Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:53 PM Local Time
Andrew Pacifico is the overall chip leader after two starting flights of the WSOP Circuit Coconut Creek Main Event.
He will start Day 2 with 493,000 and likely would have bagged a slightly smaller stack before a player shoved 140,000 into a 20,000 pot with a combo draw against Pacifico’s top set.
Pacifico will lead the final ... READ MORE
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:43 PM Local Time
The staff paused the clock with 10 minutes left on the clock. The players will play three more hands before bagging up for the night.
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:42 PM Local Time
There is 20,000 in the pot on a flop of . The player in the big blind moves all in for 144,500 and Andrew Pacifico (pictured) calls from under the gun. The three players behind him fold and in the blink of an eye, the pot is over 300,000.
Pacifico shows and the big blind shows . Pacifico is in the lead, but needs to dodge a lot of cards. The turn is the , changing nothing, and the river is the .
The big blind rivers a flush, but it pairs the board and Pacifico makes a full house to win the pot, eliminate a player and open up a massive chip lead over the field.
Andrew Pacifico - 460,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:27 PM Local Time
Gary Friedman is all in preflop with against an opponent with . Friedman is the bigger stack and risking only the 40,000 his opponent has remaining.
The board runs out and Friedman earns the elimination. His opponent heads to the rail with
Gary Friedman - 110,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:18 PM Local Time
Irene Carey raises to 5,200 from middle position and the player in the small blind calls. The big blind moves all in for 8,400 and the small blind moves all in. There is slight confusion about whether or not the small blind is able to raise again, but after quick math by the dealer, they verify that he can raise and Carey quickly calls off the remaining 30,500 in her stack.
Carey shows and is in the lead against the small blind's and the big blind's .
The board runs out . The big blind triples up with Broadway, but Carey wins the bigger side pot and nearly doubles up through the small blind.
Irene Carey - 61,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:06 PM Local Time
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:06 PM Local Time
The pot is already huge when Rob Perry goes all in for his final 30,500 and he gets two callers.
Thomas Henderson leaves himself with only 7,000 behind after calling on the flop.
The turn is the and Nicholas Mahabee bets 20,000, even though Henderson has much less behind. Henderson calls and shows against the of Mahabee.
Perry shows and Mahabee has both all in players at risk and behind.
The river is the and Mahabee knocks Perry and Henderson both out.
Henderson, the Super Bowl XII champion, had a good run, telling fellow players that he wasn't sure who possessed him to have him make it this far in the tournament.
Perry was pretty upset with the result of the hand and took a moment before leaving his seat and heading to the rail.
Meanwhile, Mahabee stacks nearly 200,000 chips.
Nicholas Mahabee - 180,000
Thomas Henderson - Eliminated
Rob Perry - Eliminated
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:00 PM Local Time
Registration closed at the start of Level 13, and the staff has finalized the numbers.
Friday's Day 1A flight drew 370 entries, and another 457 joined Day 1B to bring the total to 827 across both flights. That attendance creates a prize pool worth $1,240,500 to be shared by the final 90 players.
A min-cash is worth $2,804 this week, and the payouts escalate from there. Each of the final 21 players will earn at least five figures, and the top three will earn six.
The Main Event winner will collect the diamond ring and the top prize of $241,898.
The full breakdown of the payouts can be found in the Prizepool tab above.
Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:00 PM Local Time
Justin Harvell (pictured) raises on the button and the big blind three-bets. Harvell calls and the flop is . The big blind bets 8,000 and Harvell calls. The turn is the and the big blind bets 11,000. Harvell calls and the river is the .
The big blind moves all in for about 25,000 and Harvell snap-calls. The big blind hesitates for a few moments before finally showing . Harvell tables , good for a full house, the pot. He eliminates the big blind and moves over the 100,000-chip mark.
Justin Harvell - 126,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 9:49 PM Local Time
Irene Carey raises to 4,000 from middle position and the player in the big blind calls. The two players check to the river as the board comes .
On the river, the big blind leads out for 7,500 and Carey snap-calls. The big blind shows and Carey wins the pot with .
Irene Carey - 80,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 9:44 PM Local Time
A player opens from early position to 3,500 and Matt Wolfson calls behind. Raminder Singh three-bets from the small blind, making it 12,400.
Wolfson asks Singh how much he has behind.
"We have the same stacks," Singh says.
"I'm stronger than you think I am," Wolfson says, "you remember that final table we were at?"
"Which one?" Singh replies.
The two exchange some story about a previous experience, meanwhile the table encourages them to speed up the hand.
"I'm stronger than you think I am," Wolfson says.
"Your actions will tell me how strong you are," Singh replies, "words, anyone can use."
Wolfson folds.
Raminder Singh - 64,000
Matt Wolfson - 48,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 9:26 PM Local Time
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Saturday, February 17, 2018 9:20 PM Local Time
Farid Jattin raises to 3,700 from middle position and the player in the big blind moves all in for about 37,000. Jattin calls and the cards are tabled.
It's off to the races with Jattin's up against the big blind's . The board runs out and Jattin's pair wins the flip to eliminate his opponent and continue to chip up in the later stages of Day 1B.
Farid Jattin - 164,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 9:02 PM Local Time
Raminder Singh, who won the WSOP Circuit Main Event in February 2017 at Palm Beach Kennel Club $168,995, opens to sees a flop heads up with Rob Perry for 4,200.
Singh asks to see Perry's remaining stack as the flop comes down. Singh bets 6,000 and Perry reraises to 12,000. Singh folds.
Rob Perry - 37,000
Raminder Singh - 58,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:56 PM Local Time
Michael Aron (pictured) opens to 3,500 in early position, and the player in the small blind shoves for just less than 30,000 total. Aron calls to put him at risk, flipping for the knockout.
Aron:
Small blind:
The board runs out , and Aron's pair of jacks sends another one to the rail.
Michael Aron - 72,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:56 PM Local Time
Vinny Pahuja goes all in for 17,700 and Michael Aron moves all in over the top. The remaining players fold and Aron has versus the of Pahuja.
The board runs out 5s] and Pahuja is eliminated.
Michael Aron - 46,000
Vinny Pahuja - Eliminated
Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:46 PM Local Time
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:35 PM Local Time
Level 12 concludes, and the field is on a 15-minute break. Registration will close when the new level begins, so this is the last chance to join (or rejoin) the Main Event field.
The board shows 451 entries for this flight and more than 800 total. The official numbers will be posted alongside the prize pool once they're finalized.
Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:34 PM Local Time
Daniel Jones opens the button to 3,000, and Andrew Pacifico three-bets to 7,000 in the small blind. Jones four-bet shoves with the larger stack, and Pacifico calls all in for 83,000 to put himself at risk. It's a big flip.
Jones:
Pacifico:
The board runs out , and Pacifico wins the race with queens up. He doubles up, moving into the apparent chip lead in the process.
Andrew Pacifico - 169,000
Daniel Jones - 17,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:30 PM Local Time
A player in early position limps in and a player in middle position limps in behind. Bob Beck raises to 2,500 from the cutoff and both players call. The flop is and both of the limpers check to Beck, who bets 5,200. The first limper folds and the second calls.
The turn is the and the middle position player moves all in for about 19,500. Beck thinks for just a few seconds before calling. Beck shows , giving him top pair, but he's drawing dead against his opponent's .
The river is irrelevant and Beck loses the pot to his opponent, who turned top two pair.
Bob Beck - 41,000