The player in the hijack opened to 1,400 and Christian Harder called from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Harder checked. His opponent bet 1,500 and Harder check-called. The turn was the 
and was checked through tot he 
river. Both players opted to check once more. Harder turned over 
for ace-high and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000 | -1,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | |
|
83,000 | 53,000 |
|
64,000 | -8,000 |
|
62,000 | 7,000 |
|
41,000 | -25,000 |
|
25,000 | 18,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,500 | -9,500 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
62,000 | 39,000 |
|
47,000 | -10,000 |
|
38,000 | -4,000 |
|
38,000 | 6,100 |
|
32,000 | |
|
24,500 | -9,500 |
|
|
7,000 | -3,500 |
Joseph Cashen raised to 1,500 on the button and Steve Karp three-bet to 3,500 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Cashen added the remainder to call.
A flop reading 
was dealt and Karp fired 4,000. Cashen snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 8,000 |
John Gorsuch opened from late position and Ian Davis three-bet to 7,000 from the small blind. Gorsuch called and the dealer spread out on the flop.
Davis bet 4,500 and Gorsuch quickly bumped it up to 10,000. Davis moved Gorsuch all-in for his remaining 19,900 and Gorsuch hit the tank.
"I know where I'm at," said Gorsuch as he threw his hand into the muck face up, showing 
for a set of nines. Davis looked stunned as he slowly pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | 38,000 |
|
19,900 |
Torsten Boker raised to 1,100 from middle position and the player in the big blind was the only caller.
The flop fell 
and the player in the big blind checked. Boker bet 1,100 and his opponent check-called.
The dealer burned and turned the and both players checked it to the 
river. The player in the big blind fired 2,600 and Boker took a few seconds of reflection, then called. His opponent directly mucked his hand and Boker raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000 | 57,000 |
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 #3: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo, 51 runners created a $16,830 prize pool that was paid out to the top eight players.
In the end, 25-year-old software engineer Shizhe Zhou of Rockwell, Maryland came out on top to win the title, a $5,853 top prize, and his first gold ring. All that in his first tournament at the Horseshoe Baltimore.
Zhou, who graduated from Stevens College in New Jersey, is originally from China.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shizhe Zhou | Rockwell, Maryland | $5,853 |
| 2 | Erik Green | Buffalo, New York | $3,617 |
| 3 | Justin Arwine | N/A | $2,393 |
| 4 | Peter Piorkowski | Bowie, Maryland | $1,646 |
| 5 | Ronald Bowen | Bel Air, Maryland | $1,180 |
| 6 | Chao Huong | N/A | $883 |
| 7 | Jeffrey Fotakis | Glen Burnie, Maryland | $691 |
| 8 | Mark Harris | Baltimore, Maryland | $567 |