$2,200 High Roller Day 1 | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas

02-24-2020 22:58 UTC-7

Leng Continues to Fire vs. Imsirovic

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Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

The flop showed and there was around 3,500 in the pot. Ryan Leng led out for 1,500 and Ali Imsirovic called to see the turn card.

Leng bet 2,100, Imsirovic called and the completed the board. Leng jammed the river and Imsirovic instantly released his hand, sending the pot to Leng.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	35,500	5,500
Ali Imsirovic	6,000	-3,000

Tags: Ryan Leng Ali Imsirovic

02-24-2020 22:44 UTC-7

Players Keep Rolling In

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Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	30,000	30,000
Stephen Song	30,000	30,000
Michael Rossitto	30,000	30,000
Michael Del Vecchio	30,000	30,000
Alex Livingston	30,000	30,000
Katie Lindsay	30,000	30,000
Joseph Cheong	30,000	30,000
Gordon Vayo	30,000	30,000
Faraz Jaka	30,000	30,000
Ryan Leng	30,000

02-24-2020 22:36 UTC-7

Ryan Leng Captures 3rd Career WSOPC Gold Ring

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Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

PokerNews is in town to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $2,200 High Roller here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas, but those are just three of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.

In Event #7: $400 NLH/PLO Mix 8-Handed, 103 entrants created a $33,990 prize pool that was paid out to the top 16 players including Ming Zhu (3rd - $4,085), Ian Steinman (7th - $1,210), James Hoeppner (11th - $703), JJ Liu (12th - $703), and Andrew Donabedian (16th - $597).

In the end, bracelet winner Ryan Leng bested Mark Liedtke in heads-up play to win the title for $9,722 and his third career gold ring.

“It feels great, especially in a format like this. No-limit hold’em is my main game and in PLO I’m still learning the tournament strategy, so it feels good to get a win in a mixed game like this where I’ve put in some time to study and trying to learn the game,” Leng said after the victory.

He added: “Winning a tournament is always so much fun. The money is obviously not one of the bigger ones, but I just really love the game and winning a tournament is always so much fun regardless of tournament, field size or buy-in. I love this game, I thoroughly love it. I’m constantly trying to improve, and I’m always trying new things. I also work on being creative, and learn new games. I’m always motivated to play, I want to win every tournament I enter so it is easy for me to stay motivated.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Ryan Leng	Wheeling, Illinois	$9,722
2	Mark Liedtke	Manassas, Virginia	$6,002
3	Ming Zhu	Portland, Oregon	$4,085
4	Steven Girouard	Las Vegas, Nevada	$2,869
5	Darren Stillwell	Morganton, North Carolina	$2,080
6	Christopher Carey	Efland, North Carolina	$1,559
7	Ian Steinman	Mountain View, California	$1,210
8	Spencer Simpson	Draper, Utah	$973

Tags: Andrew Donabedian Christopher Carey Darren Stillwell Ian Steinman James Hoeppner JJ Liu Ming Zhu Ryan Leng Spencer Simpson

02-24-2020 22:35 UTC-7

Psallidas Continues to Climb

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Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Constantinos Psallidas jumped in just two levels ago and is already sitting amongst the top of the leaderboard.

During the latest hand the Canadian saw a bet of 600 come his way from Martin Zamani in a pot that had about 5,000 in it. The turned read and Psallidas raised the bet to 3,000.

Zamani mucked and Psallidas turned over his saying "I had to bluff you here," as he scooped in the pot with a smile.

"I was zero percent against that hand!" Laughed Zamani

Player	Chips	Progress
Constantinos Psallidas	100,000	53,000
Martin Zamani	48,000	-17,000

Tags: Martin Zamani Constantinos Psallidas

02-24-2020 22:21 UTC-7

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Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

02-24-2020 22:11 UTC-7

Pupillo Takes a Small One from Keuther

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Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

Joe Kuether opened to 1,200 from middle position and Nick Pupillo three-bet from the button to 3,600. Kuether called and the dealer fanned out on the flop.

Kuether checked and Pupillo continued with a bet of 4,000. Kuether quickly folded and Pupillo took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Kuether	59,000
Nick Pupillo	40,000

Tags: Joe Kuether Nick Pupillo

02-24-2020 21:58 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ralph Wong	90,000	57,000
Ankush Mandavia	90,000	7,000
Martin Zamani	65,000	35,000
Marcus Laffen	65,000	35,000
Chris Carey	64,000
Ben Palmer	55,000	25,000
Maria Mcalpin	49,000	6,000
Constantinos Psallidas	47,000	17,000
Alex Rocha	42,000	12,000
Ali Imsirovic	9,000	-21,000

02-24-2020 21:56 UTC-7

Varnell Lays It Down to Kuether

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Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

The board was and there was about 5,000 in the pot. Joe Kuether checked to Craig Varnell who bet 2,800 and Kuether check-raised without hesitation to 12,000.