$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
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.
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
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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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Niel Mittelman |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Phil Mader |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jorden Helstern |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Steve Wazwaz
|
30,000 | |
Yoon Kim |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ken Komberec |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Travis Lauson |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Andy Rogowski |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Rich Alsup |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Rob Wazwaz |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Bradley Jansen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Brian Altman |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Cero Zuccarello |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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 |
---|---|---|
Jorden Helstern |
30,800
800
|
800 |
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 |
---|---|---|
John Reading |
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
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 |
---|---|---|
Brian Altman |
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
Jorden Helstern |
27,500
-3,300
|
-3,300 |
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 |
---|---|---|
Rob Wazwaz |
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
Voytek Glab | 24,000 |