David Jackson Among the Big Stacks After Day 1a of the WSOP Circuit Horsehoe Hammond Main Event
The opening day of the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond Main Event is a wrap, with 372 total entries coming through for Day 1a of this $1,700 buy-in event at the Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Indiana.
That field of 372 narrowed down to 67 at the end of the night, and those 67 survivors will advance to Day 2, scheduled for Sunday. Among the chip leaders in the Day 1a field are names like David Jackson (511,000), who won a couple of big hands in the latter levels of the night to end the flight at over a half-million chips.
Other players bagging at the end of the night included Chris Karambinis (373,000), Nicola Ditrapani (363,500), Hao "John" Sun (351,500), Christian Kennedy (312,000), and former WSOP bracelet winner Chad Holloway (305,500).
The field played through 15 forty-minute levels Friday, and the Main Event will continue Saturday with Day 1b. The survivors of that flight will join Friday's Day 1a survivors, and come back as a combined field for Day 2 Sunday. The tournament will play down to a winner on Day 3, scheduled for Monday.
Some of the players coming in for Day 1a, but not bagging at the end of the night, include Josh Reichard, Keven Stammen, Samuel Cosby, Neil Patel, Bryant Miller and Ralph Massey.
All of those players, however, still have a shot at advancing to Day 2, as this single re-entry tournament continues with Day 1b Saturday.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond Main Event rolls on!
board from the big blind, and Patrick Steele bet 19,000 from the cutoff into a pot of 25,000. Zou called.
hit the river, and Zou checked again. Steele fired in a bet of 52,000, a healthy portion of his remaining chips. Zou released his hand, and Steele briefly flashed his hand, but the cards were unable to be discerned by anyone at the table, leaving the table attempt to guess his holdings.
flop, Jackson raised to 30,000, the button folded, and Baldwin shoved for 110,000 total. Jackson made the call.
turn and 
flop to Kennedy, who bet 9,500. Yofon called.
turn and 
. Kennedy mucked.
face-up on the felt and a 
board on the felt. Two of Zou's opponents were making their exit from the table, and Zou shared that a shorter stacked player held queens, and another player jammed around 50,000 with ace-queen. Zou made the call, found his king, and busted both of his opponents.
board for the double.
