$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Started
$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Started
The last starting flight in the WSOP Circuit Baltimore $1,700 Main Event is set to kick off at 11 a.m. with a larger field expected than the 141 that participated for Day 1a. Everyone in Day 1b will be chasing the current chipleader Ryan Jones who bagged an immense 467,000 in the first starting flight of the tournament.
The 141 entry slips sold on Day 1a were trimmed down to just 23 after just over 15 levels of play as they finished the first night during the early part of level 16. Some other stacks on the bigger side of things to advance from the first flight are Peter Vitantonio (307,500), Joseph Malebranche (274,000), Tim Faro (241,500), and Lara Eisenberg (235,500) who round out the top five.
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.
The Main Event is the ninth ring event out of a total of 13 on the schedule for the WSOP Baltimore Circuit stop. Here is a look at the champions of this stop thus far.
Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
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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 |
The Pokernews Live Reporting Team will be on the felt to provide you with all the action throughout the Main Event so stay tuned.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The tournament director has now informed all dealers to shuffle up and start pitching the cards.
Action folded to Raymond Slack who raised to 300 from the small blind. Dan Chalifour defended from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of and Slack checked. Chalifour bet 400 and Slack check-called.
The turn brought the and Slack check-called another bet of 500 from Chalifour.
The filled up the board and this time, Slack led out with a bet of 800. Chalifour raised to 2,500 and Slack quickly added the remainder to call. Chalifour turned over for trip sevens and Slack sent his hand to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dan Chalifour | 34,000 | 34,000 |
Raymond Slack
|
27,000 | 27,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arjun Khosla | 30,000 | 30,000 |
James Hunt | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Thomas Davies
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Edward Gozvod
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Joseph Cashen | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Jason Sandling
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Anthony McIe | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Andrew Stein | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Paul Barton
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Scott Blumenfield
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Jane Hitchcock | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Raymond Slack
|
30,000 | 3,000 |
Dan Chalifour | 30,000 | 30,000 |
The player in the hijack raised to 300 and Joseph Seal bumped it up to 1,000 from the button. The hijack stuck around with a call.
The flop fell and was checked through to the turn. The hijack bet 1,200 and Seal called. The river came the and the hijack checked. Seal threw in a bet of 1,500 and his opponent check-called. Seal turned over and his opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Seal
|
34,500 |
The board read and there was around 3,500 in the pot. Vincent Ciarrocchi bet 1,500 and Arjun Khosla quickly raised to 3,000.
Ciarrocchi called after a moment of thought and Khosla showed for top pair. Ciarrocchi tabled for two pair and more than enough to take down the pot from Khosla.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vincent Ciarrocchi | 37,000 | 37,000 |
Arjun Khosla | 25,400 | -4,600 |
Jason Hall raised to 400 under the gun and the player on the button called along with Jiasheng Zhu in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
Players saw a flop of and action checked to the player on the button who bet 700. Zhu and Hall were the only callers.
The turn was the and was checked through to the river. The three players opted to check again. Zhu showed for a pair of jacks and his opponents mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jiasheng Zhu
|
37,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100