Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,478,640
Entries
976
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Thomas Johnson Bags Chip Lead on Day 1b of Choctaw Casino Resort $1,700 Main Event
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After 12 plus hours of play,16 levels are complete and all chips have been bagged for Day 1b of Choctaw Casino Resorts $1,700 Main Event. After Day 1a drew 354 entries, today’s flight saw an additional 622 join the fun with 108 players remaining when play concluded.
Thomas Johnson ended the day with a whopping 543,000 to finish as the clear chip leader after continually stacking chips throughout the day.
Second in chips is Billy Bailey, who also led a charge at the end of the evening, building his stack from around 200,000 to its finishing point in the last two levels of the evening. Bailey bagged a stack of 516,000 which is above Day 1a chip leader Russ Floyd’s 481,000. Another player to end the night with a bigger stack than Day 1a's chip leader was Rodolfo Marez who bagged 496,500. Other players to finish in the top include Trung Tran (468,000), Daniel Lowery (460,000), and Lee Abramson (430,000).
Saturday’s Day 1b flight saw a ton of recognizable faces make it up the mountain at their final shot at advancing to Day 2. Some players to advance in this flight include Aaron Massey (142,000), Jean "Prince" Gaspard (136,000), TJ Cloutier (135,500), Chris Tryba (101,000), Paul Sokoloff (70,000), and reigning champion Dave Alfa (38,500).
A few players who were not fortunate enough to advance including Bart Bogard, Lexy Gavin, Jared Jaffee, Todd Dreyer, John Richards and Gil George.
Day 2 will Sunday, July 28th, with a local start time of noon. Play will resume at the beginning of Level 17, with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and a 5,000 big-blind ante. Levels will last 60- minutes throughout the day with 15-minute breaks coming after every two levels.
There will be 167 players returning for Day 2 action and 147 of the making it into the money. Those who earn the first-level payout will receive $2,547 and payouts will climb from there to the eventual first-place prize of $255,535.
Stay tuned here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the action as the day unfolds.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
543,500 | 223,500 |
|
516,000 | 516,000 |
|
|
496,500 | |
|
481,000 | |
|
479,000 | |
|
|
478,000 | |
|
468,500 | 468,500 |
|
462,000 | 462,000 |
|
460,000 | 160,000 |
|
450,000 | |
|
430,000 | 5,000 |
|
425,500 | |
|
407,000 | 407,000 |
|
405,500 | |
|
403,500 | |
|
387,000 | |
|
381,000 | 381,000 |
|
364,000 | |
|
353,000 | |
|
|
326,000 | |
|
317,500 | |
|
|
317,000 | |
|
|
314,500 | |
|
313,500 | 287,500 |
|
313,000 |
Play Has Ended
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Final Recap and End of Day Chip Counts Will Follow Shortly
Final 3 Hands
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament director has just told the dealers to deal the final three hands of the night.
Jolly Picks Up Cowboys at the Right Time
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
An early position player opened action for 9,000 and the player sitting directly to his left three-bet all in for 80,000. Action folded to Brant Jolly who four-bet all in over the top for 127,000 from middle position and was called by the initial raiser.
All-In Player: 
Initial Raiser: 
Brant Jolly: 
Jolly was looking very good as his opponents held the same hand and the dealer dropped a 
flop.
The 
on the turn gave Jolly a set but it also gave the all-in-player a flush draw.
Luckily for Jolly, the river fell the 
and he raked in the massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 |
Whittington Doubles with Rivered Flush
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Blake Whittington open-jammed for 21,600 from middle position and was called by the small blind player.
Blake Whittington:
Opponent: 
Whittington had live cards and picked up a flush draw on the 
flop.
The turn came the 
and Whittington needed to hit the river to survive.
Whittington did just that as the river fell the 
and Whittington picked up a much needed double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | -75,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
300,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
220,000 | |
|
203,000 | |
|
170,000 | 3,700 |
|
160,000 | |
|
160,000 | 40,000 |
|
103,000 | |
|
102,000 | -18,000 |
|
97,500 | -6,000 |
|
67,000 | -63,000 |
|
47,000 | -9,000 |
|
36,000 | -60,000 |
|
31,000 | -41,000 |
|
|
30,000 | -28,700 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Final Break
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Players are on their final 15-minute break and will play one last 60-minute level upon return.