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

02-29-2020 15:51 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Flynn	55,000

Player	Chips	Progress
BJ McBrayer	85,000 37,500	37,500
Kanat Ozturk	49,000 49,000	49,000
Jason Seitz	41,000 11,000	11,000
Jose Cervantes	36,000 -3,000	-3,000
Paul Elfelt	35,000 5,000	5,000
Casey Carroll	34,000
Hamid Izadi	32,700 -2,800	-2,800
Jorden Helstern	32,000 32,000	32,000
Samuel Cosby	32,000 -12,000	-12,000
Larry Wagner	28,500
Tim Vance	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Cody Brinn	27,800 27,800	27,800
Ernest Smith	24,000
Allen Kessler	24,000
Jeremy Brown	22,000 -4,500	-4,500
David To	19,000 -7,000	-7,000
Steve Wazwaz	17,500 17,500	17,500
Aaron Johnson	12,000 12,000	12,000
Daniel Sepiol	10,200 10,200	10,200

Simon Philip Takes Down Seniors Event to Win Second Ring in Back-To-Back Years at Hammond

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 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 #3: $400 NLH Seniors, 275 runners created a $90,750 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Ira Lathan (10th- $1,387), Sandra Morse (13th - $1,146), Scott Buller (16th - $966), Allan Furman (18th - $833), Albert Bevilacqua (22nd - $734) and Frank Glass (25th- $661).

In the end, it was Florida native Simon Phillip who navigated the field to win his second gold ring in the Seniors Event, winning the same title in back-to-back years at Hammond, and Phillip also collected a $21,034 payday.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Simon Philip	Pensacola, FL	$21,034
2	Frank Bralick	South Milwaukee, WI	$12,996
3	Guowei Zhou	Plainfield, IL	$9,203
4	Gerald Siemienas	Arlington Heights, IL	$6,635
5	Anthony Ezman	Coatsville, IN	$4,872
6	Anastas Mukoski	Crown Point, IN	$3,645
7	Tony Pena	Fennville, MI	$2,780
8	James Stern	Chicago, IL	$2,161
9	Nathan Richmond	Manitowoc, WI	$1,714

Tags: Albert Bevilacqua Anastas Mukoski Anthony Ezman Gerald Siemienas James Stern Sandra Morse Scott Buller Simon Philip Tony Pena

02-29-2020 15:40 UTC-5

Shahid Takes Two

GeoffFisk

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Shah Shahid opened to 600 from early position, and got two callers.

The big blind checked the flop, Shahid bet 1,000, a player in middle position folded, and the big blind followed suit.

The pot was the second consecutive takedown for Shahid, who finds himself at the 50k chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shah Shahid	50,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Shah Shahid

02-29-2020 15:38 UTC-5

Shahid's Call is Correct

GeoffFisk

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Facing an early-position open to 400, Shah Shahid three-bet to 1,200, got three cold callers, and the orignal raiser also called.

The five players went to the flop, and all five checked.

Action checked to Shahid on the turn, Shahid bet 2,500, and only the cutoff called.

Shahid checked the river, the cutoff bet 5,000, and Shadid made the call. The cutoff showed , with that bluff successfully called by Shahid's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Shah Shahid	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Shah Shahid

02-29-2020 15:35 UTC-5

Lockwood Gets it In

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Umut Ozturk checked a flop from the big blind, as did a player in the hijack. Sean Lockwood bet 3,000 from the button, and Ozturk check-raised to 8,000. The hijack folded and Lockwood called.

Ozturk bet 13,500 on the turn, and Lockwood quickly pushed his remaining 24,700 in the middle. Ozturk folded, and the table tried to get Lockwood to show that he had turned a king, but Lockwood simply mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Lockwood	54,000
Umut Ozturk	17,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tags: Umut Ozturk Sean Lockwood

02-29-2020 15:27 UTC-5

Assorted Chip Counts

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yousef Saleh	53,000
Kenneth Baime	41,000
Michael Vanderwoude	36,000 11,000	11,000
Jeffrey Minnerly	34,500
James Simon	32,100
Mark Morris	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Yoon Kim	28,500 -1,500	-1,500
Dan Bunce	27,500 -2,500	-2,500
Jacob Baumgartner	27,400 1,300	1,300
Bryan Skreens	27,300 -900	-900
Philip Shing	25,700 2,900	2,900
Craig Trost	25,500 -5,000	-5,000
Michael Perrone	21,000 21,000	21,000

Kevin Saul	19,500 -14,500	-14,500

David McGowan	10,000 -20,000	-20,000
Jill Bryant	8,500

02-29-2020 15:27 UTC-5

Miller Going For Rings at Hammond in Three Straight Years

BrandonTemple

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Bryant Miller, who own four WSOP Circuit rings to his name, has found a ring in each of the last two years here at Horseshoe Hammond. In October of 2018, he took down Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em for $23,918, then followed that up last year with a win in Event #10: $1,125 No-Limit Hold'em in February for $33,300.

In a recent hand, Darryl Ronconi checked a board over to Miller, who bet 12,000 into a pot of 19,100 from the cutoff. Ronconi tanked for a minute, counting down his remaining 20,000 in chips, before settling on a fold.