$1,700 Main Event Day 1a | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

12-20-2019 02:31 UTC-7

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

TylerWarken

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

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.

12-19-2019 15:18 UTC-7

Joe Walters Captures First Ring in Event #1: $250 No-Limit Hold'em

TylerWarken

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

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 #1: $250 NLH, 362 runners created a $72,400 prize pool that was paid out to the top 55 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Steve Foutty (11th - $1,075), James Nortier (13th- $886), Anthony Cirrito (19th - $634), Joseph Young (27th - $505), and Chris Wallace (36th - $436).

In the end, it was Missouri native Joe Walters who collected every chip in play to capture his first ring along with a $14,838 payday.

Walters won his first World Series of Poker Circuit ring for taking down the opening event at the Harrah's Las Vegas World Series of Poker Circuit. Walters also has the honor of calling himself the first Harrah's Las Vegas Circuit ring winner this decade. The last time the WSOP Circuit was at this property was in 2005.

"It feels good," said Walters. "It was my goal at the beginning of the year to earn a ring."

This marks Walters third Circuit cash of the season and fourth of his career. He made a deep run at the new Ameristar St. Charles stop in September in a $600 No-Limit Hold'em event, but fell just short of the final table, finishing in 11th place for $1,292.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Joe Walters	Lee's Summit, Missouri	$14,838
2	Mark Liedtke	Manassas, Virginia	$9,192
3	April Beard	Park City, Utah	$6,649
4	Michael Souza	San Diego, California	$4,884
5	Michael Macarle	Phoenix, Arizona	$3,645
6	Whitney Langwell	Eugene, Oregon	$2,769
7	Michael Senter	Las Vegas, Nevada	$2,129
8	John Robertson	Las Vegas, Nevada	$1,667
9	Robert Wido	Lindenhurst, Illinois	$1,328

12-19-2019 14:13 UTC-7

Kellner Doesn't Need to Look to Crack Kings

TylerWarken

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

The player in the hijack started the action with a raise to 400. Kelly Kellner announced before the hand he would play it blind and he put in a three-bet to 1,200 from the button. The hijack called and they went heads up to a flop that came . The action checked to Kellner and he put out a continuation bet of 1,500. His opponent called.

Action was checked to Kellner on the turn card. He looked at one of his cards and then checked back. The completed the board and the hijack led out for 1,000. Kellner now looked at both of his cards and put in a raise to 3,500. His opponent called and both hands were tabled.

Kelly Kellner:
Opponent:

Kellner rivered two pairs to beat his opponents over pair and collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Kellner	36,000	-200

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12-19-2019 12:13 UTC-7

Day 1a of the WSOP Circuit Harrahs $1,700 Main Event Begin at Noon

TylerWarken

The World Series of Poker Circuit at Harrah’s $1,700 Main Event kicks off today, with Day 1a. This is the first of two opening day flights and it is set to begin at 12:00p.m. local time.

Players will begin with 30,000 starting chips, and Day 1a is scheduled to play through 15 40-minute levels before wrapping up for the night. All players are allowed one re-entry per flight, and late registration is available up through the beginning of Level 13.

The blinds begin at 100/100, with a big blind ante kicking in at Level 2. Those blind/ante levels will go up to 2000/3000/3000 at Level 15, the last level of play on Day 1.

The ultimate prize on the line is the WSOP Circuit ring, and the right to be called the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Main Event champion.

Today's action is the first of two Day 1 flights, with Day 1b scheduled for Friday. The survivors of Day 1a and Day 1b will come back as a combined field for Day 2 Saturday. Day 3 commences on Sunday, and the tournament will play down to a champion.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the Main Event kicks off today!