Big Stack
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Hankins |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Hankins |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
John Giancotti is having an up-and-down final level of the night.
He just lost one preflop all-in confrontation against a short stack who had versus his . The board ran out , and he was down to just about 14,000.
All in on the next hand with versus the same player's , Giancotti had to walk away and thus missed the flop that missed him, as well as the turn that hit his hand. He walked back to see the river and retook his seat, hoping to keep it for another 20 minutes to last the rest of Day 1a.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Giancotti
|
28,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
From the Day 1a starting field of 354, just 100 players remain as the evening winds down.
After winning that hand earlier against Alex Moore, Claudia Crawford continued to add chips and push up around 200,000 until running into a preflop all-in situation against an opponent taking up against her . The board ran out , and Crawford loses a few but still has one of the bigger stacks as play winds down for the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Claudia Crawford |
158,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining, and we will play four more hands.
In one of the final hands of the night, Chris Bell had to commit his short stack one last time and was unable to survive a hand versus Dennis Patterson, and thus he won't be around for the bagging of chips that is about to commence.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Bell | Busted |
A total of 83 players out of the 354 who started Day 1a survived, with David Nicholson inching ahead of Matthew Hankins during the final hands to claim the chip lead to end the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Nicholson |
260,400
112,400
|
112,400 |
Matthew Hankins |
254,200
4,200
|
4,200 |
Kyle Cartwright |
221,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick |
218,600
218,600
|
218,600 |
Claudia Crawford |
215,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Jerry Barlow |
201,800
110,800
|
110,800 |
Michael Cook |
161,600
11,600
|
11,600 |
Matthew Emmel |
160,800
15,800
|
15,800 |
Phong Huynh
|
160,500
160,500
|
160,500 |
Greg Jacobson
|
154,900
15,900
|
15,900 |
Gregory Motes |
142,400
142,400
|
142,400 |
Gary Thill |
137,700
137,700
|
137,700 |
Norman Mckeldin |
131,200
131,200
|
131,200 |
Greg Raymer |
125,600
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
Ronnie Burr |
121,400
121,400
|
121,400 |
Alex Moore |
113,600
-34,400
|
-34,400 |
Dell Taylor |
110,700
110,700
|
110,700 |
Keith Gowder |
109,500
97,500
|
97,500 |
Stanley Langley |
109,400
109,400
|
109,400 |
Nathan Willis |
109,100
109,100
|
109,100 |
Dane Cass |
108,600
108,600
|
108,600 |
Michael Stephens
|
107,500
107,500
|
107,500 |
Michael Warrington |
104,500
104,500
|
104,500 |
Drennon Rackley |
104,300
104,300
|
104,300 |
Frank Windsor |
103,200
103,200
|
103,200 |
The 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit season continued on Friday with Day 1a of the Cherokee Main Event. A total of 354 players registered, and leading the remaining 83 survivors is David Nicholson. Nicholson, a three-time WSOP-C ring winner, bagged 260,400 chips thanks to a late-night surge.
The day began with a “shuffle up and deal” from North Carolina grinder Ken “Teach” Aldridge. Aldridge, who won a WSOP bracelet in 2009, highlighted the popularity of poker in this region in a short speech. Unfortunately for Aldridge, he was unable to survive the day, busting in Level 6.
Unlike Aldridge, fellow North Carolinian Chris Bell got off to a very hot start, winning a massive three-way all in. Bell was one of the first players to cross the 100,000-chip threshold, but it was all down hill from there. After losing a series of pots and eventually dipping below the starting stack, Bell was eliminated in the last level of the evening.
Other players who were unable to survive Day 1a include Carter Phillips, Nelson Robinson, Kirk Shelmerdine, Yuval Bronshtein and Chris Trotter. Trotter fulfilled a lifelong dream of his when he was mentioned in the PokerNews Live Reporting blog, but he was unable to win a flip for his tournament life. We expect Trotter to return tomorrow to battle it out for his first ever WSOP-C ring.
Bronshtein misclicked against WSOP-C Choctaw Main Event winner Cary Marshall, and found himself all in and at risk with ace-high on a king-high flop. Marshall held a king, and held when the turn and river both bricked.
While some failed, others prospered. David Nicholson, Matthew Hankins, Kyle Cartwright, Claudia Crawford, Greg Jacobson, and Matthew Emmel all bagged sizable stacks. Crawford got off to a bit of a slow start, until she found a fortuitous double through Larry Gurney. After cold-calling a three-bet from Gurney preflop, Crawford moved all in with a club draw on the flop. Gurney called with pocket queens, and rather than make her flush, Crawford went runner-runner to make a straight.
Crawford then went on to win a sizable pot off Alex Moore. Faced with a bet of 23,400 from Moore on a board, Crawford moved all in. Moore folded, and Crawford showed a king for second pair. Crawford bagged 215,300 chips, and is looking to best her 10th-place finish in the WSOP-C Hammond Main Event.
Crawford was on the losing end of the most interesting hand of the day. In Level 11, all nine players on Table 33 saw a flop of . The action checked to a player who fired 3,300, Gurney moved all in, and the player who bet tank-called. Gurney showed two tens for a set of tens, his opponent showed two sixes for a set of sixes, and Gurney’s hand held up.
Undoubtedly the biggest name in the field today was 2004 WSOP Main Event winner Greg Raymer. Raymer was plugging along with the starting stack for the majority of the day, until he shipped a massive double up in Level 14. Jerry Barlow moved all in on a ten-high flop over a bet from Raymer, and Fossilman snapped it off with two aces. Barlow sheepishly showed two deuces, and the aces held. Raymer bagged 125,600 chips.
Day 1b of the WSOP-C Cherokee Main Event will begin on Saturday at 12:00 EDT. Be sure to check out all of your exclusive live updates right here on PokerNews.com.
Main Event
Day 1a Completed