2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1d
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 1d
Entries
114
Players Left
11

Dobbertin Gets Griener to Fold

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

Jared Griener opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 20,000. It folded to Ty Dobbertin in the big blind who made the call.

The flop came 2610 and Dobbertin check-called a bet of 18,000 from Griener.

Both players checked to the river after the 4 on the turn, which brought the 4. Dobbertin then bet 25,000 and after giving it some thought, Griener mucked to give the pot to the 'LA Poker Roundup' podcaster Dobbertin.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Griener us
Jared Griener
400,000
5,000
5,000
Ty Dobbertin us
Ty Dobbertin
370,000

Tags: Ty DobbertinJared Griener

Both Nguyen's Go Out Back to Back

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

Di Wu opened the action from the under, going all in for his stack of 625,000. It folded to the big blind Dylan Nguyen, who said "okay" and made the call for his last 80,000.

Dylan Nguyen: Q10 All in
Di Wu: A6

Wu was ahead with his ace high, and after the board ran out 3810A5 Wu improved to pair of aces to knockout Nguyen.

Moments later Paul Nguyen was seen leaving the tournament area after being eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Di Wu cn
Di Wu
715,000
175,000
175,000
Dylan Nguyen us
Dylan Nguyen
Busted
Paul Nguyen us
Paul Nguyen
Busted

Yan Makes Quads to Put Us on The Bubble

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

Action folded to a player in the small blind who went all in for 125,000, and Yan Yan quickly called.

Small Blind: K6 All in
Yan Yan: 1010

The small blind ran into a real hand of Yan, and after the board ran out 9106107 Yan turned quad tens, to eliminate her opponent and put players on the stone bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Yan Yan us
Yan Yan
435,000
220,000
220,000

Lee Doubles Aces Versus Kings

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

Action folded to Kyung Lee on the button who raised all in for 98,000. Once the small blind folded, the big Ty Dobbertin slowly sweated his cards, and then snap called to put Lee at risk.

Kyung Lee: AA All in
Ty Dobbertin: KK

It was the ultimate cooler for Dobbertin, and once the board ran out 38A74 Lee improved to a set of aces to secure the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Ty Dobbertin us
Ty Dobbertin
345,000
-25,000
-25,000
Kyung Lee us
Kyung Lee
215,000
186,500
186,500

Garcia Doubles

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

Action was picked up with Andy Garcia all in for 37,000 and Jared Griener calling to put him at risk.

Andy Garcia: K7 All in
Jared Griener: A8

Garcia was very short and in desperate need of a double up. He found just that after the board ran out 710Q5Q to improve to two pair, queens and sevens to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Griener us
Jared Griener
590,000
190,000
190,000
Andy Garcia
Andy Garcia
85,000
5,000
5,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Dobbertin Wakes Up With Jacks and Makes Garcia the Bubble Boy

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jared Griener opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 27,000. It then folded to the small blind Andy Garcia, who three-bet all in for 70,000. Ty Dobbertin in the big blind snap called, which got Griener to fold and leave the players heads up.

Andy Garcia: [AsKJd] All in
Ty Dobbertin: JJ

Garcia ran straight into the jacks, and would need help to avoid being the bubble boy. But once the board ran out 77KQK the pockets jacks of Dobbertin were still best, and eliminated Garcia to burst the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Griener us
Jared Griener
585,000
-5,000
-5,000
Ty Dobbertin us
Ty Dobbertin
445,000
100,000
100,000
Andy Garcia
Andy Garcia
Busted

Tags: Ty DobbertinJared GrienerAndy Garcia

End Of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Bradley Harris us
Bradley Harris
679,000
594,000
594,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Di Wu cn
Di Wu
674,000
-41,000
-41,000
Jared Griener us
Jared Griener
605,000
20,000
20,000
Yan Yan us
Yan Yan
573,000
138,000
138,000
Ty Dobbertin us
Ty Dobbertin
471,000
26,000
26,000
Joshua Prager us
Joshua Prager
442,000
401,500
401,500
Kevork Vopperian us
Kevork Vopperian
410,000
45,000
45,000
Marc Robinson us
Marc Robinson
251,000
Kyung Lee us
Kyung Lee
211,000
-4,000
-4,000
Vince Salvatore us
Vince Salvatore
133,000
-22,000
-22,000
Zachary Mcdiarmid us
Zachary Mcdiarmid
112,000
2,000
2,000

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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

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 Ca, he has 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.

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