The Short Stack Staying Alive
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2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City
$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 2
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
Fouksman Finds a Queen... Or Two
. He was in a bad spot though, as Yamron had him covered and dominated with his 
.Not to worry for Fouksman though; the flop came
, leap-frogging him into the big lead. The 
on the turn ended the hand, with a meaningless 
hitting the river.Eugene Fouksman doubled up to 132,000, leaving Yamron with just about 30,000.
Bruce Yamron Eliminated in 22nd place
against Andrew Lee's 
. The board rolled out 
and Yamron was sent to the rail.Andrew Lee upped his stack to 165,000.
Coloring Up
Level: 14
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Cards Back in the Air
Nikos Alafogiannis Eliminated in 21st Place
Showdown:
Zakheim:
Alafogiannis:
It was a your classic cooler with both blinds waking up with the top two hands in poker. With Alafogiannis in good shape for a double up, the two men watched the flop come down
. The that hit the turn was a huge sweat card, giving Zakheim the added benefit of a flush draw.The flush didn't come. However, the
spiked the river like a magical sword of death. Nikos Alafogiannis was visibly frustrated with the outcome as he slowly backed away from the table. With that, the man with the difficult-to-spell name is headed for the exit, just shy of an in-the-money finish.
Sam Bernstein Eliminated in 20th Place
Bernstein tabled
and was racing for his tournament life against the 
of Reed.The flop troubled Bernstein as it came
, allowing Reed to take the lead in the hand. The 
and that filled out the board were of no use to either player, and Sam Bernstein is out in 20th Place.With his elimination, we are officially on the money bubble. Play will commence with hand-for-hand dealing until we lose our bubble boy.
Chau Nguyen Eliminated in 19th Place
. Nguyen tabled 
and found no help on the turn and river.Nguyen finishes on the bubble in 19th place.
In the Money!
The tournament staff was all smiles as well. We have had two quick redraws and a color-up in the last few minutes, and we blasted right into the money without bothering to slow for hand-for-hand play.
Down to two tables now, the players are re-drawing for their new seats.