2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
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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 1b
Entries
255
Players Left
39
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Welcome to Day 1b of the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi Main Event!

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

The time has come for the second and final flight of the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi $1,700 Main Event, and Day 1b hopefuls will be looking to join the 31 players who made it through yesterday's Day 1a flight. Leading the pack from yesterday's flight is Sohale Khalili with 624,000, while Ravi Raghavan (481,000), Brett Apter (339,000), Josh Reichard (132,000) are still in the hunt, as are former WSOPC Potawatomi champs Michael Hudson (148,000) and Keven Stammen (90,000).

Day 1b is set to kick off at 11 a.m. local time, and features fifteen forty-minute levels, and a single one-hour level will be played 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.

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.

Maurice Hawkins, Allen Kessler, and Craig Trost are expected to fire again today, while Umut Ozturk, Dan Bekavac, and Jason Reno will be getting their first taste of Main Event action. All players that were unable to find a bag yesterday, along with any new players, are all eligible to play.

Follow along with PokerNews as action gets underway here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as we continue the journey to crown the latest WSOPC Main Event champ!

Tags: Allen KesslerBrett ApterCraig TrostDan BekavacJason RenoJosh ReichardJoshua TurnerKeven StammenMaurice HawkinsMichael HudsonRavi RaghavanSohale KhaliliUmut Ozturk

Wester Wins a Wild One With Aces Against Aces and Kings

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Jerry Wester
Jerry Wester

Jerry Wester was all in before the flop for his last 30,000 from the button, and his two opponents, who were slightly covered by Wester, had committed their chips as well after a preflop raising war.

Small Blind: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Big Blind: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Jerry Wester: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

Wester's aces found a lot of help in avoiding a chop on a {4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} flop, and sure enough, the {5-Diamonds} turn gave Wester the nut flush, leaving both of his opponents dead to the {7-Hearts} river. Wester finds himself with triple the starting stack just minutes into Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
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Jerry Wester
90,000
90,000
90,000

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Two Recent Ring Winners Tangle

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante
Craig Trost
Craig Trost

A player limped in from middle position, and Michael Moncek, who won his second WSOPC ring in last night's Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em raised to 1,200 from the hijack. Craig Trost, who also won his second WSOPC ring during this Circuit stop in Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold'em, called in the big blind, as did the middle position player.

Action checked down to the river of a {10-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs} board, where Trost bet 800. The middle position player folded, but Moncek quickly called and tabled {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}. Trost mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Moncek
47,500
47,500
47,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Craig Trost
13,000
22,000
22,000

Tags: Craig TrostMichael Moncek

Alsup Finds a Good River For Big Slick

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante
Rich Alsup in Day 1a action
Rich Alsup in Day 1a action

A player checked a {10-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} board from middle position, and Rich Alsup bet 1,600 into a pot of 4,000. His opponent called.

The {a-Diamonds} fell on the river, and the middle position player checked again. Alsup bet 1,900, and his opponent called again. Alsup turned over {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} for aces-up, and his opponent nodded, then mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Rich Alsup
57,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Sepiol Puts His Opponent in the Tank

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante
Daniel Sepiol
Daniel Sepiol

A player raised to 1,300 from the hijack, and Nicola Ditrapani, who won Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack here this week for his first WSOPC ring, called on the button. Daniel Sepiol three-bet to 7,700 from the big blind, and only the hijack called.

Sepiol led out for 5,000 on the {j-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{a-Spades} flop, and his opponent quickly raised to 10,000. Sepiol jammed for 26,000 total, and his opponent went deep into the tank. After about two minutes, he released his hand.

"Wow...I'm really surprised," tablemate Alan Cutler told Sepiol while he was stacking his chips up.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicola Ditrapani
115,000
5,000
5,000
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Daniel Sepiol
54,500
12,500
12,500

Tags: Alan CutlerDaniel SepiolNicola Ditrapani

Rock and Alsup Go to War

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Ben Rock
Ben Rock

Ben Rock (under-the-gun) and Rich Alsup (next-to-act) got into a preflop raising war that saw both players invest 12,500 to see a {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop.

Rock led out for 15,000, and Alsup folded, showing at least an {a-} as he did.

"Kings?" Alsup asked Rock.

Rock showed {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a flush draw, and told Alsup, "You keep three-betting me!"

Player Chips Progress
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Rich Alsup
94,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ben Rock
85,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Ben RockRich Alsup

Wazwaz Sets Himself Up For a Triple

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Rob Wazwaz
Rob Wazwaz

Henry Zou checked a {j-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop from the small blind, and the big blind jammed for 16,300. Rob Wazwaz called off his last 15,700 from under the gun, and Blake Battaglia thought for a minute before calling to put both players at risk. Zou folded and the hands were tabled.

Rob Wazwaz: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Blake Battaglia: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Wazwaz looked to be in good shape to triple up, but the {9-Hearts} turn gave Battaglia a flush draw. The {8-Diamonds} river bricked off, and Wazwaz said, "Oh, I didn't even see the flush draw!" before scooping in the huge triple, while both the big blind and Battaglia were left on fumes.

Player Chips Progress
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Rob Wazwaz
65,000
45,800
45,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Blake Battaglia
3,900
27,300
27,300

Tags: Blake BattagliaHenry ZouRob Wazwaz

Bryant's Got a Giant Stack

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Jill Bryant
Jill Bryant

A preflop raising war saw the small blind get in his last 38,600, Jill Bryant jam over the top from the hijack, and Ben Wiora fold what he later claimed to be {j-}{j-}.

Opponent: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Jill Bryant: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

Bryant's tens picked up a flush draw on the {4-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop, and she left her opponent dead to a chop on the {7-Clubs} turn. The {5-Spades} river confirmed the KO of the small blind, and Bryant continues to crush her way through Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
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Jill Bryant
180,000
40,000
40,000
Day 1B Chip Leader

Tags: Ben WioraJill Bryant

Elfelt Won't Be Bullied in the Blinds

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

The small blind raised to 3,500, and Paul "Big Daddy" Elfelt made the call in the big blind.

"Forty-two," said the small blind after the {3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop hit the felt. Elfelt quickly raised to 10,000, and the small blind looked skyward for a moment, before throwing his hand away.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Elfelt
75,200
39,200
39,200

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Rogowski, Herstein Out

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

Andy Rogowski put his last 2,500 in from under the gun, and both Nicola Ditrapani in the cutoff and Alan Cutler in big blind called.

"Thank you, dealer!" Rogowski said before the {k-Spades}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs} flop could fall. Ditrapani bet 4,000, and Cutler folded.

"I'm going to need perfect-perfect," Rogowski told Ditrapani once the cards were tabled.

Andy Rogowski: {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Nicola Ditrapani: {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

Rogowski was left dead on the {a-Diamonds} turn, and Rogowski was out of his chair before the {9-Diamonds} river could fall.

"You too?" Rogowski asked Gary Herstein, who was also out of his seat.

"Ace-king," Herstein said with a nod, and the duo headed to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicola Ditrapani
140,000
35,000
35,000
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Alan Cutler
110,000
25,000
25,000
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Andy Rogowski
Busted
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Gary Herstein
Busted

Tags: Alan CutlerAndy RogowskiGary HersteinNicola Ditrapani

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