2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1d
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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 1d
Entries
114
Players Left
11
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The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series Continues with Day 1d in the $1,200 Main Event

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Commerce
Commerce

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.

Top 10 Chip Counts Through Day 1c

PlaceNameCountryChip Count
1Sungmin ChoSouth Korea775,000
2Hattori LopezUnited States654,000
3Derek GreallyUnited States547,000
4Behzad-TeranieUnited States500,000
5Beth HallUnited States457,000
6Colleen LongUnited States442,000
7Brian HastingsUnited States409,000
8Peter CrossUnited States397,000
9Preston PatzUnited States370,000
10Elvyn BelloUnited States364,000

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

Make sure to follow PokerNews for live updates and overage throughout the event, as we will have all the action until a winner is crowned at The Commerce Casino.

Tags: Beth HallBrian HastingsColleen LongDerek GreallyElvyn BelloHattori LopezPeter CrossPreston PatzSungmin Cho

Bradley Harris and Di Wu sit atop the Leaderboard after Day 1d in the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Di Wu
Di Wu

Another day of the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold’em Series as been completed. The fourth of five Day 1 flights saw the most entrants yet with 114, and 11 players advancing to Day 2. That brings the total number of entrants to 263, and it looks like the players will skyrocket past $300,000 guarantee for this event. The 11 players making it Day 2 will join the 15 who have already advanced. The chip leader at the end of Day 1d is Bradley Harris who bagged 679,000.

Harris is from Los Angeles, claiming over $220,000 in career poker earnings, and is looking top a career-best score of $56,360 with a deep run in this event. Right behind Harris in chips is Di Wu, who bagged 674,000. Third in chips at the end of the night was Jared Griener with 604,000.

Top 10 Chip Chip Count From Day 1d

PlaceNameCountryChip Count
1Bradley HarrisUnited States679,000
2Di WuChina674,000
3Jared GrienerUnited States605,000
4Yan YanUnited States573,000
5Ty DobbertinUnited States471,000
6Joshua PragerUnited States442,000
7Kevork VopperianUnited States410,000
8Marc RobinsonUnited States251,000
9Kyung LeeUnited States211,000
10Vince SalvatoreUnited States133,000

There were some notable names in the field who were unable to find a bag, including retired business man Bill Klein who is one of the friendliest and most respected people in the poker world. Klein saw himself navigating a short throughout most of the day, before being eliminated just as late registration closed. Other notable names in the field include 2024 World Series of Poker bracelet winners Brent Hart, and Michael Liang, who were both eliminated early in Day 1d.

Bill Klein (Photo by Marc Moraritis)
Bill Klein (Photo by Marc Moraritis)

The 11 players in the field were able to make the money and bag up for Day 2 did so after 'LA Poker Roundup’ podcaster Ty Dobbertin eliminated Andy Garcia with pocket jacks after Garcia went all in for his last 70,000 chips with ace-jack.

Andy Garcia (Photo by Marc Moraitis)
Andy Garcia (Photo by Marc Moraitis)

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.

$1,200 Main Event Remaining Schedule

DayDateTime
1eSeptember 2112:00 p.m.
2September 2211:00 a.m.

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

Tags: Andy GarciaBill KleinBradley HarrisBrent HartDi WuJared GrienerJoshua PragerKevork VopperianKyung LeeMarc RobinsonMichael LiangTy DobbertinVince SalvatoreYan Yan