Bradley Harris and Di Wu sit atop the Leaderboard after Day 1d in the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series
Another day of the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold’em Series as been completed. The fourth of five Day 1 flights saw the most entrants yet with 114, and 11 players advancing to Day 2. That brings the total number of entrants to 263, and it looks like the players will skyrocket past $300,000 guarantee for this event. The 11 players making it Day 2 will join the 15 who have already advanced. The chip leader at the end of Day 1d is Bradley Harris who bagged 679,000.
Harris is from Los Angeles, claiming over $220,000 in career poker earnings, and is looking top a career-best score of $56,360 with a deep run in this event. Right behind Harris in chips is Di Wu, who bagged 674,000. Third in chips at the end of the night was Jared Griener with 604,000.
Top 10 Chip Chip Count From Day 1d
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Harris | United States | 679,000 |
| 2 | Di Wu | China | 674,000 |
| 3 | Jared Griener | United States | 605,000 |
| 4 | Yan Yan | United States | 573,000 |
| 5 | Ty Dobbertin | United States | 471,000 |
| 6 | Joshua Prager | United States | 442,000 |
| 7 | Kevork Vopperian | United States | 410,000 |
| 8 | Marc Robinson | United States | 251,000 |
| 9 | Kyung Lee | United States | 211,000 |
| 10 | Vince Salvatore | United States | 133,000 |
There were some notable names in the field who were unable to find a bag, including retired business man Bill Klein who is one of the friendliest and most respected people in the poker world. Klein saw himself navigating a short throughout most of the day, before being eliminated just as late registration closed. Other notable names in the field include 2024 World Series of Poker bracelet winners Brent Hart, and Michael Liang, who were both eliminated early in Day 1d.
The 11 players in the field were able to make the money and bag up for Day 2 did so after 'LA Poker Roundup’ podcaster Ty Dobbertin eliminated Andy Garcia with pocket jacks after Garcia went all in for his last 70,000 chips with ace-jack.
For the Day 1 flights, players will start with 40,000 chips at the 100/200 blind levels. There will be 40-minute blind levels, until the final table where they will play 60-minute levels. Players will have a 15-minute break after every three levels of play.
This event has unlimited rebuys, with registration for this event concluding after the start of Level 10, and Day 1 flights ending after the players make the money. 1 out of 10 players will make the money. Players may play multiple Day 1 flights after bagging to improve their Day 2 stack. Any player who bags multiple times will have their smaller stack taken out of play, and
receive a min cash for their stack.
$1,200 Main Event Remaining Schedule
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1e | September 21 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 2 | September 22 | 11:00 a.m. |
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