Main Event: Playing to a Champ

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 Ante
Players remaining: 17 of 735

Dmitrii Perfilev

The WSOP Circuit Main Event has gone through two starting flights and one play down day and now it’s time to crown a champion. There are 17 players remaining and they are about to kick off Day 3 with Dmitrii Perfilev leading the way but plenty of talent in the counts trying to catch him.

Cards will go in the air at noon and we will bring you the action as they near the final table.

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Table 1
Seat 1: Jason Wandling – 650,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Corey Bierria – 1,715,000 (43 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Jordan Schneider – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 5: Justin Donato – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Stu Paterson – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 7: Jose Delcid – 1,120,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Ken Bruno – 1,480,000 (37 bb)
Seat 9: Harry O’Brien – 1,200,000 (30 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: Josh Abady – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Dmitrii Perfilev – 2,555,000 (64 bb)
Seat 3: Cesar Solares – 1,395,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Lloyd Gunther – 1,495,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5: Luciano Nardi – 1,425,000 (36 bb)
Seat 6: Dustin Murphy – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Amato – 875,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Josias Santos – 1,125,000 (28 bb)
Seat 9: Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,490,000 (37 bb)

By chip count:

  1. Dmitrii Perfilev – 2,555,000 (64 bb)
  2. Corey Bierria – 1,715,000 (43 bb)
  3. Lloyd Gunther – 1,495,000 (37 bb)
  4. Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,490,000 (37 bb)
  5. Ken Bruno – 1,480,000 (37 bb)
  6. Luciano Nardi – 1,425,000 (36 bb)
  7. Cesar Solares – 1,395,000 (35 bb)
  8. Harry O’Brien – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
  9. Josh Abady – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
  10. Jordan Schneider – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
  11. Justin Donato – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
  12. Stu Paterson – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
  13. Josias Santos – 1,125,000 (28 bb)
  14. Jose Delcid – 1,120,000 (28 bb)
  15. Dustin Murphy – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
  16. Michael Amato – 875,000 (22 bb)
  17. Jason Wandling – 650,000 (16 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $222,691 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $137,298
3rd: $101,219
4th: $75,441
5th: $56,979
6th: $43,595
7th: $33,773
8th: $26,491
9th: $21,034
10th-12th: $16,903
13th-15th: $13,752
16th-17th: $11,325

WSOP Circuit Day 12 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 3 – $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event (Single Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 12 Day 2 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $65 Deep Stack Turbo Satellite

  • Players begin with 3,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Satellite Structure Sheet

11AM: $250 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Deep Stack Tournament Structure Sheet

Main Event: Dmitrii Perfilev Bags Lead for Day 3

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
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Return Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 Ante
Players remaining: 17 of 735

Dmitrii Perfilev

Day 2 of the Main Event has come to an end with 17 players still in the game vying for the big WSOP Circuit ring. Dmitrii Perfilev continued to hold the lead until the end but his advantage shrunk over the last level.

There are a lot of players in the 30 big blind range so tomorrow will be a long day getting down to the Main Event champion. Sheddy Siddiqui, Jason Wandling, Stu Paterson, Josias Santos, Michael Amato, and Dustin Murphy are a few of our local regulars still in the hunt for the ring.

Action resumes at noon on Monday and we will have all the action.

Table 1
Seat 1: Jason Wandling – 650,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Corey Bierria – 1,715,000 (43 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Jordan Schneider – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 5: Justin Donato – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Stu Paterson – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 7: Jose Delcid – 1,120,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Ken Bruno – 1,480,000 (37 bb)
Seat 9: Harry O’Brien – 1,200,000 (30 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: Josh Abady – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Dmitrii Perfilev – 2,555,000 (64 bb)
Seat 3: Cesar Solares – 1,395,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Lloyd Gunther – 1,495,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5: Luciano Nardi – 1,425,000 (36 bb)
Seat 6: Dustin Murphy – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Amato – 875,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Josias Santos – 1,125,000 (28 bb)
Seat 9: Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,490,000 (37 bb)

By chip count:

  1. Dmitrii Perfilev – 2,555,000 (64 bb)
  2. Corey Bierria – 1,715,000 (43 bb)
  3. Lloyd Gunther – 1,495,000 (37 bb)
  4. Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,490,000 (37 bb)
  5. Ken Bruno – 1,480,000 (37 bb)
  6. Luciano Nardi – 1,425,000 (36 bb)
  7. Cesar Solares – 1,395,000 (35 bb)
  8. Harry O’Brien – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
  9. Josh Abady – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
  10. Jordan Schneider – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
  11. Justin Donato – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
  12. Stu Paterson – 1,175,000 (29 bb)
  13. Josias Santos – 1,125,000 (28 bb)
  14. Jose Delcid – 1,120,000 (28 bb)
  15. Dustin Murphy – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
  16. Michael Amato – 875,000 (22 bb)
  17. Jason Wandling – 650,000 (16 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $222,691 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $137,298
3rd: $101,219
4th: $75,441
5th: $56,979
6th: $43,595
7th: $33,773
8th: $26,491
9th: $21,034
10th-12th: $16,903
13th-15th: $13,752
16th-17th: $11,325

Main Event: Jose Reyes Eliminated in 18th Place

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 Ante
Players remaining: 18 of 735

Jose Reyes

Action folded to Jason Wandling in the cutoff and he moved all in for 403,000. Jose Reyes reshipped from the small blind for 550,000 and Jordan Schneider folded his big.

Reyes: Ac7c
Wandling: QcJh

Wandling had two live cards to double but Reyes moved further ahead on the AhTd4s flop. Wandling asked for a king to fill his gutshot, missed the 7d turn, but the four-outer came on the Ks river for his double.

Reyes was left with five big blinds and went out soon after.

Jason Wandling – 850,000 (28 bb)
Jose Reyes – Eliminated in 18th place ($11,325)

Main Event: Two Tables Remain; Dmitrii Perfilev Continues to Lead

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players remaining: 18 of 735

Dmitrii Perfilev

Players are dropping quickly in the Main Event and a lot of that has to do with the massive stack of Dmitrii Perfilev. He has so many chips (3,400,000 and nearly double the double closest stacks) that it is skewing the average stacks to make the rest of the field play with shallower stacks.

We have two tables remaining with nearly 90 minutes left in their day.  They redrew seats and got back underway.

Table 1
Seat 1: Jason Wandling – 575,000
Seat 2: Corey Bierria – 1,050,000
Seat 3: Jose Reyes – 650,000
Seat 4: Jordan Schneider – 1,130,000
Seat 5: Justin Donato – 975,000
Seat 6: Stu Patterson – 500,000
Seat 7: Jose Delcid – 975,000
Seat 8: Ken Bruno – 1,170,000
Seat 9: Harry O’Brien – 2,200,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Josh Abady – 1,180,000
Seat 2: Dmitrii Perfilev – 3,400,000
Seat 3: Cesar Solares – 1,080,000
Seat 4: Lloyd Gunther – 1,700,000
Seat 5: Luciano Nardi – 1,500,000
Seat 6: Dustin Murphy – 550,000
Seat 7: Michael Amato – 830,000
Seat 8: Josias Santos – 775,000
Seat 9: Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,700,000

Remaining payouts:

1st: $222,691 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $137,298
3rd: $101,219
4th: $75,441
5th: $56,979
6th: $43,595
7th: $33,773
8th: $26,491
9th: $21,034
10th-12th: $16,903
13th-15th: $13,752
16th-18th: $11,325

Main Event results 19th through 27th:

19th: Grant Simmons – $9,432
20th: Evan Dollinger – $9,432
21st: Noel Atherley – $9,432
22nd: Gautam Lillaney – $7,951
23rd: Mitchell Lekarczyk – $7,951
24th: Ray Millard – $7,951
25th: Andrew Sutton – $6,781
26th: Andrey Kotelnikov – $6,781
27th: Nathan Woodside Jr – $6,781

Main Event: Mitchell Lekarczyk Eliminated by Josh Abadi

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players remaining: 22 of 735

Mitchell Lekarczyk

“I thought my seven or six would be live,” Monster Stack champ Mitchell Lekarczyk said when Josh Abady called his all-in.

They were live.

Lekarczyk was at risk with 7s6h on the Ts5c4s flop and Abadi was ahead with AdAc. He needed to catch his open-ended straight draw but blanked the Tc turn and Kh river to exit in 24th place.

Lekarczyk went out on the heels of Ray Millard, who finished third in the Monster Stack event that Lekarczyk won.

Josh Abady – 1,170,000 (48 bb)
Mitchell Lekarczyk – Eliminated in 24th place ($7,951)

Main Event: Three Tables Remain

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players remaining: 27 of 735

The action continued to steam along despite the deep stacks and hour-long levels and the Main Event is down to the last three tables after SHRP regular Nashaat Antonious was eliminated in 28th place.

Tournament staff paused the clock and they are redrawing seats. Dmitrii Perfilev was the huge chip leader with a logjam for second place.

Table 1
Seat 1: Andrew Sutton – 400,000
Seat 2: Evan Dollinger – 615,000
Seat 3: Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,100,000
Seat 4: Josias Santos – 1,050,000
Seat 5: Ken Bruno – 415,000
Seat 6: Corey Bierria – 960,000
Seat 7: Jose Reyes – 600,000
Seat 8: Jose Delcid – 1,080,000
Seat 9: Andrey Kotelnikov – 197,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Noel Atherley – 440,000
Seat 2: Jason Wandling – 370,000
Seat 3: Grant Simmons – 800,000
Seat 4: Gautam Lillaney – 520,000
Seat 5: Cesar Solares – 410,000
Seat 6: Dustin Murphy – 810,000
Seat 7: Harry O’Brien – 980,000
Seat 8: Michael Amato – 1,400,000
Seat 9: Lucciano Nardi – 430,000

Table 3
Seat 1: Nathan Woodside – 101,000
Seat 2: Lloyd Gunther – 1,400,000
Seat 3: Justin Donato – 1,200,000
Seat 4: Dmitrii Perfilev – 3,100,000
Seat 5: Ray Millard – 600,000
Seat 6: Jordan Schneider – 900,000
Seat 7: Mitchell Lekarczyk – 800,000
Seat 8: Stuart Paterson – 500,000
Seat 9: Joshua Abady – 550,000

Remaining payouts:

1st: $222,691 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $137,298
3rd: $101,219
4th: $75,441
5th: $56,979
6th: $43,595
7th: $33,773
8th: $26,491
9th: $21,034
10th-12th: $16,903
13th-15th: $13,752
16th-18th: $11,325
19th-21st: $9,432
22nd-24th: $7,951
25th-27th: $6,781

28th: Nashaat Antonious – $5,846
29th: Joseph Brum Pacheco – $5,846
30th: Michael Perrone – $5,846
31st: John Bamman – $5,100
32nd: Mirco Scharen – $5,100
33rd: Miguel Russo – $5,100
34th: Robert Hodson – $4,499

Main Event: Mirco Scharen Eliminated by Dmitrii Perfilev

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players remaining: 31 of 735

Mirco Scharen

Dmitrii Perfilev opened the action from under the gun and Mirco Scharen three-bet to 75,000 from the button. The blinds released and Perfilev thought for a few minutes before calling.

The flop came QdTh2d, both players checked, and Perfilev checked the 8s turn as well. Scharen bet 78,000 with 183,000 behind and Perfilev called after several minutes. One last check from Perfilev after the 6d river and Scharen moved all in.

It was another long tank as Perfilev checked his cards several times, gave the stare down to Scharen, and eventually called with his big stack. He turned over 9s9d and it was good against Scharen’s ace-high AhJc to take another big pot. This was the second career cash WSOP cash for Scharen after he final tabled Event 2 earlier in the series.

Dmitrii Perfilev – 2,700,000 (169 bb)
Mirco Scharen – Eliminated in 32nd place ($5,100)

The dealer counts down Mirco Scharen’s all in stack

Main Event: Dinner Time

$1,700 Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1M Guaranteed
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Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players remaining: 34 of 735

Michael Amato

There was a quick run to the payout desk over the last break and the field dropped from 49 players to 34 on the dinner break. They will break another table when they return to get them one step closer to the final table.

The two biggest stacks remaining belong to Michael Amato and Dmitrii Perfilev, both with over 1,000,000 heading into the late stages of the Main Event.

Below are the recent players to cash out:

35th: Bradley Coultas – $4,499
36th: Bernard Lubitz – $4,499
37th: Robert Jonsson – $4,009
38th: Brian Hastings – $4,009
39th: Charles Johnson Jr – $4,009
40th: Russ Head – $4,009
41st: Amin Hosein – $4,009
42nd: Shea Smith – $4,009
43rd: Stephen Bierman – $4,009
44th: Dennis Rodriguez – $4,009
45th: Filipp Khavin – $4,009
46th: Chris Carey – $3,608
47th: Hamid Izadi – $3,608
48th: Joel Brink – $3,608
49th: Joshua Hood – $3,608

Dmitrii Perfilev