Friday, November 3, 2023 2:02 AM Local Time
Four WSOPC Main Event Champions Bag Flight A and Advance To Day 2
After a full, exciting day of no-limit hold’em, the first flight of the Choctaw WSOP Circuit Main Event is officially in the books. Many elite poker players entered Choctaw Casino & Hotel’s Grand Hall hoping to make it to the end of the day, but only 14 of the 132 entrants will advance to Day Two.
It was a star-studded affair in Flight A of the Circuit Main, as not only were many Circuit ring winners in attendance but several bracelet winners as well. Although they did not find a bag for Day 2, we hope to see the following players enter one of the two remaining flights of the Circuit Main Event: Michael Lech, Brian Green, La-La Sengphat, Scott Squyres, Anthony Allison, Will Berry, Kalyan Chivukula, Tim Kelliher, Wendy Freedman, and Angela Jordison.
After firing his second bullet in Flight A of the tournament, reigning Choctaw WSOPC Main Event champion Harvey Castro quickly showed attendees how he became a champion by earning the chip lead early. While he would relinquish the chip lead on several occasions, Castro would quickly retain it and end the day as our overall chip leader, bagging a 874,000 stack.
Is this the beginning of a back-to-back title run for Castro? Maybe, but to do so he will have to outlast fellow Choctaw Circuit Main Event champion Danny Marx.
Not only did Marx bring his French bulldog Bluey to Choctaw today, but he also brought his A-game. During the final hour of play, Marx would get full value from pocket aces and surge up the chip leaderboard. While it looked like Marx might overtake Castro by the end of the day, he would have to settle for being the second-biggest stack, bagging a total of 792,000.
While Castro and Marx certainly made a lot of noise today, two other Circuit Main Event champions would also find a bag and bring healthy stacks into Day 2. Jared Ingles, winner of the Cherokee WSOPC Main Event in 2022, bagged a total of 528,000 chips to end the day as the fourth biggest stack. Along with Ingles, Jose Montes, another Choctaw Circuit Main Event champion, bagged 265,000 and will also be in the hunt for his second title.
Not to be outshined by the three WSOPC Main Event champions who bagged Flight A, we look forward to seeing the following players of note on Day 2: Matthew Wantman (430,000 chip stack) and Karen Norman (123,000).
On Friday, November 3rd starting at 11 a.m. local time, the second flight of the Choctaw WSOPC Main Event will begin. Players who find a bag during Flight B will look forward to mixing it up with four WSOPC Main Event champions on Day 2, which is scheduled for Sunday, November 5th.
To see the full list of players who bagged from Flight A, click here. That wraps up today’s coverage of the Choctaw WSOPC Main Event, be sure to check back tomorrow to catch all of the action from Flight B!