Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$421,950
Entries
290
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
A Squeeze?
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Justin Barnum was in the small blind and with action folding around to him he raised to 1,700. Becky Makar was in the big blind and moved all in, having Barnum covered.
Barnum sat silently for a few moments, then leaned forward and asked, "Do you know what I started the hand with?"
Makar nodded but offered no other comment. After a few more moments in the tank Barnum announced call and tabled 
. Makar turned over 
.
The board ran 
, and Barnum's two pair was good.
"Sorry about that, I moved in just out of reaction. I didn't really mean to, but I couldn't take it back," Makar said.
More For Bazeman
By the time we finished writing that last post and heading back out to the floor, Jake Bazeley appears to have doubled twice more. He's now sitting with just over 30,000 after being crippled down under 3,000 earlier this level.
Yikes!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 | 25,075 |
Bazeley Hard to Shake
Despite that beat he had put on him, Jake Bazeley is in good spirits and seems in no mood to go home early. Just a couple hands after his crippling, Bazeley three-bet shoved for 2,675 behind an opening raise. The opponent called, and "Bazeman" was flipping for his tournament life with 
against 
.
The board came 
, and Bazeley is back close to 7,000 and back in the game once again. He's still down in the danger zone with under ten beebs, though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,925 | -10,075 |
Bazeley Nearly Felted
Jacob Bazeley went to a flop with Everett Carlton. The board showed 
and Carlton moved all in. Bazeley called and tabled 
and saw Carlton table 
.
The board completed to add insult to injury and Bazeley was left with just a few chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000 | 2,000 |
Ilich Grants a Double
Drazen Ilich and an opponent across the table tangled up in a preflop raising war that left Mr. Opponent all in for 15,850. Ilich tabled his 
, but his opponent's 
had him poised for a double.
The flop came a scary 
, but Ilich could not get over the hump. The turn and 
river were blanks, and he's been parted with a chunk of his stack. "How did I not get there?" he asked with a smirk as he paid off his debts. He's down to about 50,000 now, and that's still up significantly from our last check on him before the last break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 13,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Not Nguyening But Surviving
We found a seriously short stacked Huy Nguyen at risk for his tournament life. He ran his pocket jacks into pocket queens but the poker gods saved him - for now. Nguyen spiked a jack on the flop to trump the queens and is still alive with just over 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000 | -33,000 |
Chang Makes Reluctant Fold
We missed the action but the large pot on the river caught our attention as we passed by the table. Johnny Kincaid was heads up with Matt Chang and the board read 
. Kincaide had a bet of 5,100 in front of him and Chang was in the tank.
After a short while Chang tossed in calling chips and then mucked when Kincaid tabled pocket nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 | |
|
26,000 | 1,000 |
Get Her Outta Here
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
We started the Day 1b flight with a trio of ladies, and we've still got all three of them sitting at the tables. Well, we did until a moment ago, at least. But Lou Merwick has been dismissed for an orbit. She accidentally exposed her cards while mucking, and there is essentially a zero-tolerance rule for that error here.
We stood at the table for a few minutes to hear some of the reactions, and most of the players dislike the rule. "You gotta change that rule," one of them said to the floorman as he came over. He nodded and walked away, clearly biting his tongue just a bit.
Based on the chatter, it sounds like the staff here had some problems with this issue at the Chicago Poker Classic earlier this year. Cards were being exposed intentionally all over the room, and the Tournament Directors instituted a mandatory penalty in order to curb the information giving. It worked.
That rule has stuck with them, and we've seen a pretty fair share of penalties doled out here this week. It is admittedly strict, but if it's been instituted to keep the game fair, there shouldn't be much of an issue.