$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Ryan Jones Leads Day 1a of the WSOPC Horseshoe Baltimore Main Event
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,700 Main Event at Horseshoe Baltimore is in the books with 57:43 remaining in Level 16. A total of 141 entry slips were sold for the first flight but only 23 players managed to find a bag at the end of the night.
Leading the Day 1a pack is two-time ring winner Ryan Jones with an impressive stack of 467,000, more than fifteen times the starting stack. Jones already has two Circuit Main Event titles under his belt. He took down the Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event of the 2014/2015 Circuit season and the Rio Las Vegas Circuit Main Event of the 2016/2017 season. He will be looking to win another title.
Jones is followed by three-time ring winner Peter Vitantonio with 307,500. Joseph Malebranche rounds up the top three with 274,000.
Other big names who bagged include bracelet winner and two-time Circuit ring winner Michael Wang with 226,500. Wang claimed both of his Circuit rings this series. He won Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed and Event #8: $600 No-Limit Hold’em. He is also a favorite to win the Casino Champion title with his two victories and a seat into the 2020 Global Casino Championship. He will be looking to make another deep run.
Bracelet winner John Gorsuch (181,000), as well as bracelet winner and four-time Circuit ring winner Justin Liberto (147,500), and Christian Harder (92,000) also made it to Day 2.
Other notables who took a shot at the first flight but couldn’t survive the day included Tony Gregg, Steve Karp, Timothy Little, and Nicholas Verderamo. They will have the option to try their luck again on Saturday in the second and last flight of the Main Event.
Day 1b will get underway at 11 a.m. local time and the survivors of both flights will combine for Day 2 on Sunday, October 13th at noon.
Just as with Flight A, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on the felt providing you with all the updates for Flight B so tune in then!
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
467,000 | 137,000 |
|
307,500 | 30,500 |
|
274,000 | 244,000 |
|
241,500 | |
|
235,500 | 4,500 |
|
234,500 | |
|
226,500 | 36,500 |
|
215,000 | |
|
|
212,000 | |
|
200,000 | -25,000 |
|
188,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
186,000 | |
|
181,000 | 41,000 |
|
|
178,000 | |
|
175,000 | -20,000 |
|
169,500 | -5,500 |
|
147,500 | -62,500 |
|
134,500 | |
|
92,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
79,000 | |
|
49,500 | 4,500 |
|
23,000 | -12,500 |
|
18,000 | -12,000 |
Play Has Halted For Day 1a
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The remaining 23 players have bagged for the night. Full end-of-day chip counts and a recap will follow shortly.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Last Break
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Players are now gone on their last 15-minute break of the day.
Michael Wang Ships Second Ring of the WSOP Circuit Baltimore Stop
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Baltimore to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller; however, that is just one of more than a dozen gold ring events that have taken place over the past week. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #8: $600 No-Limit Hold’em, 103 entrants created a $53,045 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 players including Hank Sitton (11th - $1,075), Patrick Lacey (13th - $947), and Martin Borras (15th - $947).
For the second time at the stop, it was WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wang coming out on top. He previously topped a field of 101 runners to win Event #5: $400 NLH 6-Handed for $9,522 and his first ring. Days later, he won Event #8 for $15,156 and his second gold ring.
The 31-year-old from Livingston, New Jersey also vaulted into the points lead in the race for WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore Casino Champ.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Wang | Livingston, New Jersey | $15,156 |
| 2 | Shiraz Hasan | N/A | $9,368 |
| 3 | Cynthia Kassis | Germantown, Maryland | $6,455 |
| 4 | Alvin Anton | N/A | $4,572 |
| 5 | Justin Liberto | Fallston, Maryland | $3,330 |
| 6 | Lara Eisenberg | Bethesda, Maryland | $2,498 |
| 7 | Chao Huang | N/A | $1,930 |
| 8 | Johannes Mueller | Pittsford, New York | $1,538 |
| 9 | Nitis Udornpim | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | $1,266 |
Davis Finds Aces Late in the Day
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Carlton Tartar moved all in for his remaining stack and found one caller in Ian Davis.
Carlton Tartar: 
Ian Davis: 
The dealer spread out 
on the board and Davis scooped the pot with his bullets, taking down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000 | 145,000 |
|
|
231,000 | -39,000 |
|
|
225,000 | 158,000 |
|
|
210,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
195,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 120,100 |
Liberto Folds to Wang's Shove
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Michael Wang raised to 8,000 from the hijack and Justin Liberto three-bet to 25,500 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Wang who added the remainder to call.
The flop came 
and Wang checked. Liberto bet 16,500 and Wang took a few seconds of reflection then check-raised all in for about 125,000. Liberto snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000 | 189,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 40,000 |