while Smith pips just ahead of him with 35,000 courtesy of that pot.
Powell Planning On Check-Raising – 3:21 PM
From the button, Adam Levy raised to 400, and he found calls from both the small (Brian Powell) and big blinds. Three ways to the flop, the dealer put out , and the blinds let Levy continue out with 550 chips. Powell called and the big blind folded, and the appeared on fifth street. Powell checked again, and he called another bet from Levy, 1,300 this time.
The filled out the board on the river, and Powell checked for the third time. Levy wasn't slowing down now, and he overbet the pot with a wager of 6,000. Powell spent a couple minutes considering before saying, “I was planning on check-raising you,” as he stuck the calling chips into the pot. “Flush,” he said, tabling the . It was the winner; Levy mucked down to 21,000 while Powell boosts his stack up to 34,500.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
There still hasn't been much action at all going down on the floor. Jason Mercier doubled up to about 70,000 after his aces took down the 
from an opponent on a king-high flop. Allen Bari lost a ton of his chips to Brett Richey, who's now up to about 65,000 himself. Other than that, there's a lot of talking going on a little poker playing.
The big conversation has been about the amount of players that have showed up to the event. Before the event started, the tournament staff was hopeful of matching the numbers that the Bellagio received for its World Poker Tour Festa al Lago event that just concluded. That number was 335 and as of right now, the number of 212 isn't anywhere close to that. Field size isn't everything though, despite what your girlfriend may tell you. This field is one of the most elite fields we've seen in WSOP Circuit history and you can bet that any of the latecomers from here on out will be notable names.
Lee Bests Saul – 1:36 PM
On a board, Kevin Saul bet 1,350 into a pot of about 3,000. Chad Brown gave it up, but Bernard Lee made the call and showed , better than Saul’s holding. Lee moved up to about 35,000 while Saul dropped to about 28,000.
Bell Wins The Battle of Players Named Chris – 1:52 PM
We arrived at the table just in time to find Chris Bell raising Chris Tryba’s bet of 1,850 to 5,850 on a 
board. Tryba tanked for about two minutes and called, seeing the hit the river. Bell shoved for 8,550 and Tryba thought it over for about a minute before giving it up, slipping to about 32,000. Bell is back up to about 24,000.
Binger Shoves Smith Out – 2:01 PM
The flop read and when we arrived at the table, we saw a bet of 500 from Justin Smith, a raise to 1,375 by the player on the button, and a check-re-raise from Nick Binger to 4,100 from the small blind. Smith put in a fourth bet and made it 10,600 to go. The player on the button folded and Binger tanked about about 90 seconds before moving all in. Smith folded quickly, surrendering the pot to Binger.
Binger: Up to about 37,000
Smith: Down to roughly 21,000
Checking Straights - 2:08 PM
Vanessa Selbst raised to 300 from middle position and Faraz Jaka called from the cutoff seat. Matt Brady called from the button and then the big blind made the call as well.
The fours players saw the flop come down and the big blind checked. Selbst fired 550 with Jaka and Brady folding behind her. The big blind made the call.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked. Selbst checked behind.
The river completed the board with the and the big blind checked. Selbst thought for a while and then checked behind again.
Both players held an eight in their hand to make a straight. Selbst held the and the big blind had the . They chopped up the pot and McLean Karr put it best, "That was rather lame, guys."
