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Friday, August 10, 2018 1:32 PM Local Time
Six players limp, including Lon McEachern from the button. The player in the big blind checks and the seven players see a flop.
Action checks to McEachern and he bets 600. He gets two callers. The turn is the and action checks to McEachern again. This time he bets 1,000. His opponent in the big blind folds and the other calls. The river is the and both players check.
"Two pair," says McEachern.
He tables and his opponent mucks her cards.
Lon McEachern - 33,400
Friday, August 10, 2018 1:18 PM Local Time
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Friday, August 10, 2018 1:03 PM Local Time
Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Friday, August 10, 2018 1:03 PM Local Time
Ryan Jones raises to 400 from under the gun and the player on the button calls.
The flop comes and Jones leads for 400. His opponent calls and turn brings the . Both players check and the river is the . Jones bets 300 and his opponent folds.
Ryan Jones - 25,500
Friday, August 10, 2018 12:54 PM Local Time
Timothy McReynolds raises to 550 from middle position and gets three calls. Daniel Lowery calls from the cutoff, the player on the button calls and the player in the big blind calls.
The flop comes and action checks to Lowery. He bets 1,000 and only McReynolds calls. The turn is the and McReynolds checks again. Lowery bets 2,500 and McReynolds calls. The river is the and McReynolds checks. Lowery goes for chips for a third time and bets 3,800. McReynolds calls and Lowery shows . McReynolds mucks his hand and Lowery collects the pot.
Daniel Lowery - 45,000
Timothy McReynolds - 26,000
Friday, August 10, 2018 12:43 PM Local Time
The under the gun player limps followed by limps from Peter Vitantonio in early position and Charles Johnson in the small blind. The big blind checks his option and the four players see a flop of .
Action checks to the under the gun player and he bets 500. Vitantonio calls and then Johnson raises to 1,500. The player in the big blind and the under the gun player fold. Vitantonio calls and the turn is the . Johnson bets 1,500 and Vitantonio calls. The river brings the and both players check.
Johnson tables and Vitantonio mucks his hand.
Charles Johnson - 32,000
Peter Vitantonio - 40,000
Friday, August 10, 2018 12:21 PM Local Time
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Friday, August 10, 2018 12:14 PM Local Time
Preflop action is already underway and some is missed. Matt Bond in the small blind facing a raise of 4,800 from Dylan Wilkerson in the cutoff. They are the only players remaining in the hand. Bond calls and the two players see a flop of .
Both players check the flop and the turn brings the . Bond leads for 2,450 and Wilkerson calls. The river is the and Bond checks. Wilkerson bets 16,800, leaving 5,200 behind. Bond moves all-in and has Wilkerson covered. Wilkerson thinks for three minutes before the clock is called.
The floor staff arrives to the table and lets Wilkerson know he has 30 seconds to act on his hand. Wilkerson folds before the 5-second countdown is reached and the pot is awarded to Bond.
Matt Bond - 54,000
Dylan Wilkerson - 5,200
Friday, August 10, 2018 11:51 AM Local Time
Maurice Hawkins Wins April 2016 Cherokee Main Event
On the edge of the tournament room a new table has formed that includes three prior Harrah's Cherokee Main Event Champions.
Seat 1: Maurice Hawkins - Winner of April 2016 Cherokee Main Event for $279,722
Seat 2: Ryan Jones - Winner of April 2015 Cherokee Main Event for $235,804
Seat 4: Dylan Wilkerson - Winner of April 2018 Cherokee Main Event for $294,152
The three players have a combined 15 WSOP Circuit rings between them and more than $3.8 million in WSOP tournament earnings.
Friday, August 10, 2018 11:42 AM Local Time
| Level: | 2 | | Blinds: | 75/150 | |
Friday, August 10, 2018 11:39 AM Local Time
The is exposed during the deal.
The player under the gun raises to 300 and the player in the cutoff three-bets to 700. Craig Smith calls in the small blind and the then under the gun player four-bets to 2,300. Both the player in the cutoff and Smith call.
The flop comes and Smith moves all-in for 16,550. The under the gun player doesn't waste anytime and calls while the player in the cutoff folds. Smith and his opponent table their hands.
Smith:
Opponent:
Smith is in rough shape and needing to his one of the two remaining jacks to survive. The turn is the and is no help, but the river is the and Smith doubles up and avoids an early exit.
Craig Smith - 40,100
Friday, August 10, 2018 11:15 AM Local Time
Arkadiy Tsinis finished 6th in the GCC
A few of the familiar faces in the field from the start include last year's December Cherokee stop Main Event winner Charles Johnson, Circuit reg Stephen Nussrallah and bracelet winner Arkadiy Tsinis.
Tsinins is coming off of final table finish in the 2018 Global Casino Championship. Tsinis finished in 6th place yesterday in the for $48,926. The cash marked the WSOP veteran's 79th (35th Circuit) and 19th WSOP final table. Tsinis' day ended after losing a flip early into Day 3 by 3rd place finisher Keven Stammen.
Arkadiy Tsinis - 30,000
Friday, August 10, 2018 11:04 AM Local Time
Cards are in the air for the first Circuit Main Event of the 2018/2019 season.
Friday, August 10, 2018 11:03 AM Local Time
| Level: | 1 | | Blinds: | 50/100 | |
Friday, August 10, 2018 10:37 AM Local Time
Last year's champion, Harry Arutyunyan
The first Circuit Main Event of the brand new Circuit season is just about to get underway at Harrah's Cherokee. Players will notice a new and improved structure with more starting chips for this year's Circuit Mains. This is the first of 27 domestic Circuit stops of the 2018/2019 WSOP Circuit season and the first of 27 Circuit Main Events. One thing that remains the same from last year's Circuit Main Events is
that each and every single Main Event champion will all earn a free seat to the 2019 $1 Million
Guaranteed Global Casino Championship.
Today is Day 1A of the Main Event and Day 1B will start tomorrow at 11 a.m. Both starting flights will leave registration open until the start of Level 13, which will be about 8:45 p.m. Each player is allowed to re-enter up to one time per flight, which makes it possible to enter up to four times maximum.
Day 1 will 15 40-minute levels. Players that are lucky enough to survive Day 1 will return for Day 2 Sunday at noon for 10 one-hour levels. The few that make through Day 2 will return for the final day of play Monday at noon and play until a champion is crowned.
Last year this event drew 1,022 players to generate a $1,553,000 prizepool. California's Harry Arutyunyan took down the tournament to earn $283,597.
Here's a quick rundown of this year's Main Event structure:
- $1 Million Guaranteed Prizepool
- $1,700 buy-in (was $1,675)
- Players start with 30,000 chips (increased from 20,000)
- Blinds start at 50/100
- Registration remains open until the start of Level 13
- Players are allowed one re-entry per starting flight
- Levels 1-15 are 40 minutes long and all remaining levels are 60 minutes long
- Both Day 1s will play through level 15
- There is a one-hour dinner break on Day 1 after Level 9 (about 5:30pm)
- Day 2 is scheduled for Sunday at noon; Day 3 Monday at noon
- The winner will receive a free seat to the 2019 Global Casino Championship