Say Goodbye to . . .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's St. Louis
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's St. Louis
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$909,375
Entries
625
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
New Chipleader in the House
No sooner than we posted Jim Baker as one of leaders, he doubled up Bill Byrnes and lost a healthy portion of his stack. We didn't catch the hand but Byrnes looks to be the chipleader at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000 | |
|
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40,000
-60,000
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-60,000 |
Slow and Steady for Masek
Alexandru Masek is a beast on the WSOP Circuit with four gold rings to his name. He's constantly putting himself in contention for a record-tying fifth with slow and steady play, though it has eluded him thus far. Masek is playing here on Day 1a but has been fairly quiet.
In a recent hand, there was about 4,000 in the pot and a board reading 
when Masek led out for 1,650 from the small blind. His opponent in the hijack called, while the cutoff got out of the way. When the 
appeared on the river, Masek bet a modest 2,300, which was enough to take down the pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Recently Departed
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Tournament Leaders
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
100,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
100,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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85,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Clements Sends One Packing
After an unknown player had raised to 800, a middle-position player moved all in for 7,025. Scott Clements was in the cutoff and made the call, while the original raiser got out of the way.
Showdown
| Clements |   |
| MP |   |
It was off to the races with Clements holding a slight lead. The 
flop wasn't very interesting, and neither was the 
turn. Clements just needed to dodge an ace and king on the river to eliminate his opponent, which is exactly what he did when the 
blanked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
12,500
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12,500 |
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"Queens Always Beat Aces"
Aaron Massey just informed us that he has been eliminated from the tournament. He held pocket aces and the flop came 
and his opponent immediately said, "Nice hand."
"You have pocket queens," Massey stated. "And queens always beat aces."
Sure enough, his opponent did have pocket queens and spiked a queen on the turn. Massey didn't hit an ace will be playing in the evening flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
In addition to the qualifiers who win their way by winning a Main Event or finishing as Casino Champ, players who earn enough points on the National Leaderboard will be able to buy-in to the National Championship:
WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten*
| Player | Points | Rings | Cashed | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Clark | 202.5 | 1 | 8 | $74,868 |
| Alexandru Masek | 167.5 | 1 | 9 | $138,169 |
| Daniel Blakeman | 160 | 1 | 7 | $143,777 |
| Stephen Kats | 160 | 1 | 11 | $57,506 |
| Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon | 157.5 | 1 | 7 | $62,973 |
| Michael Cooper | 155 | 0 | 9 | $57,051 |
| Chris Parsons | 150 | 0 | 7 | $74,942 |
| Benjamin Kramer | 150 | 1 | 10 | $52,354 |
| Daniel Lowery | 135 | 0 | 8 | $243,008 |
| Dan Natarelli | 135 | 1 | 6 | $44,646 |
Lee Tanks on River
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
We found a biggish pot at the river with Bernard Lee in pain over his decision. The board read 
and there was around 10,000 in the pot already. Lee's opponent checked on the river, Lee bet 3,525 and his opponent shoved all in.
Lee struggled for a few minutes with his decision, asked the dealer to spread the pot and was shuffling his remaining 30,000 or so chips. He elected to fold and looked dissatisfied when his opponent didn't show his cards.