Final table reached

With 11 players left, a player was lost from each table on the same hand, getting Event #1 to its final table. Robert Hankins was eliminated in 11th and Robert Georato was eliminated in 10th, both earning $10,142. The final 9 players will return tomorrow at 12pm EST to play down to a winner. Here are chip counts and seating assignments:

Seat 1: David Cossio - 1,230,000 (24 BB)
Seat 2: Irfan Karajic - 715,000 (14 BB)
Seat 3: Daniel McCoy - 4,500,000 (90 BB)
Seat 4: Donald Lohr - 1,390,000 (27 BB)
Seat 5: Joseph Umdenstock - 4,455,000 (89 BB)
Seat 6: Jovy Ounthongdy - 780,000 (15 BB)
Seat 7: Eric Kitain - 2,265,000 (45 BB)
Seat 8: Firas Haddad - 1,445,000 (28 BB)
Seat 9: Rami Jradeh - 1,160,000 (23 BB)

Here are the remaining prizes to be played for:

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

12th Place: Jack D'Agostino ($10,142)

Jack D'Agostino was all in preflop holding [Ac][Kd] and was up against Daniel McCoy's [Ts][Th]. Jack failed to out-race his opponent, and he will exit the tournament in 12th place, good for $10,142.

13th Place: Alex Cukar ($8,268)

Alex Cukar was crippled earlier when he ran his A-K into his opponent's pocket aces. He was just eliminated in 13th place when he ran trip tens into his opponent's trip tens with a bigger kicker. The one time chip leader will collect $8,268 for his efforts.

14th Place: Dena Pearlman ($8,268)

On a [7c][Tc][2c] flop, Dena Pearlman was all in holding [Ac][Qs] and was called by Daniel McCoy holding [Kc][Kd]. Dena had a flush draw to go with her overcard, but failed to hit on the [9d] turn or [4h] river. Dena will exit the tournament in 14th place, good for $8,268.

Brad St. Vincent eliminated in a double knockout

Brad St. Vincent open shoved for a little over 400,000 and Joseph Corrente called all in for less. Firas Haddad called both all ins, and the rest of the players folded.

Firas [As][Ac]
Brad [Kd][Jd]
Joseph [Ah][Tc]

Firas was in great shape to knock out two players, and the [4h][6s][Qs] flop was no help to either allin player. The [4c] turn meant both were drawing dead, and the [7d] hit the river to seal the deal. Brad had more chips going into the hand, so he will take 15th place for $8,268 while Joseph will take 16th place for $6,813.

While waiting for a player to be brought from the other table to balance, Donald Lohr tripled up with pocket kings and was then moved to Brad's seat.

Robert Hankins doubles through Firas Haddad

Robert Hankins was all in and at risk holding [Ac][7d] and was up against Firas Haddad's [4h][4d]. It was a race for Robert's tournament life, and the [Jh][8d][6d] flop was no help. The [Kh] changed nothing, but the [Ah] on the river was just what Robert needed. He will double up to around 700,000.

17th Place: David Chaves ($6,813)

At 15,000/30,000 blinds, Firas Haddad opened to 75,000 before David Chaves moved all in for 120,000. Right behind him on the button, Daniel McCoy reraised to 250,000, and Firas thought for a moment before folding.

Daniel [Ad][Kd]

David [Js][Th]

Daniel's ace high held through the [6h][3c][5c][3d][5h] board, and David will be eliminated in 17th place, good for $6,813.

Chip counts & seating assignments

The final 18 players from Event #1 $580 NLH have just returned from a break. Here are full chip counts and seating assignments for the final 2 tables:

TABLE 1

Seat 1: Robert Hankins - 440,000

Seat 2: Firas Haddad - 1,300,000

Seat 3: Dena Pearlman - 1,065,000

Seat 4: David Chaves - 210,000

Seat 5: Daniel McCoy - 2,125,000

Seat 6: Eric Kitain - 925,000

Seat 7: David Monfett - 185,000

Seat 8: Brad St. Vincent - 545,000

Seat 9: Joseph Corrente - 520,000

TABLE 2

Seat 1: Irfan Karajic - 250,000

Seat 2: Donald Lohr - 365,000

Seat 3: Robert Georato - 1,895,000

Seat 4: Jack D'Agostino - 1,340,000

Seat 5: Joseph Umdenstock - 1,015,000

Seat 6: Alex Cukar - 2,315,000

Seat 7: Rami Jradeh - 1,050,000

Seat 8: Jovy Ounthongdy - 1,775,000

Seat 9: David Cossio - 295,000

Final 2 tables reached

Kenneth Rawlinson has been eliminated in 19th place when his [Ad][6c] fell to Alex Cukar's [Ks][Jh]. Alex flopped a pair on the [2d][4h][Kc] flop, and stayed in front on the [4d] turn and [4s] river.

With Kenneth's elimination, we have reached the final 2 tables. The remaining 18 players are now redrawing for seats, and play will resume shortly. We will have full chip counts and seating assignments shortly.

Players are now on dinner break

Daniel McCoy holds the chip lead on dinner break

The final 21 players in Event #1 $580 NLH are now on a 75 minute dinner break. Play will resume at 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante at approximately 8:45pm EST. Here are select chip counts from the field:

Daniel McCoy - 1,780,000
Alex Cukar - 1,643,000
Joseph Umdenstock - 1,400,000
Dena Pearlman - 885,000
Brad St. Vincent - 470,000

Final 4 tables reached

With the elimination of Donald Russell in 37th place, we are now down to the final four tables in Event #1 $580 NLH. Still alive in the field are Brad St. Vincent, Je Wook Oh, Dena Pearlman, and Mark Perry. Players will be taking a dinner break after this level, and we will do our best to get chip counts for as many players as possible at that point.

Level 21 is complete

Level 21 is complete, which means the 55 remaining players are now on a 10 minute break. When they return, blinds will be 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante. Here are chip counts for select players in the field:

Alex Cukar - 835,000
Brad St. Vincent - 410,000
Chris Leong - 260,000
Dena Pearlman - 240,000
Brian Lefkowitz - 230,000
Je Wook Oh - 180,000
Chris MacNeil - 170,000
Mark Perry - 160,000
Tarun G. - 130,000

Chip counts at the break

There are 116 players remaining in Event #1 $580 NLH, and they are now on their first break of Day 2. Here are select chip counts from around the room:

Alex Cukar - 635,000
Ralph Macri - 301,000
Tarun G. - 275,000
William Dang - 247,000
Brad St. Vincent - 223,000
Je Wook Oh - 220,000
Mark Perry - 154,000
Matt Wantman - 145,000
Tesfay Begazyon - 144,000
Bryan Leskowitz - 102,000
Dena Pearlman - 91,000
Andrew Badecker -  77,000

Alex Cukar bursts the bubble

At 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante, the button opened to 15,000 and Alex Cukar called from the small blind. The big blind went all in for another 30,000, and both players called. Alex and the button checked all the way down on a [6d][8s][5d][4d][3h] board, and Alex declared "straight" as he opened [2d][2c]. The all in player mucked his [Jh][Th], and the bubble has been burst. The remaining 153 players are now in the money, guaranteed a $985 payday.

You can watch the bubble hand play out here:

Event #1 is now hand for hand

155 players remain in Event #1, and the top 153 players will make the money. Play is being held up at all tables, and once all hands are complete, the tournament will be hand for hand.

Cards are in the air

At the same time, Event #2 and Day 2 of Event #1 have gotten cards in the air. Day 3 at the World Series of Poker Circuit has officially begun. You can watch the live stream of Event #2 at www.FoxwoodsLive.com.

Saturday's schedule

Today is Day 3 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:

12pm:
Event #2 $365 NLH
($310 Buy-in / $65 Entry fee)
Players start with 10,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration will remain open until the start of level 9 (approximately 4:20pm).
Levels 1-12 will be 30 minutes. Remaining levels on Day 1 will be 40 minutes.
Day 2 levels will be 50 minutes.
There is a dinner break after Level 12 (approximately 6:20pm).
The day will conclude at approximately 1:40am.
Full structure is available here.

12pm:
Day 2 of Event #1 $580 NLH
$500,000 GUARANTEED
($520 Buy-in / $60 Entry fee)
Day 2 levels will be 40 and 50 minutes.
There is a dinner break after Level 25 (approximately 7:50pm).
Full structure is available here.

A full series schedule is available here.

WSOP Circuit Event - August 2015 - Event #1 - $580 NLH - Returning Players

Position	Name	Chip Count
20-3	Cukar, Alex	327,000
7-8	Cossio, David	280,000
16-2	Sayegh, Andrew	270,000
22-9	Georato, Robert	266,000
7-7	MacNeil, Chris	244,000
20-1	Macri, Ralph	237,500
18-4	Williams, Michael	217,500
8-7	Shing, Philip	196,000
6-2	Corrente, Joseph	194,000
11-6	Wantman, Matthew	187,500
1-3	Sandberg, John	184,000
14-1	Forgione, Mike	178,000
11-7	Leong, Christopher	177,000
12-9	Murphy, Mark	175,500
1-1	Auh, Hyun	175,000
9-2	Umdenstock, Joseph	175,000
6-5	Solerti, Carlos	164,500
19-5	Chaves, David	159,500
11-3	Im, Hee-Joong	157,000
21-4	Lazer, Benjamin	157,000
15-1	Rivkin, Eric	157,000
17-9	Vitorino, Michael	155,500
9-1	Gulati, Tarun	152,000
6-1	Sarmadi, Michael	152,000
13-1	Lohr, Donald	148,000
21-2	St. Vincent, Brad	147,500
14-9	Meacham, Jeremy	143,500
3-8	Hammouda, Bassioni	141,500
1-6	Begazyon, Tesfay	$139,000
21-8	Scianna, Louis	139,000
4-2	Haddad, Firas	136,000
10-1	Leskowitz, Bryan	135,000
18-9	Monfett, David	135,000
2-6	Dang, Hai	132,500
5-8	Hoglund, Thomas	132,500
12-7	Shakhmurov, Boris	132,500
2-5	Hall, Caitlin	132,000
10-9	Merron, Kyle	132,000
15-4	Ribeiro, Ed	132,000
19-9	Undisclosed	132,000
13-7	Russell, Donald	130,000
10-5	Backa, Marsel	129,000
17-6	Steiner, Joshua	129,000
3-3	Sedgeman, Matt	128,000
22-3	Hijar, Austin	124,500
4-3	Abbassi, Aiman	124,000
10-6	Karajic, Irfan	122,500
7-9	Ounthongdy, Jovy	121,500
2-8	Jarvela, Mike	121,000
9-4	Kitain, Eric	120,500
22-2	Ngo, Dale	120,000
8-1	Cochran, Keith	118,500
18-5	Lawruszko, Joe	118,000
22-8	Eriquezzo, Fred	117,500
4-6	Hollenberg, Michael	116,500
17-4	Rawlinson, Kenneth	116,000
16-4	Taylor, Samuel	115,500
11-2	Chividian, Joe	113,000
19-3	Barrile, Jen	110,000
12-6	Hickman, David	109,000
8-8	Wilbur, Eric	107,500
18-2	Mixer, Mike	107,000
3-9	D'Agostino, Jack	106,000
8-2	Harding, Ken	105,500
13-9	Khaterzai, Katayon	104,500
11-4	Aymerich, Mathieu	103,500
18-7	Carey, Kyle	103,000
16-1	Hardy, Gordon	103,000
21-1	Borges, Al	102,500
3-2	Nowicki, Matt	102,500
4-5	Lee, Stanley	101,500
15-3	Brackesy, Steven	101,000
15-8	Hankins, Robert	101,000
8-4	Karidis, Ted	101,000
18-3	Anderson, Rory	100,000
7-2	Nelligan, Joe	98,500
16-5	Pearlman, Dena	98,000
19-7	Lim, Kwang Soo	95,500
6-9	Zsofka, Zsolt	95,500
5-3	Powers, Michael	95,000
15-2	McLane, Douglas	94,000
14-4	Oh, JeWook	94,000
12-1	Capote, Robert	91,000
4-7	Gamache, Justin	90,500
5-6	Grimes, Terry	90,500
7-5	O'Connor, Christopher	90,500
14-5	Rubin, James	90,500
12-8	Kotlyarenko, Gennady	90,000
14-8	Torres, Edwin	86,500
20-4	Carleton, David	85,500
3-1	Klein, Robert	85,000
14-7	Morello, Salvatore	85,000
1-8	Dang, William	81,500
15-5	Winn, Mike	81,000
8-5	Dalgo, Ronald II	80,500
18-1	Mahoney, John	80,500
7-4	Manwaring, John	80,500
20-7	Sande, L.J.	80,000
22-4	Andrade, Renaldo	79,500
19-6	DiGregorio, Greg	78,500
5-2	Van, Joe	78,500
20-2	Gottlieb, Jon	78,000
12-5	Escobalez, Johnny	76,500
12-2	Schonbach, Chris	76,000
20-9	He, Liam	75,500
10-3	McKee, Jason	75,500
10-4	Commisso, Angelo	75,000
2-2	Wiley, Brendan	74,500
16-9	Hnatov, Mark	73,500
17-2	Blatchford, Josh	72,000
11-9	Hammond, Steve	70,000
8-6	Robbins, Robert	70,000
11-5	Evans, Christopher	69,000
13-4	Jradeh, Rami	66,000
21-7	Kozlowsky, Joe	66,000
9-7	Romanow, Jason	66,000
7-6	Prasetyo, Aditya	65,500
16-7	Donnelly, Patrick	64,000
5-1	Avon, Robert	63,500
3-4	Zhou, Ci C	63,000
17-7	Perry, Mark	62,000
20-6	Renaudette, Chris	61,500
7-1	Ahmed, Mathew	61,000
17-1	Felippin, Barry	61,000
4-8	Ricciuti, Bob	59,500
6-7	Minnick, Scott	59,000
13-6	Bencosme, Virgilio	58,000
2-3	Cedrone, James	58,000
12-4	Panetti, Ivano	58,000
6-3	Badecker, Andrew	57,000
18-6	Daigle, Shawn	57,000
13-3	King, Armand	57,000
13-5	Pimentel, Irving	56,000
18-8	Ratcliff, Mike	56,000
3-7	Delbove, Linda	55,500
22-1	Weinberg, Stan	55,500
2-7	Borchetta, Michael	55,000
19-1	Paulino, Victor	54,000
9-8	Tsiantoulas, Sotirios	54,000
5-5	Novick, Noah	52,500
10-7	Campbell, James	52,000
6-8	Krantz, Bob	52,000
11-8	Monty, Doug	52,000
13-2	Tamasi, Arthur	52,000
20-8	McGinnity, Ronald	51,500
21-9	Moors, Jordan	50,500
1-7	Sniffin, Kevin	50,500
2-4	Agarwal, Pushpa	50,000
17-3	Rodrigues, Linda	47,000
2-1	Giulino, Joseph	46,500
9-5	Lucci, Gary	46,500
1-4	Jordan, Richard	46,000
14-6	Armistead, Tedford	45,500
9-3	Buchine, Herb	45,500
5-9	Hover, Robert	45,000
8-3	Struzynski, Mark	44,500
13-8	Kapoor, Parveen	43,500
22-5	Trimpe, Trevor	43,500
7-3	Milano, Chris	42,500
9-9	Lopez, Edgar	42,000
11-1	Dartell, Irwin	41,500
4-1	Wilson, James	41,500
9-6	Castelli, Phil	39,500
6-6	Dobkin, Yevgeniy	38,500
21-6	Frank, Eric	36,000
21-3	McCoy, Daniel	36,000
17-8	Sipe, Keith	36,000
3-5	Ngo, Bryan	35,500
16-6	Wood, Ben	34,000
1-5	Antoniou, George	33,500
15-7	Pelagalli, Marc	33,000
10-8	Bae, Julie	31,500
4-9	Paquette, Michael	31,000
12-3	Nowak, Paul	30,000
22-6	Reid, John	29,000
22-7	Montecalvo, Alessando	28,500
16-3	Ouellette, Todd	27,500
1-2	Guida, Frank	27,000
8-9	Leong, Matthew	27,000
19-8	Estabrooks, Leonard	26,500
10-7	Baruis, Alex	26,000
4-4	Wachter, Vall	26,000
15-9	Graham, Luke	25,500
1-9	Feingold, Jay	24,500
2-9	Vermilya, Karen	23,500
6-4	Hegarty, Sean	22,000
19-2	Kourdourli, Ness	22,000
20-5	Konvelski, Gary	21,500
14-3	Rafferty, Jim	20,500
5-7	Montal, Mona	18,000
5-4	Tabackman, Aaron	17,500
19-4	Fiske, Robyn	14,500
3-6	Knizak, Robert	12,500
17-5	Centeno, Jose	11,000

Three more hands

With 10 minutes left on the clock, the tournament staff has announced that the field will play 3 more hands in Flight D.  The board reads 74 players remaining, and the surviving players will join the survivors from the other 3 flights for Day 2 at 12pm EST. Full chip counts and seating assignments will be posted overnight.

12:30am update

There are 85 players remaining in Flight D from the 507 that begun the day. Level 14 (1,200/2,400 blinds with a 400 ante) is coming to an end, which means the field will play one more level before bagging up their chips for the night.

The chip leader from Flight D is Alex Cukar (pictured above). When we arrived to count his chips, he was eliminating a player with a set of eights against a flush draw. From the table talk, Alex is on a hot streak and can't lose a hand. He now sits on 312,000.