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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The Day 1b session has begun, and we've got another nine levels of poker in front of us.
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,131,990
Entries
778
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Halfway Home; Day 1a Wraps
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
That's it for Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Circuit Palm Beach Main Event. A total of 477 players turned up with the $1,600 buy-in burning a hole in their pockets, and that number represents a small increase over last year's turnout.
Despite the big events running in other parts of the world right now, there was a strong group of notables and near-notables who turned up to the Kennel Club to play some poker. Among them were South Florida's most recent bracelet winner, Tristan Wade, and other local standouts including Harrison Gimbel, John Riordan, Mike Beasley, "Tampa Bay" Ray del Cueto, and 2010 November Niner John Dolan.
There was no November Nine when Jerry Yang won the WSOP Main Event, and he turned up to play here for the second year in a row. Chris Bell won a Regional Championship ring last season, and he played today alongside other Circuit studs like Huy Nguyen, Kyle Cartwright, Chris Tryba, Matt Chang, and Kyle Bowker. Other notables that we're having trouble categorizing included Bernard Lee, Danny Suied, Jeff Papola, Chad Brown, Drazen Ilich, and Captain Tom Franklin.
Gimbel and Riordan did particularly good work today, bagging up 62,800 and 57,000 respectively. Other notables who'll get to take the night off include Kurt Jewell and Stuart Patterson. They're all in the mix, but the chip lead appears to belong to Jacob Viccellio with 137,500. The survivors will be back at noon tomorrow.
Those who haven't survived to the bag-and-tag will still have one more shot at this Main Event. The Day 1b session is scheduled for 7:00pm, and we'll be back after dinner to play another nine levels.
Until then...
Recent Eliminations
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Riordan Doubles+
With a limper in front of him, John Riordan put in a raise to 1,200, and the lady a couple seats over reraised to 3,200. Both the limper and Riordan called, and it was three-handed to the flop.
The dealer spread out 
, and both men check-called another 5,000 from the lady. Still three-handed, the 
hit fourth street, and now the lady bet 10,000. That folded one of her opponents out of the way, but Riordan check-shoved all in for 20,600 total. The call came quickly from the aggressor, and she tabled 
for top pair. It was second-best, though, as Riordan tabled his 
for top two.
The river 
was a blank, and Riordan earned himself a big chunk of chips and a few complimentary, "Nice hand,"s from his opponent, and he's pushed his stack all the way up close to 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | 27,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Quinn Dodges Elimination
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
A player in middle position opened with a raise to 1,525, and Stan Quinn three-bet to 4,350 in the small blind. From the big, a third player reraised all in for about 17,000, and the initial raiser tanked and did the same for about the same amount. That put a big decision back on Quinn who had 15,000 chips left in front of him. It looked to us like he had both men covered, but it was awfully close, and Quinn needed a couple minutes to think. He mumbled to himself as he ran through the action and the numbers, but he finally surrendered what he said was 
and let the other two go at it.
Showdown
Raiser:
Big Blind: 
The 
flop brought both players a set, but it changed nothing except to reduce the big blind's outs to one. The turn 
and river 
were blanks, though, and queens full get the job done. That sends a player off to the rail, and Quinn had been spared that 15,000 for the time being.
A Few More Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | 6,500 |
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39,000 | -15,000 |
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33,000 | 11,550 |
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26,000 | -8,600 |
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9,000 | 3,450 |
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9,000 | -3,000 |
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5,100 | -2,450 |
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Busted |
Bowker Shooting Straight
We picked up the action on the flop in a three-way pot. The small blind and the gentleman in middle position — who we think was the preflop raiser — checked to Kyle Bowker. The pro from upstate New York put out a bet of 1,150, but the small blind check-raised to 4,100 total. That folded the monkey in the middle, but Bowker quickly called to see the next card.
It was the , and it went check-check to the 
river. Now the small blind stacked together another bet and made it 6,225 to go. Bowker called very quickly once again, and the small blind tabled 
for two pair. But Bowker's 
had flushed the river, and that pot gives him another chip boost up to about 64,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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64,000 | 27,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000 | -6,000 |
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43,000 | 20,500 |
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41,000 | -9,000 |
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23,000 | |
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23,000 | 1,000 |
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22,000 | 1,000 |
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16,000 | -8,000 |
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14,500 | -21,500 |