Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Day 1b Finishes Strong
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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Last year, the Horseshoe Southern Indiana hosted 289 poker players all shooting for a near six-figure prize up top. Charles “Woody” Moore came away with the title and the money, but even he will be jealous of this year’s winner, who will have had to outlast 309 entrants over the course of two Day 1 starting fields. With just 164 players remaining, they are all chasing Brian Yeager who amassed 143,900 chips with Harold Dennis not far behind having bagged 112,800 chips. While we didn’t see our Defending Champion Moore, Kevin Calenzo was present to try and improve on his 2nd place finish from last year. So far, so good for Calenzo as he will resume play tomorrow with 36,600 in chips.
In a 2011-2012 World Series of Poker Circuit twist, each of the Main Event’s at this year’s stops will include two Day 1 heats and with that, the opportunity to buy-in twice. From glancing around the room, at least ten or so players, including Kevin Saul and Chad Batista, forked over a full $3,200 after failing to advance in the afternoon session. Both notables took advantage of the new setup by moving on to Day 2 despite having busted earlier in the afternoon. Saul ended with 55,900 chips while Batista bagged up 18,600.
They will not be the only notables in tomorrow’s Day 2 field. Bernard Lee looked like he was going to join Saul and Batista in the evening session after a slow start during Day 1a. However, a late surge, thanks in large part to a set-over-set double up, allowed him to bag a healthy 44,700. 2011 WSOP bracelet-winner Aaron Steury advanced with 41,000 while Mark “Pegasus” Smith will have his work cut out for him tomorrow having finished with just 24,500.
A player we will have no choice but to keep our eye on is last year’s 18th place finisher Miguel “Zeek” Borrero. Not only did he deliver on a promise of revenge by knocking out Kenny Nguyen, but he talked another opponent into calling off his stack drawing very thin.
Day 2 will begin at 1300 EDT (1700 GMT) and is sure to be full of excitement as we are scheduled to play through the money bubble and on to the final table. With 164 players remaining, many of whom have had scores of tournament success in the past, there is no where else you will want to be tomorrow than catching all the action on the best source for live poker updates, PokerNews.com.
End-of-Day Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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112,800 | |
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98,300 | 66,300 |
|
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81,500 | |
|
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70,400 | 30,400 |
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56,900 | 56,900 |
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18,600 | 2,600 |
Flurry of Bustouts
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The last fifteen minutes of action saw a flurry of short stacks busting. Players not wanting to return with a short stack were gambling it up. We guess about ten to twelve players busted in the last eight minutes alone. The result is that the field has now been trimmed to about 55 players. We'll let you the number once it becomes official.
Hahn Eliminated On a Bluff
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Michael Hahn had spent nearly his whole day near the chip lead, but as No Limit Hold'em goes, it only takes one hand to go bust. Hahn had slipped from his 70,000 stack to around 50,000ish and got involved with a hand against Dave Leonard.
Hahn opened to 1,250 on the button and Leonard called from the big blind. The flop came 
, Leonard checked, Hahn bet 2,000 and Leonard raised to 10,000. Hahn shoved and Leonard thought for 30 seconds and called.
Leonard: 
Hahn: 
The turn fell 
giving Hahn some outs, but the river cemented Hahn's fate when it fell . Leonard stacked almost 100,000 after that pot.
Dennis the Menace
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Harold Dennis and another opponent built a giant pot, over 20,000, going to the turn with the board reading 
. The turn fell 
and Dennis bet out 7,000. His opponent called and the river came 
. Dennis bet out 17,000 which sent his opponent deep into the tank.
Dennis bet enough to put his opponent all in, but after a lengthy tank he folded. Dennis is up to around 70,000.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Weber With Another
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Troy Weber just recently found his spot atop our Day 1b leaderboard and it isn't taking him long to build on that lead.
On a 
flop, the first player checked to a player in middle position who bet 2,300 into a pot worth about 5,500. Weber called in position and the third player exited the hand.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the 
hit the turn. Weber's opponent led out again, this time for 4,500 and Weber made the call. His opponent had 
but it was no good to Weber's 
.
With that pot Weber is just short of the six-figure mark at 97,500.
Poole Accumulating
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Eric Poole just three-bet from the big blind and was called by the initial raiser who was in position. The flop was 
and Poole continued for 5,000 into a pot of about 7,500. It was enough to take the pot and he know has about 40,000 in chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75