$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$743,865
Entries
491
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
150
Players Left
24
The 2020 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event Kicks Off Today
After a week-long of poker tournaments inside the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, it is finally time for the Main Event to take the stage. Multiple World Series of Poker Circuit rings have already been handed out along with plenty of cash over the opening side events. However, this is the moment many of the players have been waiting for with the $1,700 Main Event set to begin today.
This event attracted a whopping 639 entries in 2019 which generated a total prizepool just shy of $1,000,000. The tournament staff has said the numbers appear to be very similar thus far this year and the satellites have seen big turnouts. Kyle Cartwright came out on top for his fourth career WSOP Circuit Main Event title to add to his one WSOP gold bracelet. Cartwright took home nearly $200,000 last year, the second-largest cash of his poker career.
The cards are scheduled to go in the air at 11 a.m. local time and the players are expected to buckle up for a long day of poker. There are 16 levels on the schedule with the first 15 of them being 40 minutes in length and the final level is set to increase to 60 minutes. There will be a 15-minute break after every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level nine.
Players will sit down to a starting stack of 30,000 chips and the blinds beginning at 100/100 in the opening level. Late registration will remain open until the start of level 13 and each player will be allowed a single re-entry per flight. There will be one more starting flight tomorrow which will start at 11 a.m. as well.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor throughout the Main Event to bring you all of the live updates until a winner is crowned.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The cards are in the air on Day 1a of the Main Event with over 50 players in their seats to kick things off.
Early Notables in the Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Big Slick Earns Ballard a Pot
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Anthony Allison raised it up from under the gun and Devon Ballard just called from the small blind. The two players saw a flop of 
. Ballard checked to Allison who tossed in a bet only to have Ballard slide out a check-raise to 1,500. Allison called and the 
landed on the turn.
Both players tapped the table this time and the 
completed the board. Ballard splashed in a bet of 3,000 and Allison decided to look him up. Ballard turned over 
and Allison showed the 
before mucking his other card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 | |
|
|
25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Nearing 100 Entries
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
The field has quickly grown to 93 entries in the first couple of levels including the additions of Jake Bazeley and PokerNews' own Hayley Hochstetler who will be on the other side of the felt this weekend.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Whittington Flops a Set
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Picking up the action on a completed board of 
, Peace Marvel and Blake Whittington were heads-up in a pot that already had around 15,000 in the middle.
Marvel checked from the small blind and Whittington tossed in a bet of 14,000 from under the gun. Marvel gave it some thought and elected to make the call. Whittington flipped over 
for a set of sevens and Marvel conceded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
13,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200