Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods
Main Event
Day: 1a
Hawkins Leaves Kessler Short
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action was caught at the very end of a hand that resulted in Maurice Hawkins collecting a large pot on a board that read 
. His winning 
was showing against the beaten 
of Allen Kessler who was having a significant portion of his stack being carved away by the dealer as he was left with a very short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 79,000 |
|
20,000 | -32,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
123,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 49,000 |
|
115,000 | |
|
105,000 | 77,000 |
|
92,000 | 5,000 |
|
82,000 | 21,000 |
Late Registration has Ended
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The first twelve levels of the day have completed and the late registration period has come to an end. A total of 161 entry slips were sold, accumulating $243,915 towards the final prize pool. Tomorrow will see Day 1b play the same amount of levels as today, adding all registrants to the total of today.
Ostapchenko Flops Quads, Surges in Chips
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Andrew Ostapchenko was in a preflop flip against Joseph Giulino, holding the 
against the 
of Giulino.
The flop made was gin for Ostapchenko as it came 
for quads to put Giulino all but out the door who took out his phone to take a pic of the carnage his stack had just undergone.
The turn 
and the river rounded out the board to bust Giulino and send Ostapchenko toward the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000 | 295,000 |
|
Busted |
Bernal Secures a Double Through Kessler
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Nelson Bernal moved all in for his remaining 30,500 on the button and Allen Kessler shoved right behind for more. The big blind folded and the two remaining tabled their hands.
Nelson Bernal: 
Allen Kessler: 
The flop fell 
, giving Bernal the lead with his flopped pair of eights. A 
on the turn gave Kessler some more outs but the 
river was none of them as Bernal took down the pot with his pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,500 | |
|
|
52,000 |
Moscati Doubles
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
On a board that read 
Vincent Moscati moved all in for about 28,000 into a pot of about the same amount and was called by his opponent. Moscati turned over the 
while his opponent had the 
. The river was a harmless 
and Moscati gained a big double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
87,000 | 60,000 |
Neal Takes Out Two
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Gregory Neal was in a good spot as he held 
in a preflop all in against the 
of one opponent and the of another.
The board would run out clean for the kings as it came 
and Neal collected all of the chips from his two vanquished opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | 218,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Last Break of the Night
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The remaining 54 players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night. They will return to play three more levels before bagging it up.