Gallaher and Trost Surging, Hot Leads After Day 1b of the WSOP Circuit $1,700 Main Event at Potawatomi
Day 1b of the WSOP Circuit $1,700 Main Event at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino saw 320 entrants hit the felt in search of a Day 2 bag. Just 52 players managed to secure a bag at the end of the night, with Igor Hot and his 485,000 taking the overall chip lead into Day 2 play. Hot managed to build an early stack by busting James Pupillo with aces, and rode a hot streak at the end of the night to claim the overall chip lead, ahead of Day 1a chip leader Chris Roth and his 420,000 chip stack.
John Gallaher (459,000) and Craig Trost (458,000) both managed to zoom up the counts in the middle of the day. Gallaher found himself in a kings against queens scenario, and was able to jump his stack above 200,000 just after registration closed, then rode the wave all the way to second-place on the day. Trost flopped kings-full and Nicola Ditrapani rivering fives-full to send a massive pot to Trost, one that he road to the third-place overall stack.
Others that managed to find a Day 2 ticket include former champ Michael Hudson (331,000), Phil Mader (287,000), Ryan "Jesus" Scully (246,000), Cody Brinn (140,000), Allen Kessler (114,000), Ravi Raghavan (66,000), and Mo Nuwwarah (35,000).
Nick Pupillo managed to make a deep run before falling just short of a bag. Others that were unable to make it to Day 2 include WSOP Bracelet winners John Reading and Alex Ziskin, Sam Cosby, Melissa Bryne, Hannah Guthrie, Brett Reichard, Kevin Saul, and Brian Altman.
Day 2 kicks off tomorrow at Noon local time for level 16 with 25:16 remaining, and the final 84 players will be just five spots shy of a cash. A min-cash will earn players $2,770, while the eventual winner will walk away with $151,284. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we hit the money and hit the money here at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino.
flop, and she bet 10,000. Trost check-raised to 27,000, the big blind folded and Guthrie called.
turn, and Guthrie went into the tank for a few minutes, before jamming for around 90,000. Trost called.
flop, and Scully called.
turn, and Scully bet 20,000, leaving himself 15,000 behind. The small blind check-raised all in and Scully called it off.
river saved his tournament life with a winning set of jacks.
flop from the small blind, and Daniel Dombrowski checked from the big blind. Sultan Ahmed bet 5,000 on the button, and Pekarek called. Dombrowski check-raised to 19,000, and Ahmed three-bet shoved for 100,000. Pekarek folded and Dombrowski called off his 55,000 chip stack.
fell on the river.
turn, and the 
hit the river. Cosby bet 18,000, leaving himself 31,000 behind. Skreens, who had just 59,000 left in his own stack, tanked for a minute before making the call. Cosby turned over 
, then mucked after Skreens rolled over 
board failed to improve Pupillo.
river, and he earned the double.
turn.
fell on the river, and Ditrapani checked again. Trost bet 9,500, and Ditrapani check-raised to 35,000. Trost shoved, and Ditrapani said, "I know you have kings, but..." and called for Trost's last 30,000 or so in chips. Trost indeed held 
