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

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

10-22-2011 05:04 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cheung	Busted

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

Tags: Josh Brikis

10-22-2011 04:47 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Schuler	195,000	-30,000
Eric Crain	155,000	25,000
Seneca Easley	150,000
Okla White	140,000	-20,000
Joel Merwick	121,000	21,000
Kevin Saul	117,000	20,000
Mohsin Charania	106,000	38,000
Dwyte Pilgrim	97,000	36,000
Kenny Nguyen	85,000	5,000
Robert Cheung	45,000	-65,000
Steve Verrett	45,000	-35,000
Jake Toole	36,000	9,000
Josh Brikis	30,000	6,000
Chad Brown	23,000	-7,000
Will Souther	18,000	-2,000
Bob Whalen	Busted

10-22-2011 04:34 UTC

He's Not Toole-ing Around

Chad Holloway

A player in middle position opened for 5,000 only to have Jake Toole shove all in for about 22,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and the original raiser didn't even give it a moment's though before mucking. Toole picked up some much needed chips, though he'll need some more if he hopes to catch up with the chip average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Toole	27,000	-8,000

Tags: Jake Toole Shiva Dudani

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

10-22-2011 04:07 UTC

Nguyen Rebuilding

Chad Holloway

Kenny Nguyen started the day with a bang as he surged up the chip counts. He appeared to be the first to break 100K, reaching as high as 150,000. Unfortunately, things turned on Nguyen and he began losing, dropping back down to as low as 45,000.

The good news is Nguyen seems to have righted the ship. In a recent hand, a middle-position player raised to 5,200 and found a call from the player in the hijack. Nguyen then three-bet to 20,200 from the cutoff, which inspired folds all around. Nguyen added 10K+ to his stack without so much as a flop, bringing him up to 80,000.