$1,700 Main Event Day 1a | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi

09-20-2019 12:54 UTC-5

Wagner's Big Slick Gets Tripped Up By Wazwaz

BrandonTemple

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

A blind-versus-blind battle saw a pot of 18,000 already built up, and the board was already on the felt. Rob Wazwaz bet 12,800 from the small blind, and Larry Wagner went deep into the tank in the big blind.

Wagner thought for around two minutes before tossing in a single chip to call, and Wazwaz flipped over for aces-up. Wagner showed his defeated , and sent around 80% of his remaining stack to Wazwaz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Wazwaz	48,000 20,000	20,000

Larry Wagner	3,000 -25,000	-25,000

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09-20-2019 13:02 UTC-5

Time For A Break

BrandonTemple

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Players are off on their first fifteen-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

09-20-2019 13:17 UTC-5

More Day 1a Photos From the 2019 WSOPC Potawatomi $1,700 Main Event

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09-20-2019 13:27 UTC-5

A Round of Chip Counts

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Lauson	126,000 22,000	22,000
Jerod Smith	60,000
Rob Wazwaz	51,500 3,500	3,500

Bradley Jansen	43,500 14,500	14,500

Steven Sanzaro	42,700 6,700	6,700
Michael Wolff	42,000 -2,000	-2,000
John Simon	40,200
Ken Baime	35,500
Howard Hankin	32,000 2,000	2,000
Rich Alsup	30,500 500	500

Aaron Johnson	29,500 -500	-500
Gary Herstein	29,000 -5,000	-5,000
Ken Komberec	27,800 -2,200	-2,200
Craig Trost	16,000 -14,000	-14,000
Larry Wagner	4,000 1,000	1,000

09-20-2019 13:37 UTC-5

Peppe Dispatches Mallette

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Quinterol Mallette jammed for his last 3,700 from early position, and Robert Peppe called in the small blind.

Quinterol Mallette:
Robert Peppe:

Mallette found no help on the , but the turn kept him alive with a gutshot. Peppe's set of nines held up on the river, and Mallette headed to re-enter, finding himself back at the same table with Peppe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Peppe	40,000
Quinterol Mallette	30,000 5,000	5,000

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09-20-2019 13:39 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Cerminara	47,000 47,000	47,000
Edward Dixon	46,000 46,000	46,000
George Dietz	42,500 42,500	42,500
Leon Gao	39,000 9,000	9,000
Steve Wazwaz	37,500 7,500	7,500
Jeremy Brown	35,500 35,500	35,500
Dave Grandin	33,500 9,500	9,500
Cero Zuccarello	33,500 3,500	3,500
Ralph Massey	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aaron Massey	30,000 30,000	30,000
Chad Holloway	30,000 30,000	30,000

Brian Altman	30,000

Andy Rogowski	29,500 -500	-500
Kou Vang	29,000 29,000	29,000
Rich Alsup	27,500 -3,000	-3,000

Maurice Hawkins	22,200 14,200	14,200
Anselmo Villarreal	21,000 -12,000	-12,000
Royce Matheson	15,000 15,000	15,000

09-20-2019 13:50 UTC-5

Daciolas Welcomes Shin to the Table

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Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Ken Daciolas raised to 500 from under the gun, and Mike Shin, who just took his seat in the tournament, three-bet to 1,800 from middle position. The cutoff called, as did Daciolas.

Daciolas checked the flop to Shin, who bet 2,500. The cutoff folded, and Daciolas called.

Both players checked the turn, and Daciolas bet 5,000 on the river. Shin called, and Daciolas tabled for a flopped straight. Shin mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Daciolas	23,900 23,900	23,900
Mike Shin	20,700 20,700	20,700

Tags: Ken Daciolas Mike Shin

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

09-20-2019 13:58 UTC-5

Craig Trost Captures Second Gold Ring w/ Event #3: $600 NLH Victory

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Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is in Milwaukee to live report action the $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.

Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold’em attracted 87 runners who created a $44,805 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 14 players and among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Yer Vang (10th - $1,055), Daniel Sarullo (11th - $1,055), Nik Stone (12th - $1,055), Andres Garcia (13th - $935), and Ed Smith (14th - $935).

Craig Trost came into the final table with the chip lead and the 34-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin wound up the winner for $14,834 and his second gold ring.

“I want to say thank you to my very supportive wife. She is amazing and I love her very much,” Trost said with a smile on his face.

Making the experience even more special was that he was at the final table with a good friend of his.

“Jeff Minnerly is a good buddy of mine so it was really fun to make a final table with him as well,” said Trost. “Coming back to the final four, I knew all the guys were really good players. It was really fun playing with them because they are all such great guys which made it such an enjoyable experience.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Craig Trost	Madison, Wisconsin	$14,834
2	Paul Ewen	Hartley, Iowa	$9,710
3	Jeff Minnerly	Madison, Wisconsin	$6,287
4	Clinton Wolcyn	Savage, Minnesota	$4,437
5	Daniel Beringer	Chicago, Illinois	$3,225
6	Melissa Bryne	Hutton, Texas	$2,417
7	Alexander Ziskin	Vernon Hills, Illinois	$1,869
8	Kenneth Donarski	Willow Brook, Illinois	$1,493
9	Todd Bartlett	Dallas City, Illinois	$1,233

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