Main Event
Day 1 Started
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Palm Beach
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Palm Beach
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,035,960
Entries
712
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to the Sunshine State!
Welcome to West Palm Beach, Florida for the latest stop on the World Series of Poker Circuit! The Palm Beach Kennel Club has been the place to be since February 17 to win circuit rings and earn points to qualify for the WSOP-C National Championship, set to run from May 27-29 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
A large field is expected to partake in the excitement today and the tournament staff has acted accordingly. Since the tournament area and poker room here at the Palm Beach Kennel Club can only accommodate roughly 40 tables, there will be two Day 1 flights, each playing nine levels. The first will begin at 11am, about 45 minutes from now, while the second flight will kick off at 7pm.
PokerNews will be on the floor throughout the tournament to provide all of the action as the race towards the National Championship continues. We'll see you at the top of the hour!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Play Ball!
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Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Tournament Director Jimmy Sommerfeld has just given the players the rundown of the rules here at the Palm Beach Kennel Club after which he handed the microphone to one of the celebrities in the house. T.J. Cloutier took the floor to welcome the players and issue the most famous words in poker. "Shuffle up and deal!" Cloutier announced, and with that, the Main Event is under way!
We have just shy of 400 players registered and seated for this first flight of the day.
Who's Here?
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Among those we've spotted after our initial pass through the tournament area include "Bodog" Ari Engel, Traci Brown, Chris Tryba, "Captain" Tom Franklin, Jared Jaffee, Al Riccobono, and Mike Beasley.
Names From the Underworld
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The field is split between two levels of this Palm Beach Kennel Club as patrons begin to file into the stands for the 1:00 P.M. races.
Our last post included notable faces from the second floor, where there are about 25 tables in play. There are another 15 downstairs, and we've spotted a few more familiar faces. Plus a couple of former WSOP Main Event champions. Jerry Yang and Greg Raymer are both seated down there in the dungeon at adjacent tables. Also at Yang's table is Tristan "Cre8ive" Wade. Paul "X-22" Magriel is down there in a dimly lit corner too, and we've also spotted Circuit regulars Jeff Gibralter and Maurice Hawkins lurking about.
Registration will remain open until the end of the second level.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Tryba Flopping Well
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
We arrived at Chris Tryba's table and found him betting 1,200 on a 
board. His opponent popped it to 2,500 and Tryba came back over the top for 7,500. His opponent thought it over for about 30 seconds before giving it up.
Tryba showed 
for the flopped straight and is up to about 25,000.
It's Ladies' Day
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The board shows 446 runners have thus far turned up for this first Day 1 flight, and at least 18 of them are women. We recognize Donna Jetter from her 7th-place run at the WSOP-C Harvey's Lake Tahoe a couple months ago. We also spotted Traci Brown, runner up in the Main Event at Choctaw. By virtue of that finish, Brown also locked up the title of Caino Champion for that stop, and that makes her the first lady to qualify for the season-ending National Championship in May.
We also see Jena Delk over there on the far side of the room, but she's a bit overshadowed by June Amer. You might not know Amer's name, but she's done quite a bit to prove herself here in West Palm Beach this week. Amer took down Event #7, the $550 NLHE event that finished up yesterday. That event was a record-setter, drawing a field of 664 runners to make it the largest $500+ buy-in event the WSOP-C has seen this season. She collected more than $65,000 for that win yesterday, and she's looking to parlay that prize money into another big win here in the Main.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0