2007 Caesars Las Vegas Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event

We sat down with Cory Carroll after his big win here at the WSOP Circuit event at Caesar's Palace about the final table turning point, playing with a big stack, and his plans for upcoming tournaments and his half-million dollar prize.

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Hand #115 - Cory Carroll has the button, he moves all in, and Pechie calls with . Carroll shows , and he's a favorite to win the tournament right here.

The board comes , and Justin Pechie is eliminated in second place, earning $260,736.

Cory Carroll wins the WSOP Circuit Championship at Caesar's Palace, earning $506,176 and a Circuit Championship Ring.

Final Table Results:

1st - Cory Carroll $506,176
2nd - Justin Pechie $260,736
3rd - Eric Davis $130,368
4th - Vasile Buboi - $114,072
5th - Paul Kitsos - $97,776
6th - David "The Dragon" Pham - $81,840
7th - Steve Wong - $65,184
8th - Michelle Law - $48,888
9th - Chad Brown - $32,592

Here are the updated approximate chip counts:

Cory Carroll - 3,215,000
Justin Pechie - 145,000

Hand #114 - Justin Pechie has the button, he raises to 60,000, Carroll reraises to 200,000, Pechie reraises to 800,000, Carroll moves all in, and Pechie thinks for about two minutes before calling with . Carroll shows , and it's a race situation.

The board comes , and Carroll's pocket nines hold up to win the pot. Cory Carroll doubles up to a dominating chip lead.

Hand #113 - Cory Carroll has the button, he limps for 20,000, and Pechie checks. The flop comes , Pechie checks, Carroll bets, and Pechie folds. Carroll takes the pot.

Justin Pechie is the new chipleader and has a slight edge over Cory Carroll after scooping the largest pot of the tournament on Hand #112. That was only the second time all day that Carroll did not hold the lead. Eric Davis took the lead briefly before Carroll took it back.

Here are the approximate chip counts:

Justin Pechie - 1,700,000
Cory Carroll - 1,660,000

Hand #112 - Justin Pechie has the button, he raises to 60,000, and Carroll calls. The flop comes , Carroll checks, Pechie bets 85,000, Carroll raises to 485,000, Pechie moves all in for about 825,000, and Carroll calls with (open-ended straight draw). Pechie shows for top pair, top kicker. Carroll needs a queen or a seven to win the tournament right here.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Justin Pechie doubles up to over 1.7 million in chips, giving him a slight chip lead.

Here are the approximate chip counts:

Cory Carroll - 2,500,000
Justin Pechie - 860,000

PokerNews found Brett 'Gank' Jungblut among the railbirds at the WSOP Cicruit event at Caesar's Palace and pulled him aside to chat.

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