$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana has been hosting the World Series of Poker Circuit over the last two weeks, and the $1,700 Main Event with a $1,000,000 Guaranteed prizepool is set to kick off today at 12:00 p.m. with the first of two starting flights.
Day 1a will play a total of fifteen 40-minute levels, with a break after every third level, including a one-hour dinner break after level 9. Registration will remain open until the beginning level 13, and during this period players may re-enter once if they are so unfortunate to be eliminated. Players who are unable to advance in today's flight will have one more chance in Day 1b on Saturday, October 19th at 12:00 p.m loclal time. The remaining players at the end of each starting day will combine on Sunday, October 20th and 11:00 a.m. Day 3 will continue on Monday, October 21st at 12:00 p.m and play down until a winner is crowned.
In last year's Main Event, Elik Vodovoz navigated his way through a field of 1,050 players to earn the first-place prize of $294,290, defeating Derek Hanauer heads up who took home $181,950 for his second-place finish.
Be sure to stay tuned right here on PokerNews as we begin the journey to crown the latest WSOPC Main Event Champion here in Hammond, Indiana!
Cards are in the air in the $1,700 Main Event!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Wang
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Craig Casino | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Brian Altman
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
David Moses
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Henry Zhou
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , Tom Christo check-called a pot-sized bet of 1,500. The fell on the river and Christo checked once again and this time his opponent fired out a bet of 3,000 and after a few seconds, he made the call. Christo tabled for two pairs, sevens and nine's and the opponent mucked his cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tom Christo
|
40,300 | 40,300 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maurice Hawkins | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Russell Sullivan | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Steven Sanzaro | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Aaron Massey | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Rania Nasreddine | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Blake Whittington | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Jake Bazeley | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Michael Moncek
|
30,000 |
On a board of the player first to act led out for 4,600 into a pot of about 7,500 and David Moses didn't take much time before splashing all of his 25,800 in the middle. His opponent went into the tank for about 30-seconds before making the call.
Opponent:
David Moses:
Moses had flopped a straight but still had to dodge a paired board and he did as the landed on the river sealing his double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Moses
|
59,100 | 29,100 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
On a flop of , Brian Altman raised his opponents bet of 500 to 1,300 which his opponent called.
The turn came the . Altman led out by firing a bet of 2,500 which got his opponent to fold fairly quickly and Altman took down the early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Altman
|
37,000 | 7,000 |