Tuesday, August 8, 2017 3:10 PM Local Time
The players in the GCC are heading on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 3:09 PM Local Time
Jason Baldridge got his remaining stack of 9,000 all in from the
small blind and Marco Palacios had him at risk in middle position.
Baldridge:
Palacios:
The board ran out , and Palacios was good with his set of queens. Baldridge was eliminated and Palacios took the pot.
Marco Palacios - 51,000
Jason Baldridge - Eliminated
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 3:01 PM Local Time
Marco Palacios raises to 400 in the cutoff and the button calls. Chris Staats three-bets to 1,600 in the small blind, Palacios folds, and the button calls. It is heads up to the flop of and Staats continues for 1,600. His opponent calls and the turn brings the . Staats checks, the button bets 3,000, and Staats calls.
The river is the and both players check. Staats tables for two pair, tens and twos, with an ace kicker, and his opponent shakes his head before sending his cards to the muck.
Chris Staats - 38,500
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:53 PM Local Time
Jason Mercier raises to 350 from middle position, the cutoff calls, Van Truong calls from the button, and Ravi Raghavan calls from the big blind.
The flop comes and it's checked around to Truong. She bets 1,000, and everyone except Mercier calls.
All three players check the on the turn, and the river is the . Raghavan leads out for 3,000. The cutoff folds, and Truong goes into the tank. After thinking about two minutes, she folds, and Raghavan takes the pot.
Ravi Raghavan - 35,000
Van Truong - 28,500
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:36 PM Local Time
With around 1,500 in the pot and the board reading , Marcin Chmielewski had checked in the cutoff and Alexander Lakhov had a 1,000-denomination chip in front of him.
Chmielewski check-raises to 3,100 and Lakhov calls. On the turn, both players check, and the river is the . Chmielewski checks again and Lakhov bets 3,800. Chmielewski calls and Lakhov tables for a rivered straight. Chmielewski shows before sending it to the muck, and Lakhov win the pot.
Alexander Lakhov - 37,500
Marcin Chmielewski - 10,000
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:30 PM Local Time
There's about 2,500 in the pot on the river, and the board reads . Jason Bullock bets 2,200 from the big blind, and action is on Cody on the button. Pack tanks for a minute, then announces a call. Bullock tables for two pair, queens and sevens. Pack mucks his cards in frustration, and the dealer pushes the pot to Bullock.
Jason Bullock - 33,000
Cody Pack - 23,000
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:10 PM Local Time
| Level: | 2 | | Blinds: | 75/150 | |
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:05 PM Local Time
After an early position limper, Garrett Riley makes it 350 in middle position. Raminder Singh calls in the cutoff, the big blind calls, and the initial limper calls.
The flop comes and it checks to Riley. He continues for 1,000, Singh calls, and the remaining two players fold. They go heads up to the turn. Riley bets 1,500 and Singh calls again.
Both players check the river and Riley tables for two pair, kings and nines. Singh shows for missed straight and flush draws and Riley takes down the pot.
Garrett Riley - 36,000
Raminder Singh - 27,500
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:03 PM Local Time
On the turn with the board reading , Vanessa Truong, who won the Circuit main event here last April to qualify, checks from middle position and Ravi Raghavan bets 700 from the hijack.
Truong calls and the river is the . Truong checks again and Raghavan bets 2,100. Truong calls and Raghavan tables , good for trip tens. Truong mucks her hand and Raghavan takes the pot.
Ravi Raghavan - 40,500
Vanessa Truong - 32,000
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:50 PM Local Time
Jason Mercier
Brad Albrinck raises to 300 on the button, Jason Mercier calls in the small blind, and the big blind makes it 1,400. Albrinck calls and Mercier thinks for a little while and also calls.
It is three ways to a flop of and Mercier and the big blind check. Albrinck bets 2,175 and Mercier calls. The big blind gets out of the way and it is heads up.
Both players check the and the river is the . Mercier puts together a bet of 7,300 and Albrinck sends his cards to the muck. Mercier picks up the pot.
Jason Mercier - 34,000
Brad Albrinck - 26,100
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:37 PM Local Time
With the board reading and around 1,000 in the pot, Michael Pearson bets 700 from the big blind and Mike Cordell calls in late position. On the turn, Pearson checks and Cordell bets 1,600. Pearson thinks briefly and calls.
The river is the and Pearson checks again. Cordell tosses out a bet of 2,000 and after giving it some thought, Pearson puts in calling chips.
Cordell tables for aces and sevens with a king kicker, and that is good for the pot.
Mike Cordell - 35,000
Michael Pearson - 25,500
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:27 PM Local Time
Steven Snyder
On a flop of , Steven Snyder checks from the small blind and Jesse Yaginuma bets 600 from under the gun. The player in the cutoff folds and Snyder calls.
The turn is the and Snyder checks again. Yaginuma bets 1,400 and Snyder calls. The river is the and both players check. Nobody is turns over their hand for a few moments.
"Did he check?" asks Snyder.
The dealer informs him of Yaginuma's check on the river and Snyder quickly tables . Yaginuma mucks his hand and Snyder drags the pot.
Steven Snyder - 33,000
Jesse Yaginuma - 28,000
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:10 PM Local Time
Cards are in the air in the Global Casino Championship event.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:10 PM Local Time
| Level: | 1 | | Blinds: | 50/100 | |
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 8:13 AM Local Time
The main attraction of the first Circuit stop of the new season gets underway on Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. Day 1 of the 2017 Global Casino Championship kicks off and it's the only time someone can win a bracelet at a Circuit stop.
This is not an open event and players must qualify through one of a few ways. The main event winner and casino champion from every stop last season, both domestic and international, get an automatic free seat into the event. Also, the top 50 points earners from the 2016/2017 season get an automatic seat as well.
Players that finished in the top 100 from the 2016 WSOP Player of the Year race and anybody who won a ring at any Circuit stop throughout the 2016/2017 Circuit season are eligible to buy-in for $10,000.
There is $1 million added to the prizepool and last year, Said El Yousfi defeated 126 players to win a WSOP bracelet and $343,256. This is a three-day event with somebody taking home a bracelet on Thursday night. The final table will be filmed by Poker PROductions for television
Here are the details for this year's event:
- Players start with 30,000 in tournament chips
- Levels are 60 minutes throughout the entire tournament
- Day 1 is scheduled for 10 levels
- There are 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 6
- Eligible players are allowed to register up until the start of level 11 (start of Day 2)