Christian Harder has quietly joined the field, his $2.3 million career earnings do all the speaking for him. He apparently decided around dinner time to make the trip and hop in the tournament.
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City

Player | Chips | Progress |
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51,000 | |
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46,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
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45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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43,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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35,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
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33,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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27,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
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24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
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19,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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11,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Event #3 No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
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$500+$55 | 253 | $122,705 |
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Croft | Sumter, SC | $30,062 |
2 | Joseph Stuckey | Hicksville, NY | $18,575 |
3 | Michael Muscatello | Seaford, NY | $13,420 |
4 | Samuel Elderfield | Nanaimo, BC | $9,876 |
5 | Jonathan Sorscher | Lynbrook, NY | $7,399 |
6 | James Governa | Richboro, PA | $5,638 |
7 | Abraham Faroni | Penn Valley, PA | $4,368 |
8 | Alex Rocha | S. Setuaket, NY | $3,439 |
9 | Brian Ali | Brooklyn, NY | $2,751 |
WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Ring Event #4 No Limit Hold’em
Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
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$300+$45 | 495 | $144,045 |
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ali Navid | Centreville, VA | $30,969 |
2 | Rexford McCaffrey | Millville, NJ | $19,147 |
3 | Todd Brenn | Tallmadge, OH | $13,988 |
4 | Brian Grzywaczewski | Montgomery, NY | $10,969 |
5 | Edward Shade | Hurricane, WV | $7,799 |
6 | Robert Cochrane | Hagerstown, MD | $5,949 |
7 | Rajiv Khanna | Floral Park, NY | $4,602 |
8 | Chris Reslock | Atlantic City, NJ | $3,611 |
9 | Thomas Savitsky | Randolph, NJ | $2,873 |
John Pappas, the Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), is in town today and gave a speech concerning the state of poker at the Trump Taj Majal tonight. WSOP Media Director Nolan Dalla and Wendeen Eolis both attended the speech and were pleased with his message. In attendance were various politicians and lawmakers, casino executives and investors.







There was around 5,000 in the middle, and the dealer fanned . Patrick Houchins was heads up with a player for the side pot, and there was a third player all in already, vying for the main pot.
The player checked to Houchins tossed who out 7,000.
"All in," the player announced.
"Do you really have queen-jack????" Houchins asked, flabbergasted. He tanked for about half a minute before finally calling.
Houchins | ![]() ![]() |
Opponent | ![]() ![]() |
Short-stacked Player | ![]() ![]() |
The turn () and the river (
) both bricked, and Houchins doubled to over 50,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,000
25,000
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25,000 |

Ari Engel check-called a bet from an opponent with the board reading , and the turn brought the
. Ari checked again, and his opponent tossed out three orange T1,000 chips. Engel again called.
The completed the board, and Engel checked a third time. The player fired another 4,000, and Engel check-raised to 13,850. Engel's opponent was very confused, but after tanking for nearly two minutes he called. Engel turned over
for trip sevens, and his opponent begrudgingly mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
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Russell Crane moved all in preflop and Gus Schokter also shoved, but was covered by Crane. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled.
Crane:
Schokter:
The board ran
and Schokter doubled up, leaving Crane with under 2,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
23,000 | |
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2,000
41,000
|
41,000 |