Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Circuit Caesar's Palace Atlantic City has come to a close and just over 200 players remain of the 375 that began the day. Aaron Overton sits securely as the chipleader with 130,600.
Chasing Overton are Daniel Buzgon, Jeremy Halaska and Alex Queen. Others advancing to Day 2 include Roland Israel, Dwyte Pilgrim, Sirous Jamshidi, Abraham Araya, Wendeen Eolis, Aaron Massey, Paul Volpe, Anthony Gregg, "Karate" Mike Santoro, Garry Gates, Andy Frankenberger, Lee Childs, Mike Sica and "Miami" John Cernuto.
Not all players were so lucky; Matthew Chang, Ari Engel, Jeffrey Papola, Chris Bigler, Kurt Jewell, Chris Tryba and Jacob Bazeley all busted today. We expect to see them all back here for Day 1b.
The surviving players will return for Day 2 tomorrow and will join the survivors of Day 1b at 12 noon EST. We're taking a dinner break for now and will return at 7 p.m. EST for the second flight. Follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com
Chris Bigler open-shoved for under 10,000 from under the gun, Eugene Fouksman re-shoved from middle position, and a third player tank-called from the big blind having both Bigler and Fouksman covered.
Showdown
Bigler
Fouksman
Big Blind
The flop gave Fouksman a commanding lead, and he held as the turn and river came , respectively. Bigler was eliminated from the tournament, while Fouksman nearly tripled his stack to around 40,000 chips.
Andy Frankenberger's stack is going in the wrong direction.
Andy Frankenberger's stack has been dwindling in the late stages of play. He just opened for 2,600 in middle position and got three callers. The flop came and action checked around to Frankenberger and he bet 3,000. Two players folded and the last to act shoved for 8,675. Frankenberger called and the hands were tabled.
Frankenberger:
Opponent:
The board completed and Frankenberger shipped a bunch of chips across the table. He's down to around the starting stack.
Players are busting faster than tournament personnel can keep up with. With only a few minutest remaining in the day and the ability to jump in the 7 p.m. flight, short stacks are busting left and right.
We found Andy Frankenberger, an unknown player and Dwyte Pilgrim go to a flop of . All three players checked and the turn produced the . All three players checked again and the river came . Action checked to Pilgrim on the button and he bet 2,700.
The unknown player folded and Frankenberger paid to see Pilgrim's hand. Pilgrim turned up and Frankenberger mucked his hand.
Aaron Massey recently had a short-stacked opponent all in and at risk before the flop, and the hands looked like this:
Massey
Opponent
The flop pushed Massey's opponent ahead with a pair of tens, and neither the turn () nor the river () improved Massey's hand. His opponent doubled to around 20,000, while Massey dropped below 17,000.
With the board reading , Garry Gates moved all in for 13,475 with around 9,000 in the middle. His opponent went into the tank for well over a minute, but eventually tossed his hand in the muck.
"I wish I had less chips," the gentleman told Gates.
flop gave Fouksman a commanding lead, and he held as the turn and river came 
, 
respectively. Bigler was eliminated from the tournament, while Fouksman nearly tripled his stack to around 40,000 chips.
and Frankenberger shipped a bunch of chips across the table. He's down to around the starting stack.
. All three players checked and the turn produced the 
. All three players checked again and the river came 
. Action checked to Pilgrim on the button and he bet 2,700.
) improved Massey's hand. His opponent doubled to around 20,000, while Massey dropped below 17,000.
