$1,200 Main Event
Day 1e Started
2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series
$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1e
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1e
2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$542,850
Entries
517
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
254
Players Left
25
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
Action is underway here on Day 1e of the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
Allen Pock Opened the action with a raise to 500 from the hijack, and was called by both the small blind and big blind.
All three players checked after the A♣J♦2♦ flop, and the 5♦ turn.
After the river came the 4♣ the blinds checked , Pock bet out 500. The small blind called and the big blind folded, when showed A♦10♦ for the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
Mike Eskandari opened the action with a raise to 500 from under the gun. He was called by a player in middle position, on the button, the small blind and big blind.
All the players checked to the turn after the A♣K♦2♦ flop, which brought the K♣. The blinds then checked to Mike Eskandari, who bet out 500. The player in middle position folded, when the button, and both the blinds call.
After the 2♥ on the river, the blinds checked to Eskandari again, who bet out 2,000. All three players found a fold to give him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 0
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 0 ante
Action was picked up on the river with the board showing J♦10♥J♣Q♥A♣ with roughly 8,500 in the pot.
Fernando Santiagolopez bet out 5,000 from the big blind, when Sanjeev Kapoor raised to 15,000 from the hijack. Santiagolopez then three-bet to 15,000 and Kapoor four-bet all in for the last 10,000 and Santiagolopez, who mucked and gave the pot to Kapoor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,500 | |
|
9,800 |
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 0 ante
Daniel Burillo opened the action with a raise to 1,200 from the cutoff, which was called by a player on the button, and the big blind Orest Korenevych.
After the flop came 9♠Q♣J♣ Korenevych and Burillo checked to the player on the button, who bet out 1,500. Korenevych made the call, before Burillo raised to 31,000, leaving just 100 chips behind. The button gave it some thought, before mucking his hand. Korenevych then made the call, not realizing Burillo had a chip left behind.
The turn brought 5♣ and the last 100 chips went in the middle, with Burillo at risk. '
Daniel Burillo: K♣3♣
Orest Korenevych: K♦10♣
Korenevych flopped the nuts with a straight, but after Burillo turned the second nut flush, Korenevych was left drawing dead. Once the 6♠ hit the river, Burillo officially had the winner and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
11,200
11,200
|
11,200 |