Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
With 13,000 in the pot and the board showing 
, Jasper May faced a check from a middle-position player.
May, in the hijack, bet 8,000, sending his opponent into the tank. After several moments, the hijack folded, May collected the pot, and a discussion ensued between the two players about what May was holding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000 |
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 #2: $250 NLH Double Stack, 541 runners created a $108,200 prize pool that was paid out to the top 82 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Eric Mardsen (10th- $1,584), Isidro Sandoval (12th - $1,584), Dimitre Dimitrov (17th - $1,067), Guillermo Vargas (19th - $893), Robert Richmond (22nd - $759) and Josh Reichard (40th - $417).
In the end, it was Illinois native Lena Zhao who collected every chip in play to win her first gold ring along with a $21,031 payday.
This two-day tournament was a true grind, with play continuing for a little over 10 hours and Zhao didn't let the length wear her down.
Zhao came into the final day with the chip lead but went to the final table as one of the shortest stacks with only 820,00, but after a long grind at the final table couple, she got the hands she had been waiting for to seal the deal.
“I work a full-time job so I don’t get to play as much as I want to,” Zhao continued, “I only get to play the events that come through here so it feels so good to win my first ring.”
Zhao has a pretty rough work schedule but intends to continue the Circuit stop at Hammond and earn some points towards the 2020 Global Casino Championship.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lena Zhao | Chicago, IL | $21,031 |
| 2 | Patrick Novak | Chicago, IL | $13,005 |
| 3 | Andres Garcia | Skokie, IL | $9,565 |
| 4 | Ryan Marin | Elgin, IL | $7,122 |
| 5 | John Allen | Romeoville, IL | $5,370 |
| 6 | Raynanza Duke | Louisville, KY | $4,099 |
| 7 | Melissa Bartelme | Muskego, WI | $3,170 |
| 8 | Scott Weitzenfeld | Arlington Heights, IL | $2,483 |
| 9 | Frank Cerminara | Kenosha, WI | $1,970 |
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
In what appeared to be a four-bet pot, 5,500 was already in the middle when the 
flop was dealt.
Juan Pablo Esparza checked from the cutoff, [Removed:321] Affaneh bet 2,400 from the button, and Esparza called.
Esparza check-called a 4,000 bet from Affaneh on the 
turn.
Esparza shoved for 11,000 on the 
river, and a clearly frustrated Affaneh went deep into the tank, eventually deciding on a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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16,500 |
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Robert Donegan checked a 
flop from the small blind, as did 2019 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana runner-up Robert James in the big blind. Jeremy Brown bet 500 from early position, and Donegan check-raised to 1,000. James folded and Brown called.
Donegan bet another 1,000 on the 
turn, and Brown called again.
The 
hit the river, and Donegan half-shrugged before tossing a single 5k chip into the pot.
"Too much," Brown said before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000 | |
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27,000 | |
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26,500 |
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Scott Goldstein raised to 300 from under the gun, and was called by Jacob Baumgartner in the cutoff, the player on the button, and BJ McBrayer in the big blind.
Action checked through the 
flop, and McBrayer checked the 
turn. Goldstein bet 700, and Baumgartner raised to 2,300. Action folded back to Goldstein, who called.
Goldstein elected to lead out on the 
river to the tune of 2,700.
"What do you have?" Baumgartner asked Goldstein.
"Sorry guys, I can't indicate that." Goldstein responded.
Baumgartner called a moment later, then mucked after Goldstein tabled 
for a flopped set of deuces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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27,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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26,100
3,900
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3,900 |
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
With 
on the board, Joe Shammas bet 300 from the small blind, the big blind folded, and David Moses called on the button.
Shammas bet another 300 on the 
turn, and Moses called.
Shammas bet another 1,000 on the 
river, and Moses folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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28,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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