2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$87,315
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$542,850
Entries
517
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
42
Players Left
4

Sungmin Cho Bags a Massive Stack After Day 1b at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series $1,200 Main Event

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Sungmin Cho (Photo By: @kierolovesyou)
Sungmin Cho (Photo By: @kierolovesyou)

Day 1b at The Commerce Casino Hold’em Series in the $1,200 Main Event has been completed. The second of five flights saw 42 entrants, with four players making the money and advancing to Day 2. That brings the total to 69 entrants, and seven players advancing to Day 2 for this event, which has a $300,000 guarantee. The chip leader at the end of Day 1b was Sungmin Cho who bagged 775,000.

Cho has an overwhelming chip lead, which in large part was due to the final hand of the night, when he popped the money bubble after knocking out Paul Nguyen with ace-king, and taking in a pot worth over 550,000. Sitting second in chips is Beth Hall, and third is Robert Natividad.

End Of Day 1b Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Sungmin ChoSourth Korea775,000
2Beth HallUnited States457,000
3Robert NatividadUnited States300,000
4Robert NguyenUnited States147,000

One of the 42 entrants in the field who did not make the money was Michael Nia, who has been featured numerous LA Poker Live Streams. Nia was starting to build some momentum and was up to almost 200,000 chips, but was eliminated prior to the final nine players combining for the last table.

Michael Nia
Michael Nia

Michael Casella who was the Day 1a bubble boy, found himself in the final six players of Day 1b, but unfortunately was eliminated prior to making the money once again, after losing a flip to Beth Hall's pocket nines, against his ace king.

$1,200 Main Event Remaining Schedule

DayDateTime
1cSeptember 1912:00 p.m.
1dSeptember 2012:00 p.m.
1eSeptember 2112:00 p.m.
2September 2211:00 a.m.

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 out of 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.

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Tags: Beth HallMichael CasellaMichael NiaPaul NguyenRobert NatividadRobert NguyenSungmin Cho