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

Place	Prize
1	$250,380
2	$154,722
3	$113,968
4	$85,052
5	$64,303
6	$49,241
7	$38,186
8	$29,981
9	$23,831
10-12	$19,170
13-15	$15,601
16-18	$12,853
19-21	$10,709
22-24	$9,027
25-27	$7,961
28-30	$6,625
31-33	$5,778
34-36	$5,097
37-45	$4,545
46-54	$4,096
55-63	$3,724
64-72	$3,428
73-81	$3,159
82-90	$2,902

Place

Prize

$250,380

$154,722

$113,968

$85,052

$64,303

$49,241

$38,186

$29,981

$23,831

10-12

$19,170

13-15

$15,601

16-18

$12,853

19-21

$10,709

22-24

$9,027

25-27

$7,961

28-30

$6,625

31-33

$5,778

34-36

$5,097

37-45

$4,545

46-54

$4,096

55-63

$3,724

64-72

$3,428

73-81

$3,159

82-90

$2,902

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Hensley	401,400 11,400	11,400
Joe Stark	313,000 -7,000	-7,000
George Zinaty	312,300 97,300	97,300
Jeremy Menard	219,200 69,200	69,200
Farrell Rutledge	199,600 199,600	199,600
Kenneth Adams	192,000 192,000	192,000
Nilesh Choudhary	191,500 191,500	191,500
Chun Law	176,000 26,000	26,000
Sean Small	175,500 40,500	40,500
Damjan Radanov	170,000 170,000	170,000
Jonah Blankenship	154,100 154,100	154,100
Ken Aldridge	147,900 57,900	57,900

Andrew Hilton	143,500 143,500	143,500
Mark Wright	142,500 142,500	142,500
Benjamin Armstrong	141,500 141,500	141,500
James Kinney	139,800 139,800	139,800
Mark Handy	138,900 138,900	138,900
Samuel Minutello	137,600 137,600	137,600
Paul Prevatte	136,100 136,100	136,100
Jonathan Moseley	132,800 50,800	50,800
Douglas Bruce	132,000 132,000	132,000
Tony Tran	131,500 131,500	131,500
Hoa Nguyen	127,800 127,800	127,800
Hugh Henderson	127,200 127,200	127,200
Billy Gray	123,700 123,700	123,700

Player

Chips

Progress

Rick Hensley

401,400

11,400

Joe Stark

313,000

-7,000

George Zinaty

312,300

97,300

Jeremy Menard

219,200

69,200

Farrell Rutledge

199,600

Kenneth Adams

192,000

Nilesh Choudhary

191,500

Chun Law

176,000

26,000

Sean Small

175,500

40,500

Damjan Radanov

170,000

Jonah Blankenship

154,100

Ken Aldridge

147,900

57,900

Andrew Hilton

143,500

142,500

141,500

139,800

138,900

Samuel Minutello

137,600

Paul Prevatte

136,100

Jonathan Moseley

132,800

50,800

132,000

131,500

127,800

127,200

Billy Gray

123,700

Another exciting day of poker here at the Harrah's Cherokee Event Center has come to a close. The second of two Day 1 flights for the first ever WSOP Circuit Main Event at Cherokee played out on Saturday, and after 15 levels of poker Rick Hensley ended the night with the most chips of Day 1b players — and everyone from both Day 1 flights — finishing with an eye-popping stack of 401,400.

A total of 502 players entered today's flight, well over the 354 who played yesterday. The total of 856 entries marks the fourth-largest WSOP-C Main Event field in the 2012-13 season, and of course the $1,284,000 prize pool represents a milestone not just here in North Carolina but throughout the region. The top 90 finishers will be cashing, with more than a quarter million dollars due the winner.

Those coming out today included a number of players taking a second shot after busting on Day 1a, with Josh Arieh, Christopher Kirkland, Kirk Shelmerdine, Yuval Bronshtein, and Ryan Riess among the unfortunate ones failing to survive either of the two days. Carter Phillips likewise busted a second time today, albeit in a memorable hand in which he correctly called an opponent's turn shove holding just king-high, but his opponent completed a draw to bust the Charlottean.

Meanwhile WSOP bracelet holder and North Carolinian Ken Aldridge also busted yesterday and came back today, but he fared much better to end the night with an above average stack of 137,900. Jeff "yellowsub86" Williams and Chris Bell also did better with their second entries to make it to tomorrow's Day 2.

Early in the day Jonathan Moseley and Darryl Harvey took turns battling for the early chip lead, then George Zinaty pushed past everyone to be the first player to 200,000. Joe Stark, Nilesh Choudhary, Chun Law, and Sean Small also moved up to take up spots at the top of the Day 1b leaderboard as the evening came to a close.

But it was Hensley who had the most profitable time of anyone post-dinner break, his momentum being ignited after winning a decent-sized pot against Kirk Shelmerdine to get him up over 100,000. He'd switch tables right after that hand, and the rest of the night enjoyed a huge rush of cards to move past 200k, then 300k, then finally bag that leading stack of 401,400.

A total of 118 entrants survived Day 1b altogether. They'll join the 83 who made it through Friday, meaning 201 players are still in the hunt for the first ever WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Main Event title.

Play resumes at noon local time tomorrow. Thanks for following our coverage thus far here on PokerNews, and be sure to come back on Sunday as we continue to find out together who will be the next WSOP-C Main Event champion.

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