Main Event
Day 1 Started
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Chester
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Chester
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$467,055
Entries
322
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome to Day 1 of WSOPC Chester Main Event
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We're all set to kickoff Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Chester Main Event located at Harrah's Casino and Racetrack alongside the Delaware River. With only one more stop left on the calendar to qualify for the WSOPC National Championship there's a slew of players here hunting for valuable points.
As of now, 100 points is the cutoff to qualify for the freeroll that will be televised on ESPN. That number is sure to creep up a little bit by the end of the New Orleans circuit stop.
Last year's winner, Kenny Nguyen, will be looking to defend his title and punch his ticket for the National Championship. Last year's final table featured Robert Scott, Ari Engel and Huy Nguyen with Jake Toole and Roland Isra also making the money.
The 2011 event saw 269 players take to the felt and we're looking to match that number in the first flight. Each flight today will play nine levels before bagging and tagging for Day 2. Follow all the WSOPC action live on PokerNews.com.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The morning flight is underway and cards are in the air. We'll get you a list of players shortly.
Roll Call!
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20,000 |
We're Off to a Slow Start
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
It looks to be we have around 100 players in the room at the moment. There's a slow trickle of players entering the room. There's a bunch of seats to be filled and a couple lonely dealers waiting for their tables to be filled.
Still Finding Their Seats
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Noon Start?
A few more recognizable faces have joined us. A couple had a puzzled look an may have thought it was a noon start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Hankins Mucks
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
We found Matthew Hankins locked up in hand with an unknown opponent. The board read 
, Hankins checked and his opponent bet 1,200 into 2,500 pot. Hankins took a moment and then tossed in a call. His opponent tabled 
and Hankins mucked.