Richie Smith Leads After Day 1A
Nov 01, '19
The 2019 Card Player Poker Tour Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland $200,000 guaranteed $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event kicked off at 12:15 p.m. local time on Friday, Nov. 1. A total of 66 entries were made throughout day 1A, with late-registration and re-entry still available through the start of day 2 at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3. After 12 levels of action, the 66-entry turnout was narrowed down to just 20 players that moved on to day 2.
Richie Smith bagged up the largest stack of the day with his 349,000 representing just shy of nine starting stacks. The Edgewater, MD resident is no stranger to success at Live! Hotel & Casino Maryland. He won a $225,000 guaranteed $550 buy-in event back in 2014, topping a field of 499 entries to win $60,466.
Other big stacks from day 1A include Sonny Lee (233,000), Chris Caruso (199,000), Undrakh Dovdontseren (196,000), and Rajasekar Govindan (176,000).
The most accomplished player in the field today was inarguably two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Joe McKeehen. The Wales, PA native won the 2015 WSOP main event for $7,683,346. He will be looking to add to his career live earnings of just shy of $16.4 million with a deep run in this event. He bagged up 75,000 heading into day 2.
Timothy Little has been on quite the run so far at the 2019 CPPT Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland series. He has made three final tables already, including earning a win in the $20,000 guaranteed $300 buy-in seniors event.
Day 1B will start at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. Players will begin with 40,000 in chips with initial blinds of 100-100. Blind levels will last 40 minutes throughout the day, with 12 levels on the schedule and 15-minute breaks planned after every third level.
Here is a look at the chip counts for the remaining 20 players:
| Rank |
Player |
Chip Count |
| 1 |
Richie Smith |
349,000 |
| 2 |
Sonny Lee |
233,000 |
| 3 |
Chris Caruso |
199,000 |
| 4 |
Undrakh Dovdontseren |
196,000 |
| 5 |
Rajasekar Govindan |
176,000 |
| 6 |
Tam Nguyen |
176,000 |
| 7 |
Lara Eisenberg |
171,000 |
| 8 |
Paul Min |
161,500 |
| 9 |
Chris Grove |
158,000 |
| 10 |
Jonathan Gilligan |
146,000 |
| 11 |
Nicholas Verderamo |
99,000 |
| 12 |
Timothy Little |
90,000 |
| 13 |
James Anderson |
86,000 |
| 14 |
Jared Antevil |
76,500 |
| 15 |
Michael Richer |
76,000 |
| 16 |
Joseph McKeehen |
75,000 |
| 17 |
Jeff Kostolny |
61,000 |
| 18 |
Alan Lee |
55,000 |
| 19 |
Phong Nguyen |
31,000 |
| 20 |
Lisa Karl |
22,000 |
Player Tags: Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen Shoves The River
Nov 01, '19
With over 70,000 in the middle and a board of A
65
7
Q, 2015 WSOP main event champion Joe Mckeehen gathered his remaining chips and moved all-in.
His lone opponent folded after a few moments of thought and McKeehen took down the sizable pot, chipping up to 108,000 in the process.
Player Tags: Joe McKeehen
The World Champion Is In The Building
Nov 01, '19
2015 World Series of Poker main event champion Joseph McKeehen has taken a seat early in level 4 of day 1A of the 2019 CPPT Live! Casino & Hotel $200,000 guaranteed main event.
The two-time bracelet winner will be looking to add to his career live tournament earnings of $16,393,501 with a deep run in this $1,100 buy-in tournament.
Player Tags: Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen Eliminated By Cheon Yoon
Nov 03, '19
Cheon Yoon raised to 6,000 from early position. Joe Cashen called on his left and Richie Smith came along from the hijack. 2015 World Series of Poker main event winner Joe McKeehen moved all-in from the button for 57,000.
Yoon moved all-in over the top and both Cashen and Smith got out of the way. McKeehen was ahead with the A
K. Yoon needed to catch up with his AJ.
The 1022J7 runout gave Yoon the best hand. McKeenehen hit the rail and Yoon chipped up to 232,000.
Player Tags: Joe McKeehen
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