Main Event
Day 1b Started
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 About To Begin
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Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Normally when you see Day 1b or even 1c and 1d in the case of the World Series of Poker Main Event, the different Day 1's actually occur on separate days. Not the case in this tournament, however. Just an hour after completing Day 1a, Day 1b is about to begin. Like the morning heat, this field of players will also play nine, forty-minute levels.
They will be chasing Brian Yeager who was able to stack up 143,900 by the end of the day. Yeager was one of 109 players to advance from a starting field of 196. While were not expecting as many players in the second starting field, those that busted this afternoon will be allowed to register again and play this evening. Of those that are eligible to be joining us again are Kevin Saul and Chad Batista.
Play will begin any moment so don't go anywhere!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
As predicted, Kevin Saul is back in the field along with some of his Day 1a competitors that busted this afternoon. So far we have 100 entrants in this heat with at least 6 or 7 of them that we recognize as returning players.
Harp With An Ace
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Action folded around to the player in the cutoff and he raised to 175. Rob Harp was on the button and made the call before Kenny Nguyen three-bet from the big blind to 650. Both players called.
The flop came down 
and the first two players checked to Harp. He fired out 2,100 forcing folds from both players. He showed the 
and is now up to 21,500.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Longest Tank of the Circuit
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
One table in particular has seen lots of action in the early goings. No one has been eliminated yet but with the blinds still small players are betting in the 1,000s. In the latest hand three players all entered the pot for 150 and Mike Hahn bumped it to 1,075 from the small blind. The other players called and the flop came 
.
Hahn led out with 2,525 and got two calls -- including Troy Weber. The turn came 
and Hahn fired out 5,600. Weber then shoved all in with nearly an identical stack as Hahn.
Hahn went deep into the tank - nearly ten minutes. The clock rolled over into the second level before Hahn released his hand. Hahn pulled us aside to tell us he folded 
in that spot.
Clock!
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
From middle position, a player opened with a raise to 300 and was called once before a third opponent three-bet to 1,600 from the cutoff. The player in the small blind thought for a bit before reraising to 4,450. The first two players folded but the player in the cutoff called.
The flop 
was seen heads up. The player first to act checked before the second player bet 4,000. He was called. The turn was the 
and again the preflop four-bettor check-called a bet worth 5,000. It was accompanied by some blatant displeasure (whether real or fake) with the way the hand had developed.
The river was the 
. This time, the first player decided not to wait and moved all in for his last 9,000 or so. After about five minutes of tanking, an uninvolved player at the table called the clock. The floor man arrived and after 60 seconds, the opponents hand was called dead.
Immediately, the player in the small blind angrily said, "Who called the clock?!" He was clearly frustrated that the players hand had been called dead without him having made a decision and he let the table know about it.
A Note on Alternates
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
It struck us as odd that the second flight has had alternates. The first flight had players sat as soon as they arrived. For this flight they started ten ten-handed tables then opened another table to reduce each table to nine-handed. Then they began a list of alternates. Up to this point all alternates have been sat but any late registrants will have to wait for an open seat.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0