$1,200 Main Event
Day 1c Started
2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series
$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1c
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
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500,000
8
70,000
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
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sungmin Cho | Sourth Korea | 775,000 |
| 2 | Beth Hall | United States | 457,000 |
| 3 | Brian Hastings | United States | 409,000 |
| 4 | Preston Patz | United States | 370,000 |
| 5 | Fred Lavassani | United States | 301,000 |
| 6 | Robert Natividad | United States | 300,000 |
| 7 | Robert Nguyen | United States | 147,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1c | September 19 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 1d | September 20 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 1e | September 21 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 2 | September 22 | 11:00 a.m. |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
Cards are in the air and action is officially underway for Day 1c.
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 10♣2♠10♥ 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 |
|---|---|---|
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46,200
46,200
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46,200 |
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33,800
33,800
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33,800 |
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 K♥10♦2♥ 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
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38,600
38,600
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38,600 |
|
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37,500
37,500
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37,500 |
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 6♣K♥10♥ 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 K♠K♣ for a full house, kings full of sixes, to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,200
51,200
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51,200 |
|
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32,500
32,500
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32,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 0
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 6♠10♠2♣ 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 Q♣10♣ which was good enough to take the pot, as both players mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,500
37,500
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37,500 |
|
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36,400
2,600
|
2,600 |
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 0 ante
Gabriel Bartal who just joined the table raised to 700 from under the gun, and was called by the small blind Nestor Hernandez, and the big blind Young Song.
The flop came K♣4♠3♣ and both Hernandez and Song check-called a bet of 1,100 from Bartal.
After the 6♥ on the turn it checked to Bartal and he bet out 3,000. Hernandez folded, and Song made the call.
The river was the 4♦ and Song checked to Bartal, who bet 5,000. That was enough to take the pot as Song mucked his hand, giving the pot to Bartal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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81,400 | |
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46,200
46,200
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46,200 |
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29,100
-3,400
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-3,400 |