2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi
Final Results
Winner
Richard Bai
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$138,317
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
447
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
192
Players Left
31
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Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Frank Cerminara us
Frank Cerminara
47,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Edward Dixon us
Edward Dixon
46,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of George Dietz us
George Dietz
42,500
42,500
42,500
Profile photo of Leon Gao us
Leon Gao
39,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Steve Wazwaz us
Steve Wazwaz
37,500
7,500
7,500
Profile photo of Jeremy Brown us
Jeremy Brown
35,500
35,500
35,500
Profile photo of Dave Grandin us
Dave Grandin
33,500
9,500
9,500
Profile photo of Cero Zuccarello us
Cero Zuccarello
33,500
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Chad Holloway us
Chad Holloway
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
30,000
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Andy Rogowski us
Andy Rogowski
29,500
500
500
Profile photo of Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
29,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
27,500
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
22,200
14,200
14,200
Profile photo of Anselmo Villarreal us
Anselmo Villarreal
21,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Royce Matheson us
Royce Matheson
15,000
15,000
15,000

Peppe Dispatches Mallette

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: {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Robert Peppe: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

Mallette found no help on the {2-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}, but the {9-Spades} turn kept him alive with a gutshot. Peppe's set of nines held up on the {j-Spades} river, and Mallette headed to re-enter, finding himself back at the same table with Peppe.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Peppe
40,000
Profile photo of Quinterol Mallette us
Quinterol Mallette
30,000
5,000
5,000

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A Round of Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Travis Lauson us
Travis Lauson
126,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Jerod Smith us
Jerod Smith
60,000
Profile photo of Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
51,500
3,500
3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bradley Jansen us
Bradley Jansen
43,500
14,500
14,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Steven Sanzaro us
Steven Sanzaro
42,700
6,700
6,700
Profile photo of Michael Wolff us
Michael Wolff
42,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of John Simon us
John Simon
40,200
Profile photo of Ken Baime us
Ken Baime
35,500
Profile photo of Howard Hankin us
Howard Hankin
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Rich Alsup us
Rich Alsup
30,500
500
500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Johnson us
Aaron Johnson
29,500
500
500
Profile photo of Gary Herstein us
Gary Herstein
29,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Ken Komberec us
Ken Komberec
27,800
2,200
2,200
Profile photo of Craig Trost us
Craig Trost
16,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Larry Wagner us
Larry Wagner
4,000
1,000
1,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Wagner's Big Slick Gets Tripped Up By Wazwaz

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

A blind-versus-blind battle saw a pot of 18,000 already built up, and the {3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} 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 {a-Spades}{8-Spades} for aces-up. Wagner showed his defeated {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, and sent around 80% of his remaining stack to Wazwaz.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
48,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Larry Wagner us
Larry Wagner
3,000
25,000
25,000

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Nelson Outkicks Hawkins

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Glen Nelson bet 1,700 on an {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop, and Maurice Hawkins, who currently holds the record for the most WSOPC rings with 13, called next to act.

Nelson bet 2,500 on the {2-Diamonds} turn, and Hawkins called again.

Nelson fired 6,000 on the {2-Hearts} river. "That sucks," Hawkins said. Hawkins settled on a call, and Nelson showed {a-Spades}{q-Spades}. Hawkins flashed an ace as he mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Glen Nelson us
Glen Nelson
45,000
Profile photo of Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
8,000
22,000
22,000

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Lauson Already Over Six-Figures

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Travis Lauson
Travis Lauson

Three players saw an {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades} flop together, and action checked over to Travis Lauson in the cutoff, who bet 1,700 into a pot of 3,000. The big blind called, as did the hijack.

Action checked to Lauson again on the {3-Clubs} turn, and he bet 4,700. Both of his opponents folded, and Lauson tabled {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} for an overpair and a gutshot. Lauson has already managed to more than triple his stack in the early going, sitting with just over 100,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Travis Lauson us
Travis Lauson
104,000
74,000
74,000

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"Cheesehead" Jacob Rich Wins Event #2: $400 NLH Multi-Flight for $52,680

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Jacob Rich
Jacob Rich

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 #2: $400 NLH Multi-Flight, 921 runners over four starting flights and created a $303,390 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 136 players including Kirk Spano (12th - $3,671), Renato Manalo (20th - $2,131), Josh Reichard (23rd - $1,843), Howard Hankin (25th - $1,623), Jerod Smith (36th - $1,244), and Bryan Skreens (62nd - $911).

In the end, 28-year-old Jacob Rich of Plymouth, Wisconsin took it down for $52,680 and his first gold ring. The payday came at just the right time too as Rich is planning on opening his own business.

“It feels great,” Rich said after the win. “I’ve been playing poker since I was 21 but I’ve really been working on a few projects these past few years. I’m opening a cheese plant in Plymouth, Wisconsin to sell goat cheese. I just got my cheese making license and the plant is on its way to opening, so I’m very happy.”

Congrats to the latest “Cheesehead” gold ring winner.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Jacob RichPlymouth, Wisconsin$52,680
2Scott WilsonN/A$32,692
3John NowakPlano, Texas$23,535
4James MaahsChicago, Illinois$17,201
5Gary HersteinChicago, Illinois$12,770
6Miguel DabulLincolnwood, Illinois$9,631
7Allen WisniewskiDousman, Wisconsin$7,382
8Gregory BairdHinsdale, Illinois$5,751
9Hassan TahsildarGreen Bay, Wisconsin$4,556

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