2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City

$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
89
Prize
$280,940
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,900
Prize Pool
$877,100
Entries
179
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Fouksman Finds a Queen... Or Two

Eugene Fouksman just got his last 59,500 chips into the middle against Bruce Yamron holding {K-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}. He was in a bad spot though, as Yamron had him covered and dominated with his {A-Hearts} {K-Spades}.

Not to worry for Fouksman though; the flop came {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {8-Clubs}, leap-frogging him into the big lead. The {5-Hearts} on the turn ended the hand, with a meaningless {5-Clubs} hitting the river.

Eugene Fouksman doubled up to 132,000, leaving Yamron with just about 30,000.

Tags: Bruce YamronEugene Fouksman

Coloring Up

The clock has been paused at the conclusion of Level 13 for a quick unscheduled break. During this time, the blue/purple T500 chips will be raced off and colored up, making our job a heck of a lot easier.

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Nikos Alafogiannis Eliminated in 21st Place

Nikos Alafogiannis - 21st Place
Nikos Alafogiannis - 21st Place
Action for this hand folded around to the blinds where Scott Zakheim limped in for the extra half bet. Nikos Alafogiannis was in the big blind, and he moved all in for just about 60,000. Before he could blink, Zakheim insta-called, putting Alafogiannis at risk for his tournament livelihood.

Showdown:
Zakheim: {K-Hearts} {K-Spades}
Alafogiannis: {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}

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 {2-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {4-Hearts}. The {3-Hearts} 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 {K-Diamonds} 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.

Tags: Nikos AlafogiannisScott Zakheim

Sam Bernstein Eliminated in 20th Place

Sam Bernstein - 20th Place
Sam Bernstein - 20th Place
From the cutoff seat, Sam Bernstein moved all in for his remaining 44,000 cihps. Phillip Reed looked him up from the big blind, putting Bernstein at risk of elimination.

Bernstein tabled {6-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} and was racing for his tournament life against the {Q-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} of Reed.

The flop troubled Bernstein as it came {8-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {10-Hearts}, allowing Reed to take the lead in the hand. The {3-Spades} and {K-Diamonds} 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.

Tags: Phillip ReedSam Bernstein

Chau Nguyen Eliminated in 19th Place

Chau Nguyen - 19th Place
Chau Nguyen - 19th Place
Kyle "kwob20" Bowker raised to 23,000 on the button and Chau Nguyen called out of the small blind. The flop came jack high and Nguyen shoved for 35,000. Bowker called quickly and showed {K-?} {J-?}. Nguyen tabled {A-?} {10-?} and found no help on the turn and river.

Nguyen finishes on the bubble in 19th place.

Tags: Chau Nguyen

In the Money!

With the elimination of our bubble boy, Chau Nguyen, all 18 of the remaining players are now in the money, much to their delight.

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.