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

The $1,200 Main Event Continues with Day 1b at The Commerce Hold'em Series

The Commerce Casino
The Commerce Casino

Action continues at The Commerce Hold'em Championship Series as Day 1b of the $1,200 Main Event begins at 12:00 p.m. local time in Los Angeles. The $300,000 guaranteed event will begin the second of five Day 1 flights, The first flight that took place saw 27 total entrants, with three players advancing to Day 2.

The chip leader after play concluded from Day 1a was Six-Time World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Brian Hastings, who topped the field after winning a massive pot on the last hand of the night, to bag 409,000 chips.

Chip Counts After Day 1a

PlaceNameCountryChip Count
1Brian HastingsUnited States409,000
2Preston PatzUnited States370,000
3Fred LavassaniUnited States301,000

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.

$1,200 Main Event Remaining Schedule

DayDateTime
1bSeptember 1812:00 p.m.
1cSeptember 1912:00 p.m.
1dSeptember 2012:00 p.m.
1eSeptember 2112:00 p.m.
2September 2211:00 a.m.

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Fiorentino Keeps The Steamroll Going

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Marc Fiorenti
Marc Fiorenti

Action was picked up with with players in the hand and the board showing A10109 and roughly 36,000 in the pot.

Marc Fiorentino checked to his opponent who bet all in for 18,300, which was snap called by Fiorentino.

All in Player: KQ All in
Marc Fiorentino: AQ

Fiorentino had the best of it with his pair of aces, but would need to fade a jack and the gut shot straight draw of his opponent. After the river was the 7 the pair of aces were still best, and Fiorentino took the pot and eliminated his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Marc Fiorentino
115,800
39,000
39,000

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Khalili Gets Tricky With Cowboys

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Sohale Khalili
Sohale Khalili

A player opened the action with a raise from middle position, and was called by Sohale Khalili in the hijack, a player in the cutoff called, before Michael Nia three-bet all in for 8,800 on the button. Once the blinds folded, the original raiser folded, and Khalili made the call. The cutoff then folded to leave the players heads up, with Nia at risk.

Michael Nia: K10 All in
Sohale Khalili: KK

Khalili set the trap with his pocket kings and let Nia walk right into it. Once the board ran out 557106 the pocket kings of Khalili were still best, to give him the pot and knockout Nia.

Player Chips Progress
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Sohale Khalili
45,600
16,700
16,700
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Michael Nia
Busted

Hall Flops Quads to Knockout Prager

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Beth Hall (Photo By: @kierolovesyou)
Beth Hall (Photo By: @kierolovesyou)

Action was picked up with Joshua Prager all in for 40,000, and Beth Hall calling to put him at risk.

Joshua Prager: AK All in
Beth Hall: 99

It was a flip but Prager would need to improve against the pocket nines of Hall. But once the flop came 989 Prager was left drawing dead after Hall flopped quads. After the 2 on the turn, and 3 on the river, Prager was officially eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Beth Hall
255,000
40,000
40,000
Jaka Coaching
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Joshua Prager
Busted

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Action Flop Gives Natividad Heaps and Leaves Fiorentino on Fumes

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Robert Natividad (Photo by: @kierolovesyou)
Robert Natividad (Photo by: @kierolovesyou)

Marc Fiorentino opened the action with a raise to 9,000 from the hijack, and after it folded to the big blind Robert Natividad, he made the call.

After the flop came AQ9 Natividad checked to Fiorentino, who bet out 16,000. Natividad then raised to 55,000, and Fiorentino three-bet to put Natividad all in for his stack of 171,000. Natividad wasted no time and put in the chips to call.

Robert Natividad: KJ All in
Marc Fiorentino: A9

It was an action flop with Fiorentino ahead with his two pair, but Natividad had straight draw and flush draw. Once the turn came the 10 , and river 10 Natividad had the best hand with a straight, to take the massive pot.

A few hands later Fiorentino was seen leaving the tournament area after being eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Natividad
365,000
145,000
145,000
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Marc Fiorentino
Busted

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Paul Nguyen Eliminated On the Bubble

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Paul Nguyen (Photo by :@Kierolovesyou)
Paul Nguyen (Photo by :@Kierolovesyou)

Action folded to Sungmi Cho in the cutoff, and he raised to 20,000, before Paul Nguyen on the button, three-bet all in for 280,000. The blinds folded, and Cho quickly put in a chip to call.

Paul Nguyen: KJ All in
Sungmi Cho: AK

Nguyen tried to steal pot from Cho, but he had a real hand and Nguyen dominated. Once the board ran out 78383 the ace high of Cho was still best, to give him the pot, eliminate Nguyen, and burst the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
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Sungmin Cho
775,000
Day 1B Chip Leader

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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.

Be sure to follow PokerNews for live updates and coverage throughout the entirety of this event.

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