Event #1 Prize Pool and Payouts

Over four starting flights, Event #1 $580 NLH received 1,457 entries, creating a $734,910 prize pool. The top 153 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $985. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $126,760
2nd Place: $78,635
3rd Place: $57,624
4th Place: $43,808
5th Place: $33,350
6th Place: $25,685
7th Place: $20,012
8th Place: $15,771
9th Place: $12,574
10th-12th Place: $10,142
13th-15th Place: $8,268
16th-18th Place: $6,813
19th-21st Place: $5,681
22nd-24th Place: $4,784
25th-27th Place: $4,071
28th-30th Place: $3,506
31st-33rd Place: $3,050
34th-36th Place: $2,682
37th-45th Place: $2,381
46th-54th Place: $2,139
55th-63rd Place: $1,940
64th-72nd Place: $1,771
73th-81st Place: $1,632
82nd-90th Place: $1,499
91st-99th Place: $1,382
100th-108th Place: $1,271
109th-117th Place: $1,169
118th-135th Place: $1,073
136th-153th Place: $985

9pm Update

Flight D is about to take their second break of the day, and the board reads 472 entrants so far. Here are select chip counts from the field:

Tesfay Begazyon - 47,000
Ted Driscoll - 25,000
Mike Nye - 23,300
Welther Marmol - 9,200
Andy Frankenberger - 8,100

Tarun G. wins a weird hand

With just under 15 minutes left in the day, the clock was paused, and players assumed they would be drawing a number of hands left to play for the day. This was not the case, as a card with blood on it was discovered on one of the outer tables, so security had to be brought in to clean the cards.

Preflop action had already occurred, with Tarun G. raising to 5,000 under the gun and getting one caller. Players went on a 15 minute break, and the small blind and big blind who had not acted were two of those players. After the cards had been cleaned, the players returned and the pot continued.

As they returned to the table, both blinds folded, and Tarun bet out on the [Td][3d][Th] flop. His opponent called, and then bet when checked to on the [9c] turn. Tarun called, and then checked again on the [3h] river. His opponent bet 22,500, and Tarun went into the tank. He eventually made the call, and his opponent said, "You got it." Tarun tabled pocket sevens to win the pot and increase his stack to around 140,000.

Play continued to the 10 minute mark, and then it was announced that four more hands will be played before players in Flight C will bag up for the night.

7pm Update

It's just before 7pm and Flight C has just begun Level 15, their last level of the night. The field has been trimmed from 439 entries down to 72 players. Here are select chip counts for players reamaining in the field:

Matt Wantman - 116,000
Tarun G. - 85,500
Brian Lefkowitz - 79,000
Dave Stefanski - 32,000
James Campbell - 17,300

Meanwhile, Flight D is just about to go on their first break of the day. So far this flight has 360 entries.

Flight D has begun

Cards are in the air for the last of 4 flights for Event #1 $580 NLH. Registration and re-entries are available until Level 9, at which time prize pool and payout information will be released.

Back from break

The 221 remaining players from Flight C have just returned from their second break of the day. The board reads 404 entrants, which is an unofficial count of Flight C entries as registration is now closed. Here are select chip counts from around the room:

Tarun G. - 44,100

James Campbell - 25,500

Mike Nye - 12,000

Fred Paradis - 11,300

Dave Stefanski -  6,500

Flight C has begun

Cards are in the air for the 3rd of 4 flights in Event #1 $580 NLH. Players begin with 12,000 in chips, and registration and re-entries are open until the 9th level. So far 166 players are entered.

Today's Schedule

Today is Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit. This series features $1,300,000 in Guaranteed Prizes and awards 12 Gold Rings. Here's what's on today's schedule:

11am:
Flight C of Event #1 $580 NLH
$500,000 GUARANTEED
($520 Buy-in / $60 Entry fee)
Players start with 12,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration will remain open until the start of level 9 (approximately 3:20pm).
This is a three day tournament.
Levels 1-12 will be 30 minutes. Remaining levels on Day 1 will be 40 minutes.
Day 2 levels will be 40 and 50.
There is no dinner break on Day 1. The day will conclude at approximately 7:30pm.
Full structure is available here.

5pm:
Flight D of Event #1 $580 NLH
$500,000 GUARANTEED
($520 Buy-in / $60 Entry fee)
Players start with 12,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration will remain open until the start of level 9 (approximately 9:20pm).
This is a three day tournament.
Levels 1-12 will be 30 minutes. Remaining levels on Day 1 will be 40 minutes.
Day 2 levels will be 40 and 50.
There is no dinner break on Day 1. The day will conclude at approximately 1:30am.
Full structure is available here.

A full series schedule is available here.

WSOP Circuit Event - August 2015 - Event #1 - $580 NLH Flights A & B - Returning Players

Position	Name	Chip Count
1	Georato, Robert	266,000
2	MacNeil, Chris	244,000
3	Macri, Ralph	237,500
4	Williams, Michael	217,500
5	Leong, Christopher	177,000
6	Solerti, Carlos	164,500
7	Chaves, David	159,500
8	Lazer, Benjamin	157,000
9	St. Vincent, Brad	147,500
10	Monfett, David	135,000
11	Hoglund, Thomas	132,500
12	Merron, Kyle	132,000
13	Backa, Marsel	129,000
14	Sedgeman, Matt	128,000
15	Karajic, Irfan	122,500
16	Ounthongdy, Jovy	121,500
17	Jarvela, Mike	121,000
18	Ngo, Dale	120,000
19	Cochran, Keith	118,500
20	Taylor, Samuel	115,500
21	Chividian, Joe	113,000
22	Barrile, Jen	110,000
23	Mixer, Mike	107,000
24	D'Agostino, Jack	106,000
25	Hardy, Gordon	103,000
26	Borges, Al	102,500
27	Brackesy, Steven	101,000
28	Hankins, Robert	101,000
29	Nelligan, Joe	98,500
30	Pearlman, Dena	98,000
31	Zsofka, Zsolt	95,500
32	Lim, Kwang Soo	95,500
33	McLane, Douglas	94,000
34	Oh, JeWook	94,000
35	Capote, Robert	91,000
36	Rubin, James	90,500
37	Kotlyarenko, Gennady	90,000
38	Dalgo, Ronald II	80,500
39	Mahoney, John	80,500
40	Manwaring, John	80,500
41	He, Liam	75,500
42	Wiley, Brendan	74,500
43	Donnelly, Patrick	64,000
44	Zhou, Ci C	63,000
45	Perry, Mark	62,000
46	Renaudette, Chris	61,500
47	Minnick, Scott	59,000
48	Bencosme, Virgilio	58,000
49	Badecker, Andrew	57,000
50	McGinnity, Ronald	51,500
51	Moors, Jordan	50,500
52	Buchine, Herb	45,500
53	Hover, Robert	45,000
54	Lopez, Edgar	42,000
55	Frank, Eric	36,000
56	Wood, Ben	34,000
57	Bae, Julie	31,500
58	Paquette, Michael	31,000
59	Montecalvo, Alessando	28,500
60	Baruis, Alex	26,000
61	Feingold, Jay	24,500
62	Rafferty, Jim	20,500
63	Centeno, Jose	11,000

Flight B has concluded for the night

Play has concluded for the night in Flight B. The survivors will return to combine with all other flights at 12pm on Saturday. A full list of chip counts will be posted shortly.

Flight C begins tomorrow at 11am and Flight D is at 5pm.

One more level

Players are nearing the end of Level 14. At the conclusion of this level, the field will play one more level before bagging up for the night. Just 36 players remain from the 241 that started. Here are select chip counts with 10 minutes left in 1,000/2,000 blinds:

Chris Leong - 177,000
James Campbell - 77,000
Raj Patel - 61,000
Andrew Badecker - 49,000
Je Wook Oh - 31,500