$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day 2 Completed
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,670,000
Entries
334
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 334
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Seat 1: Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi - 142,000
Seat 2: Kelly Samson - 385,000
Seat 3: Ben Fineman - 828,000
Seat 4: Ralph Perry - 319,000
Seat 5: Thomas Hover - 407,000
Seat 6: Blair Hinkle - 382,000
Seat 7: Justin Bonomo - 272,000
Seat 8: Allen Cunningham - 296,000
Seat 9: Doug Lee - 324,000
Can Doug Lee capture his second WSOP Circuit championship? Will Allen Cunningham add another bullet to his already stellar tournament resume? Or will chip leader Ben Fineman score the largest cash of his young tournament career? Tune in to PokerNews.com tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. to find out!
Until then, from "The Entertainment Capital of the World," good night and good luck!
and Samson insta-called from the small blind with the ladies.An unpaired, jack-high board sealed Nguyen's fate and he'll walk away with $19,322 in prize money for his tenth place finish.
To put Fineman's dominance into perspective, the second largest stack at the table, owned by Ralph Perry, is just 290,000.
in what was a pre-flop all-in confrontation.Blair Hinkle opened the pot with a 24,000 pre-flop raise and Hover made the call from the small blind. The action then fell to Riesenberg, who reraised all in for a total of approximately 148,000. Hinkle slid his cards back to the dealer and Hover made the call. When Riesenberg caught sight of what he was up against, "Jesus Christ!" were the first two words that came out of his mouth.
The dealer then spread a
flop which generated a fist pump from Jason, but the 
gave Hover a pot-clinching spade flush prompting Riesenberg to grab his bag and walk away from the table. The river, though insignificant, was the 
.Riesenberg earned a $19,322 payday for his efforts, while Hover stacked up right around 400,000 with the win.
, pre-flop. Rubin opened the pot with a ~32,000 raise, leaving himself 76,000 behind and Blair Hinkle followed up with a re-raise, putting Lee to a decision for all of his chips. As you now know, Rubin made the call and truth be told, he actually wasn't too far behind, as Hinkle tabled 
.A board of
gave Hinkle three kings, however, sending Rubin to the rail in 12th place.
. Justin Bonomo made the call and was pleased to see that he had his opponent dominated, as he tabled 
.The board panned out
and Bonomo's ace kicker earned him the pot, bringing his chip count back up to 255,000. Tran earned a respectable $16,102 for his 13th-place finish.
"Double me up, man!" Lee said to Mabuchi as he pondered making the call. Moto eventually opted to make the call, tabling a pocket pair of fours and found himself racing against Lee's
.Mabuchi held the lead after the flop, which came
, but the on the turn tipped the scales in favor of Lee, who dodged Mabuchi's outs on the river to take down the pot, worth 370,000 in chips. Moto fell to 190,000 with the loss.
