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

Bierria More Than Doubles Up

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Dennis Osoh raised it up from middle position and was called by Corey Bierria in the small blind and William O'Neal in the big blind. The flop came {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades} and the action checked to Osoh who continued for 2,000. Bierria called and O'Neal shoved all in for 6,100. Both Osoh and Bierria made the call.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and Bierria checked to Osoh who bet 4,000 into a dry side pot. Bierria called and the {6-Hearts} completed the board. Bierria checked again and Osoh tossed in a bet of 10,000. Bierria shoved all in for 27,300 and Osoh looked him up.

Bierria turned over {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for the nut straight which was good enough to beat Osoh's {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}. O'Neal was all in for the main pot and held {10-Spades}{4-Hearts} for two pair which sent him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Bierria us
Corey Bierria
85,000
85,000
85,000
Dennis Osoh us
Dennis Osoh
58,600
58,600
58,600
William O'Neal us
William O'Neal
Busted

Tags: Corey BierriaDennis OsohWilliam O'Neal

Cedric Forces Opponent Out

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Adam Cedric, who is coming off of a 6th place finish in the Global Casino Championship went to the turn with his opponent after a bet and call. The board read {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Cedric bet 1,300 which caused his opponent to fold his hand relatively quickly to gather the early pot.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Cedric fr
Adam Cedric
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Adam Cedric

Holladay's Check-Raise Earns the Pot

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

David Bach raised to 600 from the hijack and both the small blind and Dustin Holladay in the big blind made the call. The flop came {j-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and the action checked to Bach who continued for 1,000. The small blind and Holladay called.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and Holladay checked again. Bach slung in a bet of 3,000 this time and Holladay check-raised to 7,200. Bach went into the tank for over two minutes and eventually decided to send his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Dustin Holladay us
Dustin Holladay
49,200
David Bach us
David Bach
25,200
-4,800
-4,800
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: David BachDustin Holladay

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
75,000
45,000
45,000
Ken Aldridge us
Ken Aldridge
46,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve Spunt us
Steve Spunt
37,100
7,100
7,100
Travis Padgett us
Travis Padgett
36,500
6,500
6,500
Adam Cedric fr
Adam Cedric
35,700
-4,300
-4,300
Rex Clinkscales us
Rex Clinkscales
31,500
1,500
1,500
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
22,600
Stephen Zablonski us
Stephen Zablonski
20,600
-9,400
-9,400
Robert Morton us
Robert Morton
17,500
-12,500
-12,500
Simon Samokovski us
Simon Samokovski
12,000
-18,000
-18,000
Dan Lowery us
Dan Lowery
9,900
-20,100
-20,100
Aaron McEvoy us
Aaron McEvoy
9,600
-20,400
-20,400

Tran Buffudles Nahum

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Action was at the river with the board reading {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and Roger Nahum was facing a 14,000 bet from Chi Tran into a pot of about 30,000.

Nahum was deep in the tank, already having thought it over for a while as the action was picked up. He continued to think it out and began to talk aloud.

"This would be some kind of crazy bluff, but how could you be bluffing here?" Tran started to laugh a bit and cover his face. Nahum asked Tran why he was laughing and jokingly requested that he remove his hands from his face so he could see him.

"I know you are capable of some crazy ****" Nahum said to Tran while shuffling his cards under his hands. He still appeared to be torn over the decision but eventually he decided to fold his hand and Tran slid his cards into the middle without showing as he collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chi Tran us
Chi Tran
73,000
73,000
73,000
Roger Nahum us
Roger Nahum
62,000
62,000
62,000

Tags: Roger Nahum

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Eric Salazar Wins Third WSOP Circuit Gold Ring In Cherokee

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante
Eric Salazar
Eric Salazar

The $1,700 Main Event is just one of a dozen gold ring events taking place at the Harrah’s Cherokee stop. For over a week, players have been competing for WSOP Circuit hardware and big chunks of prize money.

In Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack, 813 runners took to the felt and created a $268,290 prize pool.

In the end it was Eric Salazar coming out on top to capture a $48,618 first-place prize and his third gold ring.

“I don’t know, it just feels really good,” Salazar told WSOP officials after the win. “I had a bad summer in Vegas, so this definitely helps,” he explained excitedly, and continued “I am extremely excited about the rest of the trip.”

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Event #1 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Eric SalazarGreensboro, North Carolina$48,618
2Khanh NguyenKnoxville, Tennessee$30,058
3Preston McEwenMurfreesboro, Tennessee$22,325
4San BachGreensboro, North Carolina$16,757
5Warren SheavesAsheville, North Carolina$12,711
6John ThorpeWilmington, North Carolina$9,747
7Lovell WilkersonSmyrna, Georgia$7,555
8Henry HurleyHenderson, Nevada$5,920
9Robert ParnellFlorence, Alabama$4,691

Tags: Eric Salazar

Yancey Sends Lowery to the Rail

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

A completed board of {a-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades} was spread across the felt and three players were still in the hand. Daniel Lowery was all in for the main pot which had around 18,000 in the middle.

Edwin Yancey tossed in a bet of 6,300 into the side pot and his opponent made the call. Yancey showed {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a straight while his opponent held {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for just top pair. Lowery turned over {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} which was no good either before he walked away from the table.

Player Chips Progress
Edwin Yancey us
Edwin Yancey
40,500
Dan Lowery us
Dan Lowery
Busted

Tags: Daniel LoweryEdwin Yancey

Hoffman Flops the Stone-Cold Nuts

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

A board of {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} was laid out on the table with one player having all of his chips in the middle. Unfortunately for him, Justin Hoffman was his opponent and turned over a hand that was never going to be beaten.

Hoffman tabled {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a flopped straight flush while his opponent held {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. "I was trying to suck him in," Hoffman said about another player that folded on the turn. The insignificant {k-Diamonds} hit the river and Hoffman eliminated his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Hoffman us
Justin Hoffman
49,000
19,000
19,000

Tags: Justin Hoffman