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2009 WSOP Circuit - Rincon
$5,150 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 WSOP Circuit - Rincon
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
106
Level
17
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Unsolicited Facts
In the last Circuit stop at Caesars Atlantic City, Dwyte Pilgrim finally broke through to capture his first ring. Pilgrim had gone deep in a couple of Championship Events this Circuit season, and Event #4 at Caesars finally paid him off. Pilgrim outlasted a field of 579 runners to take home the hardware, not to mention the nearly $90,000 top prize.
Across the table from Pilgrim is Chris Tryba, our other remaining Circuit event champion, and his victory is still fresh in his memory. Earlier this week right here in Rincon, Event #8 had a buy-in of $450, and it drew 153 runners. Among them was, you guessed it, Chris Tryba. He charged to the top to take down the title, earning himself nearly $15,000 in the process.
With two out of the four players already owning the hardware, there's a 50/50 shot that someone will earn their second ring here today, putting them in elite company in the poker world.
Tryba Bleeding
. Heads-up, Chris Tryba led out with a bet of 20,000. His lone opponent, Dwyte Pilgrim, made the call. The river came the 
. Tryba kept the heat on with another bet, 60,000 this time. After just a moment, Pilgrim made the call. To his surprise, Tryba instantly flipped his cards into the muck. Pilgrim revealed 
, taking down a nice pot and putting Tryba on life support.
Updated Chip Counts
Dwyte Pilgrim - 1,150,000
Esther Taylor - 315,000
Charles Williams - 415,000
Chris Tryba - 240,000
Thao Thiem Eliminated in 5th Place ($40,248)
and gotten all the chips in, with Pilgrim check-raising all in and Thiem quickly calling. Thiem flopped the nuts with 
, but had to fade eight spades two times against Pilgrim's 
(not to mention some oddball runner-runner draws).Apparently, Thiem hadn't heard of Pilgrim's destiny. He quickly learned about it when the
hit the turn, giving Pilgrim an unbeatable flush. The river 
sent Thiem packing in fifth place. He earned $40,248 in prize money.
Josh Prager Eliminated in 6th Place ($35,217)
Pilgrim:
Prager:
It was bad luck and bad news for Prager, whose pocket sevens would need to be bailed out by the board against Pilgrim's pocket nines. Pilgrim turned to the dealer, on his immediate right, and asked for, "No more shenanigans." He got his wish; the board ran out
to give each player two pair. Pilgrim's queens and nines were the best hand. He eliminated Prager in sixth place, for which Prager received $35,217.
Level: 16
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Quick Break
Pilgrim Avoids the Hatchet
alone against Taylor's with Pilgrim at risk of elimination. A flop of 
came clean for Taylor; after the 
hit the turn, Pilgrim was down to just "an ace on the river" to survive. That's exactly what he got, with a fat, black popping off of the deck."Barry Greenstein!" said Pilgrim, referring to the Bear's book entitled Ace on the River.
Chop It Up!
, but Tryba showed down . Neither player hit a flop of 
. Tryba made the nuts on the turn with the ."Good game, Dwyte, good game," said Tryba. He apparently didn't realize that Pilgrim still had outs to a chop. One of them, the
, fell on the river, giving both players the same straight."Good game, Chris, good game," said a delighted Pilgrim as the dealer split up Thiem's 26,000 and pushed half the pot to each of Pilgrim and Tryba.