On the eve of the biggest tournament of the series, the World Series of Poker Circuit at the Bicycle Casino hands out its first ring and Alan Myerson leads the way as it moves towards its second.
Myerson leads the final four players remaining in the $365 Bounty No Limit Hold’em event. The event started on Friday at noon with 140 players and by the time they played through the scheduled 21 levels, it was Myerson leading the way.
Myerson bagged 403,000 in chips and has a slim lead over the remaining players. Wendy Freedman, his closest competitor finished the day with 400,000 in chips.
The remaining players will come back to the Bike on Saturday at 1 p.m. to play down to a winner.
Here are a look at the remaining chip counts:
- Alan Myerson - 403,000
- Wendy Freedman - 400,000
- Jim Jarvis - 334,000
- Timothy Cramer - 263,000
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Looking forward to the next few days at the Bike, it’s all about the $365 No Limit Hold’em re-entry with a guaranteed prizepool of $200,000.
There are four starting flights for this event with two taking place on Saturday afternoon and two more on Sunday. Each day will have a flight starting at noon and at 5 p.m. Each flight will play 14, 30 minute levels with play wrapping up at the conclusion of level 14.
Late registration closes at the beginning of level 7 and there are 10-minute breaks after every third level. The survivors of each starting flight will come back on Monday to combine the field and play Day 2, which will be another 15 levels of No Limit Hold’em, with the duration of levels increasing from 40 minutes to 50 minutes and ending with 60 minute levels by level 26.
Those survivors come back on Tuesday for the third and final day of this event, which is expected to be the biggest field the tournament series will see.
A complete structure sheet for the even can be found here.
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Dave Banerjee took home the first ring of the series on Friday afternoon by making quick work of the $365 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em. The day started with 23 players and Banerjee had accumulated all of the chips in play in just under six hours, including a final table that lasted just two hours.
Banerjee defeated Justin Rackley heads-up to take home $24,625 and add to an already impressive poker resume that has cashes all over the Los Angeles area. It is his first career ring and brings his career tournament earnings to over $264,000.