The WSOP-Circuit Hammond Main Event officially drew 1,615 entrants over the two starting days. All told, they created a prize pool of $2,349,825, which will be distributed among the top 179 players, with $393,584 reserved for first. Here is a look at the payouts:
A short stacked John Evans moved all in from the cutoff but did not find a caller. Maybe it was because his friend Jennifer "Short Stacked Ninja" Parrish offered him her luck. Evans declined and told here she was the "black cat ninja."
He collected the blinds and antes and has chipped up to 14,500.
After Kyle Cartwright's table was broke, we lost track of the young WSOP-Circuit superstar. We decided to track him down in the field, but after going through the room table by table, we were unable to find him. That leads us to believe that Cartwright has been eliminated from the Main Event.
Even though the Chicago Cubs have a long standing rivalry with the Cardinals, there are plenty of redbird fans in the room. The World Series game is being shown on the 20 foot high screen in the room. Half the field just exploded as Albert Pujols hit a monster three-run homerun.
We found this hand as the dealer was counting out a bunch of chips for a double up next to a pile of chips in the pot already. We saw that one player held and Yanda held . The board read and Yanda doubled up to over 140,000.
Preston Durden, who had been nursing a short stack much of the day, recently stopped by our desk and informed us that he had met his demise. It came when he got all in pre flop with and was called by a player holding and another with .
With a chance to triple, Derden watched the flop fall , giving him an open-ended straight draw. Much to his delight, a on the turn completed that straight and gave him a great chance to survive the hand. Unfortunately for him, the peeled off on the river to put three spades on the board and give his one opponent the nut flush.
Though John Evans' friend, Jennifer Parrish, was dubbed the "Short Stack Ninja" at the Circuit stop in Southern Indiana, Evans is looking to take the nickname from her. A short while ago he had only three big blinds and now he has worked his way up to above the starting stack.
We don't know how we missed him for so long, but we just discovered Aaron Bieck in the field. He is the man who took down Event #1 here in Hammond for $124,438 after clearing a field of 3,001 players. Not too shabby for a $350 buy-in event.
Action folded to an unknown player in the hijack and he limped, which Matt Kirby mimicked from the cutoff. The small blind came along for the ride, the big blind check his option, and it was three handed to the flop. Both the small and big blinds checked, the hijack bet 2,500, and only Kirby made the call.
When the paired the board on the turn, the hijack applied even more pressure with a bet of 6,000. Kirby didn't take long to concede the hand, opting to preserve his stack of about 90,000.
and Yanda held 
. The board read 
and Yanda doubled up to over 140,000.
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, giving him an open-ended straight draw. Much to his delight, a 
on the turn completed that straight and gave him a great chance to survive the hand. Unfortunately for him, the 
peeled off on the river to put three spades on the board and give his one opponent the nut flush.
