Thomas Smith opened the action with a raise to 1,600 from the button, when the big blind Michael Liang three-bet to 6,700. After asking to see the stack of Liang, Smith four-bet all in for Liang's stack of 43,000. After thinking it over, Liang found a fold to give the pot to Smith.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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54,500 | |
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36,500 | |
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William Brownlee raised from the hijack, before Mike Shariati three-bet in the cutoff. After it folded back to Brownlee, he four-bet to 6,000, which Shariati called.
After the Q?8?3? flop Shariati called a bet of 11,000 from Brownlee.
Both players checked after the 3? on the turn, which brought the Q?. Brownlee bet out 5,000, before Shariati raised to 25,000. After thinking it over Brownlee made the call and was shown. A?Q? for trip queens, and Brownlee showed K?K? as he tossed his cards in the muck.
A few hands later Brownlee had pocket kings again, but was able to double up against his opponents pocket queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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78,200 | |
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25,000 | |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 0
Quoc Le opened the action with a raise to 600 from the hijack, and was called by Andrew Tree on the button, and the small blind Jin Park.
After the 7?J?Q? flop Park checked to Le, who bet out 1,000. Tree called and Park folded.
The turn was the Q? and Tree called a bet of 1,000 from Le.
After the A? on the river, Le then bet out 6,000, which was got Tree to fold and give the pot to Le.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,500
46,500
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46,500 |
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38,900
38,900
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38,900 |
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37,500
37,500
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37,500 |
Action was picked up in a four-bet pot with roughly 10,500 in the pot and the board showing 2?9?5?.
Stephan Crockett checked to the four-bettor, who fired out 3,000, which Crockett called.
After the 4? on the turn Crockett check-called a bet of 10,000.
The river was the 2? and Crockett checked, then quickly called the all in bet of 19,800. The player who went all in showed A?7? for just ace high, and Crockett had the winner when he tabled 8?5? for a pair of fives to eliminate the player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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82,500
82,500
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82,500 |
Jacky Lee raised to 500 from the cutoff, before the small blind Darrell Lane three-bet to 500. The big blind and Lee made the call.
The flop came A?6?9? and the blinds checked to Lee who bet 1,000. Lane and the big blind both made the call.
After the 3? on the turn, it was checked to Lee again, who bet out 3,200 this time. Both Lane and the big blind folded to give Lee the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,800 | |
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37,600 |
Day 1d is officially underway and the cards are in the air.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Action continues at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series as Day 1d gets underway at 12:00 p.m. local time in the $1,200 Main Event. The $300,000 guaranteed event saw in the first three flights 149 total entrants, with 15 players advancing to Day 2.
The overall chip leader at this point is Sungmin Cho who impressively bagged 775,000 after Day 1b. Sitting second in chips in was the Day 1c leader Hattori Lopez The Day 1a chip leader was six time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings, with 409,000.
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sungmin Cho | South Korea | 775,000 |
| 2 | Hattori Lopez | United States | 654,000 |
| 3 | Derek Greally | United States | 547,000 |
| 4 | Behzad-Teranie | United States | 500,000 |
| 5 | Beth Hall | United States | 457,000 |
| 6 | Colleen Long | United States | 442,000 |
| 7 | Brian Hastings | United States | 409,000 |
| 8 | Peter Cross | United States | 397,000 |
| 9 | Preston Patz | United States | 370,000 |
| 10 | Elvyn Bello | United States | 364,000 |
For the Day 1 flights, players will start with 40,000 chips at the 100/200 blind levels. There will be 40-minute blind levels, until the final table where they will play 60-minute levels. Players will have a 15-minute break after every three levels of play. This event has unlimited rebuys, with registration for this event concluding after the start of Level 10, and Day 1 flights ending after the players make the money.
1 in 10 players will make the money. Players may play multiple Day 1 flights after bagging to improve their Day 2 stack. Any player who bags multiple times will have their smaller stack taken out of play, and receive a min cash for their stack.
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1d | September 20 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 1e | September 21 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 2 | September 22 | 11:00 a.m. |
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$1,200 Main Event
Day 1d Started
