Cards Are In the Air
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Cards are in the air for the start of Day 1a.
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$998,770
Entries
694
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Welcome to the WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Main Event!
Welcome to New Orleans for the final stop of the 2011/2012 World Series of Poker Circuit stop. This marks the 17th stop of the year, and thousands of players have packed into Harrah’s over the past week for their last shot at earning points toward the National Championship.
As WSOP media guru and poker historian Nolan Dalla said in a recent press release:
“The current season began last September at Horseshoe Bossier City (Shreveport), and now comes full circle back to Louisiana for the grand finale. Indeed, New Orleans has become a favorite destination for poker players and regulars who travel on the WSOP Circuit. For each of the past eight seasons, Harrah’s New Orleans has been the last party stop of the poker circuit celebration. This year, New Orleans wraps up what have been seventeen WSOP Circuit event destinations, attracting tens of thousands of poker players from all over the United States, and beyond.”
“There's a lot at stake for poker players in the Crescent City and those who are about to come – including gold rings, prize money, and ranking points. Since the season began, all tournament players have been in the running for 100 guaranteed pre-paid seats in the one-million guaranteed WSOP Circuit National Championship finale. In a sense, every National Championship seat is valued at $10,000 — since that’s the proportion of the million dollar-plus prize pool each player represents. Another 100 players are eligible to buy into the tournament (top ranked players from each of the past two WSOPs in Las Vegas), which means the event will cap out with well over a million dollars at stake.”
Last year, this stop served as a $10,000 Regional Championship, a format that is now defunct. Nonetheless, that event drew 75 players and saw AJ Jejelowo, who we’ve spotted here at the venue throughout the week, emerge victorious to claim the $235,956 first-place prize.
The stop also hosted a $1,600 Main Event, which attracted 382, and it was young Jonathan Poche who outlasted them all to take home the $121,017 prize and earn a spot in the National Championship; interestingly, he went on to take fifth in that event for $75,000.
Among the 100 guaranteed seats for this year’s National Championship are two that will be given away here in New Orleans. One is for the eventual “Casino Champ,” while the other will go to the winner of this Main Event. It’ll take four days of play to determine who that will be, and we’ll get started in just over a half hour.
Join us then for all the action and eliminations from Harrah’s New Orleans.
Main Event
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