WSOPC Cherokee (May)

Preston McEwen

Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) - 479 registered

Preston McEwen opened to 2,500 from under the gun, and Justin Jones defended from the big blind. 

The flop came . Jones check-called a 3,000 bet from McEwen.

McEwen bet 8,000 when checked to on the turn, and this time Jones mucked.

• Preston McEwen - 97,500
• Justin Jones - 62,600

Christopher Skinner

Players have returned from the second break of the day to Level 7, with the blinds now at 500/1,000 (1,000). The field continues to climb, with the tournament clock now showing 457 entries.

Christopher Skinner has vaulted to the top of the counts and is the only player coming back from break with over 200,000. Here's an updated look at the top ten stacks:

1. Christopher Skinner - 245,200
2. Eusebio Phelps - 195,500
3. Rute Jin - 183,500
4. Lauren Bunch - 180,000
5. Rufus Ross - 179,000
6. James Theodocion - 160,500
7. Levon Rshtuni - 156,000
8. Brett Feder - 150,300
9. Devon Sturges - 144,000
10. Daniel Davis - 135,000

Zachary Fischer

Omar Sader

And here are a few more chip updates from around the room:

• Zachary Fischer - 128,000
• Maxwell Guo - 105,000
• Michael Bohmerwald - 79,500
• David Moses - 55,800
• John Wasnock - 53,000
• Ricardo Eyzaguirre - 46,500
• Derek Sein-Lwin - 38,500
• Daniel Weinman - 29,600

Carl Masters

Level 6: 400/800 (800) - 423 registered

With the board reading in a three-bet pot with around 8,000 in the middle, John Carothers bet 4,100 from the small blind, and Carl Masters called from middle position. 

Both players checked the turn, leading to the river. Carothers bet 6,000, and Masters called. Carothers had a pair with , but Masters had top pair with to win the hand.

• Carl Masters - 98,000
• John Carothers - 85,200

Maxwell Guo

Level 6: 400/800 (800) - 417 registered

The Main Event field continues to climb, with Flight A up to 417 entries so far and four more levels of registration still to go.

Defending champ Maxwell Guo recently took his seat and has gotten off to a good start today, having roughly doubled the 40,000 chips he sat down with.

Here are several updated chip counts from around the room:

• Levon Rshtuni - 155,000
• Maxwell Guo - 82,000
• Jennifer Frankenstein - 73,000
• Preston McEwen - 70,000
• Zachary Fischer - 67,000
• John Gallaher - 64,000
• Debbie Lee - 46,500
• Matthew Kittell - 45,000
• Daniel Weinman - 44,000
• Hamid IZadi - 35,000
• David Moses - 31,000
• Derek Sein-Lwin - 18,000