WSOPC Event #13: $1,700 MAIN EVENT

The opening flight of Event #13: $1,700 Main Event has come and gone with 56 players bagging up chips for Day 2 after over 13 hours from the time that cards went into the air.

We saw players who built stacks early flame out before the money but we also saw players that came out of the gates running and were still present in the field when the clock expired on Level 17.

Kyle McKuin was one such player who had over three starting stacks in the early levels and maintained throughout the day to put some chips in the bag.

The field also saw many notables come out for the opening starting flight like Robert Hankins, Maurice Hawkins, Katie Kopp and Richard Ali, who is fresh off a six-figure victory in the Mini Main.

All of these players were able to find a bag but they are all looking up at one man who bagged biggest at end of day.

That man is nine-time WSOP Circuit ring winner, Kyle Cartwright. Cartwright joined the field a few levels into the day and began stacking chips. A task that he continued throughout the day until he eventually bagged the chip lead oif the flight after stuffing 1,085,000 chips in the bag, making him the only player to bag over a million which is more than 200,000 chips over his nearest competitor.

These 56 players will have a day off while the remaining Day 1 plays out tomorrow and will join all surviving players from Day 1B on Sunday, December 8th to make the push towards a Day 3 bag.

Here's what the top 10 stacks looked like at end of day:

• 1: Kyle Cartwright - 1,085,000
• 2: Dylan Kahn - 801,000
• 3: Dale Roesel - 786,000
• 4: Brian Arbaugh - 779,000
• 5: Brian Journeay - 776,000
• 6: Maurice Hawkins - 725,000
• 7: Dave Lieberman - 661,000
• 8: Dane Cass - 651,000
• 9: Jeremy Eyer - 643,000
• 10: Ryan Eriquezzo - 636,000

Stay tuned into PokerOrg's Instant Live feed for continued updates throughout the duration of the Main Event.

Today is the day the everyone has been waiting for! This morning at 11:00AM, the WSOP circuit stop here at Harrah's Cherokee Casino and resort will get the most anticipated event on the schedule, Event #13: $1,700 Main Event, underway!

This is by far the most coveted title of the entire series and with a $1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool, it's easy to see why there's so much excitement built up around this tournament at every stop.

When the schedule's flagship event gets underway, players will sit behind a starting stack worth 40,000. They'll also stary with 40-minute blind levels that will remain throughout all Day 1s until Day 2, at which point all remaining levels will be 60 minutes in length.

This is a re-entry event and registration will remain open until the start of Level 13. With breaks and play included, that gives us a max late reg cutoff of approximately 8:45PM EST, so if you can't get here early, there's plenty of time to late reg with a healthy stack.

The last time this event ran back in August, Donovan Dean was crowned champion, taking down his third WSOP Circuit ring and second Cherokee Main Event title for $326,206. Donovan is in the building this time around and will certainly be looking to make a run and shipping back-to-back Main Events here in Cherokee, North Carolina.

Will there be a new ring winner going home a main event champion this time or will another crusher come in and add to their ring count? Only time will tell, so stay tuned to PokerOrg's Instant Live feed for updates directly from the tournament floor throughout the main event!