WSOPC Cherokee

Blinds: 300/500/500 - 243/296 remaining

There was an early position open to 1,000 before the next player to act, Cole Griffith, three-bet to 4,000. A few players folded before the cutoff moved all in for about 10,000. 

The original raiser got out of the way, and Griffith snap-called to put the cutoff at risk.

• Cutoff:
• Cole Griffith:

The full board ran out , and the cowboys held for Griffith to scoop, get the knockout, and add some much-needed chips to the stack in the early levels of the day.

• Cole Griffith - 53,000

The 260 players registered in the first flight of Event #12: $1,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event are on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Registration remains open until about 9:45 PM, so there is still plenty of time to get in the mix.

Cards are in the air for the first flight of the Harrah's Cherokee $1,700 Main Event. Registration remains open in this flight until about 9:45 PM, so there is still plenty of time to get in the action.

The ninth day of the WSOP Circuit at Harrah’s Cherokee gets underway with the biggest tournament of the entire series, Event #12: $1,700 Main Event, which kicks off Flight A at 11 AM. The Main always draws one of the deepest and toughest fields of the year, and the last time this event ran in April, Zach Fischer navigated a loaded final table to earn $324,135 and the ring. With a $1.5 million guarantee and two starting flights, this is the centerpiece of the series and the event every player has been waiting for.

But along with the Main Event, today also brings the annual celebration of women in poker with the Ladies Event, starting at 10 AM. The atmosphere is always supportive, competitive, and fun, and the $25K guarantee gives someone the chance to walk out with a new piece of gold by day’s end.

Maurice Hawkins

A little later in the afternoon, attention shifts to the restart of Event #9: $1,100 No Limit Hold'em, where 58 players return to chase the $102,692 first-place prize. Maurice Hawkins leads the field with 725,000, followed closely by Levi Carden with 700,000 and Chandler Duncan with 558,000. The top of the leaderboard is tight as play resumes, with multiple players still in position to make a real run at the ring. The full top ten entering Day 2 is:

1. Maurice Hawkins 725,000
2. Levi Carden 700,000
3. Chandler Duncan 558,000
4. Jared Ingles 554,000
5. Daniel Bonet 529,000
6. Patrick Martorella 506,000
7. Sean Hoesing 496,000
8. James Gilbert 496,000
9. Todd Mercer 484,000
10. Keegan Ripp 456,000

Rounding out the schedule is another quick-hitting one-day tournament at 4 PM, Event #13: $400 No Limit Hold'em, which comes with a $100K guarantee and 20-minute levels that keep the pace fast from the start.

With the Main Event starting, the Ladies Event kicking off the morning, a six-figure chase waiting in the $1,100 restart, and a packed one-day event closing out the night, Day 9 delivers a full slate of action from start to finish at Cherokee.