2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Rincon

Day 2 completed

Posted 02-06-2008 20:15 GMT-7

Day 2 is a Wrap

A very short Day 2 saw 18 eliminations take place in a little over five hours, leaving us with our nine-handed final table. Edward Sabat of Lancaster, CA finished the day atop the leaderboard with 854,000 in chips, followed closely behind by Kenny Bedoya who bagged 701,000 worth.

Here are your final nine, along with their seat assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1: Gavin Smith - 197,500
Seat 2: David Peters - 442,000
Seat 3: Damien Oborne - 124,000
Seat 4: Jon Eaton - 75,000
Seat 5: Kenny Bedoya - 701,500
Seat 6: Michael Pickett - 121,000
Seat 7: Edward Sabat - 854,000
Seat 8: Cristian Avendano - 96,500
Seat 9: Lee Watkinson - 337,000

Play will resume tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. local time when our nine finalists play down to a winner.

Until then, good night and good luck!

Tags: Edward Sabat.

Reese Out in 10th; Final Table Set!

Shortly after the ten remaining finalists broke to a single table, tenth place was decided in a monstrous hand that saw Scott Reese eliminated from the tournament by tournament chip leader Edward Sabat.

Action folded around to Sabat, who opened with a 22,000 raise; Reese was the lone caller. The flop came and Sabat passed the first action to Reese, who put in a min-bet of 8,000. Sabat then check-raised to 38,000 -- a bet that was countered by another min-raise from Reese, who made it 68,000 to go. Sabat finalized the raising by putting Reese to a decision for all of his chips. Forget decisions, however; Reese insta-called, tabling for trip queens, but Sabat had him in bad shape with .

The turn and river, though they had no impact on the end result, came , , and Sabat took down the pot, extending his chip lead over the other eight players who will join him at tomorrow’s final table.

Reese took home $11,309 for his tenth-place finish.

Tags: Scott Reese.

Evan Schwartz Eliminated in 11th Place ($11,309)

Evan Schwartz has just been eliminated from the tournament by David Peters, after his failed to hold up against Peters' in a pre-flop all-in confrontation.

The board filled out , giving Peters two pair and the winning hand. Schwartz took home $11,309 for his 11th-place finish.

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Level 16 started

Posted 02-06-2008 19:29 GMT-7

The Caveman Advances His Weaponry

Gavin Smith just doubled up with , but it wasn't easy. He got it all in on a flop against Cristian Avendano's . The , on the turn and river helped Gavin avoid a flush and double up to more than 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Cristian Avendano, Gavin Smith.

Doug Caillier Eliminated in 12th Place ($11,309)

Lee Watkinson has just eliminated Doug Caillier from the tournament in 12th place after the two players engaged in a pre-flop all-in confrontation. Caillier tabled for a slight lead against Watkinson's .

The board filled out , giving Watkinson a rivered pair of queens and the checkmark for the hand.

Caillier took home $11,309 in prize money for his 12th-place finish. Watkinson stacked up just under 400,000 in chips with the win.

Tags: Doug Caillier.

Sang Hwang Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,895)

Action folded around to Sang Hwang in the small blind and he raised all in for his last 43,000 chips. Damien Oborne called the all in from the big blind.

Hwang showed . Damien showed his love for suited connectors, tabling . Oborne flopped an open-ended straight draw on the board but it was the on the turn that gave him a pair and the winning hand when the failed to improve Hwang's hand.

Tags: Sang Hwang.

13 Players Remaining

The average chip stack is 227,692.

Michael Dolan Eliminated in 14th Place

Michael Dolan raised to 20,000 from middle position and after Damien Oborne called on the button, Michael Pickett re-raised all in for 98,500 total. Dolan, who was covered by Pickett, made the call and Oborne folded.

Dolan showed and Pickett had . The board came and Dolan was eliminated, earning $9,895 for his 14th-place finish.

Tags: Michael Dolan.