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Monday, February 18, 2019 11:27 PM Local Time
Hank McArdle
18 February, 2019 (Las Vegas, Nev.) – Hank McArdle won Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold’em at the WSOP Circuit at the Rio Casino and Resort in Las Vegas Monday night. It’s the first career Circuit ring for McArdle, and he earns his biggest ever live cash: $36,978.
“I feel great,” he said after the tournament. “The final table actually went pretty quick. My big break was six-handed. There was a four or five way pot and I flopped a set of sixes. I kept a big stack, and I was just running really good. You gotta get lucky, and I felt like I did.”
While McArdle ended up with the ring and the first-place prize, the top three players all earned career-best results. Melvin Gallien earned $22,856 for his runner-up performance, the best cash of his career. And Ronald Nagasako said this was his first-ever tournament, making his third-place finish ($16,600) all the more impressive.
Monday, February 18, 2019 9:06 PM Local Time
Hank McArdle has just won Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold'em for his first WSOP Circuit ring and $36,978.
Click here for FULL RESULTS from the event.
A full report will be posted shortly.
Monday, February 18, 2019 4:43 PM Local Time
The tournament is now down to 10 players and they've combined to one table:
Seat - Name - Chips
1 - Rudy Alexander Cadenas - 337,000
2 - Kevin Wang - 275,000
3 - Ronald Nagasako - 1,001,000
4 - Lowell Kim - 287,000
5 - Katie Lindsay - 268,000
6 - Melvin Gallien - 583,000
7 - Jacob Gabbard - 1,100,000
8 - Andrew McKenzie - 696,000
9 - Hank McArdle - 119,000
10 - Jeff Hood - 579,000
Monday, February 18, 2019 4:59 AM Local Time
Flight B has concluded, and 12 players survived the night. Combined with the 13 from Flight A, there are a total of 25 players remaining. All chip counts and seat assignments for Day 2 are available in the REPORTS tab, above.
Three players finished in the money in Flight B:
| Place |
First |
Last |
Payout |
| 13 |
Brock |
Wilson |
$1,165 |
| 14 |
Stephen |
Foutty |
$1,165 |
| 15 |
Richard |
Munro |
$1,165 |
Click here for Full Results so far.
The 25 remaining players will return Monday at 2:00 p.m. to play down to a winner.
Monday, February 18, 2019 12:52 AM Local Time
The payouts have been announced for Flight B.
The flight drew 134 entries, generating a prizepool of $69,010. The top 15 players will make the money. If they get down to 10 players, they'll stop for the night, so at most five players will receive a payout tonight.
| FINISH |
PRIZE |
| 11 |
$1,415 |
| 12 |
$1,415 |
| 13 |
$1,165 |
| 14 |
$1,165 |
| 15 |
$1,165 |
Monday, February 18, 2019 12:18 AM Local Time
Flight A is complete, and 13 players advanced to Day 2. Chip counts and seat assignments are available in the REPORTS tab, above.
Here are the results from players eliminated in the money from Flight A:
| Place |
First |
Last |
Payout |
| 14 |
Brian |
Hansen |
$1,464 |
| 15 |
Anthony |
Wynn |
$1,464 |
| 16 |
Brian |
Friesen |
$1,224 |
| 17 |
Robert |
Hankins |
$1,224 |
| 18 |
Laurie |
Swaney |
$1,224 |
| 19 |
Gerald |
Inman |
$1,039 |
| 20 |
Darren |
Martin |
$1,039 |
| 21 |
Brett |
Shaffer |
$1,039 |
Across the room in Flight B, registration has recently closed, and the flight-prizepool will be announced shortly.
Sunday, February 17, 2019 7:57 PM Local Time
Registration has closed in Flight A, and the numbers have been announced.
The flight drew 182 entries, generating a flight-prizepool of $93,730. The top 21 players will make the money, and a min-cash is worth $1,039.
The flight will play 20 full levels, or until there are 10 players remaining.
Here are the potential payouts for tonight:
| FINISH |
PRIZE |
| 11 |
$1,778 |
| 12 |
$1,778 |
| 13 |
$1,464 |
| 14 |
$1,464 |
| 15 |
$1,464 |
| 16 |
$1,224 |
| 17 |
$1,224 |
| 18 |
$1,224 |
| 19 |
$1,039 |
| 20 |
$1,039 |
| 21 |
$1,039 |
Sunday, February 17, 2019 5:08 PM Local Time
Cards are now in the air for Flight B.
Across the room, there are now 170 entries in Flight A, and three more levels (plus dinner break) before the close of registration.
Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:48 AM Local Time
Event #3 at the Rio Las Vegas Circuit gets underway at noon with the start of Flight A. Flight B starts at 5 p.m.
- $150,000 Guaranteed Prizepool
- Two starting flights - Flight A begins at noon and Flight B starts at 5 p.m.
- Players begin with Event #3 tournament chips
- The big blind ante format will be used
- Blinds begin at 25/50
- Levels 1-22 are 30 minutes long and all levels 23 and beyond are 45 minutes long
- Players are allowed unlimited re-entry
- Late registration will remain open until the start of Level 13 for both starting flights
- Each Day 1 flight will last 20 levels or until 5% of the field remains
- Day 2 is scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m.
- All players cashing will receive Casino Championship points
Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:39 AM Local Time