$5,150 Circuit Championship Day 1 | 2009 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Atlantic City

03-12-2009 17:30 UTC-4

Joey "JOEYTHEB" Brooks - Eliminated

[user22113]

With the board reading {K-Diamonds}

Joey Brooks bet 1,500, but one of his opponent popped it up 7,500. The player on the button folded and it was back to Brooks, who had exactly 6,000 left. He appeared to know he was beat, but called with his {A-Spades}

. His opponent tabled {K-Spades}

and Brooks was none too happy. The turn and river came {2-Spades}

,

and "JOEYTHEB" is out before the dinner break.

Tags: Joey Brooks

03-12-2009 17:28 UTC-4

Schwartz Doubles with a Six Outer

donpeters

Ylon Schwartz raised to 625 from early position before the hijack seat reraised to 1,750. Action folded to the big blind and he took a minute before making the call. Action got back over to Schwartz and he put in another raise to 6,625. The hijack seat folded and the big blind found himself faced with another decision. After another minute in the tank, he made the call. Schwartz only had 6,975 behind as we went to the flop.

The first three cards came down {8-Spades}

and the big blind hesitated before moving all in. Schwartz was covered by his opponent, but realized he had invested too much, shrugged, and tossed in his chips.

Schwartz turned up {A-Spades}

and was behind his opponent's pocket sixes, {6-Clubs}

.

The turn card brought the {5-Diamonds}

, no help for Schwartz. The river was the {K-Spades}

and gave Schwartz a better pair.

Tags: Ylon Schwartz

03-12-2009 17:28 UTC-4

Tough Field at Table #51

donpeters

Table #51 has recently added some tough players to the mix. Joe Simmons and Todd Terry have been seated there for most of the day, but after a recent table break, Bernard Lee and Joey "JOEYTHEB" Brooks have joined in to make it one of the toughest tables in the tournament room.

Tags: "JoeytheB"Bernard Lee Joe Simmons Joey Brooks Todd Terry

03-12-2009 17:13 UTC-4

Lippert In The Lead

[user22113]

Adam Lippert just crossed the 60,000-chip mark. On a {7-Diamonds}

board, it was checked to Lippert who bet 2,050. His lone opponent in the hand called and the {4-Clubs}

landed on the river. It was again checked to Lippert who calmly fired out a bet of 8,000. Not too happy with his hand, Lippert's opponent called, but immediately mucked when Lippert tabled {7-Hearts}

for the full house.

With that hand Adam Lippert appears to be the current chip leader with 64,000.

Tags: Adam Lippert

03-12-2009 16:51 UTC-4

By the Numbers

[user66118]

With registration closed more than two hours ago, we finally have the payout information.

Two hundred eight players put up the $5,150 buy-in, creating a prize pool of $1,009,200. Twenty-seven players will earn a payday tomorrow, with the bottom level of cash being worth $6,055.20. Each of the final tablists will be guaranteed at least $20,184. The top two finishers will both take home more than $100,000. The lucky man or woman who manages to outlast the entire field will pocket $322,944, a $10,000 entry to the 2009 WSOP Main Event, and the stunning diamond-inlaid gold ring.

Full payout information is available in the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab on the right side of the page. Good luck, players!

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

03-12-2009 16:46 UTC-4

Cards Back in the Air

donpeters

The blinds have increased and the cards are back in the air.

03-12-2009 16:29 UTC-4

Break it Down

[user66118]

The clock has been paused, and the players are taking their second 15-minute break of the day.

The staff has informed us that we'll be breaking for dinner after level five.

03-12-2009 16:28 UTC-4

A Big Bluff by Young Causes Controversy

donpeters

Jason Young wasn't about to give up on the hand after the board read {A-Spades}

on the turn. He fired a large bet of 11,000 into a pot of roughly 10,000. The bet from Young forced his opponent all in, as he held around 9,000.

After some thought, Young's opponent folded. Young wanted to show the reporter his hand and pulled it up and off the table so the reporter could record the actual hole cards ( {6-Hearts}

). After this happened, a few players at the table wanted to see the hand, claiming the "Show one, show all rule." The dealer kept Young's cards to the side of the muck while the floor was called over.

After being explained the action, the floor ruled that Young's hand must be revealed. Young tried to refute the ruling, but it was to no avail. His big bluff with six high was shown to the table.

"That's fine," Young said as he got up from the table. "Now they'll be coming after me all day."

Tags: Jason Young

03-12-2009 16:24 UTC-4

Presto! Winston Vanishes

[user66118]

We have just learned the details of Roy Winston's early elimination. With a few limpers in front of him, Winston raised it up to 600 in the first level. The small blind reraised the pro up to 2,100, prompting the rest of the table to fold. Winston made the call though, heads up for the remainder of the hand.

The flop came down {K-?}

rainbow. The small blind checked, and Winston fired 4,100 chips at the pot. His opponent called.

Fourth street came a repeat {8-?}

. When Winston saw his opponent check once more, he moved all in for just about 13,000. This sent the small blind deep into the tank for several minutes. A quick conversation ensued as the unknown player tried to get some information out of the pro. Finally, he made the call, tabling {A-?}

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"Good call," said Winston, turning over {5-?}

. The river blanked off, and that was the end of Roy's day.

Tags: Roy Winston