$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$793,860
Entries
524
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
204
Players Left
32
Welcome to Day 1a of the WSOP Circuit $1,700 Main Event at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino!
It's Main Event time at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the WSOP Circuit $1,700 Main Event with a $500,000 guarantee kicks off at 11 a.m. local time with the first of two starting flights.
Day 1a features fifteen forty-minute levels, and a final one-hour level before play ends for the evening. Blinds start off at 100/100 for the Main Event, and players begin with 30,000 in tournament chips, with big blind ante kicking in at Level 2.
Players will receive a fifteen-minute break after Levels 3, 6, 12 and 15, and a sixty-minute dinner break after Level 9. Registration will remain open through the beginning of Level 13, and a single re-entry is available to players who bust out for both starting flights. Day 1 play will conclude after Level 16, or until 16% of the field remains, whichever comes first.
This is the first time the WSOP Circuit will stop at Potawatomi this year, but the second stop of the current WSOP Circuit season. In September of last year, Richard Bai topped a field of 447 entrants to earn his second WSOP Circuit ring after defeating Matthew Levin in heads-up play. The final table also included a WSOP Bracelet winner in Brett Apter, and a future WSOP Circuit ring winner in Jorden Helstern, who captured his first ring earlier this week in Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo.
September's Final Table Results
| Position | Player | Location | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Bai | Chicago, Illinois | $138,317 |
| 2 | Matthew Levin | Northbrook, Arizona | $85,488 |
| 3 | Henry Zou | Saginaw, Michigan | $62,298 |
| 4 | James Pupillo | Scottsdale, Arizona | $46,017 |
| 5 | Jorden Helstern | Oak Lawn, Illinois | $34,460 |
| 6 | Nikolas Stone | Auburndale, Wisconsin | $26,167 |
| 7 | Brett Apter | St. Petersburg, Florida | $20,151 |
| 8 | Jack Torcolese | Niles, Illinois | $15,742 |
| 9 | Michael Esquivel | Clarendon Hills, Illinois | $12,478 |
A host of both players, both local and national, are expected to hit the felt during Day 1a action, including 12-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Josh Reichard, Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler, Jerod Smith, and another first-time WSOP Circuit ring winner, Todd Sladek, who nabbed his ring in Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max.
Follow along with PokerNews as the action gets underway here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as we begin the journey to crown the latest WSOPC Main Event champ!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,700 Main Event at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino!
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Faces in the Crowd
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
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30,000
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30,000
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30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
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30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Helstern Looking For Back-To-Back Final Tables
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
A player limped in from the small blind, and Jorden Helsern, who finished in fifth-place in September's WSOP Circuit Main Event here at Potawatomi, raised to 600 from the small blind. The button called.
Helstern led out for 1,000 on the 
flop, and the button called.
Both players checked the 
turn, and Helstern bet 1,500 on the 
river. The button spent a few moments in the tank, then folded, sending the pot to Helstern, who also notched his first WSOP Circuit ring earlier in the series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,800
800
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800 |
Broadway For Bracelet Winner Reading
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
John Reading, who won Event #6: $1,000 Hyper Hold'em at the 2015 WSOP, checked an 
board from middle position, and his opponent in the hijack bet 2,300 into a pot of around 4,500. Reading check-raised to 6,300, and the hijack called.
Reading bet 12,500 on the 
river, leaving himself 10,800 behind. The hijack tanked for a minute before announcing, "Call."
Reading turned over 
for a Broadway straight, and the hijack nodded and said, "Good hand," before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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53,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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Altman Chips Up Through Helstern
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The small blind checked a 
board over to Jorden Helstern in the big blind, who fired in a bet of 1,100. Brian Altman, who won the 2020 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open two weeks ago, made the call on the button, and the small blind folded.
Helstern checked the 
river over to Altman, who bet 2,000. Helstern folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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27,500
-3,300
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-3,300 |
Miscue Pays Dividends For Wazwaz
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Rob Wazwaz checked a 
flop from the big blind, and Voytek Glab bet 5,000 into a pot of around 1,100 from middle position. Wazwaz called.
The 
turn and river were checked down, and Wazwaz tabled 
. Glab mucked.
"I knew you meant to bet 500," Wazwaz told Glab, who nodded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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24,000 | |