$130 Opening Night Ring Event (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100
Event 1 is already underway but it will be Event 2 awarding the first RunGood ring of the series. The $130 Opening Night Event gets underway at 6 pm with a $10,000 guarantee and a pretty ring waiting for the winner.
Players start with 15,000 stack and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 7 at 8:15 pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time. The tournament will continue into the evening until we crown our RunGood Event 2 champ.
We will hit the highlights during the evening and post the results in the morning.
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 15,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2019 September WSOP Circuit Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Event 2 $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed Entries: 1,189 Prize Pool: $392,370 September 20-22, 2019
The first multi-flight tournament on the WSOP Circuit schedule drew a great crowd on the first weekend. The $400 buy-in tournament had a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool that was easily surpassed and it put a lot of money out there for the players. After three long days of work, SHRP regular Harjinder Chawla won his first career title along with $65,823 and the WSOPC ring.
“I made a couple mistakes but not many,” Chawla said of his run. “I got lucky a few times but I played well and ran pure.”
The tournament featured four starting flights over two days and the 1,189 entries created a prize pool worth $392,370. Each flight paid out the top 15% and 8% of them advanced. That left 95 players returning for Day 2trying to win the ring.
Donald Williams was standing along at the top of the counts at the restart but Chawla, who finished his flight with the biggest stack, quickly rose the ranks as the field quickly dropped. Event 2 went from 95 players to the final table ten in less than six hours.
Chawla had taken a big lead at that point and never let it go. When he was behind in a hand, he would catch up. When he was ahead in a hand, it would hold. Chawla knocked all but one person off the final table and he earned the WSOP Circuit ring as the Event 2 champion.
The $65,823 he earned for the title was his second-biggest score. Chawla’s top prize was for more than $66,000 when he finished third out of 2,570 entries in the 2016 SHRPO opening event.
Event 2 final table results:
1st: Harjinder Chawla – $65,823 + WSOP Circuit ring 2nd: David Nathaniel – $40,680 3rd: Michael Garcia – $29,837 4th: Chris Casey – $22,149 5th: Gerard Sukhram – $16,642 6th: Minny Minaya – $12,659 7th: Michael Newman – $9,750 8th: Stephen Horniacek – $7,605 9th: Michael Tait – $6,008 10th: Kevin Kamminga – $4,808
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Not long after David Nathaniel doubled up, he was all in against from the button for 5,600,000 and Harjinder Chawla called with a chance to end it.
Chawla: Nathaniel:
Another heads-up battle of the pairs and Nathaniel needed help again. This time he found no love as the board came to give Chawla the pot, all the chips, and the WSOP Circuit win.
1st: Harjinder Chawla – $65,823 + WSOP Circuit ring 2nd: David Nathaniel – $40,680
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 1,189
Harjinder Chawla was having his way in the heads-up match and David Nathaniel was getting short. He opened to 325,000 from the button, Chawla called, and the flop was . Chawla checked, Nathaniel bet 300,000 and Chawla check-raised him all in. Nathaniel quickly called at risk.
Nathaniel: Chawla:
Nathaniel flopped a set of eights but needed to dodge Chawla’s open-ended straight draw. The turn and river was save for Nathaniel’s double.
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 1,189
The WSOP Circuit ring was placed on the table and the heads-up match is underway for someone to take it home. Harjinder Chawla has nearly a two-to-one lead but David Nathaniel has plenty of chips to make moves.
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 1,189
David Nathaniel folded his button, Michael Garcia moved all in for 1,625,000, and Harjinder Chawla checked his cards but quickly calling.
Chawla: Garcia:
Our chip leader picked up another nice hand and Garcia needed to find a miracle to double. He paired his three on the flop but that was the best he could do as the board finished with the turn and river.
Harjinder Chawla – 11,670,000 (97 bb) Michael Garcia – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($28,837)
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 1,189
The three remaining players were sent on another break and we grabbed their counts. Harjinder Chawla continues to lead, David Nathaniel is getting closer, and Michael Garcia needs to make a move to get back into contention.
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 1,189
David Nathaniel opened to 200,000 from under the gun and Chris Casey moved all in for 650,000 from the button. Michael Garcia called in the small blind and Nathaniel shipped all in to get Garcia to fold.
Nathaniel: Casey:
Casey needed help once again to survive but missed the flop. The turn came and Casey whiffed the river to go out in fourth place.
David Nathaniel – 5,600,000 (56 bb) Chris Casey – Eliminated in 4th Place ($22,149)
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,189
Chris Casey was the shortest stack of the five remaining players but found a tiny double up to stay in the game. Two hands later, Gerard Sukhram took his shot with an open-shove for 1,325,000 from the button. Harjinder Chawla quickly called from the small blind and David Nathaniel folded his big.
Chawla: Sukhram:
Sukhram had two live cards but Chawla stayed hot when he flopped trip aces on the board. He made a boat on the turn and Sukhram was eliminated after the river finished the board.
Gerard Sukhram – 10,825,000 (135 bb) Harjinder Chawla – Eliminated in 5th Place ($16,642)