2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

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

2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$300,000
Entries
263
Players Left
26
Average Chip Stack
404,615
Total Chips
10,520,000
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
12,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
80
Players Left
8

Cross Flops Best

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 0 ante

Adi Benami opened the action with a raise to 900 form the hijack, and was called by Peter Cross in the cutoff, and the big blind.

After the 6102 flop, it checked to Cross who fired out 600, and was called by both the big blind and Benami.

All three players checked to showdown after the 8 on the turn, and A river. Cross tabled Q10 which was good enough to take the pot, as both players mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Adi Benami il
Adi Benami
37,500
37,500
37,500
Peter Cross jp
Peter Cross
36,400
2,600
2,600

Tags: Adi Ben AmiPeter Cross

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 0

Neiman Makes a Boat

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 0 ante

Young Song limped in from under the gun, as did a player on the button, then David Neiman raised to 1,100, which was called by Young, and the button folded.

The flop came 6K10 and Neiman check called a bet of 1,000 from Song.

After the 8 on the turn, Neiman led out for a bet of 1,800, which Song called.

The river was the 6 and Neiman fired out 4,900, which Song quickly tossed in a chip to call. Neiman tabled KK for a full house, kings full of sixes, to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Neiman us
David Neiman
51,200
51,200
51,200
Young Song us
Young Song
32,500
32,500
32,500

Tags: Young SongDavid Neiman

Floyd Takes it Down

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 0 ante

Rodrick Floyd limped in from middle position, and it folded to the small blind Issa Sakhel who raised to 600. The big blind Christopher William, and Floyd made the call.

After the K102 flop, the blinds checked to Floyd who bet out 1,000. Sahkel folded, but William made the call.

The turn was the 2 and William checked to Floyd who fired out 2,000, which was enough to take the pot as William mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Rodrick Floyd us
Rodrick Floyd
44,000
44,000
44,000
Issa Sakhel us
Issa Sakhel
38,600
38,600
38,600
Christopher William us
Christopher William
37,500
37,500
37,500

Tags: Christopher WilliamIssa SakhelRodrick Floyd

Fiorentino Applies the Pressure

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 0 ante

Peter Cross opened the action with a raise to 600, and he was called by the small blind Marc Fiorentino.

The flop came 10210 and Fiorentino checked to Cross, who bet out 300. Fiorentino then raised to 900, which Cross called.

After the Q on the turn, Fiorentino bet out 3,500, which was called by Cross.

The river was the 8 and Fiorentino sized up his bet to the tune of 18,000. Cross sat in the tank for over a minute debating his decision, before finding a fold and giving the pot to Fiorentino.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Fiorentino us
Marc Fiorentino
46,200
46,200
46,200
Peter Cross jp
Peter Cross
33,800
33,800
33,800

Tags: Marc FiorentinoPeter Cross

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Day 1c Gets Underway at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series $1,200 Main Event

Commerce
Commerce

Action continues at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series as Day 1c gets underway at 12:00 p.m. local time in the $1,200 Main Event. The $300,000 guaranteed event saw in the first two flights 69 total entrants, with seven players advancing to Day 2.

The overall chip leader at this point is Sungmin Cho who impressively bagged 775,000 after Day 1b. The Day 1a chip leader was six time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings, with 409,000.

Chip Counts Through Day 1b

PlaceNameCountryChip Count
1Sungmin ChoSourth Korea775,000
2Beth HallUnited States457,000
3Brian HastingsUnited States409,000
4Preston PatzUnited States370,000
5Fred LavassaniUnited States301,000
6Robert NatividadUnited States300,000
7Robert NguyenUnited States147,000

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
1cSeptember 1912:00 p.m.
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 HastingsFred LavassaniPreston PatzRobert NatividadRobert NguyenSungmin Cho

$1,200 Main Event

Day 1c Started