2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$192,199
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,007,475
Entries
665
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
262
Players Left
58

$1,700 Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Raul Martinez Bags Chip Lead as 58 Players Advance From Day 1a of the WSOPC Harrahs $1,700 Main Event

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Raul Martinez
Raul Martinez

Day 1a of the 2019 WSOPC Main Event at Harrahs Casino has come to an end. Today saw a total of 262 entries and 58 of those players put chips in a bag and will return on Day 2 which will happen Saturday at 1:00 p.m..

Raul Martinez bagged the largest stack with 406,000. Jimmy Lee (279,000), Steve Karp (271,500), Mike Leah (254,500) and Kfir Nahum (252,500) make up the rest of the top five.

Other notables that were able to bag today include Stan Jablonski (205,000), Tim Reilly (200,000), Nipun Java (199,000), Bryan Piccioli (189,500) and Anthony Spinella (180,500) just to name a few.

Some familiar faces that were in action today but will have to try again tomorrow include Chris Ferguson, Joseph Cheong, Katie Lindsay, Chris Moorman, Scott Baumstein, Jesse Sylvia, Joe McKeehen and Jared Jaffee.

Day 1b begins tomorrow at 12:00p.m. local time.

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Raul Martinez es
Raul Martinez
406,000 406,000
Jimmy Lee ca
Jimmy Lee
279,000 69,000
Steve Karp us
Steve Karp
271,500 271,500
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
254,500 49,500
Kfir Nahum il
Kfir Nahum
252,500
Wilbern Hoffman us
Wilbern Hoffman
239,000 239,000
Eric Salazar us
Eric Salazar
234,000 234,000
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
WSOP 3X Winner
215,500 215,500
Mark Liedtke us
Mark Liedtke
214,000 114,000
Adekunle Olonoh us
Adekunle Olonoh
208,000 208,000
Stan Jablonski us
Stan Jablonski
205,000 153,000
Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
200,000 63,000
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
199,000 199,000
Nipun Java in
Nipun Java
WSOP 3X Winner
199,000 199,000
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
WSOP 2X Winner
189,500 114,500
David Blackmon
David Blackmon
181,000 181,000
Rene Lazaro us
Rene Lazaro
180,500 87,500
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
WSOP 1X Winner
180,500
William James
William James
164,500 164,500
Lokesh Garg us
Lokesh Garg
156,500 156,500
Koji Takagi jp
Koji Takagi
152,000
Sohale Khalili us
Sohale Khalili
137,500 137,500
Truyen Nguyen us
Truyen Nguyen
136,000 136,000
Mario Mosbock at
Mario Mosbock
135,000 135,000
Daniel Colpoys us
Daniel Colpoys
124,000 124,000

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Four More Hands

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 1a. Stay tuned for some chip counts along with a short recap of the day's action.

Lee Jams River Against Altman

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With 19,000 in the pot Brian Altman checked from under the gun to Jimmy Lee in middle position who bet 7,500 on a board reading {4-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs}. Altman called and they went to a turn card which was the {k-Hearts}. Both players checked.

The {2-Hearts} completed the board and Altman thought for over a minute before placing 23,000 in the middle. Lee raised all in and put Altman to a decision for his last 38,000. Altman went back into the tank for several minutes before the clock was called and he released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jimmy Lee ca
Jimmy Lee
210,000 150,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
38,000 13,000

Tags: Brian AltmanJimmy Lee

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Zeidman Wins a Flip to Stay Alive

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Bob Zeidman moved all in on the button for 46,500 and the small blind moved all in over the top. The big blind folded and the cards were flipped over.

Bob Zeidman: {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}

Zeidman took the lead right away as the flop came {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}. The {a-Hearts} turn and {2-Hearts} river changed nothing and Zeidman doubled up to stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
Bob Zeidman us
Bob Zeidman
96,000 96,000

Tags: Bob Zeidman

Leah Crosses 200,000 Chip Mark

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Rene Lazaro raised to 5,500 on the button and Mike Leah defended his big blind. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Leah check-called a bet of 4,000.

Both players checked the {8-Diamonds} turn card and Leah led for 10,000 on the {5-Hearts} river. Lazaro wasted little time before thowing in the chips to call.

Mike Leah: {k-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

Leah tabled top pair which was good enough to collect to pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
205,000 165,000
Rene Lazaro us
Rene Lazaro
93,000 -7,000

Tags: Rene LazaroMike Leah

Wayne Keller Wins $250 Seniors Event

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Wayne Keller
Wayne Keller

While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.

In Event #6: $250 NLH Seniors, 219 seniors created a $43,800 prize pool that was paid out to the top 33 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Aaron Morris (11th- $730), James Rolling (13th - $615), Jeffrey Paulson (16th - $531), Michael Johnson (19th - $470), Dennis Jones (24th - $426) and John Ernst (28th - $379).

In the end, it was Nevada native Wayne Keller who collected every chip in play to capture his first ring along with a $10,301 payday.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Wayne KellerMesquite, Nevada$10,301
2Robert WebbLas Vegas, Nevada$6,357
3Nick CoukosRichmond Hill, Ontario$4,509
4Wilbern HoffmanLubbock, Texas$3,262
5Harlen MillerBismark, North Dakota$2,409
6Aaron ScheffTucson, Arizona$1,817
7Richard MunroBell Canyon, California$1,399
8Jeffrey CooksonMilton, Ontario$1,102
9James WorleySpicewood, Texas$887

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500