Main Event Day 1 | 2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Chester

05-05-2012 18:52 UTC-3

Mascagni Leads After First Flight

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Play has officially ended for the first flight of the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Chester. Leading the way after nine levels of play is Cory Mascagni with a stack of 123,000. Right on Mascagni's heels is Tuan Phan who finished play today with 121,800. Rounding out the top three is Rachel Kranz who bagged up 94,000.

We saw several notables enter play today only to hit the rail before the ninth level came to an end. Among the notables who did not make it through are Ari Engel, Amanda Musumeci, Dennis Phillips, Jamie Kerstetter, Kenny Milam and 2012 WSOP Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Main Event champion Tripp Kirk.

While some notables hit the rail, others survived and thrived. Among those still alive are Kyle Cartwright (89,600), Bryan Devonshire (49,000), Todd Terry (43,100), Everett Carlton (30,000) and Andy Frankenberger (26,000).

Play will resume for the surviving 86 players tomorrow at 1pm. The second flight of day 1 play will begin at 7pm tonight. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates. Until then, we eat!

Tags: Cory Mascagni

05-05-2012 18:48 UTC-3

End of Day 1a Counts

[user196975]

Player	Chips	Progress
Cory Mascagni	123,000	17,000
Tuan Phan	121,800	17,800
Rachel Kranz	94,000	11,000
Kyle Cartwright	89,600	-5,400
Ryan Tepen	86,500	-1,000
Peter Ippolito	54,700	9,700
Miguel Borrero	54,600	-23,400
Matthew Hankins	54,000	-12,000
Bryan Devonshire	49,000	12,000
Roland Isra	49,000	27,000
Joe Hebda	48,600	23,600
Todd Terry	43,100	11,600
Vinny Pahuja	34,300	25,600
Mike Sicca	32,600	-1,400
Everett Carlton	30,000	21,000
Robert Scott	29,000	7,000
Andy Frankenberger	26,000	6,000
Doug Carli	15,000	-7,500
Matt Chang	14,300	-8,700
Donovan Darland	9,600	-4,400

05-05-2012 18:20 UTC-3

Five More!

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

It has just been announced that the players will play five more hands before they bag and tag.

05-05-2012 18:19 UTC-3

Musumeci Busted

Josh_Cahlik

We caught up with the action to see all of Amanda Musumeci's chips in the middle and {A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} turned up in front of her. Her opponent had her dominated, holding {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs}

The board fell {J-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} and Musumeci was sent packing ten minutes before the end of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Musumeci	Busted

Tags: Amanda Musumeci

05-05-2012 18:18 UTC-3

Phan Swings Up, Again

[user196975]

We saw Tuan Phan go to a flop with an unknown player of {J-Clubs} {2-Spades} {7-Clubs} . Phan checked in the dark and his opponent moved all in for 21,650.

"You want a call buddy?" Phan asked.

His opponent didn't reply and Phan asked him again. "Sure, I'll double up. If you beat me I'll play tonight," his opponent replied.

"Ok, I call," Phan said.

Phan: {J-Spades} {10-Clubs}
Opponent: {6-Spades} {6-Diamonds}

The board completed {3-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and Phan is back up over the 100,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tuan Phan	104,000	34,000

Tags: Tuan Phan

05-05-2012 18:12 UTC-3

Borrero Catches a King

Josh_Cahlik

We caught up with the action due to Miguel Borrero's shouts of celebration throughout booming the room. In front of Borrero was his {K-Spades} {K-Hearts} that was all in against an opponent's {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} while another opponent had them both covered and held {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} .

The board fell {2-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} and when the king fell on the river, Borrero erupted into celebratory yells. He even slapped a disclaimer on the celebration of his tournament life not being over by saying, "I don't mean disrespect, it's just emotion!'

Borrerro was down around 5,000 earlier in the day, but has managed to work it back up and is is now sitting pretty with 78,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Borrero	78,000	68,500

Tags: Miguel Borrero

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

05-05-2012 17:49 UTC-3

Late Level Chip Counts

[user196975]

Player	Chips	Progress
Cory Mascagni	106,000	11,000
Kyle Cartwright	95,000	1,000
Ryan Tepen	87,500	40,500
Rachel Kranz	83,000	3,000
Tuan Phan	70,000	-35,000
Matthew Hankins	66,000	42,000
Peter Ippolito	45,000	13,500
Ryan Gentry	42,500	27,800
Bryan Devonshire	37,000	9,000
Mike Sicca	34,000	4,000
Chip Ervin	33,000	16,800
Todd Terry	31,500	18,600
Joe Hebda	25,000	17,000
Allen Kessler	24,000	2,000
Matt Chang	23,000	5,000
Doug Carli	22,500	5,300
Robert Scott	22,000	2,000
Roland Isra	22,000	-12,500
Amanda Musumeci	21,000	-9,000
Andy Frankenberger	20,000	2,000
Donovan Darland	14,000	6,800
Miguel Borrero	9,500	-4,500
Everett Carlton	9,000	2,100

05-05-2012 17:26 UTC-3

Aces Triumph Over Ace-King...Twice

Josh_Cahlik

We caught the action to see three hands turned up in the middle. Two players were all in, one holding {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} and one holding {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} . Donovan Darland made the call, having both players covered. Darland held {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} .

The flop gave a glimmer of hope to the players holding ace-king, as it fell {Q-} {10-} {6-} . Unfortunately, the turn and river brought no help, and one player was sent to the rail, while Darland's stack has now been reduced to 7,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donovan Darland	7,200	-8,200

Tags: Donovan Darland

05-05-2012 17:25 UTC-3

Cartwright Keeps Pushing

[user196975]

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

A player under the gun opened to 1,500 and action folded around to Kyle Cartwright in the cutoff. He called and the blinds released. The flop came {Q-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {A-Spades} , the UTG player bet 2,300 and Cartwright wasted little time making it 6,700 to go. His opponent thought better of the situation and kicked his cards back to the dealer.

Cartwright is flirting with the century mark.

Tags: Kyle Cartwright