$1,700 Main Event Day 1a | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond

02-28-2020 14:30 UTC-5

More Day 1a Entrants

Brandon Temple

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Shepsky	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Younan	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jorden Helstern	30,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Sepiol	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aaron Johnson	30,000 30,000	30,000
George Pappas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ralph Massey	30,000 30,000	30,000
David To	30,000 30,000	30,000
George Dietz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Wolff	30,000 30,000	30,000
Brek Schutten	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jason Trezak	30,000 30,000	30,000
Brad Sailor	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Perrone	30,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

02-28-2020 14:21 UTC-5

Sudheer Some Turns First Final Table Appearance Into Gold

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Brandon Temple

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the High Roller and Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond.

In Event #1: $400 NLH, five starting flights saw 2,169 runners create a $715,770 prize pool that was paid out to the top 290 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Andy Rogowski (10th- $8,544), David Gonia (14th - $6,929), Ken Donarski (18th - $5,674), Matt Porter (26th - $3,307), Greg Baird (28th - $3,386) and Matthew Koch (39th - $1,857).

In the end, it was Illinois native Sudheer Some who collected every chip in play to win his first gold ring along with a $103,923 payday.

Some's road to victory was a long and arguably grueling one but the 40-year-old found a way to capture his first ring in his first-ever final table appearance.

“I’m really lost for words,” stated Some. “This was my first final table I have made and am just really excited to win my first ring.”

The $103,923 victory marks the largest of Some’s career and he adds a shiny new piece of hardware to go along with it.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Sudheer Some	Wheeling, IL	$103,923
2	Samuel Serdar	Bristol, WI	$64,225
3	Benjamin Luber	Chicago, IL	$48,325
4	Adric High	Bloomington, IL	$36,692
5	Robert Deverney	Grand Haven, MI	$28,115
6	Daniel Mocanu	-	$21,743
7	Guillermo Vargas	Austin, TX	$16,972
8	Sergei Gurtov	Hawthorn Woods, IL	$13,374
9	Ruslan Sladkov	-	$11,205

Tags: Adric High Andy Rogowski Benjamin Luber David Gonia Greg Baird Guillermo Vargas Ken Donarski Ruslan Sladkov Sudheer Some

02-28-2020 14:20 UTC-5

WSOP Circuit Potawatomi Main Event Champ Shing Sniffs Out a Bluff

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Brandon Temple

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

A player limped in from the cutoff, as did Philip Shing, who triumphed over a 524-player field earlier this month at the WSOP Circuit Potawatomi $1,700 Main Event for $151,284, on the button. The small blind raised to 500, and both the cutoff and Shing called.

Action checked down to the river of a board, and the small blind checked again. The cutoff bet 1,700, Shing called and the small blind folded. The cutoff flung his up on the felt, and Shing tabled for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Shing	32,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Philip Shing

02-28-2020 14:13 UTC-5

Stroud Makes Correct Call

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Geoff Fisk

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Kevin Stroud opened to 400 under the gun, the two players on the direct left both called, and the button three-bet to 1,700. Stroud and one other player called, with the hand going three-ways to the flop.

That flop came , and action checked to the button, who bet 1,200. Only Stroud called.

Stroud check-called a bet for 1,500 on the turn, and another bet for 1,000 on the river. Stroud turned over for third pair, and the button mucked without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Stroud	26,000

02-28-2020 14:12 UTC-5

Nickeas Nicks Porter

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Brandon Temple

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Three players built up a pot of 1,000 to see a flop together, and Matt Porter bet 500 from the small blind. Aaron Nickeas called in the big blind, and Jamey Kramer called in the hijack.

Porter bet 1,200 on the turn, and only Nickeas called.

The fell on the river, and Porter checked. Nickeas bet 2,000, and Porter gave Nickeas a staredown for a minute, before electing to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Porter	40,900 10,900	10,900
Jamey Kramer	37,000
Aaron Nickeas	34,100

Tags: Aaron Nickeas Jamey Kramer Matt Porter

02-28-2020 14:09 UTC-5

Miezala Leads Turn, Gets Fold

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Geoff Fisk

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Bill Pollard opened to 300 from early position, the hijack called, and Mike Mieszala called in the big blind.

Action checked to the hijack on the flop, the hijack bet 300, Mieszala called, and Pollard folded.

Mieszala led out for 700 on the turn, and the hijack folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Mieszala	44,000
Bill Pollard	30,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Bill Pollard Mike Mieszala

02-28-2020 14:00 UTC-5

Kim Slows Down Rogowski

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Brandon Temple

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

A player raised to 400 from under the gun, and was called by Eric Kim in the small blind. Andy Rogowski three-bet to 1,800 in the big blind, and only Kim called.

Both players checked the flop, and Kim bet 1,500 on the turn. Rogowski called.

Kim bet 2,500 on the river, and Rogowski called again. Kim tabled for aces-up, and Rogowski showed his before sending them to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Rogowski	66,000 5,000	5,000
Eric Kim	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Andy Rogowski Eric Kim

02-28-2020 13:54 UTC-5

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02-28-2020 13:44 UTC-5

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Geoff Fisk

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

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