$1,200 Main Event Day 1e | 2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

09-21-2024 10:58 UTC-7

Day 1e Begins in the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series

Tyler Boyer

The Final Day 1 flight at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series begins at 12:00 p.m. local time with Day 1e in the $1,200 Main Event. The $300,000 guaranteed event saw in the first four flights draw 263 total entrants, with 26 players advancing to Day 2.

The chip leader from Day 1d, this biggest flight so far was Bradley Harris (674,000). 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 1d

Place	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Sungmin Cho	South Korea	775,000
2	Bradley Harris	United States	679,000
3	Di Wu	China	674,000
4	Hattori Lopez	United States	654,000
5	Jared Griener	United States	605,000
6	Yan Yan	United States	573,000
7	Derek Greally	United States	547,000
8	Behzad-Teranie	United States	500,000
9	Ty Dobbertin	United States	471,000
10	Colleen Long	United States	442,000
10	Joshua Prager	United States	442,000

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

Day	Date	Time
1e	September 21	12:00 p.m.
2	September 22	11:00 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: Bradley Harris Brian Hastings Colleen Long Derek Greally Di Wu Hattori Lopez Jared Griener Joshua Prager Sungmin Cho Ty Dobbertin Yan Yan

09-21-2024 14:51 UTC-7

Pak Sends a Player Out Blind Versus Blind

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Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up with the player in the big blind all in for 7,200, and the small blind Edward Pak putting him at risk.

Small Blind: K♥3♥ All in
Edward Pak: A♣K♣

The small blind was dominated by the bigger ace of Pak, and once the board ran out 9♠A♠K♦5♦J♦ Pak improved to two pair, aces and kings to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Pak	72,500 72,500	72,500

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09-21-2024 19:02 UTC-7

Nguyen Cracks Aces

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Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with the board showing 10♥6♠7♠ with roughly 30,000 in the pot. Paul Nguyen was all in for 85,000, with a player under the gun putting him at risk.

Paul Nguyen: 9♠9♦ All in
Under the Gun: A♠A♣

Nguyen ran into pockets aces but once the board ran out 5♥ on the turn, and 8♣ on the river, Nguyen improved to a straight to crack the pocket aces, and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Nguyen	225,000 100,000	100,000

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09-21-2024 21:07 UTC-7

Nguyen Wins the Race

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Tyler Boyer

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Paul Nguyen opened the action with a raise to 11,000 in the cutoff, and when it folded to the small blind he three-bet all in for 55,000. Once the big blind folded Nguyen made the call to put the player at risk.

Small Blind: 5♥5♦ All in
Paul Nguyen: Q♦10♦

It was a race for the small blinds tournament life, but once the board ran out 9♣4♠10♠K♣Q♠ Nguyen improved to two pair, queens and tens to secure the pot and knockout his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Nguyen	255,000 30,000	30,000

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09-21-2024 21:42 UTC-7

Prize Pool Announced

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Tyler Boyer

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With 517 entrants, the players have created a prize pool of $542,850. All the players who made Day 2 have locked up a min cash of $2,410, with the top prize being $111,520.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$111,520	10-12	$9,390
2	$78,140	13-15	$7,870
3	$50,250	16-18	$6,460
4	$33,440	19-21	$5,370
5	$25,730	22-24	$4,520
6	$21,310	25-27	$3,770
7	$17,890	28-36	$3,070
8	$14,520	37-45	$2,740
9	$11,160	46-51	$2,410

09-21-2024 23:28 UTC-7

Kozin Knocks Out Nguyen With Kings

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Tyler Boyer

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gary Kozin opened the action with a raise to 26,000 from under the gun. It folded to Dylan Nguyen in the hijack who three-bet all in for 65,000. Once it folded back to Kozin, he snap called to put Nguyen at risk.

Dylan Nguyen: 10♦10♣ All in
Gary Kozin: K♥K♣

Nguyen jammed into the pocket kings of Kozin, and the J♣A♠9♦ brought no help. However, the 8♥ on the turn did give Nguyen an open ended straight draw as extra outs, but when the 5♦ hit the river he was eliminated and Kozin scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Kozin	155,000
Dylan Nguyen	Busted

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09-21-2024 23:53 UTC-7

Brandt Gets Aces to Send Nguyen Packing

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Tyler Boyer

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Katherine Brandt (Photo By:@Kierolovesyou)

Paul Nguyen was all in for 85,000, and Katherine Brandt called to put him at risk.

Paul Nguyen: A♣J♠ All in
Katherine Brandt: A♠A♦

Nguyen ran into the aces of Brandt, and once the board ran out 8♣2♦J♣9♠3♣ Brandt's aces were still best and Nguyen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katherine Brandt	320,000 320,000	320,000
Paul Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Katherine Brandt Paul Nguyen

09-22-2024 00:15 UTC-7

Tosoc Sends a Player Out

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Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded to a player in the small blind who went all in for 96,000, and was called by Ryan Tosoc in the big blind.

Small Blind: A♠5♥ All in
Ryan Tosoc: K♣Q♣

The small blind was ahead with his ace high, but after the board ran out 3♥Q♠8♥K♠10♠ Tosoc improved to two pair, kings and queens to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Tosoc	520,000 370,000	370,000

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09-22-2024 01:34 UTC-7

Gray Bluffs Into Quads to Burst the Bubble

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Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

L.D. Gray opened the action with a raise to 32,000, and it folded to the small blind Paul W Lee who made the call.

The flop came J♣3♦J♦ and both players checked to the K♦ turn. Lee bet out 25,000, and Gray raised to 75,000, which Lee called.

After the 9♣ on the river, Lee checked to Gray who announced all in for his stack of 300,000, which was snap called by Lee.

Lee quickly turned over J♠J♥ for quad jacks and Gray showed 5♥5♦ as he left the tournament area being the bubble boy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul W Lee	835,000 275,000	275,000

L.D. Gray	Busted

09-22-2024 02:44 UTC-7

Paul Lee Ends Day 1e as Overall Chip Leader in the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series

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Tyler Boyer

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The fifth and final Day 1 flight in the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold’em Series has been completed. Day 1e saw the most entrants yet with 254, almost doubling the amount of entrants from the first four flights, bringing the total to 517, creating a prize pool of $542,800. 25 players advanced to Day 2, bringing the final number of players to 51 who advanced on to Day 2. The chip leader at the end of Day 1e is Paul W Lee who bagged 930,000.

Lee will come into Day 2 as the overall chip leader. He is an Orange County, Ca. resident with over $450,000 in career poker earnings, with a high score of $140,273 when he finished third in the 2018 Super Seniors Event at The World Series of Poker. Right behind Lee in chips is Edgar Diaz who managed to bag 875,000, and in third is notable LA live stream player Michael Nia with 811,000.

Top 10 Chip Counts From Day 1e

Place	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Paul W Lee	United States	930,000
2	Edgar Diaz	United States	875,000
3	Michael Nia	United States	811,000
4	Ryan Tosoc	United States	808,000
5	Sanjeev Kapoor	United States	609,000
6	Stone Malick	United States	593,000
7	Martin Carnero	Peru	581,000
8	Christopher Preziotti	United States	528,000
9	Aaron Zhang	China	494,000
10	Derek Gregory	United States	488,000

Other notable players in the top 10 chip counts from Day 1e include World Series of Poker bracelet winner Ryan Tosoc, Martin Carnero who has over $1,200,000 in poker earnings, and Derek Gregory who has over $1,000,000 in career poker earnings.

Bubble Popped By Quads

With several short stacks in the field, the 25 remaining players all found themselves in the money and onto Day 2 after a massive pot between the chip leader Paul W Lee and L.B. Gray. Lee called an under the gun raise from Gray when he was in the small blind. Both players checked to the turn after the flop came J♣3♦J♦ which brought the K♦. Lee then bet out 25,000 and then called a raise of 75,000 from Gray. After the 9♣ on the turn Lee check-called a massive all in of 300,000 from Gray. Lee then turned over J♠J♥ for quad jacks to become the overall chip leader heading into Day 2 as Gray showed 5♥5♦ as he left the tournament area being the unfortunate bubble boy.

One of the players who found a bag in Day 1e is Jesus Delgadillo (431,000) who got off to a hot start early in the day, when he made a straight flush on the river to eliminate a player who made a full house on the river. He was able to ride that momentum into Day 2 with a healthy stack of 431,000.

Day 2 action is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday September 22 in Level 14 at the 3000/5000/5000 blind levels with 5:09 left on the clock. Players will play 40-minute levels until they reach the final table, when they will go to 60-minute levels. There will be 15-minute break after every two hours of play.

Make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates and coverage until a champion is crowned.

Tags: Aaron Zhang Christopher Preziotti Derek Gregory Edgar Diaz Jesus Delgadillo Martin Carnero Michael Nia Paul Lee Ryan Tosoc Sanjeev Kapoor