Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$425,715
Entries
281
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Entries
173
Players Left
28
Dinner Break
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Players are on break for an hour.
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"Dirty Cooler" for a Rystrom Dub Through Alcorn
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Tim Rystrom bet 5,200 from early position on an 
flop and got called by the player on his left. Heather Alcorn woke up with an all-in shove from the small blind, covering everyone else in the hand. Rystrom took some time then called off his 32,000. His neighbor tank-folded.
"I smell a set and a combo draw," someone else said, until it was revealed to be 
for Alcorn against 
for Rystrom. "Nope just a dirty cooler. Dirty, dirty cooler."
That was indeed the situation, and the 
turn and 
river both did nothing for Alcorn, forcing her to send over a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | 72,000 |
|
54,000 | -8,000 |
Big Stacks Before Dinner
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000 | 33,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
117,000 | |
|
112,000 | 37,000 |
|
110,000 | -2,000 |
|
86,000 | 16,000 |
|
82,000 | 4,000 |
Ditrapani Can't Win
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Nic Ditrapani has gone from early leader to busto before dinner as he just stuck the last 5,000 in from the big blind over a Heather Alcorn small blind bet of 3,000 on a 
flop. Two players behind folded and Alcorn quickly called.
Alcorn: 
Ditrapani: 
"Let's see if I can win this one," Ditrapani grumbled.
The 
turn didn't trouble him but the 
river gave Alcorn a winning set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000 | 29,000 |
|
Busted |
Cory Bogert Wins Fourth Gold Ring
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles, but that is just on gold ring event that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold’em, 137 entrants created a $70,555 prize pool that was paid out to the top 21 players including Darin Utley (3rd - $8,028), Rodney Spriggs (6th - $3,107), Heather Alcorn (11th - $1,310), Brett Apter (13th - $1,141), Mike Shin (15th - $1,141), Craig Welko (16th - $1,027), and Mengran Wang (21st - $957).
Coming out on top to win the $18,806 top prize was 28-year-old Cory Bogert, who also laid claim to his fourth WSOPC gold ring.
“I felt much better at the start of today, I was pretty sick yesterday. I was happy to get some rest,” Bogert explained. “We were all pretty even in chips at the start of the day as well.”
He added: “I made a big bluff when we were three-handed. I bluff raised all-in and got it through. There was no looking back from that point.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cory Bogert | Belleville, Illinois | $18,806 |
| 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev | Watertown, Massachusetts | $11,621 |
| 3 | Darin Utley | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | $8,028 |
| 4 | Ian Nelson | St. Louis, Missouri | $5,694 |
| 5 | Zachary Mullennix | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | $4,148 |
| 6 | Rodney Spriggs | Joplin, Missouri | $3,107 |
| 7 | Mack Ham | Alpharetta, Georgia | $2,394 |
| 8 | David Davenport | Platte City, Missouri | $1,899 |
| 9 | Austin Tjaden | Metamora, Illinois | $1,553 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Ewen Chops But on Fumes
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Paul Ewen got his stack of around 4,500 in the middle with 
and looked set to chop with 
. However, three clubs flopped to force Ewen to sweat out the black cards that arrived on the turn and river, ones that did not bust him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,500 | -14,500 |
Byrnes Busts with Set
Level 8
: 300/600, 600 ante
Hal Rotholz opened for 2,000 in the cutoff and called a shove from Bill Byrnes, who had 14,000 in the big blind.
Byrnes: 
Rotholz: 
The 
flop kept things interesting as it was now a set versus a draw, which came in on the 
turn. Byrnes needed to fill up but the didn't do it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 1,000 |
|
Busted |