Main Event Day 1a | 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Cherokee

04-12-2013 20:52 UTC-4

Southern Hospitality

Shamus

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

"All right... everyone's involved."

So said Chris, currently dealing at Table 33. His deadpanned delivery didn't quite jibe with how strange his words sounded. We stopped to take a look around...

Sure enough, everyone was involved. All nine players had limped in to see the flop, provoking more than a few chuckles and talk of a "family pot" and it being a "friendly game."

Those first three community cards came , and the action checked around to a middle position player who bet 3,300. The player on his left called the bet, then when it folded to Larry Gurney in the cutoff he set his entire stack all in.

It folded back to the flop bettor who hesitated about 15 seconds before calling all in, and the other remaining player folded.

Gurney flipped over for a flopped set of tens, while his opponent had likewise flopped a set with . The turn was the and the river the , and Gurney won the pot while knocking out an opponent.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given that everyone had kept their hole cards to see the flop, subsequent table talk revealed all of the other possible hands that would have been made had everyone continued to stay in the hand, including one player who tossed his , a couple who would have made straights, and another who would have made a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Gurney	108,000	37,000

Tags: Larry Gurney

04-12-2013 20:37 UTC-4

A Few Counts

[user101598]

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Jacobson	197,000
Brent Sherota	110,000	33,000
Bill Dixon	110,000	110,000
Chris Bell	107,000	22,000
John Giancotti	70,000	70,000
David Nicholson	51,000	28,500
Kyle Cartwright	26,000	-15,000
DJ Mackinnon	25,000	25,000
Greg Raymer	16,500	-15,500

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

04-12-2013 20:20 UTC-4

Out of the Woods

[user101598]

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Andy Armstrong opened to 1,800 from early position, Lena Woods called in middle position, and Chris Trotter squeezed, moving all in for around 25,000 on the button. Armstrong tank-folded, and then Woods quickly called all-in for less (10,500).

Woods:
Trotter:

Trotter was somehow ahead, and extended his lead when the flop fell . It was all over when the turned, and the completed the board.

Trotter is now up to 40,000 chips, while Woods is on the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Trotter	40,000	15,000
Lena Woods	Busted

Tags: Chris Trotter Lena Woods

04-12-2013 20:15 UTC-4

Gurney Gets Arieh

Shamus

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Larry Gurney opened for 2,500 from the hijack seat, then the player sitting to his left called from the cutoff. Claudia Crawford then folded the button, and the action was on Josh Arieh who then reraise-shoved for around 18,000. It folded back to Gurney who called Arieh's bet, and the third player stepped aside.

Gurney showed and Arieh , and the board came , then , then to end Arieh's Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Gurney	71,000	16,000
Josh Arieh	Busted

Tags: Josh Arieh Larry Gurney

04-12-2013 20:04 UTC-4

Looking on the Bright Side

[user101598]

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Chris Trotter and an opponent were heads up on a flop of . The player fired 1,300, Trotter raised to 4,200, and the player moved all in for about 1,000 more. Thinking that she was calling all-in, the player started to reveal her had.

The dealer stopped her, but Trotter quickly called.

Trotter:
Opponent:

The turn was the , which gave both players the same hand. A nine on the river would eliminate Trotter's opponent, and a five would double her up, but a meaningless completed the board.

The two chopped the pot, but Trotter didn't seem too upset.

"Better than a loss," he said, smiling.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Trotter	25,000	-17,000

Tags: Chris Trotter

04-12-2013 19:55 UTC-4

Bronshtein Bounced

Shamus

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Yuval Bronshtein has been eliminated here at the start of Level 10, and unfortunately for him his final hand included a costly misstep that hastened his departure.

Cary Marshall was the beneficiary of the mistake, and he filled us in on what happened afterwards. After Bronshtein min-raised before the flop, Marshall called with . The flop then came and Bronshtein moved to make a continuation bet.

Alas for last year's 23rd-place finisher in the WSOP Main Event, he grabbed the wrong chips and bet a whopping 13,000 into the pot of about 4,000, and afterwards would explain he'd meant to be 3,200. Seeing what happened and how Bronshtein only had about 10,000 behind, Williams chose with his top pair of kings to put his opponent all in and Bronshtein decided he was committed and called.

Bronshtein had but , and when the turn and river brought no help for him he was eliminated. Meanwhile, Marshall now has over 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Marshall	108,000	45,000
Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Tags: Cary Marshall Yuval Bronshtein

04-12-2013 19:48 UTC-4

Folding to a Shove

[user101598]

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

We've come across three all-in scenarios since returning from dinner break, and all three shoves resulted in a fold.

In the first scenario, Kirk Shelmerdine opened for a raise from early position. A player near the button moved all in for 20,000 or so, and the action folded back to Shelmerdine, who folded.

At an adjacent table, Greg Raymer opened to 1,700 in early position. A player three-bet jammed on him, this time for more like 30,000, and Raymer found a fold.

At a table across the room, Claudia Crawford was faced with a 4,000-chip bet on a flop of . She moved all in for 21,000 or so, and her opponent tank-folded. Crawford grinned, then flashed for top pair and a king-high flush draw.