Friday, February 15, 2019 11:30 PM Local Time
Edward Gilfillan
The
first of two starting flights of the World Series of Poker Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Main Event is in the books. Day 1A attracted 353
entries and by the end of the day, only 80 players survived.
Big
names littered today’s field and after 15 levels of play, Edward Gilffilan surged during one of the last hands of the night to be dealt, jumping past several players to bag the chip lead with an impressive stack of 380,000. He is followed by Bryce McVay with a stack of 318,500. McVay already has four cashes
at this stop including a fourth-place finish in Event#7: $600 No-Limit
Hold’em 6-Handed. Andrew Kaplan rounds up the top three with 313,000, the only three stacks above the 300,000 mark.
Other
notables to advance chip stacks to Day 2 include last season's Main Event champion at Seminole Coconut Creek, Kammar Andries (128,500) as well as bracelet winner Chris Tryba (57,000) ring winners Kevin Johnson (116,000), Timothy "T.K." Miles (78,000) and 2015 November Niner Neil Blumenfield (114,000).
Big names who were not fortunate enough to find a bag at the end of the day
include bracelet winners Matt Waxman, Leif Force, Loni Harwood, Jessica Dawley, and
Warren Sheaves as well as ring winners Russell Sullivan, Stanislav Angelov and
Justin Harvell.
With
353 entries today, the event is more than halfway to the $1 million guaranteed
prizepool. The second flight gets underway at 11 a.m. on Saturday and the survivors of
both flights will be coming back at noon on Sunday to play Day 2.
Complete chip counts for all of the day's survivors are available under the "Reports" tab above.
Friday, February 15, 2019 10:36 PM Local Time
The remaining players are bagging and tagging for the night. End-of-day chip counts and a recap will follow shortly.
Friday, February 15, 2019 10:07 PM Local Time
Kevin Johnson opens to 7,000 under the gun. The player in middle position calls, along with the cutoff, and the big blind.
A flop of is dealt and checked to the player on the cutoff who bet 12,000. Johnson is the only caller.
The turn brings the and is checked around ot the river. Johnnson fires 35,000 and his opponent snap-folds.
Kevin Johnson - 170,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 10:05 PM Local Time
Venezuela's Joseph di Rosa Rojas bets 21,000 pre-flop, and action swings all the way around to the player on his right, Ted McNamara. McNamara's been on a heater and may have briefly been the chip leader, but hits a bump here. McNamara moves all in, and di Rosa Rojas tanks, counts his stacks (he has about another 56,000 behind), and tanks again before calling and showing . McNamara has , but gets no help from a runout and drops down the ranks as the final level of the night continues.
Joseph di Rosa Rojas - 159,000
Ted McNamara - 265,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:54 PM Local Time
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:52 PM Local Time
The player in middle position opens to 5,000. Skip Mcdonough, from one seat over, three-bets to 30,000. The player in the small blind four-bet shoves for around 145,000. Mcdonough is the only caller.
Skip Mcdonough:
Opponent:
The runout is and Mcdonough doubles up.
Skip Mcdonough - 128,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:33 PM Local Time
Mark Dube opens to 6,000 under the gun. The player in middle position calls. The small blind three-bets to 16,000. Dube calls. The player in middle position folds.
The dealer spreads a flop of . The small blind bets 15,000. Dube calls.
The turn comes the and is checked around to the river. The small blind checks. Dube fires 40,000. His opponent quickly folds.
Mark Dube - 327,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:21 PM Local Time
Ryan Van San Ford raises to 5,500 under the gun. The player on the button calls.
A flop of is dealt. Van San Ford bets 6000. His opponent calls.
The turn is the . Van San Ford continues with a bet of 9,000, that is enough to claim the pot.
Ryan Van San Ford - 152,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:20 PM Local Time
Matthew Zarcadoolas, the winner earlier this week in Event #6, $400 No-Limit Hold'em, has busted. Zarcadoolas is under 15,000 when he gets his last chips with against Nadya Magnus's . Zarcadoolas moves ahead on the flop and stays there through the turn, but the river is the , to send Zarcadoolas to the exit.
Nadya Magnus - 54,000
Matthew Zarcadoolas - Eliminated
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:11 PM Local Time
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:08 PM Local Time
The late-registration window for the 1A starting flight has closed, and after verifying the counts, the day's total field stands at 353 entrants. Turnout is on pace to smash through this event's million-dollar guarantee early in tomorrow's 1B flight.
Meanwhile, the 1A flight is down to 13 tables with less than an hour and a half of action remaining in the day.
Friday, February 15, 2019 8:56 PM Local Time
Chris Tryba moves all in on the cutoff for 26,100. The player in the small blind calls.
Chris Tryba:
Opponent:
The board runs and Tryba gets his double up.
Chris Tryba - 55,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 8:47 PM Local Time
Neil Blumenfield opens to 4,500 on the button. Richard Warren in the small blind calls, along with Dave Alfa in the big blind.
The dealer spreads a flop of . Warren and Alfa check. Blumenfield bets 5,500. Warren folds. Alfa check-raises to 12,000. Blumenfield takes a few seconds of reflection and proceeds to let it go.
Dave Alfa - 115,000
Neil Blumenfield - 75,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 8:33 PM Local Time
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Friday, February 15, 2019 8:21 PM Local Time
Players are now on their last 10-minute break of the day.
Friday, February 15, 2019 8:20 PM Local Time
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Athanasios Polychronopoulos is here at Coconut Creek, searching for that first Circuit win, and he's climbed steadily throughout the day. In this hand, he picks off another short stack. After a flop of , the short-stacked player checks, Polychronopoulos bets 6,000, and the other player calls.
The turn is the and the other player pushes all in for a little over 12,000. Polychronopoulos shrugs, then drops a few chips on the felt to call. His is ahead, but the other player has for straight and flush draws. The river's a blank, though, and another nice pot is shoved Polychronopoulos's way.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos - 167,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 7:59 PM Local Time
David Sidler opens to 3,600 under the gun. The players in middle position calls, along with Dan Chalifour on the cutoff, Scott Baumstein on the button, and the player in the big blind.
A flop reading is dealt. and checked around to the turn. The big blind checks. Sidler bets 8,000. The player in middle position folds. Chalifour calls. Baumstein and the big blind fold.
The fills up the river. Sidler checks. Chalifour bets 7,500. Sidelr snap-calls. Chalifour shows for trips but that isn't good enough and Sidler reveals for a flush to rake in the pot.
David Sidler - 213,000
Dan Chalifour - 72,600
Friday, February 15, 2019 7:55 PM Local Time
David Sidler opens to 4,000 from early position. Dan Chalifour, on the button, calls, along with the big blind.
A flop of is dealt. The big blind checks. Sidler bets 7,000. Chalifour moves all in for 28,900. The big blind folds. Sidler calls.
David Sidler:
Dan Chalifour:
The turn and river complete the board and Chalifour makes a straight to double up.
Dan Chalifour - 89,000
David Sidler - 177,000
Friday, February 15, 2019 7:43 PM Local Time
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Friday, February 15, 2019 7:39 PM Local Time
Scott Baumstein opens to 3,000 on the cutoff. David Sidler, in the big blind, calls.
The flop is . Both players check.
The turn brings the . Sidler bets 3,000. Baumstein calls.
The river completes the board and both players opt to check. Sidler shows and Baumstein reveals to rake in the pot.
David Sidler - 110,000
Scott Baumstein - 52,000