$1,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Casino Coconut Creek

09-28-2019 21:44 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lauer	285,000 10,000	10,000
Jose Reyes	140,000 34,000	34,000
Neil Blumenfield	135,000 74,000	74,000
Allen Kessler	115,000 5,000	5,000
Luminita Petric	108,000 -17,000	-17,000
Laura Born	48,000 48,000	48,000
Loni Harwood	45,000 45,000	45,000

Bierria Takes From Couden

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was on the turn with the board that read . Corey Bierria bet 8,500 which was called by Joey Couden. The rive came the [ . Both players elected to check the river.

Bierria turned over the for the winning two pair while Couden mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Couden	120,000 120,000	120,000

Corey Bierria	113,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Corey Bierria Joey Couden

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

09-28-2019 21:24 UTC-4

Baumstein Claims Another Victim

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Shortly following his previous win, Scott Baumstein was seen scraping up the chips of another victim as his bested the of his opponent when the board ran out , the queen on the turn dealing the fatal blow to the jacks to send his chip stack even further up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Baumstein	280,000

Tags: Scott Baumstein

09-28-2019 21:22 UTC-4

Prize Pool and Payouts

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The 617 runners to walk through the doors for this tournament accumulated a total prize pool of $934,755, falling short of the guarantee that was set.

The casino added the difference and the total prize pool now sits at a cool million with the top 93 players finding a payday.

A min-cash will be paying out $2,728 with the eventual winner grabbing the biggest piece of the pie, worth $188,158 and a shiny WSOP Circuit ring.

09-28-2019 21:11 UTC-4

Baumstein Keeps Climbing

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Scott Baumstein, in the cutoff, was faced with a raise of 4,500 and elected to three-bet to 13,500. An opponent directly on Baumstein's left moved all in for 43,500 and action folded back to Baumstein who called, putting his opponent at risk.

Opponent:
Scott Baumstein:

The board ran out and Baumstein's full house took down the pot, eliminating his opponent from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Baumstein	235,000 30,000	30,000

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09-28-2019 21:01 UTC-4

Lauer Leaves Barton With One Chip

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Andrew Lauer was seen collecting in a pot as the dealer was counting the difference between his stack at Christopher Barton's.

The board read . Lauer had the for the nut flush which beat whatever hand Barton had that had been mucked. After the dealer finished the count it was determined that Barton was left with one 500 chip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lauer	133,000 77,000	77,000
Christopher Barton	500 -83,500	-83,500

Tags: Andrew Lauer Christopher Barton

09-28-2019 20:58 UTC-4

Late Registration Has Ended

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The late registration and rebuy period has now come to an end and the total number of entry slips sold is 617, falling just shy of the one million guarantee that was set.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

09-28-2019 20:31 UTC-4

Break Time

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The remaining players will now be taking their last 15-minute break of the day. The late registration period will remain open until the end of this break.