Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Break Time
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Players are off on their first fifteen-minute break of the day.
Fiore Finds a Double
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
In a three-bet pot with around 4,000 in the middle, Frank Fiore shoved for 9,600 from the big blind.
With the board showing 
, Fiore's cutoff opponent made the call.
Frank Fiore: 
Cutoff: 
The turn 
and river 
changed nothing, with Fiore's pocket jack staying ahead and earning him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
Opyrchal Catches a Bluff
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
The small blind checked a 
flop over to Brian Opyrchal in middle position, who bet 3,300 into a pot of 4,000. The small blind called.
Both players checked the 
turn, and the 
fell on the river. The small blind bet 7,000, and Opyrchal, who had just 16,700 left in his stack, tanked for a minute before calling. The small blind could only muster up 
for ace-high, while Opyrchal took down the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
Vandana Shoves Flop and Gets Fold
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Facing a cutoff open to 600, Vasu Vandana three-bet to 2,000, and the cutoff called.
The cutoff checked the 
flop, Vandana went all in for 15,000, and the cutoff folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000 | 19,000 |
Schutten Barrels His Way to the Nuts
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
A player raised to 600 from the hijack, and Brek Schutten, who has final tabled the Main Event here at the WSOP Circuit Hammond stop twice in recent years, three-bet to 2,100 from the cutoff. The hijack called.
The hijack check-called a bet of 2,000 on the 
flop, and the fell on the turn. The hijack checked again, and Schutten bet 4,500. The hijack called again.
The hit the river, and the hijack checked a third time. Schutten bet 5,500, and the hijack tanked for a minute before making the call. Schutten tabled 
for Broadway, and the hijack flashed his 
briefly before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | 18,000 |
Patel Searching For Ring Number Three
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Neil Patel already has two WSOP Circuit rings under his belt coming into today's Day 1a flight here at Horseshoe Hammond, with his first coming at the 2017 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica $1,675 Main Event for a $192,152 payday. He recently picked his second ring up in Tunica back in January of this year, winning Event #9: $250 No Limit Hold'em for $13,354.
In a recent hand, Patel checked a 
board from the small blind, and his lone opponent bet 1,200 into a pot of 2,000 from under the gun. Patel check-raised to 3,200, and the under-the-gun player folded. Patel raked in the pot, and already sits with double the starting stack in the early stages of Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | 32,000 |
River Lead Takes it Down for Aqel
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
An early-position player opened to 500, and got calls from the hijack, as well as both blinds.
All four players checked the 
flop.
Ala Aqel checked from the small blind on the 
turn, the big blind bet 1,200, and only Aqel called.
Aqel led out for 2,700 on the 
turn, and the big blind folded, showing the as he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 |
Kim Up to Double Starting Stack
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Facing an under-the-gun open to 600 from Eric Kim, the cutoff and big blind both called.
All three players checked the 
flop.
The big blind bet 1,200 on the 
turn, and only Kim called.
The big blind bet 3,500 on the river, Kim raised all in, and the big blind, who was covered with 16,000 chips behind, folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,500 | 11,500 |
Coffman Sent to the Tank
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Michael Hartzheim checked a 
board from the big blind, and Chad Coffman bet 4,500 into a pot of 9,700 from under-the-gun.
Hartzheim check-raised all in for 24,600, and Coffman went into the tank.
"You know I have a good hand, that's what scares me," Coffman told Hartzheim after a minute. Coffman took a few more moments of deliberation before sending his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000 | |
|
38,800 |