He may have relocated to Colorado, but the ever-boisterous Chris Tryba cut his chops playing up and down the east coast. Tryba is in today's field and already he's chatting it up.
"We're going to have a fun day at Foxwoods," Tryba said after he had raised to 100 from middle position and both the hijack and big blind called. The flop saw Tryba bet 250 after the big blind had checked, and only the hijack called. When the turned, Tryba led out for 550 and the hijack put out a single orange T1,000 chip and two green T50 chips. "It's just a call," the hijack said after the dealer informed him that he had to make it 1,100, a minimum raise.
It was an unintentional raise, but rules are rules. Tryba took the opportunity to three-bet to 3,050, but the hijack was stubborn and called. Both players then checked the river and Tryba tabled the for two pair. It was good as the hijack sent his cards to the muck unseen. It was a good start for the World Series of Poker bracelet winner as he chipped up to right around 24,000.
We're seeing a few more familiar faces as players continue to trickle in during the first 40-minute level. And lots of limped, multi-way pots without too much drama, as is often the case during the start of play.
Micah Raskin, Julio Martini, Bobby Ferdinand, and Paul Snead are among those having arrived midway through Level 1. Snead some may recall best from having made a deep run at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event where he finished 21st for a $257,334 cash.
Meanwhile, Kathy Liebert just took her seat over at Table 8 and immediately joined a five-way pot by calling from the button. The flop came , and when all checked to her she fired 200, and everyone stepped aside. She adds just a few to the 20,000-chip starting stack as she settles in.
Zachary Donovan won Event #1 at Foxwoods. Photo courtesy of WSOP.com.
The 2012-2013 World Series of Poker Circuit presented by Southern Comfort 100 Proof $1,675 Main Event is the culmination of more than a week's worth of tournaments here at Foxwoods in Connecticut.
The stop kicked off with a bang on Wednesday, March 27, with Event #1 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry, which attracted 800 entries and created a prize pool of $240,560. Only 125 players survived the various starting flights, with 25-year-old Zachary Donovan holding the chip lead heading into Day 2. Donovan, who has nearly $1 million in online poker winnings, and who recently relocated to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, used that big stack not only to plow through the money bubble at 81 players, but also to navigate to the final table.
The event was scheduled to finish on Day 2, but an impromptu third day had to be added to the schedule. Six players advanced to Day 3, with Donovan holding 3,050,000 in chips, Sam Taylor with 2,134,000, and the other four each under a million. As one could expect, the big stacks prevailed with Donovan and Taylor advancing to a heads up battle that lasted about two hours. In what would be the last hand of the tournament, Taylor got all in with and was racing against the of Donovan. An ace on the flop looked good to Taylor, but when a four turned, it was all over.
Donovan is in today's field and looking to capture another ring here at Foxwoods.
WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Ring Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
The World Series of Poker Circuit has wound its way back over to the east coast again for the 16th stop of the 2012-13 season, landing at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Like other WSOP-C stops, the Main Event here at Foxwoods is only one of a dozen ring events forming part of the schedule, with the eighth and ninth events concluding last night. Turnouts have been healthy all week as well, suggesting we'll be seeing a decent-sized field for today's Main Event.
Here's a look at how things have played out so far this week, including who has already secured coveted WSOP-C rings:
Event
Buy-in/Game
Entries
Winner
Prize
1
$365 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
800
Zachary Donovan
$48,112
2
$1,125 No-Limit Hold'em
179
Daniel Chan
$48,521
3
$365 Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better
143
Brian Scholl
$12,040
4
$365 No-Limit Hold'em
388
Angelo Didio
$25,668
5
$365 No-Limit Hold'em
359
Glen Minxolli
$24,829
6
$580 No-Limit Hold'em
212
Arkadiy Tsninis
$26,734
7
$365 No-Limit Hold'em
306
Aditya Prasetyo
$21,624
8
$580 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed
176
Aaron Massey
$24,857
9
$365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo
241
Julian Schulman
$17,755
As has been the case at many WSOP-C Main Events, today's first day of play will actually include two separate Day 1 flights, and in fact the flights will be overlapping somewhat late this afternoon (details on that to come).
Those knocked out in the Day 1a flight will able to re-enter for the evening session if they wish, and any player busting once or twice today will still have an option to buy in once more prior to the start of Sunday's Day 2.
Stick with PokerNews as we'll be reporting from both Day 1 flights all day and night here at Foxwoods, then taking you right through to Monday's final table as we together find out who will be the next WSOP Circuit Main Event champion.
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flop saw Tryba bet 250 after the big blind had checked, and only the hijack called. When the 
turned, Tryba led out for 550 and the hijack put out a single orange T1,000 chip and two green T50 chips. "It's just a call," the hijack said after the dealer informed him that he had to make it 1,100, a minimum raise.
river and Tryba tabled the 
for two pair. It was good as the hijack sent his cards to the muck unseen. It was a good start for the World Series of Poker bracelet winner as he chipped up to right around 24,000.
, and when all checked to her she fired 200, and everyone stepped aside. She adds just a few to the 20,000-chip starting stack as she settles in.
and was racing against the 
