2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 2
Tony Cousineau Eliminated in 20th Place ($9,661)
Dinner Break
Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Play Resumes
Hello, Moto!
The fell off on the turn and turned out to be the match that lit the fuse for the fireworks that followed: Mabuchi led out with a 20,000 bet and Vedes countered with a raise, making it 56,000 total to go. Mabuchi then shoved the rest of his stack across the betting line and Vedes insta-called, tabling for trip nines; Mabuchi flipped over a wired pair of sevens, which was good for a full house. The river brought an inconsequential and Mabuchi raked in the 380,000 pot.
Vedes was left with just 14,000 after the hand.
Tommy Vedes Eliminated in 19th Place ($9,661)
Vedes earned $9,661 for his 19th-place finish.
Re-Draw
(Table 1)
Seat 1: Ben Fineman
Seat 2: Jason Riesenberg
Seat 3: Nikolay Evdakov
Seat 4: Doug Lee
Seat 5: Ralph Perry
Seat 6: Than Nguyen
Seat 7: Motoyuki Mabuchi
Seat 8: Kelly Samson
Seat 9: Matt Giannetti
(Table 2)
Seat 1: Jimmy Tran
Seat 2: Derek Harrington
Seat 3: Lee Rubin
Seat 4: Justin Bonomo
Seat 5: Blair Hinkle
Seat 6: Thomas Hover
Seat 7: Nenad Medic
Seat 8: Allen Cunningham
Seat 9: Clint Roberts
Derek Harrington Eliminated in 18th Place ($12,082)
Unfortunately for Harrington, Medic was able to spike a jack on the flop to take the lead in the hand and he never looked back.
For his 18th-place finish, Harrington earned $12,082 in prize money.
Medic and Roberts Eliminated by Bonomo
Medic kicked off the hand by limping into the pot from middle position. Short-stacked, Roberts moved all in for his last 40,500. Action then folded around to Bonomo in the big blind, who made the call, and the decision returned to Medic. Wasting little time, Medic quietly announced, "I'm all in," making it an additional 90,000 or so for Justin to call. The bet sent Bonomo into the tank and he eventually made the call, tabling a pocket pair of sixes. He seemed almost shocked to find out that he was actually ahead in the hand as Medic turned over and Clint, the .
A flop of tilted the scales even further in Bonomo's favor and a pair of running tens on the turn and river made it official. Medic and Roberts each took home $12,082 in prize money for finishing 16th and 17th respectively.