2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Cherokee

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Cherokee

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$271,234
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,601,355
Entries
1,057
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Kessler Gets Teased with an Ace

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler

The action folded to Allen Kessler on the button who shipped all in for 6,100 after looking at just one card. The big blind made the call to put Kessler at risk without looking at any of his cards.

Allen Kessler: {a-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
Opponent: {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Kessler was drawing to three outs after his opponent flopped a pair. The turn was the {a-Diamonds} to give Kessler the lead with a pair of aces but the {7-Spades} on the river turned things in a hurry as his opponent made trip sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Allen Kessler

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Carlos Loving us
Carlos Loving
242,000
67,500
67,500
Kenneth Packer us
Kenneth Packer
218,500
68,500
68,500
Tyler Phillips us
Tyler Phillips
126,300
-13,700
-13,700
Stanley Lee us
Stanley Lee
123,200
67,200
67,200
John Phan us
John Phan
123,000
38,000
38,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
121,000
50,000
50,000
Eric Salazar us
Eric Salazar
67,800
27,300
27,300
Marius Conan fr
Marius Conan
51,000
35,000
35,000
Irene Carey us
Irene Carey
49,300
-9,700
-9,700
Adam Cedric fr
Adam Cedric
42,000
42,000
42,000
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Grybas Wins a Flip To Eliminate an Opponent

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

Steven Grybas raised it up from early position and the button jammed all in for around 20,000. The blinds folded and Grybas made the call to put his opponent at risk.

Steven Grybas: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

The two players were flipping and the flop of {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades} left Grybas in the lead. The {k-Diamonds} on the turn and the {10-Hearts} on the river changed nothing as Grybas sent his opponent packing.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Grybas us
Steven Grybas
155,000

Tags: Steven Grybas

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Registration Closed

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

After the break, the final few players have finished trickling into the field as the tournament clock shows 360 entries for Flight A. Ryan Leng was one of them as he just recently busted Event #9 prior to the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
30,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once

Payne's Pair No Good?

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

The action folded to the cutoff who raised it up to 4,000. Michael Marder called from the small blind along with Antonio Payne in the big blind. The flop fell {k-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Marder checked to Payne who led out for 5,500. The cutoff called and Marder got out of the way.

The turn brought the {4-Hearts} and Payne fired out another bet of 10,500. His opponent still called and the {7-Diamonds} completed the board. Payne dropped in another bet of 22,000 and his opponent went into the tank for over two minutes. He eventually decided to fold and Payne showed {9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}.

"Did you have a king?" Payne questioned, under the assumption that he was bluffing but got no response.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Payne us
Antonio Payne
115,000

Tags: Antonio PayneMichael Marder

Superfluous Quads for Reichard

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

Action was picked up on the turn as chips from the flop action between Josh Reichard in the big blind and Maurice Hawkins from the cutoff, were being pulled into the pot.

The turn came to make the board read {3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Reichard led out with an all in jam which Hawkins called after about ten seconds. Reichard turned over the {3-Spades}{3-Clubs} for a set while Hawkins feebly turned his hand over flashing a {9-} and started to immediately turn his cards back face down as the {3-Diamonds} came on the river to give Reichard an unneeded case trey to take the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Reichard us
Josh Reichard
172,000
97,500
97,500
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
97,000
-60,000
-60,000

Tags: Josh ReichardMaurice Hawkins