Main Event Day 1b | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant

07-27-2019 15:39 UTC-4

Sellers Pairs King to Win Pot

Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Seth Foster opened for 600 under the gun and got three takers to see a flop.

Action was checked around and the dealer turned the . Brian Craig checked his big blind option to Foster who fired out 1,300. James Sellers called from late position while Jianmin Xu folded from the cutoff along with Craig.

Both Foster and Sellers checked the river and Sellers tabled for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Foster	48,000
James Sellers	42,000
Jianmin Xu	27,000
Brian Craig	26,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

07-27-2019 16:10 UTC-4

Ron Robinson Overcomes 3:1 Chip Deficit to Win Event #6: $400 NLH 8-Handed One-Day

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

The World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant $1,700 Main Event is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop.

For more than a week, a slew of side events has been playing out including Event #6: $400 NLH 8-Handed One-Day, a tournament that drew 166 runners and offered up a $54,780 prize pool.

Ron Robinson, an insurance data analyst from Dallas, ended up the winner to claim the title and accompanying $14,190 first-place prize. In order to claim his first gold ring, Robinson had to overcome some challenges.

During three-handed play he was just looking to ladder up, which he did when Eric Ritter was bounced in third place. That allowed Robinson to make it to heads-up play against two-time ring winner Burt Bogard, albeit at a 3:1 chip disadvantage.

“I’m really surprised, the main reason is when I got to the pay jump when the gentleman got out and I was heads-up that I was at such disadvantage,” Robinson told WSOP officials. “I was just kind of grinding-it out. I believe as the night progressed he got tired. I think it was the moment that when I colored-up and got those blue 25,000 chips that he started to realize that I was coming back. Even though he had a 3-1 chip lead on me, I think he got a little disappointed about that. I realized when the chips were going down and when I started to go all-in at the end, it really started to hit home with him that, “oh, wow I could lose this thing. If I just got the pay jump, I would’ve been happy.”

Event #6 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Ron Robinson	Dallas, Texas	$14,190
2	Anthony "Burt" Bogard	Wylie, Texas	$8,771
3	Eric Ritter	Richardson, Texas	$6,091
4	William Stanley OHagan	Conroe, Texas	$4,329
5	Shane Mullens	Austin, Texas	$3,151
6	Jon Bennett	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$2,350
7	Steven Arias	Denton, Texas	$1,798
8	Carson Wieland	Montgomery, Texas	$1,411
9	Dennis Brand	Sugar Land, Texas	$1,136

To see who all has captured gold rings at the Choctaw Durant stop, click here.

Tags: Ron Robinson

07-27-2019 16:16 UTC-4

Campanello Eliminates Alfa

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

John Campanello opened for 600 from early position and got a call from Dave Alfa and Jacob Seale sitting to his left. Action was on Trung Pham who three-bet to 2,200 from the cutoff and his three opponents called.

Campanello checked the flop to Alfa who moved all in for 4,000. Seale mucked his hand while Pham and Campanello called.

Both players checked the turn and river to showdown.

Dave Alfa:
Trung Pham:
John Campanello:

Campanello's cowboys held until the end as he raked in the pot and eliminated Alfa.

Player	Chips	Progress
Trung Pham	74,200 38,200	38,200
John Campanello	62,000
Jacob Seale	30,000
Dave Alfa	Busted

Tags: Trung Pham John Campanello Jacob Seale

07-27-2019 16:27 UTC-4

Sehgal Hits Trips

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

Amit Sehgal opened for 600 from early position and found two callers in Katherine Bowen and Dusti Smith in mate position. Action was on Ronnie Lamb Jr who moved all in for 1,400 on the button and was called by Jason Kabakoff from the big blind along with Sehgal, Smith and Bowen.

Kabakoff checked the flop to Sehgal who moved all in and got folds all around the table.

Amit Sehgal:
Ronnie Lamb Jr:

Both players paired with the flop but Sehgal took a commanding lead after tripping up with the on the turn.

The sealed the deal and Lamb exited the tournament field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amit Sehgal	86,500
Jason Kabakoff	34,100
Katherine Bowen	30,000
Dusti Smith	10,000
Ronnie Lamb Jr	Busted

Tags: Ronnie Lamb Katherine Bowen Dusti Smith

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

07-27-2019 16:37 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Richards	55,600 20,600	20,600
Bart Bogard	52,300 22,300	22,300
Aaron Massey	42,200 42,200	42,200
TJ Cloutier	41,000 11,000	11,000

Gil George	36,900 -4,600	-4,600
Quin Massette	33,000 33,000	33,000
Lexy Gavin	30,000 30,000	30,000
Paul Sokoloff	30,000

David Larson	12,000 -12,800	-12,800
Jean Gaspard	9,000 9,000	9,000

07-27-2019 16:49 UTC-4

More Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Hogue	115,200 115,200	115,200
Henock Gashaw	103,200
Shahid Farrakh	96,500
David Richardson	88,500 88,500	88,500
Jonathan Lorentz	74,100 74,100	74,100
Daniel Lowery	72,300 17,400	17,400
Michael Reisman	67,200 8,600	8,600
Kelechi Amadi	66,300 -1,400	-1,400
Ravitej Garlapati	61,300 61,300	61,300
Thomas Johnson	60,400 700	700
Khanthaly Vixaythong	59,000 59,000	59,000
Cody Jorgenson	58,000 58,000	58,000
Ruth Graham	50,000 50,000	50,000
Deborah Hilton	45,000 45,000	45,000
Lauren Branch	43,600 6,200	6,200
Demond Williams	40,000 13,200	13,200
Justin Sharpe	35,000 35,000	35,000
Chris Tryba	30,000 30,000	30,000

Blake Whittington	30,000 30,000	30,000