$1,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles

09-07-2019 21:12 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Esquivel	217,000 3,000	3,000
Christopher Underwood	200,000 145,000	145,000
Al Cutler	196,000 4,400	4,400
Tanner Pray	160,000 30,000	30,000
Bradley Mercer	155,000 40,000	40,000
Mike Shin	130,000 79,000	79,000
Kyle Kinder	100,000 60,000	60,000
Mitchell Bank	78,000 22,200	22,200
Scott Hall	75,000 32,000	32,000

David Yingling	61,000 24,000	24,000
Everett Lawrence	35,000 12,900	12,900

09-07-2019 21:02 UTC-5

Robert Keeling Goes Back-to-Back to Capture Two Rings in 48 Hours

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

PokerNews is on site at the Ameristar St. Charles for the latest World Series of Poker Circuit stop, and while we’re only doing live updates from the $1,700 Main Event, it’s not the only tournament that’s been playing out inside the casino.

For the past week, a slew of side events has taken place and awarded gold rings to the lucky winners. One such tournament was Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament that drew 108 entrants and created a $35,640 prize pool. After finishing fifth in Event #3: $400 NLH, local player Rob Keeling, 46, went even deeper and managed to close our Event #7 for $10,021 and his first circuit gold ring.

Amazingly he was done as he’d go on to top a 281-entry field in Event #8: $400 Monster Stack less than 48 hours laters to go back-to-back for a second ring and $21,357 in prize money. It also vaulted him to the top of the stop’s Casino Championship leaderboard with 135 points.

That is 32.5 points ahead of the other repeat ring winner, Cory Bogert, whoever wins will earn an automatic bid to the 2020 Global Casino Championship, a seat worth $10,000.

When asked where all his recent success is coming from, Keeling simply responded, “This is for my mom. My mom just pasted away recently… So, this is for my mom.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Robert Keeling	Portland, Missouri	$21,357
2	Vincent Moscati	Verplanck. New York	$13,200
3	Kiran Gangavaram	Chesterfield, Missouri	$9,361
4	John LaRose	Perryville, Missouri	$6,757
5	Steven Wills	Willow Springs, Missouri	$4,966
6	Alex Miles	Bensenville, Illinois	$3,718
7	Brett Apter	St. Petersburg, Florida	$2,836
8	Sean Small	Douglasville, Georgia	$2,205
9	Melissa Bryne	Hutto, Texas	$1,748

Tags: Robert Keeling

09-07-2019 20:56 UTC-5

Apter Continues to build

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was four-way action that saw a flop and Brett Apter checked his option from the small blind along with the big blind player.

Action was on a player in middle position who bet 3,000.

Action folded back to Apter who took down the pot after he raised to 10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Apter	140,000 67,400	67,400

Tags: Brett Apter

09-07-2019 20:50 UTC-5

Registration is Closed

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Anthony Thompson

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

It is the start of level 13 meaning registration is now closed.

Prize pool information will follow once released.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

09-07-2019 20:33 UTC-5

Break Time

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Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Registration will be closed upon return.

09-07-2019 20:22 UTC-5

More Updated Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Al Cutler	200,400 42,600	42,600
Adrian Curry	189,700 10,300	10,300
Frank Covich	185,700 37,900	37,900
Dino Galic	145,700 15,700	15,700
John Pappas	120,400 5,400	5,400
Bill Byrnes	104,200 29,700	29,700
Andros Ioakimides	102,700 12,900	12,900
Mitchell Bank	100,200 45,200	45,200
Maurice Hawkins	91,600 9,600	9,600
Paul Strohm	86,500 23,500	23,500
Brett Apter	72,600 51,300	51,300

Carlos Loving	55,600 25,600	25,600
William Joyner	45,700 5,700	5,700
Jovan Sudar	45,200 24,800	24,800
Joshua Meyer	45,200 53,500	53,500
Robert Keeling	42,700 21,700	21,700
Dave Simon	41,200 1,500	1,500
Will Berry	33,000 11,000	11,000
Mary Sturges	22,300 4,700	4,700
Martin Ryan	16,700 173,800	173,800

09-07-2019 20:17 UTC-5

Local Player Rob Keeling Captures WSOP Gold

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Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

PokerNews is on site at the Ameristar St. Charles for the latest World Series of Poker Circuit stop, and while we’re only doing live updates from the $1,700 Main Event, it’s not the only tournament that’s been playing out inside the casino.

For the past week, a slew of side events has taken place and awarded gold rings to the lucky winners. One such tournament was Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament that drew 108 entrants and created a $35,640 prize pool.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Jacob Phillips (10th - $702), Thomas Alcorn (11th - $702), Matthew Koch (12th - $702), Jeff Copeland (13th - $609), Melissa Bryne (14th - $609), Robert Lawson (15th - $609), Vadim Kleydman (16th - $545), and Mark “Pegasus” Smith (17th - $545).

After finishing fifth in Event #3: $400 NLH, local player Rob Keeling, 46, went even deeper and managed to close our Event #7 for $10,021 and his first circuit gold ring.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Rob Keeling	Portland, Missouri	$10,021
2	Jesse Mull	Overland Park, Kansas	$6,191
3	Varun Enjum Chowdhay	St. Louis, Missouri	$4,295
4	Greg Wood	St. Charles, Missouri	$3,056
5	Thomas Morse	St. Louis, Missouri	$2,232
6	Garrett Riley	Quincy, Illinois	$1,674
7	Kurt Haiss	Bartlesville, Oklahoma	$1,290
8	Vincent Moscati	Verplanck, New York	$1,023
9	Robert Miller	Plato, Missouri	$835

Tags: Garrett Riley Greg Wood Jacob Phillips Jesse Mull Kurt Haiss Melissa Bryne Rob Keeling Robert Miller Thomas Alcorn Vadim Kleydman Vincent Moscati

09-07-2019 20:08 UTC-5

Shin Makes Good River Call

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Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There was heads up action between Mike Shin from under the gun and Chad Hahn on the button.

The board read and Shin checked his option to Hahn who fired out 12,000 into a 20,000 pot.

After careful thought, Shin called and Hahn tossed his hand into the muck as Shin scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Hahn	55,200 39,200	39,200
Mike Shin	51,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Chad Hahn Mike Shin

09-07-2019 20:03 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Esquivel	220,000 73,000	73,000
Tanner Pray	190,000
Simon Webster	180,000 100,000	100,000
Vincent Moscati	160,000 101,300	101,300
Kyle Kinder	160,000 50,000	50,000
Todd Bartlett	157,400 56,400	56,400
Bradley Mercer	115,000 15,000	15,000
Scott Hall	107,000 57,000	57,000

Blake O'Brien	89,700 62,700	62,700
Ian Matakis	80,000 32,200	32,200

Austin McCormick	68,900 68,900	68,900