2009 WSOP Circuit Event - New Orleans

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

2009 WSOP Circuit Event - New Orleans

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$161,175
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
167
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

Dinner Break and Chip Counts

The remaining 16 players are on their dinner break. Dinner break will last until 8:15 PM, so we will see you back here then. Here are the chip counts at the dinner break.

Billy Kopp - 400,000
Kenny Milam - 400,000
Jean Gaspard - 330,000
Matt Brady - 270,000
Kurt Scheer - 250,000
Justin Allen - 225,000
Daniel Walsh - 220,000
Shaun Deeb - 170,000
Andy Slater - 155,000
Steven McKoy - 155,000
Anita Vasquez - 90,000
Chris McCormack - 85,000
Richard Kirsch - 70,000
Suju Abraham - 70,000
Mark Gallagher - 60,000
Ken Christopher - 50,000

Ben Thomas Eliminated in 17th Place ($13,982)

From under the gun, Justin "LockdownTex" Allen raised to 11,000. Action folded around the table to big blind Ben Thomas and he announced that he was all in. Allen quickly called.

Showdown
Allen: {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}
Thomas: {K-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Hearts} {3-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {6-Clubs}, failing to improve Thomas' hand and he was eliminated in 17th place, earning nearly $14,000. We're now down to 16 players.

Tags: "LockdownTex"Ben ThomasJustin Allen

Thomas Folds Jacks

From early position, Ben Thomas raised to 17,000. Action folded all the way around to Kenny Milam in the big blind and he reraised to 38,000. Thomas made the call.

The flop came down {9-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {3-Clubs} and Milam immediately moved all in. Thomas went into the tank for a few minutes. He stood from his chair and picked his hand up from the table and shuffled the two cards back and forth. Finally, he folded revealing two jacks. Milam showed pocket queens.

Tags: Ben ThomasKenny Milam

Christopher Doubles

Ken Christopher
Ken Christopher
Ben Thomas raised to 16,000 from middle position and action folded over to Ken Christopher in the small blind. He opted to move all in for 67,500 total. In the big blind, Richard Kirsch went into the tank after checking his hole cards.

"Ahh, I was gonna do that!" Kirsch proclaimed. "All right, I fold, I fold."

With action now back on Thomas, he went into the tank as well. He made a few turns to check out the tournament clock and then made the call. Thomas held pocket eights, {8-Hearts} {8-Spades}. Christopher held {A-Spades} {K-Spades}.

"I folded pocket jacks," said Kirsch.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {3-Hearts}, giving Thomas outs to a flush to end it and further putting him in the lead. The turn brought the {A-Clubs} and just like that, Christopher took the lead. He still needed to dodge a lot of outs on the river though.

The river came the {2-Clubs} and that was it. Christopher was able to earn the double and has around 140,000. Thomas now has 100,000.

Tags: Ben ThomasKen ChristopherRichard Kirsch

Where's Kurt?

Kurt Scheer's chip stack was in complete disarray, so the floor staff enlisted the help of an off-duty dealer to help neatly stack his chips for him. Shortly thereafter, Scheer intentionally exposed one of his hole cards out of turn, and he was given a one-orbit penalty for the foul.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Dwyte Pilgrim Eliminated in 18th Place ($13,982)

Dwyte Pilgrim - 18th Place
Dwyte Pilgrim - 18th Place
Kenny Milam opened the pot to 9,000, and Dwyte Pilgrim re-raised to 18,000. Milam was the lone caller, and it went heads up the rest of the way.

The flop came out {8-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {J-Spades}. Milam led out with 7,000 chips, only to see Pilgrim raise it back to 20,000. Milam called.

The turn card was the {2-Clubs}, and both players checked. The river brought the {9-Spades}. Milam passed again, and Pilgrim moved all in. After a moment to consider, Milam made the call, having his opponent just covered by about 10,000 chips. Milam tabled {K-?} {J-?}, prompting Pilgrim to muck his cards, stand up, and walk towards the bar.

With that, the ever-cashing Dwyte Pilgrim has become our 18th-place finisher.

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim

Color Up

We have reached the end of Level 15, and with the antes about to bump to 500, we no longer need the black T100 chips. We're taking a quick pause to color up and race off, and we'll be right back in action.

The Final Two Tables

Table #58
Seat 1: Steven McKoy - 155,000
Seat 2: Suju Abraham - 100,000
Seat 3: Anita Vasquez - 70,000
Seat 4: Daniel Walsh - 160,000
Seat 5: Jean Gaspard - 265,000
Seat 6: Shaun Deeb - 270,000
Seat 7: Mark Gallagher - 110,000
Seat 8: Kurt Scheer - 360,000
Seat 9: Andy Slater - 65,000

Table #59
Seat 1: Ken Christopher - 50,000
Seat 2: Richard Kirsch - 95,000
Seat 3: Kenny Milam - 200,000
Seat 4: Dwyte Pilgrim - 115,000
Seat 5: Billy Kopp - 420,000
Seat 6: Ben Thomas - 180,000
Seat 7: Justin "LockdownTex" Allen - 95,000
Seat 8: Chris McCormack - 85,000
Seat 9: Matt Brady - 310,000