Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
Prize Pool
$924,000
Entries
616
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Licensed to Ilich
Drazen Ilich has made a bit of a move here late in Day 1a, having recently scored a knockout to boost his stack considerably.
The hand saw Ilich involved in a preflop all-in confrontation in which Ilich held 
and his opponent 
. The board rolled out 
, and as another player hits the rail Ilich moves up around 55,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 35,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | 23,500 |
|
34,000 | 15,000 |
|
27,000 | 1,000 |
|
26,000 | 9,000 |
|
25,000 | 5,000 |
|
23,500 | 5,500 |
|
23,000 | -22,000 |
|
23,000 | |
|
22,000 | -5,000 |
|
22,000 | 6,000 |
|
21,000 | 6,000 |
|
21,000 | -1,000 |
|
21,000 | |
|
19,000 | |
|
15,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
13,500 | -10,500 |
|
7,000 | -7,000 |
|
5,500 | -5,000 |
Israelashvili Doubles
We arrived at Roland Israelashvili's table and found him all in for 8,375 on a 
board with roughly 9,000 in the pot. His opponent spent about 60 seconds in the tank before calling with 
.
Israelashvili tabled 
and his overpair to the board held up through the turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | 15,000 |
I Don't Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
Players are back from the last break of Day 1a and have begun Level 7. Alas for Matt Glantz, his return from the break was brief as he was eliminated soon after play resumed. But it's only goodbye for now for Glantz — we'll be saying hello to him again at 7:00 p.m. when Day 1b begins, as he's already bought in to take another shot.
Re-entry is available to anyone busting here during the Day 1a half of play, and so we expect we'll see several others who have been knocked out returning again later. The big board is currently showing that 358 players have bought in thus far for Day 1a, with 279 of them still with chips at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
44,000 | 33,300 |
|
33,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
27,000 | 12,000 |
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
24,000 | 15,000 |
|
24,000 | 7,000 |
|
19,500 | -500 |
|
19,000 | -6,500 |
|
|
18,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
16,500 | -3,500 |
|
14,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
11,000 | -4,000 |
|
10,000 | -20,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Break Time
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break.
Jewell Eliminated
Kurt Jewell was all in for about 6,000 with 
on an 
board, but couldn't shake an opponent who called with 
.
Jewell wasn't saved by the river, bringing his Day 1a to a close. He'll be back for Day 1b tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Coker's the Name, Poker's the Game
Jacob Coker started his WSOP-C Harrah's Resort Atlantic City series off in grand fashion, winning Event #1, a $300+$65 buy-in event for which he took away a nifty $35,033 first prize. Coker has had a good start to his Main Event as well, building a stack through the first five levels, then grabbing a nice boost in a recent hand.
After preflop action had seen a player raising from middle position, it folded back to Coker who pushed all in from the small blind. It folded back to the raiser who called all in, and Coker quickly flipped over his 
. His opponent nodded in acknowledgement while tabling his 
, and after the board ran out 
another player has hit the rail.
Meanwhile, Coker is up around 60,000, one of the biggest stacks in the room at present. Here are the final table payouts from that Event #1 won by Coker:
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Atlantic City Ring Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 536 | $162,944 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Coker | Philadelphia, PA | $35,033 |
| 2 | Brian Benden | Waldorf, MD | $21,660 |
| 3 | Thomas Coan | Hauppauge, NY | $15,823 |
| 4 | Harold Schmidt | Falmouth, VA | $11,730 |
| 5 | Chinmay Patel | Brigantine, NJ | $8,822 |
| 6 | Casey Jarzabek | St. Catherines, ON, Canada | $6,730 |
| 7 | Gennady Fayer | Baltimore, MD | $5,206 |
| 8 | Samuel Scheidecker | Marysville, WA | $4,085 |
| 9 | Albert Frampton | Maple Shade, NJ | $3,251 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | 40,000 |