Players are back in their seats and Level 13 is underway. There will be three more 40-minute levels played tonight.
With the start of this level, late registration has ended. It was just announced that a total of 502 entered today, with 198 of those who started Day 1b still with chips.
Add that 502 to yesterday's 354 entries, and the inaugural WSOP Circuit Main Event here at Harrah's Cherokee has drawn an impressive 856 total entries, making it the fourth largest ME tourney thus far on the 2012-13 schedule.
Prize pool and payout information will no doubt be coming shortly, and we'll pass that along as soon as it arrives.
So said George Zinaty just now when asked how tall his chip stacks were, the tall columns looking to be around 50 chips or so high. Subsequent discussion involved other players guessing how many chips he had total. When someone wanted to suggest it was less than 200,000, Zinaty had more specific response.
"Oh no... I have more than that. I will bet you money. And you don't want to bet me money, because I do that for a living!"
As the tournament pushes through 40-minute levels, Leif Force has been pushing through his paperback copy of Anne Bishop's collection of stories, Dreams Made Flesh. Interestingly, Force has at times continued to read even while in hands, although just now he got involved in one that was enough to take his attention away from the worlds being spun by the best-selling fantasy author.
We caught up to this one following the single-suited flop and a decent-sized pot having already developed. Force checked, his opponent bet 3,400, and Force called. Both then checked the turn.
The river brought the , and Force didn't take too much time to carve out a bet of 22,000.
Alas for Force, his dream of making chips was soon dashed. Despite the quickness of his action, his opponent declared "all in" even before Force could push his chips forward, and Force didn't wait much longer before folding and returning to his book.
Ed Modlin did what he could with his short stack after returning from the dinner break, but alas he was unable to build it up further and has been eliminated.
Sean Small opened to 2,100 in late position, and Michael Sanders Jr. three-bet to 6,100 from two spots to his left. The action folded back to Small, who flicked in enough chips to make the call.
The dealer fanned , both players checked, and the turn brought the . Small led out for 5,700, and Sanders Jr. quickly called.
The completed the board, and Small reached for chips. He assembled a handful of grey T5,000 and orange T1,000 chips, added a purple T500 chip, and tossed forward 15,500. Sanders Jr. thought for 10 seconds or so, then called.
Small ripped over for the nuts, and Sanders Jr. unhappily mucked his hand, later telling us that he also had ace-king.
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flop and a decent-sized pot having already developed. Force checked, his opponent bet 3,400, and Force called. Both then checked the 
turn.
, and Force didn't take too much time to carve out a bet of 22,000.
, both players checked, and the turn brought the 
. Small led out for 5,700, and Sanders Jr. quickly called.
completed the board, and Small reached for chips. He assembled a handful of grey T5,000 and orange T1,000 chips, added a purple T500 chip, and tossed forward 15,500. Sanders Jr. thought for 10 seconds or so, then called.
for the nuts, and Sanders Jr. unhappily mucked his hand, later telling us that he also had ace-king.