$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$1,007,475
Entries
665
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
403
Players Left
85
Aaron Massey Bags Chip Lead as 85 Players Advance From Day 1b of the WSOPC Harrahs $1,700 Main Event
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Day 1b of the 2019 WSOPC Main Event at Harrahs Casino has come to an end. Today saw a total of 403 entries and 85 of those players put chips in a bag and will join the 58 players that bagged on Day 1a. Day 2 will happen tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. local time.
Aaron Massey bagged the largest stack of the day with 462,000 which is also good for the overall chip lead. Adam Owen (423,500), Stephen Graner (418,500), Terry Fleischer (417,000) and Nitis Udornpion (410,000) make up the rest of the top five.
Other notables that were able to bag today include Jared Jaffee (254,000), Katie Lindsay (236,500), Allen Kessler (213,500), Dylan Linde (144,500), Joseph McKeehen (137,500), Ben Yu (108,000) and Manig Loeser (69,500) just to name a few.
Some familiar faces that were in action today but were unable to bag a stack for Day 2 include Faraz Jaka, Chris Moorman, Nick Pupillo, Jesse Sylvia, Marle Cordeiro and Joseph Cheong.
The 2019 WSOPC Main Event at Harrahs Casino drew in 665 total entries and 143 will come back tomorrow at 1:00p.m. to battle for a spot in Day 3 which will happen Sunday at 1:00p.m. local time.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
462,000 | |
|
423,500 | |
|
418,500 | |
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||
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417,000 | |
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410,000 | |
|
||
|
367,500
167,500
|
167,500 |
|
360,500 | |
|
|
318,500
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
294,000 | |
|
254,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
||
|
249,500
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
||
|
245,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
||
|
236,500
164,500
|
164,500 |
|
234,500
234,500
|
234,500 |
|
213,500
73,500
|
73,500 |
|
213,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
205,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
198,500
198,500
|
198,500 |
|
196,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
169,500
169,500
|
169,500 |
|
|
||
|
167,500
167,500
|
167,500 |
|
161,000 | |
|
160,500
160,500
|
160,500 |
|
159,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
End of day chip counts and recap will follow.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.
In Event #9: $400 NLH Turbo, 170 runners created a $56,100 prize pool that was paid out to the top 26 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Ryan Awwad (10th- $981), Andrew Donabedian (14th - $841), Calvin Harris (19th - $674), and Charlie Dawson (20th - $674).
In the end, it was Illinois native Alan Cutler who collected every chip in play to capture her first ring along with a $14,100 payday.
This is Cutler’s second career WSOP ring, and he’s been working for it for a long time. His first ring came over seven years ago, in December 2012. The Chicago native is a regular on the Circuit, with seven cashes so far this season alone.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Cutler | Chicago, Illinois | $23,575 |
| 2 | James Lushin | Russiaville, Indiana | $8,706 |
| 3 | Ryan Gentry | La Jolla, California | $16,080 |
| 4 | JJ Liu | Las Vegas, Nevada | $4,347 |
| 5 | Peter Field | North Haven, Connecticut | $3,183 |
| 6 | Karthik Ramakrishnan | Johnson City, Tennessee | $2,389 |
| 7 | Daniel Rincones | Culiacan, Mexico | $1,839 |
| 8 | Jason Holdinski | Buckeye, Arizona | $1,452 |
| 9 | Aaron Wallace | Carmel, Indiana | $1,177 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The remaining players will complete six more hands before bagging chips and coming back tomorrow for Day 2.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.
In Event #8: $400 NLH Double Stack, 331 runners created a $109,230 prize pool that was paid out to the top 50 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were John Nowak (12th- $1,668), John Caldwell (15th - $1,378), Leif Force (23rd - $872), Maury Solano (24th - $872), Joo Park (26th - $779) and Arkadiy Tsinis (27th - $779).
In the end, it was Florida native Ashraf Chehatal who collected every chip in play to capture her first ring along with a $23,575 payday.
The victory not only marked Chehatal's first Circuit ring, but also his first career WSOP Circuit cash.
“I feel great,” he said after the tournament was over. “It was a long day, today and yesterday. I just had a good time and turned $400 into 23 grand. Can’t complain about that!”
Chehata’s win came after a fairly lengthy heads-up battle against runner-up finisher Mikes Bairamis. At more than one point, Chehata held a substantial lead, only to see Bairamis win a key hand to even the stacks. But eventually, Chehata wore down his opponent and collected the last of the chips.
“At this stage of the game, getting cards definitely helps out a lot, and I think the cards went my way a little bit.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashraf Chehata | St. Augustine, Florida | $23,575 |
| 2 | Mikes Bairamis | Homer, Arkansas | $14,554 |
| 3 | Bradley Coultas | Estero, Florida | $10,461 |
| 4 | Steven Powers | Chesapeake, Virginia | $7,644 |
| 5 | Bryant Morrison | Edinburg, Texas | $5,679 |
| 6 | Jacob Miller | Sleepy Hollow, New York | $4,291 |
| 7 | Ofir Shmuel | Jerusalem, Israel | $3,299 |
| 8 | Brett Shaffer | Beloit, Kansas | $2,581 |
| 9 | Joshua Kieval | Denver, Colorado | $2,056 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jerome Makonen moved all in from early position for 27,000 and got called by the player in the hijack. The rest of the table folded and it was off to the races.
Jerome Makonen: 
Opponent: 
Makonen was in great shape after the 
flop. The 
turn sealed it and the meaningless 
completed the board to give Makonen the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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61,500 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The $1,700 Main Event at Harrah's Las Vegas attracted 665 entries through two starting days and created a $1,007,475 prize pool.
A total of 100 places will be paid a minimum of $2,555 with the winner of the event will taking home $192,199 along with a coveted gold ring and a seat into the 2020 Global Casino Championship.
A full breakdown of the payouts will be posted tomorrow.