Young Can't Get Action with Aces
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as he collected the small pot. He currently has around 27,000.
2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City
$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City
Buy-in
$4,900
Prize Pool
$877,100
Entries
179
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
as he collected the small pot. He currently has around 27,000.
Harder Than Winning a Super Bowl
Spades Aplenty
With about 1,000 chips already in the pot, the flop brought
. Copher bet out 800, and his opponent quickly called. Fourth street came the 
, and Copher flicked a single gray T5,000 chip into the middle, betting the full amount. His opponent moved all in for just a couple thousand more, and Copher instantly called, having his man covered."You got a flush?" asked the opponent.
Showdown:
Copher:
Opponent:
"Oh wow," said the all in player, preparing himself for the deciding river card.
Much to his chagrin, the
peeled off, giving Copher the top flush and sending one more player to the rail.
Eugene Todd Eliminated
board and several thousand in the middle already, Eugene Todd bet 5,000 and was raised to 11,000 by Adam Lippert. A third player in seat 8 then reraised all in and Todd went into the tank. Finally he put his remaining 8,000 in the pot and the decision was now Lippert's. He too decided that there was too much in the pot and called as well. The hands were:Todd:
Lippert:
Unknown Player:
The
fell on the river and Lippert made a winning flush to eliminate Todd and take most of the unknown players stack. He now sits with 62,000 and appears to be the chip leader.
By the Numbers
To the lucky man or woman who manages to outlast the rest of the field will go $280,940, a gorgeous gold and diamond championship ring, and a $10,000 entry to the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Not too shabby for three days' work.
The full payout information is posted in the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab to the right.
Doubling Through Young
The flop brought
. After a series of raises and reraises, the unknown player ended up all in for 12,050. Young looked him up, tabling 
. It was no good though; his opponent flipped over 
."Nice hand, nice hand," said Young, but there were still two cards to come. Unfortunately for him, the
and 
that filled out the board did nothing to improve Young, and he sent more than half of his stack over to his opponent.After losing that chunk of change, Young is down to around 11,000.
A Numbers Game
We do know that seven players were eliminated in the first two levels of play, and the full numbers should be up shortly.
Play Resumes
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Break Time? Not So Fast!
The Tournament Director has told the players to play on for another two minutes.
After that short extension, the players are now on an extended 20-minute break.