Regional Championship Day 1 | 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Rincon

Regional Championship

Day 1 Completed

03-28-2011 04:28 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	128,550	50
Kyle Bowker	121,500
Cary Katz	116,500
Tim Murphy	114,375
David Miscikowski	102,800
MIke Baxter	89,575
Carlos Mortensen	87,600	15,600
Tim West	83,725	16,725
	71,525
Dana Kellstrom	70,550	550
	68,050
	67,050	27,050
Adam Geyer	65,040	15,040
	64,000
Steven Burkholder	63,125	8,125
	61,850
	60,825
Sam Stein	56,050	40,550
Romik Vartzar	54,675	-325
Scott Montgomery	54,550	8,550
Gregory Brooks	45,125	5,125
Steve Brecher	44,375	-625
Adam Levy	43,875	11,875
	43,025
	42,500

Day 1 of the 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit $10,000 Regional Championship – Rincon took place on Sunday. A field of 91 entrants came out to play and after eight levels of play, about 60 of them remained. Leading the way is Ali Eslami with 128,500 in chips.

Even though the field was a small one, there was plenty of talent packed into the tournament room upstairs on the second floor of Harrah’s Rincon. Former WSOP Main Event champions Carlos Mortensen, Jerry Yang and Phil Hellmuth were all in action, but Hellmuth showed up late as usual. He battled some food poisoning for the first part of the day before finally making his way down to the tournament at the start of the second to last level. Along with them, Erik Seidel, Justin Smith, Shannon Shorr, Matt Waxman, Adam Levy and Kathy Liebert were in the field.

Registration is still open throughout the night and into tomorrow. Players will be able to register through Level 9 of this Regional Championship event, which means one level of play on Monday’s Day 2. That should add a few more late arrivals to the list and allow the field to creep towards the 100-player mark.

Here's how the field will be set up to begin play:

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
7	1	Allen Kessler	20,050
7	2	Joe Parker	32,775
7	3	Mike Heshmati	21,350
7	4	Dana Kellstrom	70,550
7	5	Conrad Monica	33,725
7	6	Sam Stein	56,050
7	7	Pejman Niyati	28,500
7	8	Jesse Martin	11,525
7	9	Justin Kruger	18,550

8	1	David Peters	60,825
8	2	Victor Ramdin	28,275
8	3	Dwyte Pilgrim	34,000
8	4	Alex Rocha	10,600
8	5	Cary Katz	116,500
8	6	Eddy Sabat	14,750
8	7	Ali Eslami	128,550
8	8	Romik Vartzar	54,675
8	9	Pat Walsh	35,075

9	1	Erhart Edquist	9,525
9	2	David Baker	21,950
9	3	Joshua Field	29,650
9	4	Grant Lang	64,000
9	5	Sott Montgomery	54,550
9	6	Alex Masek	38,925
9	7	Mike Baxter	89,575
9	8	Todd Terry	31,500
9	9	Kyle Bowker	121,500

10	1	Carlos Mortensen	87,600
10	2	Tim Murphy	114,375
10	3	Harold Wasson	67,050
10	4	Jonathan Little	41,925
10	5	Tim West	83,725
10	6	Louis Werman	29,375
10	7	Phil Hellmuth	23,575
10	8	D.J. Blanchard	29,650
10	9	--empty--	--

11	1	Steve Sanders	32,050
11	2	David Miscikowski	102,800
11	3	Saul Frank	31,450
11	4	Alejandro Garcia	28,400
11	5	Jordan Morgan	18,025
11	6	David Williams	20,450
11	7	Denise Molloy	41,200
11	8	Kevin Jonna	68,050
11	9	--empty--	--

12	1	Kwinsee Khoa Tran	71,525
12	2	Gregory Brooks	45,125
12	3	Roland Israelashvili	17,000
12	4	Benjamin Hamnett	21,325
12	5	Brian Green	28,325
12	6	Dylan Wilkerson	30,800
12	7	Travis Pettey	19,450
12	8	Miller Dao	39,650
12	9	--empty--	--

13	1	John Farrell	42,500
13	2	Richard Woodall	61,850
13	3	Steve Brecher	44,375
13	4	Dmitriy Shilnikov	43,025
13	5	Adam Geyer	65,040
13	6	Shannon Shorr	41,100
13	7	Steven Burkholder	63,125
13	8	Adam Levy	43,875
13	9	--empty--	--

We'll see you tomorrow!

Tags: Ali Eslami

03-28-2011 03:41 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	122,000	53,000
Dana Kellstrom	70,000	16,000
Romik Vartzar	55,000	25,500
Steven Burkholder	55,000	13,000
Adam Geyer	50,000	-9,000
Pat Walsh	37,000	-20,000
Miller Dao	37,000	8,000
	30,000	5,000
Roland Isra	16,000	-14,000

03-28-2011 03:33 UTC

Wait, What? Seidel is Out??

[user66118]

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

"Why are you such a badass?"

That's the question Kristy Arnett asked Erik Seidel earlier in "Calling the Clock". As it turns out, Seidel does occasionally lose tournaments. He's still a badass though. The lanky pro just strode past our table and out the door with his iPad in tow, and that can only mean that he's been relieved of the ~14,000 chips he had at last count.

Check out Erik and Kristy in "Calling the Clock" earlier today:

Tags: Erik Seidel

03-28-2011 03:31 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	125,000	19,000
Kyle Bowker	117,000	42,000
David Miscikowski	87,000	4,000
Carlos Mortensen	72,000	25,000
Tim West	67,000	33,000
Adam Geyer	59,000	-19,000
Alex Masek	55,000	5,000
Scott Montgomery	46,000	8,000
Steve Brecher	45,000	-1,000
Gregory Brooks	40,000	-40,000
Victor Ramdin	40,000	20,000
Denise Molloy	39,000	3,000
Jonathan Little	32,500	6,500
Shannon Shorr	32,000	11,000
Adam Levy	32,000	2,000
Dwyte Pilgrim	30,000	-10,000
David Baker	27,000	-16,000
Phil Hellmuth	26,000	4,000
Brian Green	24,500	-8,000
David Williams	24,000	14,500
Todd Terry	24,000	4,000
Allen Kessler	21,000	-3,000
Eddy Sabat	20,000	-10,000
Justin Kruger	20,000	4,000
Galen Hall	20,000	3,900

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03-28-2011 03:29 UTC

Stein Not Done Yet

[user66118]

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

In a raised pot, Sam Stein and Mike Baxter watched the dealer put out a flop of {5-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} . Stein knocked the table, and Baxter put out a bet of 4,200. Stein check-raised all in for 13,850, and Baxter called to try and get the rest of Stein's chips.

Showdown
Baxter: {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Stein: {J-Hearts} {10-Spades}

Things were not looking good for Stein, and the turn {A-Diamonds} was no help. The river {J-Spades} was, though, improving Stein to two pair and allowing him to double up and stay alive.

"Well, I'm not going to post that one anywhere," Stein said flatly.

Don't worry Sam, we'll do it for you. "Tell them we got it all in on the river," he joked as we walked away.

Tags: Mike Baxter Sam Stein

03-28-2011 03:19 UTC

Hellmuth Tortured by Bowker

donpeters

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Kyle Bowker raied to 1,300 from middle position and a player in late position called. The small blind also called and then Phil Hellmuth reraised to 7,300 from the big blind. Bowker called and the player in late position called while the small blind folded.

The flop came down {8-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {2-Clubs} and everyone checked. The turn added the {4-Clubs} to the board and Hellmuth bet 10,000. Only Bowker made the call.

The river completed the board with the {4-Diamonds} . There was now a pair of fours on board and Hellmuth checked. Bowker moved all in, having Hellmuth and his remaining 22,000 covered. Hellmuth tanked for a bit while going through the usual Hellmuth antics. Eventually, Hellmuth laid down his hand, showing the {A-Spades} {5-Spades} and claiming that he almost called with the ace high.

Hellmuth dropped to 22,000 and Bowker moved to 75,000 in chips.

Tags: Kyle Bowker Phil Hellmuth

03-28-2011 03:18 UTC

Don't Mess With Dana

[user66118]

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

A player in early position raised to 1,500, and Dana Kellstrom three-bet to 4,000 straight a few seats over. The initial raiser called, and off they went to the {9-Spades} {Q-Spades} {9-Diamonds} flop. The raiser now led out into the pot with a bet of 5,000 which Kellstrom called, and the {7-Diamonds} landed on fourth street. With about 19,000 chips left in front of him, the unknown gentleman shoved all in, and Kellstrom instantly called with his covering stack.

Kellstrom turned up {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} , and he had his opponent's {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} drawing dead to the {7-Hearts} river. With that knockout, Kellstrom moves up to about 65,000.

Tags: Dana Kellstrom

03-28-2011 03:15 UTC

Baxter Gets Called and Takes Chip Lead

donpeters

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Sam Stein just called a bet of 10,000 on the river with the board reading {J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {5-Spades} . Mike Baxter was the player who had bet and after he got called, Baxter tabled the {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} for a diamond king-high flush. Stein mucked and dropped to 21,000. Baxter moved to 112,000 and into the chip lead.