2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1a
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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 1a
Entries
27
Players Left
3
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Sevens Hold For Hastings

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Action was picked up with a player in for 29,100, and Brian Hastings calling to put him at risk.

All in Player: A♥Q♣ All in
Brian Hastings: 7♥7♣

It was a flip, but the all in player would need to improve to stay in the tournament. But after the board ran out 8♣5♠9♦2♦K♠ the pair of sevens for Hastings remained best, to give him the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings 		105,000
18,300
 18,300
Day 1A Chip Leader
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Brian Hastings

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Casella Knocks Out Khalili

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with four players in the hand, roughly 11,000 in the pot, and the board showing 6♦5♦A♦4♥.

The small blind checked to Sohale Khalili, who bet all in for 11,300, and Michael Casella in early position made the call. Both the button and the small blind folded, leaving the players heads up, with Khalili at risk.

Sohale Khalili: A♣3♥ All in
Michael Casella: A♠Q♣

Khalili and Casella both had a pair of aces , but Khalili was behind the bigger kicker of Casella. Needing a three or deuce, the 6♥ was no help to Khalili, and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Casella us
Michael Casella
65,000
Sohale Khalili us
Sohale Khalili 		Busted

Tags: Sohale KhaliliMichael Casella

Hastings Bombs the River

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action folded to Artashe Kartaly on the button, and he raised to 2,500. The small blind folded, and Brian Hastings made the call in the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn after the J♥3♥2♣ flop, which brought the A♦. Hastings then checked to Kartaly, who bet 2,000. Hastings then raised to 12,000, which Kartaly called.

The river was the Q♣ and Hastings fired a hefty bet of 45,000. Kartaly gave it some thought, before deciding to fold, and showed the A♠ as he tossed his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings 		86,700
1,200
 1,200
Day 1A Chip Leader
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Artashe Kartaly us
Artashe Kartaly
51,800
5,200
 5,200

Tags: Brian Hastings

Morozumi Cracks Aces

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player raised from under the gun, before Naoya Morozumi three-bet to 7,000 from early position. It folded back to the under the gun player, and he four-bet to 21,000. Morozumi wasted no time and five-bet all in for the under the gun players stack of 53,500, which was snap called to put himself at risk.

Under the Gun: A♦A♣ All in
Naoya Morozumi: A♥K♣

Morozumi ran into the pocket aces, and would need a lot of help to crack them. But Morozumi found just that when the flop came K♠K♥8♣ to give him a dominating lead with his trip kings. Looking for the case ace, the under the gun player could not improve after the board ran out 10♠ on the turn, and 2♦ on the river, giving Morozumi the pot with his trip kings, and eliminating his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Naoya Morozumi jp
Naoya Morozumi
120,500
59,500
 59,500

Tags: Naoya Morozumi

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Lavassa Has Rockets

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up with Sungmi Cho all in for 19,500, and Fred Lavassa putting him at risk.

Sungmi Cho: 8♠8♣ All in
Fred Lavassa: A♦A♣

Cho ran into the pocket aces of Lavassa and was at risk of being eliminated. Despite the board running out 8♥A♠9♠6♣7♥ and Cho flopping a set, Lavassa also flopped a set and the set of aces were best, to eliminate Cho.

Player Chips Progress
Fred Lavassa us
Fred Lavassa
79,600
5,300
 5,300
Sungmi Cho kr
Sungmi Cho
Busted

Jaurigu Gets Paid With Aces

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river with the board showing 10♠3♣5♦K♠8♥ with roughly 28,000 in the pot.

Jesse Jaurigu bet out 7,300, and after thinking over his decision, Marc Fiorenti made the call.

Jaurigu tabled A♠A♣ and Fiorenti said "I kind of thought you had that" and tossed his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Jaurigu us
Jesse Jaurigu
55,000
23,800
 23,800
Marc Fiorenti us
Marc Fiorenti
46,500
-35,900
 -35,900

Fiorenti Getting Aggressive

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded to a player in middle position, and he raised to 2,300, before Marc Fiorenti three-bet to 6,500. It folded back to the player in middle position, and he made the call.

After the 5♥10♥7♣ flop the middle position player check-called a bet of 7,000 from Fiorenti.

Both players checked the 8♦ turn, to see the 9♦ on the river. The middle position player bet out 5,000, which was snap called by Fiorenti. The player in middle position showed AxKx for ace high, and Fiorenti tabled Q♣10♣ for a top pair, to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Fiorenti us
Marc Fiorenti
82,400
22,500
 22,500

Miller Takes it From Lee

Tyler Boyer
Tyler Boyer
Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Johnson Lee raised to 2,300 from the hijack, and was called by Ronald Miller on the button, and both the small and big blind,

All four players checked to the turn after the 9♣6♣6♠ flop. The turn brought the 8♠ and after it checked to Miller on the button, he bet out 4,500. Both the blinds quickly folded, and Lee made the call.

The river was the A♣ and Lee checked to Miller, who bet out 5,500. Lee gave it some thought, before finding a fold and giving the pot to Miller.

Player Chips Progress
Ronald Miller us
Ronald Miller 		74,500
Johnson Lee us
Johnson Lee
59,800
-10,000
 -10,000
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