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
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$270,380
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,422,990
Entries
978
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Return of the King

Huy Nguyen outlasted 808 players to take down the 2011 WSOPC Choctaw Main Event and $232,706 one year ago.

But it appeared he may not be able to defend that title, since he was rather busy playing out the final table of the WSOPC Choctaw's $345 Turbo event for most of the day today.

In the end he took down that title as well, and the $26,121 first-place prize it came with, just after the Main Event's second Day 1 heat began.

The celebration was a short one, however, as Nguyen has taken a seat in the Main Event now and is hoping his run good will continue.

Player Chips Progress
Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
20,000

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Sengphet On the Move

We passed by La Sengphet's table not more than ten minutes ago and she had under the starting stack. Just now we found her with a stack near 60,000. We asked Sengphet to make sure we had the count right. She smiled and said, "Double, double."

She is now near the top of the counts for the evening flight.

Player Chips Progress
La Sengphet us
La Sengphet
58,000 40,000

Tags: La Sengphet

Significantly Valued Poker Token Amounts

Player Chips Progress
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
51,000 500
James Van Alstyne us
James Van Alstyne
WSOP 1X Winner
34,000 13,500
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
33,400 13,400
Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
26,000
Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips
22,500 -1,500
Tom McEvoy us
Tom McEvoy
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
21,200 1,200
Berry Johnston us
Berry Johnston
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
20,300 300
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
18,000 5,800
Daniel Lowery us
Daniel Lowery
18,000
La Sengphet us
La Sengphet
18,000 2,000
"Cowboy" John Land
"Cowboy" John Land
14,500 -13,500
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
12,000 -3,500
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
7,000 -13,000
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
6,600 -400

Niyati's Nuts

Dallas native Premo Niyati is among the early leaders here after he rode {k-}{10-} to a big win in a rather sizeable pot.

He flopped a gutshot against what he described as a rather nitty player and decided to lead out. After getting called, he turned the gutter and kept firing until most of the nit's chips were his.

Player Chips Progress
Primo Niyati
Primo Niyati
49,000

Tags: Premo Niyati

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Brunson Rebuilding

Todd Brunson got short and is working his way back up.
Todd Brunson got short and is working his way back up.

A player in the 4 seat opened for 600 and Todd Brunson re-raised to 1,800 behind him. Action folded back around to the original raiser and he called. The flop came {2-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}, the original raiser checked and Brunson bet 2,200. His opponent folded and Brunson collected the small pot. He's over 12,000 but has some serious work cut out for him to make a deep run.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
12,200 -7,800

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The Main Event Redux

Down to his last 6k or so, 2008 November Niner Ylon Schwartz shipped it in on an {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{q-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} board, only to be snap called by fellow 2008 WSOP Main Event finalist Dennis Phillips.

Ylon, who finished fourth in that Main Event, turned over {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, but Phillips, who claimed third, held {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and the two were forced to chop.

Player Chips Progress
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
7,000 -13,000

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See What Brown Can Do For You

Chad Brown
Chad Brown

Chad Brown is certainly enjoying this second Day 1 flight a little more than the first.

After busting to a rivered flush earlier today, he just made a massive hand to push up among the early leaders.

We picked up the hand on the turn with the board reading {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Brown check-raising a 3k bet from his heads-up opponent, making it 6k.

Without hesitation, Brown's opponent made the call and the dealer peeled off the {4-Hearts} river. Brown quickly led out for 15k, his opponent shoved a little over 20,000 and Brown snap-called, turning over {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a straight flush.

His opponent smiled, showed pocket nines for a rivered boat and sadly said goodbye.

Player Chips Progress
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
50,500 30,500

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Phillips On the Grind

Dennis Phillips trying to make magic happen.
Dennis Phillips trying to make magic happen.

Today has not been the greatest of days for Dennis Phillips. He busted in the early flight and is trying to gain traction this evening. He limped into in late position with three other players. The flop came {2-Spades} {6-Clubs} {A-Hearts}, an early position player bet 500, Phillips called and the other limpers folded. The turn was the {A-Spades} and both players checked. The river brought the {Q-Diamonds} and both players checked again.

His opponent announced king-five and Phillips tabled pocket tens to take the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips
24,000 -12,000

Tags: Dennis Phillips