In November of last year, Cary Marshall took down the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event. He did so by entering the final day as the chip leader and rode it all the way to victory to top a 422-player field and take down the $139,260 first-place prize and a seat into this year's National Championship.
We're not sure how we missed him all day, but Marshall is playing in the Day 1b flight and sitting with a stack of 35,000. Can he add another WSOP Circuit Main Event ring to his jewelry collection? Only time will tell.
Matthew Weber took down his third ring in Event #7 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed. Photo courtesy of the WSOP.
Someone was going to win his third gold ring. That was the story of Event 7 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed as Matthew Weber and Jeff Fielder faced off in heads-up action. The tournament, which attracted 184 players, ultimately went to Weber.
“Honestly, in this tournament, from the very beginning I vaulted up to 80,000 chips from the 10,000 starting stack and never looked back,” Weber said. “I was probably top three in chips the entire time. As soon as we hit dinner break and I was sitting on 150,000, I’m thinking to myself ‘this is my tournament to lose already.’”
Weber, a 25-year-old professional poker player, won his first ring in 2011 at Harrah’s Rincon and then added a second at Harrah’s Tunica less than a year later. In order to capture his third, he had to defeat Fielder, who won the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event back in January. Weber did so by hitting the river with his against Fielder’s .
Weber sported a Boston Red Sox hat and addressed the recent events in that city. “I’ve been a Boston Red Sox fan since I was born. My grandpa lived there for quite some time,” Weber said. “[The victims in Boston] will be in my thoughts and prayers going through this tough time as I’m sure they will be for everybody else in the country.”
WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Ring Event #7 NLHE Six Handed
We happened upon Table 33 with approximately 14,000 already in the pot and a board reading . Henry Tran, who you may recall from a rather sick hand from the 2012 WSOP (see video below), had bet 8,000 from the small blind only to have his opponent raise to 18,000 from middle position. Tran tanked for a solid five minutes before a clock was called and he folded his hand. His opponent then tabled for nothing but an open-ended straight draw.
Larry Ormson opened for 2,200 under the gun and received a call from the player in the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, the flop fell , and Ormson fired out 2,400. The cutoff instantly moved all in and Ormson, who was in the middle of receiving a massage, shrugged before folding the and an unknown card. Ormson is down to just 6,200.
We didn't catch the preflop action, but we do know both Rex Clinkscales and Larry Ormson ended up all in and were at risk against a player in early position. Ormson only had 4,300, and Clinkscales had 12,800 more than that.
Clinkscales:
Ormson:
Opponent:
Both Clinkscales and Ormson were behind and sharing an ace, but that didn't stop them from finding one on the flop. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and Ormson tripled while Clinkscales took down a sizable side pot.
Two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Tripp Kirk has been sent to the rail for the second time today. We didn't catch the hand, but Bernard Lee was kind enough to fill us in. According to him, Larry Scholl opened for 2,100 only to have Kirk move all in. The player in Seat 8 then moved all in over the top and Scholl folded. Kirk tabled [Kx} but failed to improve against Seat 8's .
Meanwhile, Mitch Schock and Drazen Ilich have been eliminated from the tournament while Mark Fink has chipped up to 160,000. The events were all unrelated.
Action folded to Blair Hinkle in the cutoff and he opened for 2,400. The button folded and then Doug Lang three-bet to 6,200 from the small blind. The big folded, Hinkle four-bet 12,400,and Lang wasted little time in five-betting all in. Hinkle, who was the shorter stack, snap-folded.
Jovan Sudar won Event #2 $365 NLHE Turbo at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs. Picture courtesy of the WSOP.
Javon Sudar is no stranger to the WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs. Earlier at this stop, he took down Event #2 $365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo for $12,434 and his second gold ring. His first? The WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs Main Event back in the 2009/2010 season. That tournament, which was a $5,150 buy-in, attracted 46 runners and saw Sudar take home $95,455.
Sudar is going strong here on Day 1b of the Main Event and is sitting with 65,000. Could he take down the title once again? That's a question that won't be answered tonight.
Meanwhile, Bernard Lee has been eliminated from the tournament.
against Fielder’s 
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. Henry Tran, who you may recall from a rather sick hand from the 2012 WSOP (see video below), had bet 8,000 from the small blind only to have his opponent raise to 18,000 from middle position. Tran tanked for a solid five minutes before a clock was called and he folded his hand. His opponent then tabled 
, and Ormson fired out 2,400. The cutoff instantly moved all in and Ormson, who was in the middle of receiving a massage, shrugged before folding the 
and an unknown card. Ormson is down to just 6,200.
flop. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing and Ormson tripled while Clinkscales took down a sizable side pot.
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