WSOPC Event #9: $1,700 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT

Another full day of action occurred during Day 1b of the Horseshoe Tunica $1,700 Main Event with the hard stop being reached in Level 16 with 12:41 remaining. 

The second of three flights drew 200 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 283 and has generated a prize pool of $428,745 with one starting flight left to go. 

Of those 200 entries tallied today, just 20 players remained when chips went into bags and Daniel Johnson (pictured above) found himself atop the counts with a stack of 624,000.

Johnson was the only player above to eclipse the 600k mark with Monster Stack winner Steven Mc Kuin almost hitting that mark with 582,000, which was good enough for second. 

Two-time ring winner Cody Stanford ended the night third in chips with 483,000 while Hyun Lee finished in fourth with 388,000. 

Rounding out the top five stacks is four-time ring winner John "Johnny Run Good" Gallaher who utilized his max late-reg bullet and turned it into a 381,000 stack.  

Much like Day 1a, the final level of the night saw an onslaught of casualties, with players such as Matt Higgins, Ronnie Young, and Hunter Cichy among those to be eliminated before play concluded for the night. 

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five. Seven-time ring winner Maxwell Young (374,000), ring winner Walker Miskelly (344,000) ring winner Aaron Lasater (342,000), Elanit Hasas (248,000), and three-time ring winner Hamid Izadi (204,000), are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 9 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

The final starting flight will begin tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. local time and all those who have yet to find a Day 2 birth will have two bullets they can fire to try and do so. 

David Strickland raised to 15,000 from middle position and was called by Elanit Hasas from the button before the button squeezed for their last 157,000. 

Action was on Walker Miskelly who came over the top for 170,000 from the big blind and watched Strickland and Hasas muck their hands. 

Opponent:   
Walker Miskelly:   

Miskelly had his opponent dominated and the       runout eliminated them from the tournament. 

Walker Miskelly - 345,000
David Strickland - 295,000
Elanit Hasas - 240,000

Blake Whittington got his 70,000 stack in the middle preflop holding a pair of queens and was called by Hunter Cichy holding big slick.

The runout came jack-high and secured Whittington his double-up, 

Blake Whittington - 140,000
Hunter Cichy - 57,000

A player from late position raised all in for 66,000 and Tai Cao came over the top for 80,000 from the next seat over giving them isolation. 

Opponent:   
Tai Cao:   

Cao was ahead holding the best made hand and the       runout secured him the elimination. 

Tai Cao - 150,000

Andy Tran was all in after a     flop from middle position and was called by Aaron Lasater from the big blind. 

Andy Tran:   
Aaron Lasater:   

Lasater flopped the flush, but Tran still held outs holding the queen of clubs and the   turn gave him more outs is an ace or queen were to fall on the river. 

Unfortunately for Tran, the   completed the board and eliminated him on the money bubble. 

Aaron Lasater - 310,000
Andy Tran - 0

A player from late position opened for 10,000 only to call a 47,000 three-bet jam Andy Tran made from the hijack. 

Andy Tran:   
Opponent:   

Tran had his opponent dominated and the       secured his double-up with just two eliminations away from the money. 

Andy Tran - 100,000

Matt Higgins raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by Robert Hankins from middle position, along with Hyun Lee from the big blind. 

The     flop was checked to Hankins who fired out 15,000 and only Lee check-called to see the   turn. 

Lee check-called another bet from Hankins, this time for 49,000 and the   river was checked by both players. 

Lee quickly rolled over    to win the pot after Hankins mucked his hand. 

Robert Hankins - 280,000
Matt Higgins - 180,000
Hyun Lee - 180,000

There were four players who saw a     flop and Aaron Lasater led out for 17,000 from the small blind. 

Action folded to the player in middle position who raised to 50,000 and Lasater three-bet jammed for 130,000. 

After getting a confirmed amount, Lasater's opponent called, and the two players tabled their hands. 

Aaron Lasater:   
Opponent:   

Lasater was out in front after flopping a set of nines and neither the turn nor river changed a thing as he collected his double-up. 

Aaron Lasater - 280,000

Steven Mc Kuin raised to 6,000 from early position and found one caller before Ian Steinman squeezed for his last 50,000 from late position. 

Only Mc Kuin called, and the two players tabled their hands. 

Ian Steinman:   
Steven Mc Kuin:   

Steinman didn't like seeing Mc Kuin had him dominated and for good reason, as the       runout ended his night. 

Steven Mc Kuin - 300,000
Ian Steinman - 0