$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi Main Event!
Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been hosting the WSOP Circuit for the past two weeks, and the $1,700 Main Event, with a $500,000 guarantee, is set to kick off at 11 a.m. local time with the first of two starting flights.
Day 1a features fifteen forty-minute levels, and a final one-hour level before play ends for the evening. Blinds start off at 100/100 for the Main Event, and players begin with 30,000 in tournament chips, with big blind ante kicking in at Level 2.
Players will receive a fifteen-minute break after Levels 3, 6, 12 and 15, and a sixty-minute dinner break after Level 9. Registration will remain open through the beginning of Level 13, and a single re-entry is available to players who bust out for both starting flights.
This marks the WSOPC's second stop at Potawatomi this year, as in February, Michael Hudson bested a field of 667 entries to earn $207,159 and deny Joshua Turner from earning his eighth WSOPC ring. WSOP Bracelet winner Kevin Stammen won the 2018 WSOPC Potawatomi Main Event, taking home $190,265 for navigating a 604 player field.
A talented field of players both local and global will be on hand for this weekend's play, and 12-time WSOPC ring winner Josh Reichard, Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul, and Cody Brinn are expected to be in attendance. Likewise, Craig Trost, Bradley Jansen and Hao "John" Sun, who all won rings in earlier events at this Circuit stop, will also likely be in action.
Follow along with PokerNews as action gets underway here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as we begin the journey to crown the latest WSOPC Main Event champ!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1a of the 2019 WSOPC Potawatomi $1,700 Main Event!
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Welcome To The Party!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Nick Pupillo Captures 3rd Gold Ring in WSOP Circuit Potawatomi Opener
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 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 #1: $400 NLH Double Stack, a total of 256 entries created a $84,480 prize pool that was paid out to the top 39 players. Among those to cash were Ben Rock (7th - $2,663), Robert Keating (11th - $1,352), Cheryl Choon (17th - $952), Bryan Skreens (19th - $824), Jason Reno (21st - $824), and Josh Reichard (35th - $558).
In the end, poker pro Nick Pupillo came out on top to win $19,413 and his third gold ring.
“It feels really good to win this tournament, but I had a lot of luck,” said Pupillo. “I was all-in a lot needing help and was fortunate enough it came.”
To seal the deal, he had to defeat Brett Reichard, the father of Circuit stud Josh Reichard, in heads-up play. It took him a single hand to do it.
“I thought we were going to have a very long battle,” Pupillo admitted. “Brett is an excellent player who has two rings along with his son who has eleven, but I got lucky and took him on the very first hand.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pupillo | Gilbert, Arizona | $19,413 |
| 2 | Brett Reichard | Janesville, Wisconsin | $11,999 |
| 3 | Carl Felten | Richfield, Wisconsin | $8,565 |
| 4 | Shane Thorne | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | $6,223 |
| 5 | Scott Brooks | Lincolnwood, Illinois | $4,604 |
| 6 | Leonard Lewandowski | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | $3,469 |
| 7 | Ben Rock | Marshfield, Wisconsin | $2,663 |
| 8 | Nicholas Smith | Chicago, Illinois | $2,083 |
| 9 | Joshua Taff | Kaukauna, Wisconsin | $1,662 |
Villarreal Can't Get Much Action With Quads
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
A player on the button raised to 200, and was called by Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed ring winner Bradley Jansen in the small blind, as well as Anselmo Villarreal in the big blind.
All three players checked the 
flop, and action checked to the button on the 
turn. The button bet 200, and both Jansen and Villarreal called.
Action checked through again on the 
river, and the button showed 
. Villarreal tabled 
with a sheepish grin, prompting Jansen to say, "That's going to win, I think," before mucking, and Villarreal, who flopped a full house and rivered quads, took down the early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000 | 3,000 |
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29,000 | -1,000 |
Xiong's River Bet Shakes Off Wagner
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Three players built up a pot of 1,200 and saw a 
flop together, and action checked to Larry Wagner in the cutoff, who bet 900. The small blind folded, and Jackson Xiong in middle position made the call.
Both players checked the turn, and Xiong bet 2,500 after the hit the river. Wagner furrowed his brow in thought for a few moments, before ultimately deciding on a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,500 | |
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28,000 | -2,000 |
More Day 1a Entrants
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 |