Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$455,415
Entries
313
Level
29
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Brian Yeager Dominates the Field for Day 1a
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Nearly 200 hundred players turned out for the first flight of the $1,500 WSOP Circuit Main Event at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana. After nine levels of play only 109 players remain and Brian Yeager is your chipleader with 143,900. Yeager has nearly a 50,000 lead on his next closest opponenet, Stan Combs, who finished the day with 96,400.
The format for the event allows for two starting flights with the first starting at 11 a.m. and the second at 7 p.m. Players that busted from the first flight will be able to register for the second flight later in the day.
Several notables showed up to play; including Bernard Lee, Chad Batista, Kevin Saul, Mark "Pegasus" Smith, Kurt Jewell and Aaron Steury. Saul and Batista did not survive the flight but we're expecting to see them in the second flight.
Some End of Day Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,300 | 6,300 |
|
|
55,700 | 19,700 |
|
|
46,000 | 1,000 |
|
44,700 | 22,700 |
|
|
41,100 | -7,000 |
|
41,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
40,100 | -900 |
|
36,600 | -4,700 |
"The First Instinct is Always the Best Instinct"
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Aaron Massey raised from early position to 1,900. Action folded around to the player in the small blind who moved all in for 26,225. The big blind folded.
Massey contemplated his decision for a few minutes, stressing that his read was to call because of how fast his opponent moved all in, "as if [he] knew already." Eventually, he let it go and his opponent tabled 
to which Massey replied, "Boooo!"
Saul Gone
Kevin Saul was all in holding 
against the 
of Jason Schwartz. The board ran out 
and Saul will have to wait until the second flight to build a stack for Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 25,000 |
|
Busted |
Barrientos Getting It In
After the under-the-gun player raised to 1,850, Mark Barrientos moved all in for 12,825 more. His opponent tank-folded, claiming to have Ace-Queen. Barrientos informed him that it was the wrong fold.
A few hands later, Barrientos got it in again against Ace-Queen, but this time the player called. Barrientos needed a lot of help to stay alive with his Ace-Jack and got it on the turn. The board ran out 
and Barrientos left his opponent with just 3,000 while putting himself in great position to bag up a stack of chips above the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 |
Last Level of First Flight
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The field has just entered the last level of the first flight. All surviving players will bag and tag their chips and return tomorrow for Day 2. Any player that has busted up to the end of play can play the second flight. We're expecting a flurry of short stacks to bust within the level.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Hodson Continues To Slide
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Our early chip-leader Bobby Hodson has been steadily declining since the beginning of the last break. Recently, he raised to 1,350 and found one caller in the cutoff position.
The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Hodson checked again before his opponent fired 2,500. Hodson called and the river was the . Hodson check-called again, this time for 3,000. His opponent tabled 
for two-pair and was able to ship the pot.
Hodson, who was once nearing 80,000, is now down to 36,000.
Mavro Gets It In
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Peter Mavro raised to 1,450 to open the pot and received a call from the player in the cutoff before the player on the button three-bet to 4,600. Mavro thought for awhile and eventually moved all in for his last 22,000 chips. That drew two quick folds and Mavro is back up to about 30,000.