2018/19 WSOP Global Casino Championship

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2018/19 WSOP Global Casino Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$279,431
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,040,000
Entries
129
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Peters Uses the Power of Position

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

The action folded to Tobias Peters on the button who made it 800 to go. Viet Vo called from the small blind and the big blind re-raised to 2,800. Both Peters and Vo called to see a flop of {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}.

Both of the blinds checked and Peters tossed in a bet of 3,600. Vo called and the big blind got out of the way. The turn was the {5-Spades} and Vo checked again. Peters dropped in a bet of 10,000 this time and Vo thought for a minute before sending his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Viet Vo us
Viet Vo
64,800
4,800
4,800
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
57,800
-2,200
-2,200
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Tobias PetersViet Vo

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

David Larson Comes Into Global Championship Already Qualified for Next Year's Edition

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
David Larson
David Larson

Last week the first stop of the new WSOP Circuit season, the tour was at Choctaw Durant in Oklahoma, which is where 48-year-old poker pro David Larson from Appleton, Wisconsin managed to claim two titles back-to-back within a 24-hour period.

Larson was making the trek here to Harrah’s Cherokee for the 2019 Global Casino Championship – which he qualified for by finishing as Casino Champ at the WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond in October of last year – when he decided to stop at Choctaw and play Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament that attracted 123 entries and created a $40,590 prize pool. Larson bagged the Day 1 chip lead, which he took into the final table before winning it all for $11,057 and his third career ring.

With the first win, the former software engineer became the 132nd player to win three or more WSOP Circuit rings. He didn’t stop there as the next day he fired Event #9: $250 NLH and bested a 180-entry field to win it for $9,137.

“Today I felt more pressure because I won yesterday but also people were afraid of me because I won yesterday,” he told WSOP officials. “People definitely played a little more conservative today so it was harder for them to give-up their chips and yesterday people were a lot more splashy.”

Larson became the 55th player to win four or more rings, though his have all come in the last calendar year.

“This is definitely the most fun I’ve had,” he said. “I’ve won a lot more money playing poker but this is for sure the most fun I’ve ever had.”

The back-to-back also propelled Larson to victory on the WSOPC Choctaw leaderboard, which meant he's already secured a seat into the 2020 Global Casino Championship.

Remaining 2019/20 World Series of Poker Circuit Schedule

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
DateLocation
August 1-12, 2019Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
August 15-26, 2019Foxwoods Resort Casino (Connecticut)
August 29 – September 9, 2019Ameristar St. Charles (St. Louis, Missouri)
September 5-16, 2019Thunder Valley Casino (Sacramento area, California)
September 12-23, 2019Potawatomi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
September 17-29, 2019WSOP.com Online Circuit (New Jersey)
September 19-30, 2019Seminole Casino Coconut Creek (Coconut Creek, Florida)
September 26 – October 7, 2019Horseshoe Southern Indiana (Louisville/Indiana)
October 3-14, 2019Horseshoe Baltimore (Maryland/D.C.)
October 10-21, 2019Horseshoe Hammond (Chicago, Illinois)
October 24 – November 4, 2019Harveys Lake Tahoe (Reno/Tahoe Nevada)
October 30 - November 11, 2019Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma)
November 14–25, 2019Planet Hollywood (Las Vegas Strip, Nevada)
November 28 - December 9, 2019Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
November 30-December 11, 2019The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles, California)
December 5-16, 2019IP Casino Resort Spa (Biloxi, Mississippi)
December 12-22, 2019Harrah’s Las Vegas in Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)
January 2-14, 2020Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma)
January 9-20, 2020Thunder Valley Casino (Sacramento area, California)
January 16-27, 2020Horseshoe Tunica (Tunica, Mississippi)
January 30 - February 10, 2020Potawatomi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
February 6–17, 2020Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa (Tampa, Florida)
February 14-25, 2020Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nevada)
February 20 – March 2, 2020Horseshoe Hammond (Chicago, Illinois)
February 25 – March 8, 2020WSOP.com Online Circuit (Nevada)
February 27 – March 10, 2020Horseshoe Bossier City (Shreveport, Louisiana/Texas)
March 5-16, 2020Harrah’s Atlantic City (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
March 7 – 18, 2020The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles, California)
March 12-23, 2020Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
March 19-30, 2020Bally’s (Las Vegas Strip, Nevada)
March 26 - April 6, 2020Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Omaha, Nebraska/Iowa)
April 8-19, 2020Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
April 23 – May 4, 2020Horseshoe Tunica (Tunica, Mississippi)
May 7-18, 2020Harrah’s New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
August 2020Global Casino Championship Harrah’s Cherokee

All stops will release their series’ event schedules as they get closer. Every stop is confirmed to offer at least a dozen official gold ring events starting at the $250 buy-in level and include a $1,700 Main Event.

Lynskey Sends One to the Rail

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Three players were still in the hand on a board reading {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts} with over 30,000 in the middle already. Joe Cada checked from the big blind and Alex Lynskey splashed in a bet of 20,000 from under the gun. The button called and Cada got out of the way.

The river was the {2-Clubs} and Lynskey slid out a bet large enough to put his opponent at risk for his last 3,000 chips. He made the call and Lynskey turned over {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. His opponent showed {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a smaller two pair and Lynskey scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Lynskey au
Alex Lynskey
121,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
16,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Alex LynskeyJoe Cada

Global Casino Championship Profile: PokerNews' Own Mo Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
Mo Nuwwarah
Mo Nuwwarah

You may know Mo Nuwwarah for his poker media work with PokerNews, but he's also an accomplished poker player. So much so that he won a seat into this 2019 Global Casino Championship.

It came at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs in Iowa, just across the river from Nuwwarah's hometown of Omaha. It was there that he topped a field of 563 entries to win Event #3: $400 NLH Multi-Flight before making two other final tables. Toss in a cash in the Main Event and he finished with 117.5 points in the race for Casino Champion, enough to win himself a coveted seat.

It marked Nuwwarah’s second gold ring, his first having come in August 2018 when he won the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond Event #7: $600 H.O.R.S.E. for $14,008.

Today, Nuwwarah is forgoing his usual live reporting duties to jump on the felt in pursuit of his first bracelet.

Tags: Mo Nuwwarah

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mo Nuwwarah us
Mo Nuwwarah
80,400
20,400
20,400
PokerNews
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
79,800
19,800
19,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve Spunt us
Steve Spunt
79,500
19,500
19,500
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
74,500
40,800
40,800
WPT 1X Winner
Valentin Vornicu us
Valentin Vornicu
72,000
7,500
7,500
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
71,300
-23,200
-23,200
WSOP 3X Winner
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
64,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Phan us
Ryan Phan
34,500
-25,500
-25,500
Paul Sokoloff gb
Paul Sokoloff
32,300
-34,200
-34,200
Heather Alcorn us
Heather Alcorn
27,700
-32,300
-32,300
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
20,000
-44,800
-44,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Hawkins Soaring

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins

Maurice Hawkins was moved from his original starting table but the move seems to be paying off as he has accumulated one of the largest stacks in the room thus far.

A completed board of {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} was spread across the table and the action was on Hawkins who bet 15,000 into a pot of just over 10,000. His opponent thought for a couple of minutes before asking for the pot to be spread.

Eventually, he made the call and Hawkins turned over {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for top two pair. His opponent nodded in approval as he claimed to also have aces up.

Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
198,000
135,500
135,500

Tags: Maurice Hawkins

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600