$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Started
$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b 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 will continue today at 12:00 p.m. with Day 1b. Day 1a drew 475 entries and today is expected to garner even more entries.
Players begin with a stack of 30,000. Day 1b 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 eliminated. 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.
Players competing today on Day 1b will all be chasing Jacob Jayne who bagged 489,500, leading the 94 players who survived Day 1a.
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!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The floor has announced shuffle up and deal with the tournament clock showing 138 entries as play begins.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
On a flop of ![]()
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and already 2,000 in the middle Vu Hoang check-called a bet of 500 from his opponent.
The
fell on the turn, Hoang checked once again and his opponent bet out 1,000. Hoang raised it up to 2,600 and his opponent folded their ![]()
face-up awarding Hoang the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,800 |
Greg Jennings raised in early position to 400 and the action folded to the button who three-bet to 1,200. The blinds folded and Jennings called.
The flop fell ![]()
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and Jennings check-called a bet of 1,000. Both players checked the
turn to see the
river and Jennings quickly bet out 2,000 and his opponent called. Jennings tabled ![]()
for a flush and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,800 |
An odd hand developed as Ryan Jones was involved in a pot with two other opponents. The three players checked a flop of ![]()
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a
hit the turn and after more checks a
hit the river to put the nuts on the rainbow board.
Ryan Jones bet 200 after it was checked to him and his two opponents called. Jones remarked that he obliged to bet the river with the nuts in position and a discussion ensued between the table about what the correct ruling was in such circumstances.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000
3,000
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3,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
On a flop of ![]()
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, James Burns bet 6,000 into a pot of roughly the same size into three opponents. Two opponents folded pretty quickly while the last one thought a few moments before folding to give the pot over to Burns.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
38,000
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38,000 |