Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Rincon
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Rincon
Prize Pool
$270,720
Entries
188
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Take Ten
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Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We've got 14 levels down, two to go. Ah, but first, one more break. It's another ten-minute sabbatical, and we'll be back to finish off Day 1 in just a few.
Hi, Garrrrrrry!
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The table folded around to the button, and the player there opened to 4,200. In the big blind, Garry Gates took a minute counting down his short stack before moving all 17,700 of his chips across the betting line. His opponent quickly called, and the news was not good for Gates as the cards were turned up:
Gates: 
Opponent: 
Drawing slim for his survival, Gates had to love the 
flop that vaulted him into a big lead. He still had to sweat a bit with two to come, but the turn and river were blanks, the 
and 
respectively.
Finding his three-outer, Gates has climbed back into the game with that double up, sitting now with more than 36,000.
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000 | 83,000 |
|
|
158,000 | 62,000 |
|
157,000 | 17,000 |
|
153,000 | 3,000 |
|
142,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 2,000 |
|
75,000 | -13,000 |
|
73,000 | 1,000 |
|
65,000 | -12,000 |
|
|
55,000 | 18,000 |
|
|
45,000 | -4,000 |
|
33,000 | 2,000 |
|
30,000 | 5,000 |
|
20,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
16,500 | -25,500 |
Exeunt Pros
Level 13
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
Dennis Phillips and Phil Hellmuth were sharing the same felt oval for a few orbits, but you're more likely to find them sharing elbow room at the bar now. A check on Table 7 sees both men have vanished at the hands of Michael Simon.
We saw Phillips run his pocket queens into Simon's pocket aces, and we're not sure what happened to relieve Hellmuth of his last ~19,000 chips. Either way, both men are out, and we're now essentially out of big names in the field.
All out except for Eddy Sabat, that is.
Level: 14
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Hello, Eddy!
Level 13
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer laid 
out in the middle of the felt. The action checked to Eddy Sabat who made a bet of 3,600, and he was called by just one opponent out of position.
That brought them heads up to the 
turn, and now the player in the blinds led out into the pot with 7,700 chips of his own. Sabat eyed up his opponent's remaining stack before plunking the call into the pot.
On the river, the 
filled out the board, and the bettor fired out one more bullet worth 16,700 chips. It was a big decision for Sabat, and he took his time considering before sticking the call into the middle. "You got it," his opponent said.
Sabat tabled his 
to win the pot, and it was good enough to push him up to about 132,000.
Quinn WIns with Turn Raise
Three players saw the flop come down 
. Everyone checked and the turn brought the 
. Michael Taylor was up first and he bet 2,700. Kevin Lockhart was next and folded before Stanley Quinn raised to 7,700. Taylor folded and Quinn won the pot. Quinn won the 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harvey's Lake Tahoe to the tune of $86,789.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
42,000 | |
|
|
31,000 |
Sabat's Aces Smash Two Queens
Level 13
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
The under-the-gun player raised to 3,800 and Eddy Sabat three-bet from the next seat to 8,900. Action folded all the way back around to the original preflop raiser and he jammed for roughly 35,000. Sabat snap-called.
Sabat:
Opponent: 
The flop came down 
to give Sabat a crushing set of aces and really putting a vice grip on this hand. The turn brought the and left his opponent drawing dead while the river completed the board with the 
.
Sabat scooped the pot and saw his chip stack rise to 115,000.
Not This Time Kruger
Level 13
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
Justin Kruger raised to 4,000 from the cutoff seat after action folded to him. Andrew Moreno three-bet to 11,200 from the small blind and the big blind folded. Kruger also folded and Moreno won the pot.