Event #9: $1,675 MAIN EVENT

Daniel Jones

Day 1B of the WSOP Circuit Tulsa Main Event is in the books. Today’s flight had 230 runners and Daniel Jones (pictured) bagged the biggest stack (348,000) after 16 levels of play. Jones leads the remaining 38 players from Day 1B, who will join the 13 who already bagged on Day 1A.

WSOP 2003 Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker was one of the 230 to queue up for Day 1B, but he busted shortly after running ace-king into pocket queens. He said he will be in the field again tomorrow, looking for his chance to move on to Day 2. Maurice Hawkins, Blair and Grant Hinkle, Andy Philachack, Mike Cordell, and Allen Kessler also failed to bag for Day 2.

Defending Champion Will Berry failed to qualify on Day 1A, but came back on Day 1B and bagged 145,000. Berry won this event last year and booked his second ring along with $180,806.

Mina Greco (145,000), Orlando Romero (238,000), and Cory Smith (142,000) all bagged as well and will join Berry on Day 2. Greco won a big hand against WSOP bracelet winner Cordell when her pocket sevens made a straight earlier in the day and managed to build from there.

The third and final flight of this $1,000,000 Guaranteed Main Event will start Saturday at 11 a.m. local time. Day 2 will start Sunday at noon. You can follow all the action for the remainder of the WSOP Circuit at the Hard Rock Tulsa right here on WSOP.com.

Dwain McFarland opens with a raise to 8,000 and action folds around to Craig "Toothpick" Norals who moves all in for 18,500. Action folds back to McFarland who calls. 

McFarland:   
Norals:   

The flop comes down     which gives Norals a straight and leaves McFarland drawing only to a chop, without a way to win outright. The turn is the   and the river is the   securing the pot for Norals who gets a much needed double up here at the end of the night. 

Craig Norals - 42,000
Dwain McFarland - 84,000

With a board of      Daniel Jones is first to act in a pot against Brian Ray. Jones puts out a bet of 17,000 which Ray calls after giving it some thought.

The river is the   and this time, Jones puts out a much bigger bet, making it 48,000. Ray thinks for a bout 15 seconds before calling. Jones turns over    for a straight which is good to take down the big pot as Ray mucks his hand. With that pot, Jones approaches the 400,000 chip mark, while Ray falls back down the leaderboard with under 200,000 chips. 

Daniel Jones - 390,000
Brian Ray - 185,000

Picking up the action on the river, there is roughly 10,000 in the pot. The board is       and Berry is first to act from the small blind. He puts out a bet of 18,000 which puts his opponent in the big blind in the tank. He thinks for a bit before calling. Berry turns over his   , playing his four with the kings and sevens on the board, but the big blind is holding    for a full house. That earns him the pot and Berry is forced to send over the chips. 

Despite losing the pot, Berry has still built up a big stack of over 200,000 which should be useful to him as he tries to defend his title. 

Will Berry - 205,000

A player moves all in from middle position for a little over 10,000 before Daniel Jones calls from the button. Brian Ray calls from the big blind creating side action with Jones. 

The flop is     and both players check to see the   on the turn. There, Ray bets 25,000. Jones quickly folds so Ray and his opponent turn up their hands. 

Ray:   
Opponent:    

The player is drawing dead on the turn so the   on the river changes nothing. Ray takes down the big pot and with that, he moves to right around 250,000 chips, putting him way up top the leaderboard as one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Brian Ray - 248,000

Cory Smith  three-bets to 14,000 and the original raiser calls. 

The flop is     and both players check. The turn is the   and the first player bets 14,000. Smith quickly calls.

The river is the   and both players check again. Smith shows    which beats his opponent's   .

"Just want you guys to know I don't three-bet light," Smith says collecting the pot, "if I three-bet I got it."

Cory Smith - 105,000

Mike Cordell raises to 4,500 from under the gun and the only caller is Hasan Haq in the small blind.

The flop is     and Haq checks. Cordell continues for 5,600 and Haq calls.

Both players check the   on the turn and the river is the  . Haq now leads out for 15,000, and Cordell folds.

Hasan Haq - 62,500
Mike Cordell - 61,000

After a check on a flop of     from his lone opponent, Daniel Jones puts out a bet of 5,000 into a pot that's right around 10,000. Back on the other player, he moves all in for right around 40,000. Jones thinks for a bit, then calls. 

Jones:   
Opponent:   

The board completes with the   and the   and with his better two pair, Daniel Jones takes down another pot and boosts his stack to nearly 300,000. 

Daniel Jones - 295,000