Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Rene Lazaro raised to 600 from middle position. The button called and they went heads up to a flop that came . Lazaro put out a continuation bet of 700 and his opponent called.
Lazaro wasn't slowing down on the turn card as he bet 2,000. His opponent again called. The completed the board and Lazaro bet 5,500. His opponent quickly called and Lazaro tabled his hand.
Rene Lazaro:
Lazaro showed two pair and collected the pot after his opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rene Lazaro | 40,000 |
The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
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.
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
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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 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Christopher Ocksrider was in the hijack and got his 31,400 stack in preflop against the big blind.
Christopher Ocksrider:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Ocksrider now sits with double starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Christopher Ocksrider | 64,000 |
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 #2: $400 NLH, 219 runners created a $75,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 34 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael Hanelin (11th - $1,243), Mike Shin (17th - $904), Jason Seitz (20th - $797), Arkadiy Tsinis (27th - $668), and Melissa Bryne (33rd - $604).
In the end, it was United Kingdom native Haresh Thaker who collected every chip in play to capture his first ring along with a $17,520 payday.
Thaker survived a final table that included five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Steve Foutty and he also survived a grueling three-handed battle against Jaime Edmondson Longoria and Ryan Dodd that lasted more than two hours long.
Thaker's only other career World Series of Poker cash came in 2014 when he finished in 8th place and just two spots shy of the final table in the $1,500 10-Game Mix 6-Handed event at the World Series of Poker at the Rio.
As soon as Thaker was pushed the final winning pot, he max late-registered in Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold'em to try to keep his winning momentum going. Event #3 also missed its guarantee by a few thousand dollars.
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
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1 | Haresh Thaker | London, United Kingdom | $17,520 |
2 | Ryan Dodd | Runnemede, New Jersey | $10,823 |
3 | Jaime Edmondson Longoria | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | $7,676 |
4 | Steve Foutty | Las Vegas, Nevada | $5,555 |
5 | Isidro Sifuentes | Houston, Texas | $4,102 |
6 | Victor Pang | Foster City, California | $3,093 |
7 | Sterling Lopez | Anchorage, Arkansas | $2,383 |
8 | Jared Kingsbury | Portland, Oregon | $1,876 |
9 | Jeffrey Davis | Oakland, California | $1,510 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jimmy Lee | 60,000 | |
Kelly Kellner |
41,000
-7,600
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-7,600 |
Rene Lazaro |
41,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Mark Liedtke | 33,000 | |
Mike Leah | 30,000 | |
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Tony Sinishtaj | 30,000 | |
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Said El Harrak | 28,000 | |
Bryan Piccioli | 25,000 | |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The button raised to 700 and Ashraf Chehata called from the small blind. Tony Sinishtaj three-bet to 3,300 from the big blind. The button folded and Chehata called.
The flop came and Chehata check-raised Sinishtaj's continuation bet of 2,000 to 5,000. Sinishtaj called.
Chehata led for 2,500 on the turn card and Sinishtaj called. The completed the board and Sinishtaj folded after Chehata moved all in for 17,600.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tony Sinishtaj |
42,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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Ashraf Chehata | 40,000 |