$1,700 Main Event Day 1a | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore

10-11-2019 23:57 UTC-4

Ryan Jones Leads Day 1a of the WSOPC Horseshoe Baltimore Main Event

Sandra Barbour

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!

Tags: Christian Harder John Gorsuch Justin Liberto Michael Wang Nicholas Verderamo Peter Vitantonio Ryan Jones Steve Karp Timothy Little Tony Gregg

10-11-2019 22:49 UTC-4

Michael Wang Ships Second Ring of the WSOP Circuit Baltimore Stop

MartianNews

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

Tags: Michael Wang

10-11-2019 17:27 UTC-4

Dorothy Adams Captures Horseshoe Baltimore Ladies Event Title

MartianNews

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 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 the $135 buy-in Ladies Event, 65-year-old retired nurse Dorothy Adams topped a 79-entry field to claim a gold ring and the $2,444 first-place prize.

Both she and her husband will continue looking for gold as they plan to travel to the upcoming Cherokee stop. In the past they’ve competed at WSOPC stops in Las Vegas and New Orleans.

Tags: Dorothy Adams

10-11-2019 16:41 UTC-4

Poker Pro Justin Liberto Captures 4th Career Gold Ring

MartianNews

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 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 #4: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed, 103 entrants created a $33,990 prize pool that was paid out to the top 16 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Alan Lee (10th - $812), Robert Morton (13th - $635), and Steven Baysa (16th - $597).

In the end, well-known poker pro Justin Liberto, 31, defeated fellow pro Christian Harder in heads-up play to win the title for $9,712 and his fourth gold ring to go along with his WSOP gold bracelet.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Justin Liberto	Fallston, Maryland	$9,712
2	Christian Harder	Annapolis, Maryland	$6,003
3	Lance Gordon	Corte Madera, California	$4,086
4	Sean O'Callaghan	Germantown, Maryland	$2,869
5	Esa Al-Hanooti	N/A	$2,081
6	Filippos Stavrakis	Forest Hill, Maryland	$1,560
7	Iverson Snuffer	Milton, West Virginia	$1,210
8	William Zgorski	Hampstead, Maryland	$973

Tags: Justin Liberto

10-11-2019 16:25 UTC-4

Johnson Doubles Up

Sandra Barbour

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Randy Johnson raised to 2,200 under the gun and the player in middle position called.

The dealer spread a flop of and the player under the gun moved all in for 16,200. The player in middle position thought for a long while then made the call.

Randy Johnson:
Opponnet:l

The turn and the filled up the board and Johnson doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Johnson	33,500	-9,500

Tags: Randy Johnson

10-11-2019 16:13 UTC-4

Gregg in the Field

MartianNews

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

The tournament is now up to 125 entries and one player, in particular, to take part in today's flight is Tony Gregg who has almost $12 million in live tournament earnings, with over $5 million coming in WSOP events.

Gregg has one bracelet to his name but has yet to capture a ring. Look for Gregg and all of his experience to make a deep run here in the main event as he seeks his first WSOP Circuit ring.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Gregg	30,000

Tags: Tony Gregg

10-11-2019 15:01 UTC-4

Cashen Scoops Against Two

MartianNews

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

The board had face up when Joseph Cashen moved his remaining 18,800 all in, to a pot that already contained around 23,000.

Raymond Slack and James Pridgen most quickly called, a landed on the river. Action checked to Pridgen, he bet 5,000 and Slack moved all in for 11,900, Pridgen called.

Slack and Pridgen each tabled a six, giving them a straight but were not good as Cashen showed for the higher straight, scooping the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cashen	82,000	28,000
James Pridgen	26,000	-19,000
Raymond Slack	11,900	-24,200

Tags: James Pridgen Joseph Cashen Raymond Slack

10-11-2019 12:06 UTC-4

Michael Wang Takes a Seat

MartianNews

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Michael Wang has now taken a seat in the Main Event, looking to add another great finish to his already red-hot week here in Baltimore.

Wang took down his first WSOP Circuit event just a few days ago, adding a first ring to a resume that already has a WSOP bracelet and over $2.3 million in live earnings.

The New Orleans, LA native followed up with his second ring last night, taking down two events in just a matter of days and now has a chance to add a third as he takes a shot in the $500,000 guarantee main event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	30,000	30,000

Tags: Michael Wang

10-11-2019 09:06 UTC-4

Day 1a of the WSOP Circuit Baltimore $1,700 Main Event Starts at 11 a.m.

Sandra Barbour

The WSOP Circuit Baltimore $1,700 Main Event gets underway at 11 a.m. local time at the Horseshoe Casino with the first of two starting flights.

The last WSOP Circuit Baltimore Main Event was back in May 2018 and it was Mike Jukich, from Lynchburg, VA who took it down after topping a field of 513 competitors. He collected the first-place prize of $165,438 as well as his first Circuit ring.

This event features two starting flights and there is a $500,000 guarantee in the prize pool. Players will start with 30,000 in chips and they will have the option of one re-entry per flight, equaling a maximum of four entries.
Day 1 will play through 16 levels or down to 16% of the field, whichever comes first. Levels 1 to 15 will be of 40 minutes each and levels 16+ will be of 60 minutes. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the completion of Level 9. Registration will remain open until the start of Level 13.

Out of a total of 13 ring events on schedule for the WSOP Baltimore Circuit stop, The Main Event is the ninth one. Here is a look at the champions of this stop thus far.

Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
Event #1: $250 NLH	152	$69,500	John Megahan	$8,054
Event #2: $400 NLH (5 Flights)	545	$250,000	Patrick Lacey	$49,386
Event #3: $400 NLH Turbo	51	$16,830	Bob Ricciuti	$5,853
Event #4: $400 NLH 8-Handed	103	$33,990	Justin Liberto	$9,712
Event #5: $400 NLH 6-Handed	101	$33,330	Michael Wang	$9,522
Event #6: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha	76	$39,140	Stan Yang	$12,112
Event #7: $400 NLH Monster Stack	227	$74,910	A.J. Kelsall	$17,730
Event #8: $600 NLH	103	$53,045	Michael Wang	$15,156
$135 Ladies Event	79	$7,900	Dorothy Adams	$2,444
$250 Seniors Event	121	$24,200	Bernard Maiden	$6,595