2009 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

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

2009 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$237,692
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
187
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

"durrrr"-ing Up Conversation

Over at Theo Tran and Matt Brady's table, the players have engaged in some conversation focused on the recent episodes of High Stakes Poker, in which Tom "durrrr" Dwan played. The players seemed to love the way Dwan played certain key hands and have been analyzing how good he really is. The consensus seems to be that Dwan is a world-class player with amazing talents.

Tags: "durrrr"Matt BradyTheo TranTom Dwan

Top 5 Update

Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi - 227,000
Tommy Vedes - 214,000
Binh Nguyen - 175,000
Matthew LaGarde - 155,000
Matt Graham - 150,000

Kathy Liebert Hits the Rail

Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert
We picked this up after the flop. With the board showing {5-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}, Ghio Luong had pushed 60,000 into the pot. Kathy Liebert, who was sitting on just 50,000, took about a minute before finally calling for her tournament life.

Kathy turned up {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} while Luong tabled {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}. The board ran out {9-Hearts} {3-Hearts}, and Kathy failed to improve.

Luong has now moved up among the chip leaders, with a stack around 150,000.

Tags: Kathy Liebert

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Justin Filtz Bows Out

After a raise and a reraise, Matt LaGarde got Justin Filtz to push all in preflop for 74,000. When the hands were revealed, LaGarde showed {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} while Filtz showed {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}.

When the board ran out {6-Clubs} {J-Spades} {5-Clubs} {5-Spades} {2-Spades}, LaGarde was sitting on a stack of more than 261,000 while Filtz headed toward the door.

Vahedi Misreads Mizrachi

Amir Vahedi
Amir Vahedi
Amir Vahedi raised preflop to 5,000 and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi called in position. The flop came down {Q-Spades} {8-Spades} {3-Hearts} and Vahedi checked. Mizrachi bet 5,000 and Vahedi called.

The turn was the {7-Clubs} and both players checked. The river was the {A-Clubs} and Amir bet 8,000. The Grinder made the call and showed {A-Spades} {6-Spades}.

"Two pair?" question Vahedi quickly when he saw Mizrachi's cards. He then tossed his hand into the muck.

As the dealer pulled the cards in, Vahedi got a closer look at Mizrachi's cards and realized he didn't have two pair. "Oh my god, I can't believe it," he said.

Tags: "The Grinder"Amir VahediMichael Mizrachi

Vahedi Involved Some More

The next hand following his little mishap, Amir Vahedi limped under the gun and then called an 8,000 raise. The flop came down {A-Hearts} {J-Spades} {4-Clubs} and Vahedi checked. His opponent bet 8,000 and Amir called.

The turn went check, check after the {Q-Hearts} fell. The river also checked when the {10-Clubs} hit.

Vahedi's opponent showed pocket tens for a rivered set and then Vahedi mucked his hand.

A couple hands later, Vahedi opened from the button and was three-bet from the big blind by William Burdick. Amir called. After the flop came {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {6-Clubs}, Burdick checked to Vahedi. Amir bet out 18,000 and took down the pot to add some chips back to his stack after losing the previous hands.

Tags: Amir VahediWilliam Burdick