Lionel Butler was faced with a raise of 7,200 when he elected to move all in for 24,600 total. His opponent called and the two tabled their hands, putting Butler at risk of elimination.
Lionel Butler: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Butler's aces took down the pot for a complete double through his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 32,000 |
Action folded to Charles Johnson who raised to 1,300 from the button. The player in the big blind bumped it up to 3,500 and Johnson added the remainder to call.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and the player in the big blind shoved for about 12,000. Johnson called and the players tabled their hands.
Opponent: 
Charles Johnson: 
The 
turn and 
river filled up the board and Johnson raked in the pot, sending his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Players are now on 15-minute break.
Timothy Little raised to 1,100 from the button and Anthony McIe called from the small blind. David Moses three-bet to 5,500 from the big blind and Little folded but McIe responded by moving all in for 26,700. Moses thought for a long while, then made the call.
Anthony McIe: 
David Moses: 
The runout was 
and Moses raked in the pot with nines and fives, sending McIe to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000 | 21,000 |
|
Busted |
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 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | 15,000 |
|
39,000 | -3,000 |
|
36,000 | 1,500 |
|
34,000 | -6,000 |
|
25,000 | -10,000 |
The board showed 
and there was about 9,000 in the pot when Christopher Carey threw in 2,000. One player hooked him up and Carey tabled 
for a pair of jacks and his opponent quickly mucked, sending the pot to Carey.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 9,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
53,000 | 26,000 |
|
51,000 | 25,600 |
|
41,000 | 29,000 |
|
39,000 | 3,000 |
|
38,000 | 10,000 |
|
36,000 | -9,000 |
|
|
34,500 | -5,500 |
|
29,000 | 29,000 |
Bracelet winner Yaser Al-Keliddar has joined the field of the Main Event. Al-Keliddar won his first bracelet at the 2018 World Series of Poker after taking down Event #70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed for $154,338. He will be looking to match his WSOP bracelet with a Circuit ring.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | 52,000 |