On the stone bubble there were two all ins on two separate tables. Matwej Troitschanski was forced all in from the big blind and three players limped in front of him in an attempt to burst the bubble. A pretty gross spot occurred when all four players checked to the river with both a four liner and three to a flush were on an ace-high board. The best of the three players had a nine-high straight and Troitschanski peeled his hand for the whole table.
He had an eight-high straight and top pair but it was no good and he unfortunately busted. However, Anoop Jugurnath lost a flip on the other table and was also busted so both players will go home with half a min-cash. Not the worst outcome for the pair.
Players were already in the final level of the night with only ten-minutes left when the bubble burst. The floor announced they were playing three more hands and those have been completed. The remaining 75 players have found a bag and play has concluded.
The Second flight of Event #8: $1,700 No Limit Holdem Main Event at the World Series of Poker Circuit Playground has ended. A total of 562 players fired on Day 1b with 75 players finding a bag. After the dust settled, it was Rami Hammoud who held the chip lead. The Roxoboro native was cool, calm, and collected as he accumulated chips throughout the day. He now sits as the #1 stack going into Day 2 after edging out Khaly Dang, from Day 1a, by just 8,000 chips. Right on his heels are Xing He with 915,000 and Jimmy Setna with 914,000 to round out the top three.
Some other notables made the money and will advance to Day 2. Bracelet winner Bradley Smith (31,000) is short but has a ton of fight left for Day 2, WSOP Main Event Final Tablaist Griffin Benger (153,000) found a bag, and Bracelet winner Mike Leah (526,000) will be a force on Day 2 with a very above-average stack.
Mike Leah
Top Ten Day 1b Chip Counts
Place
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Rami Hammoud
Canada
953,000
95
2
Xing He
Canada
915,000
92
3
Jimmy Setna
Canada
914,000
91
4
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
Canada
834,000
83
5
Vadym Sienichkin
Canada
806,000
81
6
Khaled Aljoma
Canada
784,000
78
7
Medhat Ramzy
Canada
633,000
63
8
Jean-Louis Cyr
Canada
542,000
54
9
Oleg Boulchyi
Canada
537,000
54
10
Pietro Lo Giudice
Canada
530,000
53
Xing He
On Sunday, the players from the three Day 1 flights will be combined. They have all secured a minimum prize of $2,900 and will enter Day 2 already in the money. The first-place prize is yet to be announced, but the total guarantee for this event is a whopping $1,500,000, with $843,000 being added from this flight alone.
The upcoming flight is scheduled for Saturday morning at 11 a.m. local time. It remains to be seen whether another player can surpass Hammoud as the overall chip leader. However, it is clear that everyone will need to put in some serious work if they plan on catching up with him.
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