$1,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe

11-02-2019 16:30 UTC-7

Moscati Makes His Move on the Turn

Geoff Fisk

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

An early position player opened to 1,200, Vincent Moscati called in middle position, as well as Vanessa Kade in the cutoff.

The original raiser continued for 1,600 on the flop, Moscati called, and Kade folded.

The early position player checked the turn, Moscati bet 5,200, and his opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Moscati	27,500
Vanessa Kade	25,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Vanessa Kade Vincent Moscati

11-02-2019 16:25 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Helstern	103,000 58,000	58,000
Erle Mankin	100,000 3,000	3,000
Jasthi Kumar	81,000 62,000	62,000
Iris Angeleri	77,000 44,000	44,000
Jarod Minghini	72,000 72,000	72,000
Greg Pincombe	69,000
Nick Pupillo	57,000 9,000	9,000

Sam Cosby	43,000 3,000	3,000
Lance Donnell	33,000 14,000	14,000
Scott Sanders	33,000 33,000	33,000
Teng Vang	33,000
Dan O'Brien	32,000 8,000	8,000
Vanessa Kade	28,000 24,000	24,000
James Pupillo	23,000 23,000	23,000
John Nethery	22,000 2,000	2,000
Jed Hoffman	20,000 13,000	13,000
Max Young	15,000 10,000	10,000
Brett Murray	14,500 2,000	2,000
Mrityunjay Jha	10,000 44,500	44,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	90,000 55,000	55,000

Gina Stagnitto	65,000 4,000	4,000
Ray Villaman	52,000 23,000	23,000
Aram Zobian	51,000 44,000	44,000

Cy Williams	33,000
Lucas Hill	33,000 1,000	1,000
Noel Rodriguez	32,000 8,000	8,000

Robert Georato	32,000 11,500	11,500
David Diiorio	32,000 8,000	8,000
Marty Gorenc	31,000 23,000	23,000
Lee Markholt	30,000

Charles Moore	29,000 1,000	1,000
Colton Blomberg	23,000 23,000	23,000
Adam Demersseman	22,000 5,000	5,000
Robert Henderson	20,000 40,000	40,000

Turn Raise Takes it for Donovan

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Geoff Fisk

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

Jarrod Donovan was under the gun going into the turn, against Shirin Oskooi in the hijack and a third player in the cutoff.

With the board showing , Donovan and Oskooi both checked, and the cutoff bet 4,600. Donovan check-raised to 11,000, Oskooi folded, and the cutoff thought it over for a bit before also folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarrod Donovan	59,000
Shirin Oskooi	38,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Shirin Oskooi Jarrod Donovan

11-02-2019 15:43 UTC-7

Dan O'Brien Wins First WSOP Circuit Gold Ring a Mile from Home

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Geoff Fisk

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the $1,700 Main Event, 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 Harveys Lake Tahoe.

In Event #5: $400 NLH 6-Handed, 205 runners created a $67,650 prize pool that was paid out to the top 31 places. Among those to get a piece of it were Vincent Moscati (10th - $1,451), Michael Faulkner (12th - $1,157), Vanessa Kade (14th - $952), Shirin Oskooi (24th - $709), David Larson (26th - $643), and Jeff Day (31st - $302).

In the end, it was well-known poker pro Dan O’Brien, who now calls Lake Tahoe home, besting Dustin Fox in heads-up play to win the tournament for $16,543 and his first gold ring. The victory came just 24 hours after he finished runner-up to Adam Owen in Event #3.

“It’s sick. I actually forgot that I was getting a ring. It’s honestly really great to play with Dustin heads up,” O’Brien said after the win. “I haven’t been playing as much poker, but I’m playing local stuff. I’m not traveling. This is a mile away, and it’s cool. Honestly, I’m really excited about this. It’s a really fantastic feeling.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Dan O'Brien	Las Vegas, Nevada	$16,543
2	Dustin Fox	Zephyr Cove, Nevada	$10,222
3	Benjamin Primus	Center Moriches, New York	$6,903
4	Alon Eldar	Timrat, Israel	$4,784
5	Jesse Kertland	Ellensburg, Washington	$3,405
6	Ming Zhu	Portland, Oregon	$2,491
7	Andrew Wall	Seattle, Washington	$1,874
8	Nicholas Harvalis	Elmwood Park, Illinois	$1,874
9	Akash Desai	Queens Village, New York	$1,451

Tags: Adam Owen Akash Desai Alon Eldar Benjamin Primus Dan O'Brien David David Larson Dustin Fox Jesse Kertland Michael Faulkner Ming Zhu Nicholas Harvalis Shirin Oskooi Vanessa Kade Vincent Moscati

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

11-02-2019 15:24 UTC-7

Break Time

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

11-02-2019 15:23 UTC-7

Zakaria Versus Castro, The Sequel

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

On the hand immediately following a big heads-up pot between Jordan Spurlingio Castro and Eddie Zakaria, the two players went head-to-head again.

The resulting pot was a bit smaller, and started with an open raise to 800 from Zakaria from under the gun. The small blind called, as well as Castro in the big blind.

Action checked to Zakaria on the flop, and Zakaria bet 1,100, getting a fold from the small blind and a call from Castro.

Castro checked the turn, Zakaria bet 2,200, and Castro called. Both players checked the river, and Castro won the battle this time, showing and prompting Zakaria to muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Zakaria	62,000 4,000	4,000
Jorgio Castro	42,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Eddie Zakaria Jorgio Castro

11-02-2019 15:18 UTC-7

Zakaria Versus Castro, Round One

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

In what appeared to a be a three-bet pot, about 7,500 chips were already in the middle when Jorgio Castro and Eddie Zakaria went to the flop from the two earliest positions.

That flop came , and Castro checked from under the gun. Zakaria bet 1,200, Castro put in the check-raise to 3,500, and Zakaria called.

Both players checked the turn. Castro bet 3,500 on the river, and Zakaria raised to 13,000.

Castro went into the tank for awhile, eventually choosing to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Zakaria	66,000 66,000	66,000
Jorgio Castro	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Eddie Zakaria Jorgio Castro

11-02-2019 15:01 UTC-7

Mankin Ousts Another

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

With on the board, Erle Mankin went all in from the cutoff, having his opponent on the big blind covered.

The big blind player had about 23,000 chips remaining, and went deep into the tank. He eventually decided on a call, but ended up heading to the rail when Mankin showed . Mankin's opponent was obliged to turn over his , and hastily made his way to the exit.