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

$1,200 Main Event

Day 1d Started

The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series Continues with Day 1d in the $1,200 Main Event

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

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Lee Takes It Down

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 0 ante

Jacky Lee raised to 500 from the cutoff, before the small blind Darrell Lane three-bet to 500. The big blind and Lee made the call.

The flop came A69 and the blinds checked to Lee who bet 1,000. Lane and the big blind both made the call.

After the 3 on the turn, it was checked to Lee again, who bet out 3,200 this time. Both Lane and the big blind folded to give Lee the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jacky Lee us
Jacky Lee
44,800
Darrell Lane us
Darrell Lane
37,600

Crockett's Not a Believer

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 0 ante

Action was picked up in a four-bet pot with roughly 10,500 in the pot and the board showing 295.

Stephan Crockett checked to the four-bettor, who fired out 3,000, which Crockett called.

After the 4 on the turn Crockett check-called a bet of 10,000.

The river was the 2 and Crockett checked, then quickly called the all in bet of 19,800. The player who went all in showed A7 for just ace high, and Crockett had the winner when he tabled 85 for a pair of fives to eliminate the player.

Player Chips Progress
Stephan Crockett us
Stephan Crockett
82,500
82,500
82,500

Tags: Stephan Crockett

Le's Triple Barrel Gets it Done

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 0 ante

Quoc Le opened the action with a raise to 600 from the hijack, and was called by Andrew Tree on the button, and the small blind Jin Park.

After the 7JQ flop Park checked to Le, who bet out 1,000. Tree called and Park folded.

The turn was the Q and Tree called a bet of 1,000 from Le.

After the A on the river, Le then bet out 6,000, which was got Tree to fold and give the pot to Le.

Player Chips Progress
Quoc Le us
Quoc Le
46,500
46,500
46,500
Jin Park us
Jin Park
38,900
38,900
38,900
Andrew Tree
Andrew Tree
37,500
37,500
37,500

Tags: Andrew TreeJin ParkQuoc Le

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 0

Shariati Makes Trips to Crack Brownlee's Knigs

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 0 ante

William Brownlee raised from the hijack, before Mike Shariati three-bet in the cutoff. After it folded back to Brownlee, he four-bet to 6,000, which Shariati called.

After the Q83 flop Shariati called a bet of 11,000 from Brownlee.

Both players checked after the 3 on the turn, which brought the Q. Brownlee bet out 5,000, before Shariati raised to 25,000. After thinking it over Brownlee made the call and was shown. AQ for trip queens, and Brownlee showed KK as he tossed his cards in the muck.

A few hands later Brownlee had pocket kings again, but was able to double up against his opponents pocket queens.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Shariati us
Mike Shariati
78,200
WPT 1X Winner
William Brownlee us
William Brownlee
25,000

Tags: Andrew TreeJin ParkQuoc LeWilliam BrownleeMike Shariati

Smith's Jam Gets Through

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 0 ante

Thomas Smith opened the action with a raise to 1,600 from the button, when the big blind Michael Liang three-bet to 6,700. After asking to see the stack of Liang, Smith four-bet all in for Liang's stack of 43,000. After thinking it over, Liang found a fold to give the pot to Smith.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Smith us
Thomas Smith
54,500
Michael Liang us
Michael Liang
36,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Michael LiangThomas Smith