Chris Reslock is among the 180 or so players already in their seats to take the first hands of Day 1a. Reslock is looking to earn a record-tying sixth WSOP Circuit ring after having picked up his fifth earlier this week in Event No. 3 ($580 no-limit hold'em).
"How many are entered?" asked one of Reslock's opponents as the first hand was being dealt. Reslock shrugged.
"I don't really think of that stuff," he said. "Doesn't matter to me if there's 11 or 1,100," he added as he looked down to study his cards.
Early expectations are we'll see something approaching last year's total of 635 entries, but there's a long way to go before we find out for sure. And lots of other things to think about, too.
The cards are now in the air! As of right now, there are 160 entrants, though registration for this Day 1a will be open the entire day and even through until tomorrow morning.
The players are taking their seats, and the standard pre-tournament announcements are being made by the tournament director. The cards will be in the air shortly.
It's a chilly, overcast Saturday here on the New Jersey coast where the 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit has touched down at Caesars Atlantic City. It's the 14th stop (of 20) for the WSOP-C this season, with another $1,675 buy-in Main Event kicking off today.
There's been a lot of action already this week along the boardwalk at Caesars AC, with nine of the 12 rings having been awarded.
Chris Reslock earned his fifth career WSOP-C ring with a victory in the $580 No-Limit Hold'em Event No. 3. That victory put him in a four-way tie for second on the all-time gold ring list, just one behind Alexandru Masek who won his sixth WSOP-C event at the Bicycle Casino in January. Reslock, who also owns one WSOP bracelet, has picked up four of his five gold rings here in Atlantic City.
Other stories this week include Jeffrey Gurfinkel picking up his second career ring in Event No. 4 ($365 NLHE), Dave Fox grabbing his second ring in Event No. 5 ($580 NLHE), and Joseph Liberta winning his second WSOP-C tourney in Event No. 9 ($365 NLHE Turbo).
Meanwhile Christopher Leong has managed to win two rings himself this week alone, taking down both Event No. 2 ($365 NLHE Re-Entry) and Event No. 6 ($365 NLHE Six-Handed), the latter event also finding another of this week's ring winners, Cory Waaland, finishing third.
Here's a look at the winners so far at 2012-13 WSOP-C Caesars Atlantic City:
Event
Buy-in/Game
Entries
Winner
Prize
1
$365 No-Limit Hold'em
495
Cory Waaland
$31,928
2
$365 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
809
Christopher Leong
$48,540
3
$580 No-Limit Hold'em
196
Chris Reslock
$25,480
4
$365 No-Limit Hold'em
390
Jeffrey Gurfinkel
$25,740
5
$580 No-Limit Hold'em
195
Dave Fox
$25,350
6
$365 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed
292
Christopher Leong
$22,776
7
$1,125 No-Limit Hold'em
133
Feming Chan
$37,240
8
$365 Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better
142
Matthew Linton
$11,928
9
$365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo
253
Joseph Liberta
$18,596
Today's Main Event will see two Day 1 flights play out, the first beginning at 11:00 a.m. and the second at 7:00 p.m. We'll be here all day today and Sunday and Monday as well to bring you all of the action from Caesars Atlantic City as we discover together who the next WSOP-C Main Event champion will be.
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