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Monday, May 22, 2017 12:41 PM Local Time
Immediately after losing more than half his stack to Jett Schencker, action folds to John Cressend in the small blind and he completes. Jason Baldridge is in the big blind and puts in more chips than Cressend has.
Cressend instantly calls for his remaining 335,000 and they show down.
Cressend is in good shape with against Baldridge's .
The board runs out and Cressend doubles through.
John Cressend - 765,000 (26 bb)
Jason Baldridge - 2,640,000 (88 bb)
Monday, May 22, 2017 12:37 PM Local Time
Jett Schencker raises to 65,000 in middle position and John Cressend raises to 150,000 in the big blind. Schencker calls.
On the flop, both players check. The turn is the and Cressend checks again. Schencker bets 110,000 and Cressend calls.
The river is the and Cressend checks once again. Schencker bets 200,000 and Cressend calls.
Schencker shows for a pair of aces and it is good enough to win him the pot.
Jett Schencker - 2,050,000 (68 bb)
John Cressend - 335,000 (11 bb)
Monday, May 22, 2017 12:32 PM Local Time
Jason Baldridge opens with a raise to 80,000. Only William Tait calls on the button.
The flop is and Baldridge leads with a bet of 150,000. Tait calls.
The turn is the Baldridge leads again with a bet of 200,000. Tait calls once more.
The river is the and Baldridge leads for 250,000. Tait calls. Baldridge shows but it's no good. Tait shows and that's enough to earn him the pot.
William Tait - 2,050,000
Jason Baldridge - 3,000,000
Monday, May 22, 2017 12:29 PM Local Time
Ryan Leng opens to 70,000 under the gun. Action folds around to Caufman Talley who calls from the big blind.
Both players check on the flop. They check again on the turn.
On the river, Talley bets 125,000. Leng quickly calls. Talley shows but it's not good. Leng shows for the same pair with a better kicker and he takes the pot.
Ryan Leng - 1,740,000 (58 bb)
Caufman Talley - 455,000 (15 bb)
Monday, May 22, 2017 12:24 PM Local Time
Jett Schencker opens the action to 65,000 under the gun, Caufman Talley calls in the next position, Jeff Turton calls in the cutoff, and Jason Baldridge comes along in the small blind. The big blind folds and it is four to the flop.
The flop comes and Baldridge checks. Schencker continues for 125,000, Talley calls, Turton folds, and Baldridge calls.
These three go to the turn which is the . Baldridge checks again, Schencker checks, and Talley bets 300,000. Baldridge check-raises to 800,000, prompting folds from Schencker and Talley.
Baldridge is now over 3,000,000 after that pot.
Jason Baldridge - 3,715,000 (124 bb)
Caufman Talley - 670,000 (22 bb)
Jett Schencker - 1,650,000 (55 bb)
Monday, May 22, 2017 12:17 PM Local Time
Ryan Leng limps under the gun. Action folds to Harold Kizzire who makes it 150,000 from the cutoff. Leng calls and the two head to a flop. The flop is and Leng checks to Kizzire who makes it 250,000. Leng thinks for a moment then folds.
The next hand, Jett Schencker opens with a raise to 65,000. Leng three bets to 165,000 from the big blind and with action back on Schencker he folds.
The very next hand, Schencker opens again. Caufman Talley calls from the button before Leng pops it up to 335,000 from the small blind. Schenker and Tally both fold and Leng takes the pot. With those three pots, Leng has marginally increased his stack from where he started the day.
Ryan Leng - 1,380,000 (46 bb)
Harold Kizzire - 2,450,000 (81 bb)
Jett Schencker - 1,700,000 (57 bb)
Caufman Talley - 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Monday, May 22, 2017 12:10 PM Local Time
In a blind vs blind confrontation early in the day, the flop is . William Tait bets 35,000 from the small blind and Jett Schencker calls in the big blind.
On the turn, Tait bets 75,000 and Schencker makes it 225,000. Tait calls and they head to the river.
The river is the and Tait checks. Schencker puts together a bet of 350,000 and Tait tosses in a single chip to call.
Schencker shows for kings full on the flop to win the pot, which puts him just over the 2,000,000-chip mark.
Jett Schencker - 2,030,000 (68 bb)
William Tait - 1,270,000 (42 bb)
Monday, May 22, 2017 12:00 PM Local Time
Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Monday, May 22, 2017 7:52 AM Local Time
Five-time Circuit Ring Winner Caufman Talley
From the 758 total entries in the final Main Event of the WSOP Circuit season, only ten remain. These ten return today at noon local time to play down to a winner.
Jason Baldridge begins the day as the chip leader with 2,605,000 chips. Harold Kizzire is not far behind with 2,435,000 and is also the only other player over 2,000,000 chips.
Caufman Talley is the only final tabler who has won Circuit gold, and he is going for number six. The other nine players are looking for their first Circuit ring today.
Play begins in Level 26 with blinds of 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante. The final ten seating and counts to start the day is as follows:
Seat 1: John Cressend - 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Baldridge - 2,605,000 (87 bb)
Seat 3: Hal Kizzire - 2,435,000 (81 bb)
Seat 4: William Tait - 1,955,000 (65 bb)
Seat 5: Jett Schencker - 1,345,000 (45 bb)
Seat 6: Caufman Talley - 1,245,000 (42 bb)
Seat 7: Ryan Leng - 1,185,000 (40 bb)
Seat 8: Jeff Bromberger - 1,810,000 (60 bb)
Seat 9: Gabriel Andrade - 910,000 (30 bb)
Seat 10: Jeff Turton - 560,000 (19 bb)