Earlier in the day Jeff Fielder was working with a small stack, but that's not the case anymore as he's ballooned up to 116,000.
In a recent hand, Fielder opened for 2,500 from the cutoff and received called from Kai Landry in the small blind and an unknown player in the big. Landry then checked the flop, the big blind bet 3,000, and only Fielder called.
When the turned, the big blind moved all in for 8,400 and Fielder took his time before making the call with . "Good call," the big blind said and sheepishly turned over . The river was of no consequences and Fielder sent an opponent to the rail.
Meanwhile, it appears Kurt Jewell, who was hurting after doubling Greg Whittington, has been eliminated from the tournament.
We saw that two-time WSOP Circuit Main Event champ Kurt Jewell was down to just 32,000, and he was kind enough to give us a few details. According to him, he had and was up against Greg Whittington.
There was some raising preflop, and then on the flop, a raising way broke out that saw Whittington shove in his big stack. Jewell called and discovered the bad news... Whittington held for the flopped buts. Jewell was unable to catch anything and watched a pot of more than 100,000 shipped to Whittington.
A player who only had 1,200 limped in from under the gun, a player in the button raised to 1,800, the player in the small blind three-bet to 4,400, and Ping Liu cold four-bet to 9,000.
The under the gun limper called all in, and the other players folded, sending a rather large side pot to Liu.
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Limper:
Things looked grim for the short-stacked player when the flop fell , but the turn and river came , to give him a flush. He quadrupled up, while Liu increased his stack to around 37,000 chips.
We didn't see the following players on our last pass through the room; as such, we're led to believe that they have been eliminated from the tournament.
Erin Slaughter, winner of Event #3. Picture courtesy of WSOP.
It's time for another look back at the Choctaw prelim events, and this time we thought we'd focus on Event 2 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo by offering another recap snippet from the WSOP's Media Coordinator on the ground, Lukas Willems, who has been in Oklahoma all week long capturing the preliminary event action.
Erin Slaughter made minced meat of the competition in Event 2, a $365 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo tournament, at Choctaw Resort early Monday morning. It took the newly turned poker professional just 12 hours and 45 minutes to trim the field from the 343 starting entrants to just one. Slaughter pocketed $23,660 for what was his first major tournament victory. He also donned the WSOP Circuit gold ring and chalked up 50 points toward the Casino Champion’s race.
“I just started playing [poker] in August and it’s important to me that I have something to look at to remind myself I can do it,” Slaughter said of the significance of the ring. “I’ve been trying really hard for six months solid and this is a token of my accomplishment. I hope to get a whole bunch more.”
To many, breaking through and scoring a major tournament win after just sixth months of playing live poker may seem like the fast track to success, but to Slaughter, the victory was a long time coming. “It doesn’t feel [early]. I’ve been trying really hard, non-stop. This is a fun job to me,” Slaughter said.
His road to the winner’s circle went through two-time WSOP Circuit champion and 2011 National Championship seventh place finisher Drazen Ilich. Ilich made his 12th career Circuit final table appearance and was poised for his third victory, beginning the finale first in chips, but eventually fell victim to instances of erratic play that often characterize the late stages of turbo events. The finish awarded him $10,674 and 30 points toward the Casino Champion’s race.
WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Ring Event #3 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo
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flop, the big blind bet 3,000, and only Fielder called.
turned, the big blind moved all in for 8,400 and Fielder took his time before making the call with 
. "Good call," the big blind said and sheepishly turned over 
. The 
river was of no consequences and Fielder sent an opponent to the rail.
flop, a raising way broke out that saw Whittington shove in his big stack. Jewell called and discovered the bad news... Whittington held 
, 
to give him a flush. He quadrupled up, while Liu increased his stack to around 37,000 chips.
