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Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,422,990
Total Entries
978
Level
31
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 978
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Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The Prince of Poker just took his seat here in Choctaw and the familiar sound of his laugh is already filling the tournament area.
The always entertaining Scotty Nguyen, who won the 1998 WSOP Main Event, limped in with a chuckle from the small blind in just his second hand since taking his seat.
Both he and the Big Blind checked the 
flop. But when the Big Blind fired out a 100 chip at the 
turn, Scotty couldn't help but laugh.
"Come on Baby," he said, tossing in call. "You have to beat aces to win."
The 
river was met with checks by both players as Scotty turned over 
for trips.
"I lied," he said with a smile. "But at least I checked. I don't want to hurt you too early."
Welcome to the VERY dimly lit tournament area.
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Veteran pro Bobby Suer made the trip to Oklahama for this WSOPC event and apparently brought his rule book with him. When one opponent spent the early part of a hand telling a story from a previous tournament he'd played here, Suer was quick to chime in.
"I raised, then he re-raised, then I re-raised, then he re-raised, so I said I'm all in," explained the storyteller.
"I hope I have aces here," added Suer. "That's binding right?"
"I was just telling a story," the player retorted.
"I don't think it matters," added Suer. "Verbal is binding."
In the end it didn't matter, as both folded the hand with a smile.
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
It appears tensions are a bit high here, even in the first level.
In a four-way pot at one table just before Level 1 came to a close, the floor had to be called to calm down two players embroiled in an argument. One was so tense he was getting a massage at the table. But the real tension was all about him leaning in so far, the player to his left couldn't see the chip stacks of those he was involved in the pot with.
Asking the player to move back a little was met with much resistance until a floor person was brought in to settle things.
"We need to work together here," he said. "Can't we all just get along."
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The player on the button opened for 150 and Dennis Phillips called from the small blind. The flop came 
, Phillips checked and the button bet 175. Phillips called to see the turn fall 
. Phillips checked and the button bet 200. Phillips called again and the river came 
.
Phillips checked again and his opponent tabled 
. "Does three pair count for anything?" Phillips asked as he tabled 
.
The dealer shook his head and pushed the pot towards his opponent.
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
We found Dave Clark going to a flop in the big blind with the player that was under the gun. The flop showed 
and Clark check-called 200. The turn brought the 
and Clark check-called 500. The river was the 
, Clark checked a third time and his opponent said, "Alright D.C.," and flipped over .
Clark flashed 
as he kicked his cards back to the dealer.
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
One would think making the final table of the WSOP Main Event would earn you a little respect, but not here in Oklahoma.
2008 November Niner Dennis Phillips put in a 3x raise under the gun in a pot just minutes after the call to shuffle up and deal in Choctaw and saw not one, but two callers.
The 
flop brought a check from Phillips, and folds all around when one of the callers made it 325 to see the turn.
Respect, it seems, will have to wait for later in the day.
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Everybody has a bad beat story, and when you've been posting cashes in major tournaments since as far back as 1983, you may have more than your fair share.
Such is the case with veteran pro T.J. Cloutier, who regaled his tablemates in the early going here in Choctaw with one tale of woe.
It seems T.J. was owed a large sum of cash by a fellow player a few years back and when he went to pick up the money at The Plaza in Downtown Las Vegas, he couldn't resist sitting in on the action at the high stakes tables. Within a few minutes he flopped quad jacks, got it in against kings full of jacks, and went broke when the river brought the case king.
"I called my wife right after," he said. "I said remember that 50 I came to pick up. Well, it's not here anymore."
