$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 827
Joe Elpayaa
On one of the first hands of the day, Kammar Andries opened to 70,000 from the cutoff and Joe Elpayaa three-bet shoved for 550,000 from the big blind to get a quick call.
Andries: Elpayaa:
A tough spot for Elpayaa and there was no comeback in the cards as it came for an early KO.
Kammar Andries – 1,600,000 (53 bb) Joe Elpayaa – Eliminated in 15th place ($15,407)
$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 827
Brian Altman
The 12-hour break is over and the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event is down to its final day. There are only 15 players remaining and everyone is chasing Brian Altman with a huge lead at the top of the counts.
Former November Niner Kevin Schaffel, WSOP Circuit High Roller Champ Dominique Mosley, and SHRP regular AJ Kelsall are among those still around with a shot at the ring and the $241,898 top prize.
Players are unbagging their chips and cards will be in the air at any moment.
$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Return to Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 827
Brian Altman
The Main Event reached the end of Level 25 and Day 2 wraps with 15 players remaining. 2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion Brian Altman holds a huge lead going into the final day with 3,215,000 followed by Ryan Gianquitti in second with 1,820,000.
They will return on Monday at noon to play down to the final table and eventual WSOP Circuit Main Event Champion.
2018 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Coconut Creek, Florida Event 12 – Seniors Event $250 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry $25,000 Guaranteed Entries: 312 Prize Pool: $62,400 February 18, 2018
The Seniors Event is a special tournament on any schedule and the World Series of Poker Circuit version drew a huge crowd as expected. More than 300 of our 50-year-old-plus grinders made their way to The Pavilion this morning and it was Stax Poker regular Amir Baron walking away with the title.
The 312 entries in the $250 buy-in tournament easily doubled the $25,000 guaranteed prize pool to put $62,400 up for grabs. It paid out the last 33 players and they burst the money bubble soon after their dinner break.
The final table included some talented players and colorful characters including Evan Teitelbaum, Elliott Zaydman, and Marvin “Duckman” Karlins. The pace slowed once they reached four-handed play with Steve Novak and Errol Rosen exiting to set up the heads-up battle.
After more than 13 hours in The Pavilion, Baron defeated Teitelbaum for the title and another nice score for the popular local. This finish goes along with more than a dozen final table appearances in the regular Stax Poker Monday $130 Deep Stacks tournament and his fourth career tournament win. Baron earned $14,665 for the long day’s work along with a shiny new ring.
Seniors Event results:
1st: Amir Baron – $14,665 + Gold ring 2nd: Evan Teitelbaum – $9,067 3rd: Errol Rosen – $6,585 4th: Steve Novak – $4,864 5th: Roy Cohen – $3,652 6th: Marvin “Duckman” Karvins – $2,785 7th: Jeffrey Niedelman – $2,157 8th: Howard Becks – $1,696 9th: Elliott Zaydman – $1,353 10th: Wayne Lowenthal – $1,096 11th: Jeff Kessler – $1,096 12th: Jerry Zehr – $1,096 13th: Craig Stein – $901 14th: Spencer Liebmann – $901 15th: Michael Harley – $901 16th: Pasquale Calabria – $751 17th: Ory Hen – $751 18th: Marc Sacheli – $751 19th: Angelo Miele – $635 20th: Steven Stout – $635 21st: Christine Holubeck– $635 22nd: William Smith – $545 23rd: James Crim – $545 24th: Robert Caswell – $545 25th: Jill Fiorentino – $474 26th: Bruce Phillips – $474 27th: Matthew Lessor – $474 28th: Trent Smith – $417 29th: Scott Livingston – $417 30th: Paul Gold – $417 31st: Dean Schultz – $373 32nd: Gerald Panariello – $373 33rd: George Davis – $373
$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 827
Donald Williams
Donald Williams open-shoved for 450,000 and it folded around to chip lead Brian Altman. He woke up with a big hand in the big blind and quickly called.
Altman: Williams:
Altman’s lead was even bigger after the flop. Williams picked up a gutshot draw on the turn but he was gone after the river.
Brian Altman – 2,720,000 (113 bb) Donald Williams – Eliminated in 18th place ($12,417)
$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 18 of 827
The two-table redraw is complete and action is back underway with Brian Altman, Mike Linster, and Ryan Gianquitti leading and sitting in adjacent seats.
Table 25 Seat 1: Jason Hill – 930,000 Seat 2: Joe Elpayaa – 280,000 Seat 3: AJ Kelsall – 470,000 Seat 4: LaVann Williams – 1,490,000 Seat 5: Richard Whitebrook – 330,000 Seat 6: Karthik Ramakrishnan – 200,000 Seat 7: Felipe Pantoja – 550,000 Seat 8: Kammar Andries – 1,025,000 Seat 9: Dafney Adisson – 620,000
Table 32 Seat 1: David Gunas – 1,560,000 Seat 2: Dominique Mosley – 950,000 Seat 3: Donald Williams – 520,000 Seat 4: Michael Foley – 1,000,000 Seat 5: Eduardo Christ – 84,000 Seat 6: Brian Altman – 2,434,000 Seat 7: Mike Linster – 1,720,000 Seat 8: Ryan Gianquitti – 1,660,000 Seat 9: Kevin Schaffel – 420,000
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