2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
403
Players Left
85

Garshofsky Clocks Opponent Out the Door

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante
Mitchell Garshofsky
Mitchell Garshofsky

Mitchell Garshofsky opened under the gun and the button player three-bet to 3,200. The blinds folded and action was back on Garshofsky who four-bet jammed sending his opponent deep into the tank. After roughly eight minutes a clock was finally called and Garshofsky's opponent called once the five-second countdown began.

Mitchell Garshofsky: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Opponent: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Garshofsky had his opponent crushed and improved to a set on the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{q-Spades} flop but it also gave his opponent a broadway draw.

The {7-Diamonds} turn changed nothing and Garshofsky sent his opponent to the rail after the {q-Diamonds} completed the board on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Mitchell Garshofsky us
Mitchell Garshofsky
51,200

Tags: Mitchell Garshofsky

Mancilla Rivers the Nuts and Gets Paid

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante
Brian Mancilla
Brian Mancilla

There was heads-up action between Brian Mancilla from middle position and Matthew Omeara from the big blind with a {7-Spades}{5-Spades}{j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} board showing.

With over 5,000 already in the middle, Omeara check-called Mancilla's 3,200 bet and was the {8-Hearts} complete the board on the river.

Omeara checked his option once more to Mancilla who fired out 7,000 sending Omeara into the tank.

After a minute or so, Omeara called and Mancilla tabled {10-Spades}{9-Spades} for the nut-staright to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Mancilla us
Brian Mancilla
26,700
-3,300
-3,300
Matthew Omeara us
Matthew Omeara
21,500
21,500
21,500

Tags: Brian MancillaMatthew Omeara

Haresh Thaker Wins Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold'em

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante
Haresh Thaker
Haresh Thaker

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.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Haresh ThakerLondon, United Kingdom$17,520
2Ryan DoddRunnemede, New Jersey$10,823
3Jaime Edmondson LongoriaFt. Lauderdale, Florida$7,676
4Steve FouttyLas Vegas, Nevada$5,555
5Isidro SifuentesHouston, Texas$4,102
6Victor PangFoster City, California$3,093
7Sterling LopezAnchorage, Arkansas$2,383
8Jared KingsburyPortland, Oregon$1,876
9Jeffrey DavisOakland, California$1,510

Tags: Jeffrey DavisJason SeitzHaresh ThakerArkadiy TsinisMelissa BryneMichael HanelinMike ShinRyan DoddSteve Foutty

Lenart Cracks Morrison's Aces with Broadway

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante
Lester Lenart
Lester Lenart

There were three players that saw a {j-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop after an initial preflop raise.

Action was checked to Lester Lenart who fired out a 1,200 bet from late position and Jeremy Pekarek called on the button. Action was on Bryant Morrison who raised to 3,200 from the big blind and was called by Lenart while Pekarek folded.

The {q-Clubs} turn wad checked to the {10-Diamonds} river where Morrison called Lenart's 4,000 bet after he checked his option.

Lenart tabled {a-Spades}{k-Spades} for the nuts and Morrison tossed {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Lester Lenart us
Lester Lenart
49,800
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
35,400
5,400
5,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryant Morrison us
Bryant Morrison
15,500

Tags: Lester LenartJeremy PekarekBryant Morrison

Visher Shows The Bluff

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante
Barbara Visher
Barbara Visher

Barbara Visher opened her button to 400 and the small blind three-bet to 2,000. Visher called and they went heads up to a flop.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and the preflop aggressor put out a continuation bet of 2,600. Visher called.

The {8-Spades} fell on the turn and Visher called a bet of 6,000. The {k-Clubs} completed the board and the small blind led out for 7,000. Visher gave it some thought before she put in a raise to 15,000. The small blind quickly folded and Visher tabled {6-Spades}{4-Hearts} for just six-high as she collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Barb Visher us
Barb Visher
50,000

Tags: Barbara Visher

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

WSOPC Ring and the Cash
WSOPC Ring and the Cash

The World Series of Poker Circuit at Harrahs $1,700 Main Event Day 1b starts at 12:00p.m. local time. Day 1a pulled in 262 entries with just 58 remaining at the end of the night. Raul Martinez bagged the largest stack with 406,000.

Players will begin with 30,000 starting chips, and Day 1b 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 Harrahs Main Event champion.

After today's action 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.

Main Event Day 1 Structure

Day 1 Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindBB Ante
140100100-
240100100100
340100200200
Break 15    
440100200200
540200300300
640200400400
Break 15    
740300500500
840300600600
940400800800
Dinner Break 45    
10405001,0001,000
11406001,2001,200
12408001,6001,600
Break 15    
13401,0002,0002,000
14401,0002,5002,500
15401,5003,0003,000

The 2019/20 WSOP Circuit Season At Harrah's Las Vegas

There has been plenty of action that has taken place over the past week here at Harrah's casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here is a list of all the winners that have won events so far.

TournamentEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
Event #1: $250 NLH Multi-Flight362$72,400Joe Walters$14,838
Event #2: $400 NLH Multi-Flight219$75,000Haresh Thaker$17,520
Event #3: $600 NLH Multi-Flight188$100,000Jon Aldalur$24,298
Event #4: $400 NLH Monster Stack225$74,250Mark Liedtke$17,309
Event #5: $400 NLH Bounty86$19,780Steve Foutty$6,042
Event #6: $250 Seniors Event219$43,800Wayne Keller$10,301
Event #7: $400 HORSE120$39,600Christina Hill$10,956
Event#8: $400 NLH Double Stack331$109,230Ashraf Chehata$23,575
Event#9: $400 NLH Turbo170$56,100Al Cutler$14,100
Event #10: $2,200 NLH High Roller86$172,000Brett Apter$52,084

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