After a player limped from early position, Sirous Jamshidi raised to 1,100, and the table folded back around to the limper who hesitated a moment, and after exchanging some small talk with Jamshidi called. The flop came , and when his opponent checked, Jamshidi bet 1,200 and was called. Both players then checked the turn.
The river was the , and when Jamshidi's opponent fired a bet of 2,500, Jamshidi shook his head and chuckled with a "you're kidding" expression on his face. Finally Jamshidi folded, and his opponent flashed the before scooping the pot.
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
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.
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.
, and when his opponent checked, Jamshidi bet 1,200 and was called. Both players then checked the 
turn.
, and when Jamshidi's opponent fired a bet of 2,500, Jamshidi shook his head and chuckled with a "you're kidding" expression on his face. Finally Jamshidi folded, and his opponent flashed the 
before scooping the pot.
and about 7,500 in the middle, Aaron Overton checked to an opponent who bet 3,500.
by his opponent. Overton tabled 
for top pair to win the pot.
. His opponent nodded in acknowledgement while tabling his 
on an 
board, but couldn't shake an opponent who called with 
.
river, bringing his Day 1a to a close. He'll be back for Day 1b tonight.
board with roughly 9,000 in the pot. His opponent spent about 60 seconds in the tank before calling with 