Main Event Day 1a | 2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond

10-22-2011 04:47 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Schuler	195,000 30,000	30,000
Eric Crain	155,000 25,000	25,000
Seneca Easley	150,000
Okla White	140,000 20,000	20,000
Joel Merwick	121,000 21,000	21,000
Kevin Saul	117,000 20,000	20,000
Mohsin Charania	106,000 38,000	38,000

Dwyte Pilgrim	97,000 36,000	36,000

Kenny Nguyen	85,000 5,000	5,000
Robert Cheung	45,000 65,000	65,000
Steve Verrett	45,000 35,000	35,000
Jake Toole	36,000 9,000	9,000
Josh Brikis	30,000 6,000	6,000
Chad Brown	23,000 7,000	7,000
Will Souther	18,000 2,000	2,000
Bob Whalen	Busted

Brikis Flops the Nuts

Chad Holloway

We missed the hand, but Josh Brikis was kind enough to give us the details on his recent double. According to him, an early-position player raised opened and action folded to him on the button. He promptly shipped for around 30,000, the blinds got out of the way, and the original raiser made the call.

Showdown
Brikis: {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}
EP Player: {K-} {Q-}

The {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} flop delivered the EP player a queen, but it also gave Brikis the but flush. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Brikis received a double to nearly 80K.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Brikis	80,000 50,000	50,000

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10-22-2011 05:04 UTC

Bracelet Winner Down

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Chad Holloway

We didn't catch the hand, but WSOP bracelet winner Robert Cheung has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cheung	Busted

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

10-22-2011 05:16 UTC

Verrett Two Outed on the Turn

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Chad Holloway

Steve Verrett has had an up and down day, one that just ended on the latter note. Verrett was kind enough to tell us of the hand that lead to his demise. It began when he opened, a short stack moved all in over the top for 35,000, a big stack called, and Verrett moved all in for 42,000. The big stack called and it was three-handed action:

Showdown
Verrett: {A-} {K-}
Short Stack: {Q-} {Q-}
Big Stack: {6-} {6-}

The flop delivered an ace to give Verrett a huge lead, but a {Q-} on the turn crushed his hopes of winning the 110,000 pot. While Verrett took down the small side pot, he was ultimately eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Verrett	Busted

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10-22-2011 05:27 UTC

A Few Counts

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Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Luce	260,000 150,000	150,000
Franklin Caldwell	215,000
Josh Brikis	128,000 48,000	48,000
Brandon Schuler	117,000 78,000	78,000

10-22-2011 05:29 UTC

Parrish's Flopped Set Leads to Elimination

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Chad Holloway

A bunch of groans just originated from the table closest to us. Jennifer Parrish turned around and laid out the situation: "I flopped a set of sixes, he turned a set." Downtrodden, she collected her things and made her exit with just 20 minutes left in Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Parrish	Busted

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10-22-2011 05:29 UTC

Sickest. Hand. Ever.

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Pavlin Karakikov opened to 5,600 and thought everybody folded. He exposed his hand to show the table -- {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds} . But Voytek Glab was in the big blind and called. Karakikov was stuck playing the hand face up.

The flop came {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} and Glab bet 6,000. Karakikov called and the turn came {A-Spades} . Glab then moves all in for 44,600 and sent Karakikov into the tank. With three over cards on the board Karakikov made the hero call and Glab tabled {5-Diamonds} {5-Spades} .

The table was up in arms over Karakikov's call, but then the river came....

{5-Hearts} !

The table exploded and prompted Dwyte Pilgrim to call it "the sickest hand ever."

Karakikov lost a huge chunk of chips and then received a one orbit penalty for exposing his hand prematurely. Now that's poker folks!

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavlin Karakikov	120,000
Voytek Glab	110,000

Tags: Pavlin Karakikov Voytek Glab

10-22-2011 05:36 UTC

Three More Hands

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Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The tournament staff just announced that the remaining players will play three more hands before calling it a night. The surviving field will then return on Sunday at 2 PM CST, along with tomorrow's survivors, for Day 2.

10-22-2011 05:40 UTC

Saul a Late Night Casualty

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Chad Holloway

We're not sure how it happened, but Kevin Saul was recently eliminated from the tournament. He was explaining his bustout to a friend, but unfortunately we weren't able to hear the specifics. We'd be surprised if he didn't try again tomorrow.