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2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
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The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at the Horseshoe Hammond to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $2,200 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.
The stop kicked off with Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em, which attracted 1,701 entries over five starting flights and created a $561,330 prize pool.
Coming out on top was 49-year-old David Larson, who captured a $76,589 first-place prize and his fifth career gold ring.
“There were so many people in this tournament,” explained Larson, “I was lucky enough to through to the last three tables let alone the final table.”
He added: “Anytime you have this many people in one field and you make it to the final table, there aren’t any weak players, they are all really good … You not only have to stay focused but also get lucky while playing your best game.”
The heads-up battle between Stephen Seim and Larson would see Seim hold the chip advantage but that only lasted one-hand after Larson flopped the flush with Seim holding a set of ducks. The board didn’t pair for Seim and the heads-up battle wouldn’t last longer than ten minutes after the first hand.
“This is so amazing,” Larson exclaimed after his victory, “It was a long day and I’m exhausted.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Larson | Las Vegas, Nevada | $76,589 |
| 2 | Stephen Seim | Louisville, Kentucky | $51,931 |
| 3 | Blake O'Brien | Maryland Heights, Missouri | $36,045 |
| 4 | Kamran Jamal | N/A | $25,576 |
| 5 | Eric Phillips | Glenview, Illinois | $18,860 |
| 6 | Steven Dascott | Crystal Lake, Illinois | $14,482 |
| 7 | Gerald Bauer | Oak Lawn, Illinois | $11,473 |
| 8 | Aaron Nickeas | Downers Grove, Illinois | $9,262 |
| 9 | Garry Kalmanovich | Skokie, Illinois | $7,593 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 4
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Patrick Keogan raised in the hijack to 500 and Dave Kaleel re-raised from the small blind to 1,500, after the big blind folded Keogan made the call.
The flop came 
and Kaleel continued for 2,200 which Keogan wasted no time calling. The 
landed on the turn and after eying up Keogan's stack Kaleel fired out two 5,000 chips for a bet of 10,000. Keogan snap-called his remaining 7,400 and both hands were tabled.
Dave Kaleel: 
Patrick Keogan: 
Keogan had flopped top set agianst Kaleel's overpair and dodged the two outs when the 
landed on the river, giving him a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,300
10,700
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10,700 |
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22,700 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000
57,500
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57,500 |
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75,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
52,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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||
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45,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
43,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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||
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
28,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Level 4
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In a multi-way flop of 
the action checked to Maurice Hawkins who bet out 1,400 in the cutoff, Anes Kovacevic called in the small blind and a player in middle position called as well.
The turn got checked through on the 
and the 
fell on the river. Both players checked to Hawkins once again who fired out a bet of 3,100 and Kovacevic called before the third player mucked.
Hawkins tabled 
for a flopped set but was shown the bad news when Kovacevic tabled 
for the turned Broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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93,000
2,800
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2,800 |
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45,000 |
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On a board that read 
, Henry Chan made a river bet of 2,600 over to his opponent who thought for a few moments before calling.
Chan turned over the 
for the straight to force his opponent to muck his losing hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
