We're unsure of the action, but Christopher Kirkland has been eliminated from Day 1b of the World Series of Poker Circuit Cherokee Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Rick Hensley has chipped up nicely since the dinner break, and here at the start of Level 11 finds himself up over the 100,000-chip mark after winning a pot off of Kirk Shelmerdine.
The hand saw the under-the-gun player limp, then Hensley putting in a raise from middle position that Shelmerdine called from the button. The blinds and limper folded, then both remaining players checked the 
flop.
The turn was the 
. This time Hensley made a small bet of 1,000 and Shelmerdine called. The river brought the 
and a bet of 3,000 from Hensley, and this time Shelmerdine folded.
Hensley showed one card — the 
— and dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
45,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
Five players limped to see a flop come 
, creating a pot of almost 6,000. The small blind checked, an early position player bet 1,500, the next folded, and the next called.
Chris Bell watched all of this play out, then decided to raise 4,500 from the button. That's when the small blind woke up with a big reraise to 16,000, scattering everyone else, and then, eventually, Bell as well.
Bell loses a few there, but he's done well over the afternoon and early evening after having been down under 4,000 early on, and now sits with an above average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
25,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
||
"How many? I don't know... I just pile them up."
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!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 |
