Chris DeMaci took his seat about an hour into today's event, and it didn't take him long to start crushing. He was already almost double his starting stack when we caught him taking down another big pot in a three way hand.
The flop came down , and one player checked to the second player, who bet 700. DeMaci made the call in position, and the player who checked folded. The turn came the , and it was checked to DeMaci, who fired out 2,000. His opponent called, and when the river hit the , DeMaci fired 5,750 after his opponent checked. He wasn't called, and DeMaci took another pot.
We didn't catch the hand that did him in, but we did walk by David Singontiko's table and saw that his seat was empty. Singontiko won a WSOP bracelet in 2011, and also final tabled this event last year, finishing 4th.
He will be back later today for Day 1b to try and make a repeat final table run.
Before this season of the WSOP Circuit started, there were two players who stood above everyone else on the Ring Count List. Both Kyle Cartwright and Mark "Pegasus" Smith held five rings, but as of last night, they are now looking up at Alexandru Masek, or simply Alex as he is better known by. Last night, Masek won the $365 Turbo Event to capture that sixth ring, and he has just sat down at his table, looking for lucky #7.
As if this list of accomplishments wasn't impressive enough, he also final tabled this event last year, finished runner-up to Freddy Deeb. Over the summer, we caught up with Masek when he had four rings, asking him about his search for the record that he now owns.
Nam Le is just gobbling up chips after knocking out two time World Poker Tour winner Cornel Cimpan to jump up the leader board.
The player under the gun raised to 700. The player under the gun + 1, Cimpan on the button, and Nam Le in the small blind all called.
Flop: .
Action checked to the Cimpan who bet 2,000, to which Le responded with a check raise to 4,500. Cimpan tanked for a bit while Le stared intently at the television in the room. Eventually, Cimpan made the call.
Turn:
Le immediately shoved out a stack of 21,000 on the turn which was more than enough to put Cimpan all in. After a spell in the tank, Cimpan eventually called off his last 6,100 chips.
Le:
Cimpan:
Le already had Cimpan drawing dead so the on the river to improve him to a full house was meaningless.
Sam Barnhart, who won the National Championship in Las Vegas two years ago, is here in LA grinding another Circuit main event. Barnhart had a good first few levels, but we just caught him doubling up a short stack, knocking him below starting stack in the process.
We came to the table as Barnhart was facing the 1,000 all in on a flop of . Barnhart reluctantly made the call, and he saw that his was well behind the of his opponent. Barnhart would need a ten or some form of runner runner to win the hand, and while the turn wasn't the ten, it was the next best thing, the . This gave Barnhart flush draw outs as well, but the came on the river, pairing Barnhart but keeping his opponent in the lead.
You would think with all the drama going on at Eric Baldwin's table it would be Baldwin brother's house, but no, it's just the WSOPC Main Event at the Bicycle Casino.
Two players were just recently involved in a heated feud that almost came down to blows. "Put the money on the table, be a man, shake my hand, and take the bet," one of them was saying.
It got to the point where floorman Bob Smith had to come to the table and issue a warning.
"If I have to come back to the table, I'm going to issue both of you a two round penalty," Smith threatened.
Smith was finally able to walk away from the table after calming everyone down, but it was only seconds after that Smith was called back.
"You said two rounds if you had to come back!" one of the players said.
"Alright, you're both out. Two rounds!" Smith said, and with that, the rest of the room erupted into cheers and clapping, happy they would no longer have to listen to the argument.
Both players were escorted outside for a two round penalty. We'll be sure to update if we see any more drama going on.
We caught up to this hand on the river with almost 8,000 chips in the pot. Ben Yu who was in the big blind had bet 10,000, enough to put his opponent all in on a board.
After a couple minutes in the tank, the small blind player folded and Yu moved back closer to starting stack with 18,300 chips.
With almost 8,000 in the pot already on the turn, Cylus Watson and Ari Engel were both checked the board.
When the hit the river, Watson thought for a bit before checking to Engel, who thought a bit himself before putting out a bet of 2,750. Eventually Watson folded and Engel scooped up the pot moving him up to around 35,000 in chips.
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, and one player checked to the second player, who bet 700. DeMaci made the call in position, and the player who checked folded. The turn came the 
, and it was checked to DeMaci, who fired out 2,000. His opponent called, and when the river hit the 
, DeMaci fired 5,750 after his opponent checked. He wasn't called, and DeMaci took another pot.
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on the river to improve him to a full house was meaningless.
. Barnhart reluctantly made the call, and he saw that his 
was well behind the 
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came on the river, pairing Barnhart but keeping his opponent in the lead.
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