Lee Childs limped under the gun and action folded to the cutoff, who promptly raised to 350. The blinds got out of the way and Childs made the call. He then checked the flop and called the cutoff's bet of 350.
Childs checked the on the turn and again the cutoff bet 350. Instead of just calling, Childs took the initiative and raised to 1,500. The cutoff called and the two watched the hit the river. Both players checked and Childs seemed to know that he was beat as he flipped over . Indeed, the cutoff showed to take down the pot. Childs is down to 16,000.
Robert Cheung is here playing the tournament and it looks as though he's gotten off to a nice, positive start. Cheung's starting stack of 20,000 has grown to about 26,000 here in the second level. Cheung is one of those faces you don't really recognize if you're playing agains him, but the dude's got some skills -- and over $1.2 million in career tournament winnings to boot. Oh, and he owns a World Series of Poker gold bracelet after taking down a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event back in 2007 for over $673,000.
Maurice Hawkins just won a nice pot to push his stack to about 40,000 in chips and that's double the starting mount. Hawkins likes to play a good amount of pots and is a chatty one at the table. The pot we watched him drag came when he made a spade flush holding the against his opponent's broadway straight with the .
Hawkins is a grinder from Florida who can regularly be seen along the circuit. He's got over $400,000 in career earnings, but no major titles just yet. Hawkins is friends with Dwyte Pilgrim and is much like him in a way. Hawkins holds three World Series of Poker Circuit gold rings and a few other titles from smaller buy-in events. His largest cash came from a win in a Venetian Deep Stack event in 2009 for over $67,000. Much like Pilgrim was before his big World Poker Tour win, Hawkins is known as a minor-leaguer, but that could all change if he can notch a major title.
A woman in early position raised to 300 and received calls from a player in middle position and the small blind. T.J. Cloutier, who was in the big blind, then reraised to 1,400. The original raiser and the small blind both tagged along and three players saw a flop of .
The small blind checked and Cloutier fired out a bet of 3,000. Both of his opponents mucked and he increased his stack to right around 24,000.
From under the gun, Maurice Hawkins raised to 275. He got three callers before a player reraised to 1,500. Hawkins and one other player made the call.
The flop came down and all thee players checked to see the fall on the turn. Hawkins led out with a bet of 2,700. The next player folded, but the preflop three bettor made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Hawkins fired 3,500. His opponent tanked for a bit and then made the call, to which Hawkins said, "You got it." The player insisted Hawkins show first and he did, tabling the having missed some draws. His opponent tabled the for just ace high and won the pot.
Hawkins was up to about 40,000, but now is back down to 32,000.
The luck of the draw has determined an interesting match-up over at Dwyte Pilgrim's table. Pilgrim is joined by Brandon Novena, who just so happened to finish fourth in the World Poker Tour Borgata Open. If you recall, that is the event where Pilgrim emerged victorious.
Just a few weeks ago these two players were playing at a WPT final table, now they find themselves at the same table on Day 1 of a WSOPC event. To make things even more interesting, David Leonard, a WSOPC ring winner here in Southern Indiana back in 2009, joins them at the table. Combined, the stiff competition at this table might make it the toughest in the room.
Four players limped to a flop of including Dwyte Pilgrim from the small blind. Pilgrim led out on the flop with a bet of 300 which the big blind quickly called. The other two players got out of the way and the hit the turn.
Both players checked to the on the river and Pilgrim bet 1,100. His opponent mucked and Pilgrim showed for a rivered straight. He is still sitting right around the starting stack of 20,000.
On the board of , Dwyte Pilgrim fired out 1,300. His opponent paused for a few moments and the raised to 4,000. Pilgrim gave a second look at his hand, shook his head and tossed in his cards.
flop and called the cutoff's bet of 350.
on the turn and again the cutoff bet 350. Instead of just calling, Childs took the initiative and raised to 1,500. The cutoff called and the two watched the 
hit the river. Both players checked and Childs seemed to know that he was beat as he flipped over 
. Indeed, the cutoff showed 
to take down the pot. Childs is down to 16,000.
against his opponent's broadway straight with the 
.
and all thee players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Hawkins led out with a bet of 2,700. The next player folded, but the preflop three bettor made the call.
for just ace high and won the pot.
including Dwyte Pilgrim from the small blind. Pilgrim led out on the flop with a bet of 300 which the big blind quickly called. The other two players got out of the way and the 
hit the turn.
on the river and Pilgrim bet 1,100. His opponent mucked and Pilgrim showed 
