$1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

12-21-2019 18:28 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Spanne	Busted
Jim Collopy	Busted

Roland Rokita	Busted
Andrew Campbell	Busted
Darren Rabinowitz	Busted
Wilbern Hoffman	Busted
Brian Altman	Busted

Nghia Nguyen	Busted
Christopher Ocksrider	Busted

Conniff Catches Graner

TylerWarken

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Asher Conniff raised to 16,000 from the cutoff. Stephen Graner called on the button and the big blind came along as well.

The flop came and Conniff put out a continuation bet of 15,000. Both players called.

The fell on the turn and the big blind checked to Conniff who fired out 40,000. Graner moved all in, the big blind folded and Conniff had a decision to make for his last 234,000. After some time in the tank Conniff threw is some chips to call.

Stephen Graner:
Asher Conniff:

Graner was unable to hit his straight as the completed the board to give Conniff the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Graner	880,000 120,000	120,000

Asher Conniff	573,000 273,000	273,000

Tags: Asher Conniff Stephen Graner

12-21-2019 18:38 UTC-7

Break Time

TylerWarken

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-21-2019 18:54 UTC-7

Mark Liedtke Claims First Ring in Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack

Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 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 #4: $400 NLH Monster Stack, 225 runners created a $74,250 prize pool that was paid out to the top 34 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Patrick Testoni (11th - $1,233), Robert Cote (13th- $1,037), Nicholas Haynes (18th - $893), Brenda DeWitt (21st - $787), and Brian Green (23rd - $711).

In the end, it was Virginia native Mark Liedtke who collected every chip in play to capture his first ring along with a $17,309 payday.

“It feels pretty good,” he said after the event. This is Liedtke’s 40th career Circuit cash, and he’s come close to victory before, but until today always fell short of a ring. “I got second twice this year,” he recalled. “And a couple other final tables.”

Liedtke is primarily a cash game player. Tournaments are “more of a fun thing for me,” he said

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Mark Liedtke	Manassas, Virginia	$17,309
2	Michael Macarle	Phoenix, Arizona	$10,683
3	Brad Jarrett	Orlando, Florida	$7,595
4	Kyle Birdwell	Fort Worth, Texas	$5,506
5	Nathaniel Adams	Salt Lake City, Utah	$4,072
6	Thomas Kornechuk	Auburn, Washington	$3,074
7	Saad Ghanem	Laurel, Maryland	$2,369
8	Jesse Jones	Springfield, Missouri	$1,864
9	Trygve Leite	Oslo, Norway	$1,500

12-21-2019 19:05 UTC-7

McKeehen Eliminated By Owen's Cowboy's

Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Adam Owen opened for 20,000 from early position and Joe McKeehen defended his big blind to see a flop.

McKeehen check-jammed after Owen continued and was snap-called.

Adam Owen:
Joe McKeehen:

Owen was ahead with his made hand of kings but still had to dodge some cards as McKeehen held the flush and open-ended staright draw.

The turn was no help to McKeehen nor was the river and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	1,400,000 400,000	400,000
Joe McKeehen	Busted

Tags: Joe McKeehen Adam Owen

12-21-2019 19:15 UTC-7

Hundt Wins a Flip to Stay Alive

TylerWarken

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Mike Leah raised to 25,000 from under the gun and James Hundt moved all in from middle position for 98,000. The action got back around to Leah who put in the chips to call.

James Hundt:
Mike Leah:

It was a coin flip and Leah picked up a gut shot to add to his outs after the flop came . Leah could not improve any further as the board ran out and to give Hundt the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	490,000 -310,000	-310,000

James Hundt	215,000 178,000	178,000

Tags: Mike Leah James Hundt

12-21-2019 19:23 UTC-7

Hochman Eliminated By Gantchev

Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Wenrao Zhang opened 21,000 on the button and Gueorgui Gantchev called from the small blind. Action was on Corey Hochman who three-bet jammed for roughly 200,000 from the big blind and was called by Gantchev after Zhang mucked his hand.

Corey Hochman:
Gueorgui Gantchev:

Hochman was ahead until the flop fell pairing Gantchev's king.

The turn added outs to Hochman's hand as he needed to spike an ace or five to stay alive.

Unfortunately for Hochman, the board paired with the on the river ending his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gueorgui Gantchev	450,000 50,000	50,000
Wenrao Zhang	320,000 212,000	212,000
Corey Hochman	Busted

Tags: Wenrao Zhang Gueorgui Gantchev Corey Hochman

12-21-2019 19:27 UTC-7

Zarco Goes Runner-Runner Flush to Stay Alive

TylerWarken

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Javier Zarco limped in from the hijack and Nitis Udornpim raised to 45,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Zarco moved all in for 287,000. Udornpim snap called.

Nitis Udornpim:
Javier Zarco:

Zarco was unable to find a nine on the flop, but the turn gave him a flush draw. The fourth diamond came in on the river and Zarco improved to a flush to double up and stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Zarco	600,000 401,000	401,000
Nitis Udornpim	430,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Javier Zarco Nitis Udornpim

12-21-2019 19:36 UTC-7

Eliminated 64th-72nd ($2,780)

Anthony Thompson

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Another round of recent eliminations.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gordon Vayo	Busted
Timothy Little	Busted
Matthew Elsby	Busted

Ben Keeline	Busted
Jordan Cristos	Busted

Viacheslav Fentisov	Busted
Michael Pearson	Busted
Robert Natividad	Busted
Brock Wilson	Busted