Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Rincon
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Rincon
Buy-in
$1,620
Prize Pool
$483,060
Entries
332
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Day 1A in the Books: Nettles Well Out in Front
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Just like that, we have wrapped up Day 1a here at the WSOP-C Harrah’s Rincon main event! 216 players ponied up the $1,600 entry fee, and of those, about 120 remain. The player who is looking down on the rest is Luke Nettles, who bagged a whopping 197,700 in chips. That is nearly double anyone else in the room, as the next closest player is Stan Solis, who bagged 109,200.
There were a ton of familiar faces in the field today, and we still have a boatload of them moving on to day 2. Joe Tehan leads the notables with 92,400, and he will be joined tomorrow by Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin, Bryan Devonshire, Gavin Griffin, Joe Kuether, Alex Masek, Scott Clements, Matthew Chang, Dennis Phillips, Matt Salsberg, Jonas Mackoff, and Freddy Deeb. Deeb is looking to win his second main event ring of the year, as he won the Circuit main event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles in January.
While we have a slew of big names who survived the day, there were a few of them that didn’t fare so well. Gavin Smith, Ray Henson, Sam Barnhart, Fabrice Soulier, Lars Bonding, Eddy Sabat, Bryce Yockey, and Brandon Cantu were amongst the players who did not survive the first flight. We expect to see all of them return for Day 1b.
Speaking of Day 1b, that flight is going to be underway shortly. Any player who was eliminated already can re-enter and join all the players who will be buying in for the first time. Once that session is complete, the remaining players from both flights will return tomorrow for Day 2. We will be back shortly with coverage of day 1b here at Harrah's Rincon!
Salsberg Doubles Through Mackoff to End Day
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Two hands before the day was over, Matt Salsberg took a giant pot off of Jonas Mackoff. Here's how it happened. Mackoff raised in middle position to 1,600, and the small blind called. Salsburg was in the big blind, and he raised to 4,500. Mackoff decided to reraise to 10,700, getting a fold from the small blind. Salsberg wasn't going anywhere though, and he made the call.
The flop came out 
, and Salsberg put out a smallish bet of 7,000. Mackoff thought for about 20 seconds before tossing in a bet of 25,000, which was just under Salsberg's total stack. Salsberg quickly moved all in, and Mackoff reluctantly called. The cards were flipped, and Mackoff was all but drawing dead.
Mackoff: 
Salsberg: 
Salsberg flopped top set, and all Mackoff could get was runner runner straight on board to chop the pot. The 
on the turn ended any hope of that, and Salsberg won the big pot. The meaningless river came the 
, and Mackoff was crippled down to just over 10,000.
Official End-of-day Counts
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,400
70,900
|
70,900 |
|
65,600
24,100
|
24,100 |
|
37,900
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
|
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|
31,900
-8,100
|
-8,100 |
|
25,700
-13,300
|
-13,300 |
|
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|
|
5,800
-32,200
|
-32,200 |
Three More Hands
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
We have 5 minutes left in the last level, and the tournament staff has stopped the clock. Every table will be playing 3 more hands before bagging and tagging their chips.
Kuether Gets There
We heard a roar coming from a table in the corner and walked over to see Joe Kuether's 
beating the 
of his all in opponent by having hit a queen on the river. It pays to be lucky, as Kuether appears to be our chip leader as we begin to wrap up Day 1a after shipping that pot worth over 50,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Mackoff Takes It Down
Jonas Mackoff was in the small blind position squaring off against two opponents, one out of the big blind and another under the gun. Each had put in 1,500 chips so far.
The flop came down 
and the first two players checked before the third opponent fired 2,200. Mackoff raised to 6,100 before the next player called which brought a confused look from Mackoff. The initial bettor opted to fold.
The turn was the 
which really seemed to pain Mackoff. After starring his opponent up and down for a little while he threw in 12,000, leaving himself with only 525 behind. His opponent seemed equally frustrated with his hand, almost moving Mackoff all in before finally folding.
Mackoff scooped the pot but held onto his cards. He eventually let the dealer take them but quickly retrieved them to show the 
. The dealer began taking his cards again only to be halted once more so Mackoff could reveal the 
. Another minute went by before Mackoff said to the table, "I probably should have only showed the queen there, huh?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
Baldwin Backs Down Against Kuether
When we got to the table, Joe Kuether and Eric Baldwin were heads up on the turn, with the board reading 
. Kuether had fired out a bet of 1,800, and Baldwin called, making the pot over 6,000. The river came the 
, and Kuether assembled a bet of 5,000, and dropped it into the middle. Baldwin went into the tank for about 90 seconds before folding his hand, giving the pot to Kuether.
As soon as the hand ended, the table broke, and Baldwin was moved to the same table as Bryan "Devo" Devonshire. These two popular players are sure to provide a few fireworks before the day ends.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
48,000 | |
|
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Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Deeb Takes a Hit
We picked up the action on the turn of a 
board with a pot that had reached almost 20,000 already. Freddy Deeb was heads up against an opponent who had 14,000 chips in front of the betting line. After some thought, Deeb made the call.
The river was the 
and both players opted to check. Before Deeb could table his cards, his opponent had flipped over . Deeb mucked and watched the large pot shipped the other way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
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