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Saturday, October 7, 2017 1:06 PM Local Time
With a board reading and a good amount of chips already in the pot, Alex Dmytraczenko is faced with a bet of 2,500. Dmytraczenko sits in the cutoff position and his opponent is in the hijack.
Dmytraczenko calls, bringing the river card. The hijack moves all in and Dmytraczenko instantly calls enough chips to cover.
Quickly, hijack reveals , but her Broadway straight cannot match Dmytraczenko's rivered full house. He shows , and in the blink of an eye the hijack is gone .Dmytraczenko rakes in a nicely sized pot.
Alex Dmytraczenko - 26,150
Saturday, October 7, 2017 1:00 PM Local Time
Four players are involved on a flop, including Russ Head in the big blind and Jeter Brock in the best position. It checks to Brock, and he bets 425. The small blind calls, Head folds, and the third player under the gun calls, as well.
The three remaining players see the on the turn. Brock bets 1,600, and both opponents fold. As the last one does, Brock tries to stop him. "No! Don't do that. You want to call."
When the cards hit the muck, Brock flashes , the second set of queens he's shown already this afternoon.
Jeter Brock - 38,000
Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:45 PM Local Time
| Level: | 2 | | Blinds: | 50/100 | |
Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:45 PM Local Time
A raises to 125 comes from under the gun. One spot to the left is Corey Bierria who calls. Another player in middle position calls. The small blind sticks around, but the big blind folds.
There are four players to the flop which comes . The small blind checks. Under-the-gun checks. Bierria bets 300. The middle position player folds. The small blind calls, as does the player under the gun.
The turn is another jack, the . Another check comes from the small blind and under-the-gun player. Bierria bets 1,200. The small blind calls and under-the-gun folds.
Only two players remain for the river. The small blind checks once more. Bierria checks as well. His opponent tables for queens full and Bierria mucks his hand.
Corey Bierria - 18,300
Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:39 PM Local Time
In what appears to have been a four-bet pot, four players see a flop. Jeter Brock checks first to act from the small blind, and all three opponents check behind.
The turn is the . Brock bets 1,100, the next two players call, and the button folds.
The three remaining players see the complete the board on the river. Brock bets 2,100, and both opponents call.
Brock shows , winning the pot with a set of queens.
Jeter Brock - 32,000
Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:23 PM Local Time
After firing two bullets yesterday in Flight A, but failing to survive the day, Russ Head is back in action for Flight B.
A limp is thrown in from middle position. Head raises to 150 from the cutoff. Action is folds back to the limper who calls.
The flop comes . The middle-position player checks. Head bets 200 and his opponent calls, bringing the turn card.
It is checked to Head again who then flips out a 500 denomination chip. His opponent folds. Head casually flips over one of his whole cards, the .
Russ Head - 20,400.
Head has scored two gold rings in his career, the second of which came in the 2015 Horseshoe Southern Indiana Main Event. The poker pro from Georgia will look to repeat his achievement here in 2017.
Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:22 PM Local Time
So far, most of the familiar faces in the room are those belonging to unsuccessful Day 1A players.
Former WSOP Main Event finalist Dennis Phillips is one of them, tucked away in one of the corner tables that begins short-handed. The same can be said for ring winners Dylan Linde, Brad Albrinck, and Charles "Woody" Moore.
Corey Bierria is back for more, too, despite playing right to the end of Day 1A. He was eliminated in a huge flip against Kurt Jewell right before the bags came out, but Bierria stopped by the media desk to make a bold proclamation this morning.
"I'm calling my shot right now," Bierria said. "I'm going to be the only person who's ever played every hand of Day 1A and Day 1B and still won the tournament."
Hamid Izadi is another ring winner in the field, and he's making his first appearance in the Main Event after arriving late yesterday evening.
Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:04 PM Local Time
The cards are in the air for Day 1B.
Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:03 PM Local Time
| Level: | 1 | | Blinds: | 25/50 | |
Saturday, October 7, 2017 1:50 AM Local Time
It's the weekend at Horseshoe Southern Indiana, and with it comes Day 1B of the $1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event.
Friday's Day 1A flight drew 184 entries, and just 27 players survived the day. The last level was something special, with huge pots playing out at all four tables that remained in action.
Scott Montgomery was the beneficiary of one of them. The former Main Event finalist surged to the top of the leaderboard during the last few hands of the night. After being in and out of the chip lead all day long, Montgomery ended with 316,500 of them to set the pace for the field.
Kurt Jewell (249,500), Maurice Hawkins (214,500), Wendy Freedman (160,500), Nick Pupillo (153,000), and Robert Hankins (99,500) also advanced, earning themselves a day off from Main Event action.
Anyone who didn't bag up is eligible to play Day 1B, with a single re-entry permitted through the close of registration. Play begins at noon with 15 levels of poker on the schedule.