2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
$385,909
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$2,304,000
Entries
1,536
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
250,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Day 1a Concludes with Leah in the Lead

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The chip leader is all smiles
The chip leader is all smiles

Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here at the Horseshoe Hammond Casino is complete, and after 12 hours of grueling poker, Mike Leah is your chip leader with 276,100 chips.

A total of 835 players bought in for $1,675, which is an 8.5% decline from 2011, but we’re still well on pace to smash the four-figure threshold. Among those entrants were notables Isaac Baron, Ryan Julius, Steve Karp, Harrison Gimbel, Amanda Musumeci, Faraz Jaka, Dan Heimiller and our very own Chad Holloway. Unfortunately, none of those players advanced, and we expect to see them back in the theatre on Day 1b.

Nick Jivkov, who won 2012 WSOP Event 5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em and final tabled this event in 2010, was live multi-tabling today. Jivkov was at the final table of a $365 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo tournament, but decided to hop in the Main Event anyway. Jivkov was eliminated when he ran ace-king into Dale Robinson’s pocket kings, and the board ran out {k-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{8-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

Not to worry though – Jivkov took down the Omaha event, pocketing $16,046 for his efforts.

Another player we lost during play was 86-year old World War II veteran Richard Decowski. Decowski was one of the first players to cross the six-figure mark, but he went on to lose a massive pot with pocket jacks against an opponent’s pocket queens. A few levels later, Decowski was eliminated when he moved all in with {a-}{10-}. Steve Terrile looked him with two kings, and held.

Our chip leader Leah jumped out of the gate fast, running his stack up to 70,000 chips before the first break, and continued to trend upward. The Canadian pro was gifted a big pot in Level 12, when an opponent moved all in for more than a pot-sized bet on a flop of {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. Leah quickly called with {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}, which crushed his opponent’s {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}, and the turn and river came {8-Spades}, {7-Diamonds} respectively.

Mukul Pahuja also had a very nice day. Right off of the bat he was aggressive, and faced with a raise from Owais Ahmed and a call from another opponent he three-bet to 2,600 on the button. Pahuja received one call, and the flop fell {3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Pahuja’s opponent led for 4,000, and Pahuja quickly raised to 10,600. His opponent mucked, and Pahuja raked in the pot.

Pahuja finished the day right behind Leah with 261,400 chips.

Other notable players who survived the day include, Danny Johnson, Aaron Steury, Mark Maletic, Joe Kuether, Kennii Nguyen, Jacob Bazeley, Eric Crain, Nick Grippo, and Jeff Fielder.

Day 1b will begin tomorrow at noon local time, and run for 15 levels just like Day 1a. Both fields will combine on Sunday at noon local time. Make sure you keep it locked to PokerNews.com for all of your up-to-the-minute live updates from this and every other Main Event on the World Series of Poker Circuit.

Good night from Hammond!

Tags: Mike Leah

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
276,000 256,000
Kenneth Felten
Kenneth Felten
267,500
Jackson Kimball
Jackson Kimball
266,000
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
261,400 241,400
Ashly Butler
Ashly Butler
255,800
Anthony Bizzoni
Anthony Bizzoni
254,000
Cheryl Snedden
Cheryl Snedden
246,100
Filip Jabbour
Filip Jabbour
215,000 -15,000
Nick Grippo us
Nick Grippo
205,800 110,800
Kennii Nguyen us
Kennii Nguyen
203,000
Matthew Schwarmann
Matthew Schwarmann
200,200
Jacob Bazeley us
Jacob Bazeley
199,200 171,200
Pedro Rios
Pedro Rios
193,200
Herb Heidbrick
Herb Heidbrick
189,700
Joshua Williams
Joshua Williams
183,400
Nicholas Andricopulos
Nicholas Andricopulos
168,200
Joshua Zucchet
Joshua Zucchet
165,300
Charles Donahue
Charles Donahue
161,500
Matthew Newcombe
Matthew Newcombe
159,200
Timothy Stull
Timothy Stull
159,000
Lance Howard
Lance Howard
157,300
Josh Kay
Josh Kay
156,400
Jason Lux
Jason Lux
156,300
Joshua Reichard us
Joshua Reichard
152,900
Steven Hensley
Steven Hensley
152,800

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Crawford Jams River

From the button, Claudia Crawford raised to 4,000. The big blind called, and the flop came down {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Both the big blind and Crawford checked.

The turn was the {J-Clubs}, and the big blind fired 4,100. Crawford raised to 10,000, and her opponent called.

The {Q-Clubs} completed the board on the river, and Crawford moved all in for about 65,000 after her opponent checked. The player tanked for a bit, then folded, and Crawford won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Claudia Crawford
Claudia Crawford
112,000 22,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

"Kennii Gamble!"

A player in late position opened to 3,200, and three people called including Kennii Nguyen in the small blind. The dealer fanned {10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, Nguyen checked, and the player in the big blind tossed out 6,300. The original raiser moved all in for just ove 40,000 chips, Nguyen re-shoved, and the player in the big blind tank-folded {10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} face up.

Original Raiser: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Nguyen: {7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

The turn was the {9-Clubs}, giving Nguyen a straight, and the {2-Hearts} on the river completed the board.

"Kennii Gamble!!!" Nguyen shouted as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Kennii Nguyen us
Kennii Nguyen
195,000 80,000

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Nguyen Doubles Opponent

Kennii Nguyen
Kennii Nguyen

When we reached the table, Kennii Nguyen had an opponent all in and at risk with the board reading {5-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. Nguyen's {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} trailed his opponent's {10-Spades}{9-Spades}, and the turn and river came {2-Diamonds}, {3-Hearts} respectively.

Nguyen lost a 50,000-chip pot, but is still well above average with 115,000.

Player Chips Progress
Kennii Nguyen us
Kennii Nguyen
115,000 -25,000

Tags: Kennii Nguyen