Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
617
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
296
Players Left
57
Big Stacks
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | |
|
190,000 | 44,500 |
|
175,000 | 60,000 |
|
160,000 | 160,000 |
|
155,000 | 155,000 |
Efron Gets a Big One
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Scott Efron was seen collecting a big pot as his opponent was preparing his things to leave the table, without any chips left. The dealer swept the board away quickly but when Efron was done stacking his new chips he had a stack nearing 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | 73,000 |
Wang Takes From Harwood
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On the river the board read 
, Yue Wang showed the 
which was good enough to take the pot as Loni Harwood mucked her hand in frustration as she lost a few more of her chips to continue a downward trend.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000 | 122,000 |
|
37,000 | -46,000 |
Bieler Shoves on Efron
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was picked up on the turn of a board that read 
. The pot had a healthy amount of about 35,000 in the middle. Allan Bieler moved all in to put the pressure on Scott Efron who thought for a while before folding to give the pot to Bieler.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000 | -11,000 |
|
95,000 | 95,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Wong Busts Opponent, Chip Counts
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Jerry Wong was seen collecting the remainder of his opponents stack as she got up from the table and he added a nice boon to his stack to climb up among some other after dinner chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 18,000 |
|
|
145,500 | 145,500 |
|
140,000 | -25,000 |
|
140,000 | 140,000 |
|
136,000 | 136,000 |
|
|
133,000 | 93,000 |
|
123,000 | 91,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 65,000 |
|
118,000 | 3,000 |
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
95,000 | 68,000 |
|
|
83,000 | 38,000 |
|
76,000 | 32,000 |
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
28,000 | -12,000 |
|
14,000 | -8,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Dinner Break
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
JP Kolb wins Event #6: $400 Monster for $43,742
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Florida’s Seminole Coconut Creek to live report action from both the $2,200 High Roller and $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #6: $400 Monster Stack a massive turnout of 711 entries created a $234,630 prize pool. Coming out on top was 46-year-old JP Kolb of Youngsville, Lousiana, who took home $43,742 and his first gold ring.
“I feel pretty good. I’ve had a lot of seconds and thirds,” he said after the win. “Everything except for the win so it felt really good to get the win. All my friends tell me that I’m the best player they know without jewelry. Now I finally have jewelry so I don’t have to listen to that anymore.”
He continued: “I didn’t have a big run at the final table. I played rather conservative and won some decent pots here and there just to actually stay. Even when there were three of us left, I only had 3 million. It was an uphill battle.”
The five-figure score was the biggest of Kolb’s burgeoning poker career.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JP Kolb | Youngsville, Louisiana | $43,742 |
| 2 | Matthew Yorra | Miami, Florida | $27,034 |
| 3 | Scott Baumstein | New York, New York | $19,527 |
| 4 | Jonathan Shapiro | Boca Raton, Florida | $14,315 |
| 5 | Joseph Cox | Pfafftown, North Carolina | $10,654 |
| 6 | Bryce Mcvay | Tampa, Florida | $8,050 |
| 7 | Mark Dube | Newburyport, Massachusetts | $6,178 |
| 8 | Jerry Wong | Davie, Florida | $4,817 |
| 9 | Frederic White | N/A | $3,816 |