$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

There are two flights in the books for WSOP Circuit Event 1 and we have two more set for today. There are a combined total of 530 entries in the field so far and the $600 buy-in Big Stack tournament will hit its $500,000 guaranteed prize pool at some point this afternoon.

Event 1 players start with 40,000 deep stacks and the first 24 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 45 from Level 25 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 5:50 pm following the 30-minute dinner break.

Flight C is scheduled to play down to 10% of the field or to the end of Level 24, whichever comes first. At that point, those with chips will bag them up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 13
• Day 1 will end at the conclusion of level 24 or 10% of the field
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 13
• Day 1 will end at the conclusion of level 24 or 10% of the field
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 2 – $400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Event 2 Day 2 Counts and Seats
• Event 2 Payouts

5PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 13
• Day 1 will end at the conclusion of level 24 or 10% of the field
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 21 – $80 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 7,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Winners will be entered into Day 1C of Event 1
• Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 22 – $80 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 7,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Winners will be entered into Day 1D of Event 1
• Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 23 – $80 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 7,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Winners will be entered into Day 1D or Day 1E of Event 1
• Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 24 – $80 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 7,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Winners will be entered into Day 1E of Event 1
• Structure Sheet

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  180

Registration closed on the second of five Event 1 flights and it drew 180 entries to push the combined total to 530. That puts the prize pool more than halfway to the $500,000 guarantee with three big weekend flights to go.

The top 15% will make some cash which means they will hit the money when 27 players remain. A min-cash in Flight B is worth $969 and their day will come to an end when they reach 18 players.

19th-21st: $1,088
22nd-24th: $1,011
25th-27th: $969

This will conclude the live updates for the evening. We will post the combined chips when they are available in the morning. There are two more Event 1 flights on Friday; one at 11 am and the other at 5 pm.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  2,000/4,000
Players Remaining:  9 of 165

With only six seconds remaining in Level 21, Alan Fidelo was eliminated in 10th place to set up the WSOP Circuit official final table. The nine remaining players bagged up their chips and will return on Friday at noon to begin playing it out for the ring.

Michael Raimon leads the return with Austin Clanton not far behind. Below you will find the final table lineup, chip counts, and remaining payouts.

Seat 1: Peter Walsworth – 178,000
Seat 2: Likans Berninser – 260,000
Seat 3: Blake Whittington – 211,000
Seat 4: Ramses Rosa – 380,000
Seat 5: Joseph Orsino – 170,000
Seat 6: Austin Clanton – 469,000
Seat 7: Michael Raimon – 497,000
Seat 8: Jessica Francis – 231,000
Seat 9: Bruce Gans – 82,000

1st: $13,894 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $8,586
3rd: $5,985
4th: $4,274
5th: $3,127
6th: $2,346
7th: $1,807
8th: $1,428
9th: $1,161

Results:

10th: Alan Fidelo – $970
11th: Robert Winsler – $970
12th: William Herzing – $970
13th: Melisa Singh – $834
14th: Griffin Komar – $834
15th: Michael Lim – $834
16th: Phillip Grimes – $738
17th: Matthew Rose – $738
18th: Austin Marks – $738
19th: Joshua Gilkerson – $674
20th: Duff Charette – $674
21st: Max Shuster – $674
22nd: Benjamin Miner – $635
23rd: Jeffrey Higgins – $635
24th: Dennis Moroni – $635
25th: David Prociak – $619

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 22:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 350

Flight A: 350 Entries; 35 Advanced
Flight B: Thursday at 5 pm
Flight C: Friday at 11 am
Flight D: Friday at 5 pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 12 pm

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 22:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 350

After a long day at the office, Flight A of WSOP Circuit Event 1 hit the 10% mark of their field with 5:36 left in Level 22 and the 35 remaining players are set for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Edward Johnston made a push late and bag a huge 1,486,000 stack followed by Mayank Shah’s 941,000. We will publish the full Flight A counts as soon as they are available.

Top five Flight A stacks:

Edward Johnston – 1,486,000
Mayank Shah – 941,000
James Kerr – 717,000
Anthony Astarita – 677,000
Michael Wang – 639,000

Flight A results:

36th: Alan Percal – $996
37th: David Brown – $960
38th: Michael Spada – $960
39th: Nathaniel Galliford – $960
40th: John Dolan – $960
41st: Donald Manns – $960
42nd: Bruce Bailey – $960
43rd: Melissa Kaiser – $960
44th: Joseph Deguido – $960
45th: Alexi Hernandez – $960
46th: James Aman – $944
47th: Edith Norman – $944
48th: Nicolas Egarhos – $944
49th: Anh Lu – $944
50th: Michael Cohen – $944
51st: Joel Bigham – $944
52nd: Erik Greulach – $944
53rd: Steven Bellas – $944

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  2,000/4,000
Players Remaining:  10 of 165

The Pot Limit Omaha tournament reached its 10-handed final table but they have a little work remaining before their night is through. Day 1 will come to an end when they hit nine players, the WSOP official final table.

Seat 1: Peter Walsworth – 187,000
Seat 2: Likans Berninser – 387,500
Seat 3: Alan Fidelo – 88,000
Seat 4: Blake Whittington – 168,000
Seat 5: Ramses Rosa – 274,000
Seat 6: Joseph Orsino – 217,000
Seat 7: Austin Clarton – 348,500
Seat 8: Michael Raimon – 460,000
Seat 9: Jessica Francis – 318,000
Seat 10: Bruce Gans – 52,000

Remaining payouts:

1st: $13,894 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $8,586
3rd: $5,985
4th: $4,274
5th: $3,127
6th: $2,346
7th: $1,807
8th: $1,428
9th: $1,161
10th: $970

Results 11th through 18th:

11th: Robert Winsler – $970
12th: William Herzing – $970
13th: Melisa Singh – $834
14th: Griffin Komar – $834
15th: Michael Lim – $834
16th: Phillip Grimes – $738
17th: Matthew Rose – $738
18th: Austin Marks – $738

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 350

It took a long time for Flight A to reach the money bubble portion of the day and another good chunk of the clock to burst it. Several players were getting very short and that slowed down the action as players tried to sweat the bubble.

On the 10th round of hand-for-hand, one player was all in from the big blind for only 7,000. Monica Payraudeau came along from early position and the small blind player stayed in. The flop came and Payraudeau bet 20,000 after the small blind checked dark.

He folded and the tabled their hands after the rest of the action was completed on the other tables.

Payraudeau:
Big Blind:

The big blind player picked up a solid hand, paired his ten, but could not find a double as the board finished and .

On happy player was Erik Greulach. He was one of the other short stack players and slid into the money with only 7,000 of his own when he was next up in the big blind.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  2,000/4,000
Players Remaining:  18 of 165

Shortly before the next break, Joshua Gilkerson was eliminated in 19th place to trigger the two-table redraw. They are down to 18 players and will redraw one more time when they reach 10.

David Prociak made it into the money but had to settle for a min-cash, denied his second WSOP Circuit PLO ring.

19th: Joshua Gilkerson – $674
20th: Duff Charette – $674
21st: Max Shuster – $674
22nd: Benjamin Miner – $635
23rd: Jeffrey Higgins – $635
24th: Dennis Moroni – $635
25th: David Prociak – $619

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 350

The action has slowed way down in Flight A with a lot of chips in play thanks to the double starting stacks. There are still nine tables remaining and the next milestone will be the money bubble when 54 players are around.

Anthony Astarita looks like the current chip leader and stacked a few chips more than 500,000 with another deep run in the works.