Six players limped and saw a flop of 
and action checked to Joel Merwick in late position. Merwick bet 6,200 and everyone folded back to Adam Friedman, who was last to act. He wasted little time in putting in a raise to 22,000. Merwick mucked and Friedman took down the pot, increasing his stack to around 50,000 in the process.
We're down to eight tables which, at ten players per table, means we have approximately 80 players remaining.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
No, we're not at a Daft Punk concert, we're just moving into the last level of the night. The players will finish things out at this 1,200-2,400 level with a 400 ante and then bag things up for the night. That is, if they make it another 40 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
200,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
195,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
150,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
108,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
90,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
80,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
50,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
With around 70 players remaining, Libby Wilson has emerged as the last woman remaining in the field. She is sitting with right around 80,000.
Wilson has a few scores on her record of note. She had a couple small scores in 2007, 2008 and 2009, but in 2010 she's really been coming around. In February, Wilson took second in an event at the Midwest Regional Poker Championship for over $19,000. She followed that up with a fourth-place finish in the Main Event of that series that was good for $16,440. Then in May, Wilson scored $2,000 for a fourth-place finish in a 2010 Tri-State Poker Championship event before going on to win the Main Event for $16,370. She has over $60,000 in live tournament earnings and will be looking to better that here in Indiana.
Kyle Knecht put in a preflop raise from late position and was called by Miguel Borrero. With about 20,000 in the pot preflop, the flop came down 
. Both players checked as the 
peeled off on the turn.
Knecht bet out 13,000 and Borrero took his time before pushing all in for 41,300 more. Knecht seemed reluctant but made the call and showed 
. Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead to Borrero's 
straight. The 
was put out on the river as Borrero doubled to about 130,000; meanwhile, Knecht has dropped down to 179,000.
Just a little under 13 hours ago, the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here are Horseshoe Southern Indiana began. After registration closed four levels into play, the final tally stood at 289 entrants and a hefty first-place prize of $99,878 was announced. After grinding through 16 levels of play on Day 1, 66 players remain and will be returning to action on Monday for Day 2.
Despite having such an impressive turnout, there weren't too many big names in the field. Dwyte Pilgrim was here, but failed to make it through the day and continue his amazing record in WSOP Circuit events. TJ Cloutier was also here, but vanished after only a few levels of play. Lee Childs, Mark Kroon and Maurice Hawkins also hit the rail before play ceased for the day.
Who's left you might ask? Well, we've got Circuit gold ring holder Kyle Knecht towards the top of the pack and WSOP gold bracelet holder Robert Cheung is also alive. Ari Engel and Drazen Ilich will be moving on to the second day of action as well, but the big story is Shiva Dudani.
Dudani is the overall points leader for the National Championship race and has already secured himself 125 points. That's a good bit more than the 87.5 points the next closest non-qualified player has and a deep run and final table in this event could really put Dudani worlds ahead of his opponents. Dudani came second to Blair Hinkle at the Circuit event in Council Bluffs, Iowa -- the first one of this season -- and went on to win a gold ring at this series. He was able to build a nice, plump stack throughout the day and will surely be a force to be reckoned with.
Taking the chip lead into Day 2 will be Jorge Solozamo with a whopping 294,700 in chips. Hot on his heels is Miguel Borrero with 261,000 in chips.
Play resumes tomorrow (or today depending on when you're reading this) at 12:00 p.m. The plan is to play all the way down to a final table of nine has been reached and the action should get fast and furious in here. Be sure to come right back here to PokerNews for all the action straight from the river boat floor!
Main Event
Day 1 Completed
