$5,150 Circuit Championship Event | 2009 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

04-29-2009 14:15 UTC-7

Serebryakov Loses Another One

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After tangling with "The Grinder", Evgeny Serebryakov mixed it up with Tony Antonius, who called a 30,000 preflop raise.

Both checked the flop of {2-Spades}

, and Serebryakov bet 35,000 at the turn, which brought the {9-Hearts}

. Antonius made a min-raise to 70,000, and both players went to the river, which brought the {Q-Hearts}

.

The action went check-check, and Antonius took the pot when his {A-Hearts}

bested Serebryakov's pocket kings.

04-29-2009 14:15 UTC-7

A Big-Stack Battle

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Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 30,000 from early position and was called by Evgeny Serebryakov.

Both checked a flop of {5-Hearts}

and Mizrachi led out for 50,000 when the {Q-Hearts}

hit the turn. Serebryakov called and the river brought the {2-Clubs}

and another 70,000 bet from Mizrachi.

Serebryakov called and mucked when Mizrachi turned over {K-Spades}

for top pair.

04-29-2009 14:14 UTC-7

Pilgrim Takes a Pot

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Three players paid 35,000 each to see a flop of {6-Hearts}

. The action got checked to Dwyte Pilgrim on the button, who led out for 40,000. He was called by Tony Antonius, and the two went heads up to the turn, which brought the {8-Diamonds}

.

This time, Antonius led out for 40,000 and Pilgrim pushed all in for a total of 85,000. When Antonius mucked, Pilgrim showed {A-?}

for two pair.

The hand increased Pilgrim's chip stack to nearly 400,000

04-29-2009 14:14 UTC-7

Seat 10: Men "The Master" Nguyen (160,000)

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Men "The Master" Nguyen is no stranger to the felt. The 54-year old professional player has the longest list of cashes of anyone at this final table. He holds six WSOP bracelets and racked up almost $9 million in tournament winnings throughout his career.

Nguyen is known for cashing in tons of tournaments all while bringing a somewhat flamboyant attitude to the table. The Master also regularly has a Corona in hand while at the table and even though he is short stacked, he will be a real contender at this final table.

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04-29-2009 14:10 UTC-7

Seat 9: Justin Bonomo (750,000)

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Although his player bio sheet is filled out as "Chad Sexington III", Justin Bonomo is a well-known poker prefessional from Las Vegas. He's never had a job and claims to have invented spooning.

In all seriousness though, Bonomo has a very accomplished poker record. He has multiple WSOP and WPT cashes along with over $1.5 million in career tournament earnings. He's cashed all over the world on the live circuit and is also known for some big scores online.

Bonomo is a Bodog-sponsored player known for his analytical approach to the game.

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04-29-2009 14:05 UTC-7

Seat 8: Jack Schanbacher (500,000)

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Jack Schanbacher is a professional poker player from Pittsburgh, PA. Before poker, Schanbacher was a student. He has numerous cashes along the tournament circuit, with his biggest splash coming in September of 2008 when he won the $5,000 event at The Borgata in Atlantic City for $342,000.

The East Coast has served Schanbacher well. He's also won $187,000 at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals Main Event, another deep run at The Borgata for $128,000, and a 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open prelim event win for almost $200,000. One can't forget that Schanbacher also won a Circuit event in Atlantic City for over $100,000 back in December of 2008.

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04-29-2009 14:04 UTC-7

Seat 7: Matt Graham (470,000)

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Matt "Mattg1983" Graham is a poker professional from right here in Las Vegas. Born in New Orleans, Graham has almost $1 million in tournament winnings. He won a $5,000 event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2008, but his most accomplished victory may be when earlier that year he won a WSOP gold bracelet after defeating Jean-Robert Bellande heads up in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout.

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04-29-2009 14:00 UTC-7

Seat 6: Nashaat "Tony" Antonias (720,000)

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Nashaat "Tony" Antonias will be one of the bigger stacks at this final table. He also has only a few cashes on record, with this one being his biggest yet. Antonias is an accountant by trade and born in Egypt. He's 62 years old and claims to have made the final table of 10% of the tournaments he's played in. When not playing poker or working, the Tampa resident enjoys fishing in his spare time.

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04-29-2009 13:59 UTC-7

Seat 5: Jeremiah Degreefs (240,000)

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Jeremiah "dantes" Degreef hails from Salt Lake City, UT. He's 27 years old and was born in California. Degreef has only a few cashes to his name, but one includes a finish in the money at a 2008 WSOP event. Degreef also won a prelim event here at Caesars for almost $70,000.

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04-29-2009 13:55 UTC-7

Seat 4: Bert Fujisaki (112,000)

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Bert Fujisaki comes into the final table as the shortest stack in the room with only 112,000 chips. Fujisaki has been on the small stack for the majority of the day, but has been able to work his way to the "unofficial" final table. Bert only has a few cashes to his name and this will be his biggest thus far. The 52 year old resides in California.

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