2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Bayou Poker Challenge Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,196,650
Entries
249
Level
17
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 249
Filter
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
. Wilson thinks for a minute before announcing, "Raise." Wilson puts his call of 5,000 in the middle and then decides to raise 10,000 more.With the pressure back on Miles, he goes into the tank for a few minutes. After a minute more of deliberation, Miles moves all in and Wilson beats him into the pot.
Miles shows
and Wilson shows 
. The dealer burns and reveals the 
for the river card, giving Wilson a straight and the winning hand.The pot was over 65,000 in chips and Wilson is now sitting with a big stack.
. Little bet 600 which was called by the small blind. The turn was the 
. Little bet 1,700, and the small blind called. On the river, the 
fell. Little made a 4,000 chip bet which the small blind called. Little showed 
for sevens full and the small blind showed 
for two pair. After this pot Little moved up to approximately 23,000 in chips.
. On the last round of betting, Sartori fires out 6,000, and Sigur goes into the tank for several minutes before conceding the hand.At the dinner break, Sartori had less than 7,000 in chips. Things weren't looking good, and just after dinner, he lost the first pot he played to drop to a dangerously low 3,000. However, in the last few minutes, Sartori has come charging back and is now the owner of a healthy stack of chips -- 28,000 worth of them, in fact -- at the expense of his fellow tablemates.
. Browne made the call with 
. Woolworth showed 
. The turn and river helped neither player and Woolworth doubled up to approximately 35,000.
. Tom Sartori checks, and the big blind pushes his last 6,850 in chips to the center. Edward Sabat and Fred Sigur both fold, but Sartori obliges with the call. The big blind turns over 
, while Sartori shows the 
.The turn and river come
and 
respectively, and the all-in player is eliminated. Tom Sartori continues to increase his stack, and is now up around 23,000.
After the dinner break, the AV crew here at Harrah's changed the channels on the two largest television monitors in the room, removing the tournament clock's feed and replacing it with the game.
Psh...Who cares about a $5,000 buy-in poker tournament when Game 7 is on?!
