In the span of about ten minutes, six-time WSOP Bracelet winner Layne Flack has gone from 9k to 45k and now looks poised for a deep run here in the WSOPC Choctaw Main Event.
Flack told PokerNews he picked up big slick, jacks, aces, and tens in succession to drag more than his fair share of decent pots and is all smiles heading into the late stages here on Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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Cards are back in the air following the last break of the evening. The field will play three more levels before bagging and tagging for Day 2.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The field has completed another three levels and have been sent on a 15 minute break.
We found James Van Alstyne and Ylon Schwartz locked up in a hand. The board showed 
, Van Alstyne checked and Schwartz bet 5,100. Van Alstyne raised to 15,300 and Schwartz tanked.
After some thought Schwartz announced all in and Van Alstyne insta-called, tabling 
. A frustrated Schwartz turned up pocket nines and needed help to stay alive. He bricked when the board completed 
and left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Busted | |
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Omar "Rob" Zazay opened with a raise to 425 in early position. Chad Brown called, the player in the nine seat called, La Sengphet called from the button and the blinds came along as well. The flop came out 
, the blinds checked, Zazay bet 1,025, Brown called, the nine seat called and Sengphet raised to 5,150.
The blinds couldn't fold fast enough and Zazay thought long and hard before calling. Brown then measured his decision with an equally long tank before calling. The nine seat tossed his cards away with no thought and the 
came on the turn.
The three remaining players checked the turn and the river brought the . Zazay led with a check, Brown thought for a moment before tapping the table and Sengphet took a few moments before sliding out a 20,000 bet. Zazay tanked for a few minutes before making what appeared to a very painful fold.
Brown leaned back deep in his chair and shuffled his chips. He counted out 20,000, then counted what he had behind and stared at the bored. After several long moments he slid his cards back to the dealer and Sengphet took a large pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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50,000
1,000
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1,000 |
Ray Jennings has jumped into what appears to be the chip lead here in today's second Day 1 heat.
The St. Louis native told PokerNews one opponent bluffed off half of his stack into Jennings' set of eights and he's now closing in on the 80k chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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78,500
17,500
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17,500 |
1983 WSOP Main Event Champ Tom McEvoy has things headed in the right direction here at WSOPC Choctaw.
Facing a 2,100 chip bet heads-up on a 
flop, McEvoy fired back, making it 6k total.
His opponent mulled it over, asked for a count of McEvoy's stack, but eventually mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,500
7,300
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7,300 |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
St. Louis' Ray Jennings has been travelling to WSOPC stops over the past couple of years cleaning up in the cash games. So much so that he rarely even plays the tournaments.
However, this week he's been running so bad in the side action he had no choice but to give the Main Event a real shot.
Good thing he did, as Jennings is now up and over 60k and among the early leaders after he turned pocket fours into a six-high straight to drag a massive pot early on and has been steadily chipping up ever since.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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61,000 |
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